In Concert With Nature

Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival will sponsor a live performance of Vivaldi’s beloved “Four Seasons” complete concerto with poetry. This special concert features the Virtuoso String Orchestra conducted by Maestro David Stewart Wiley, artistic director, and conductor of the Roanoke Symphony. Internationally renowned violinist Akemi Takayama will be featured with the orchestra. Palladio by Karl Jenkins and Holberg Suite by Edward Grieg will also be performed. The festival will continue on Monday 6:30pm with emerging young musicians from the area, students of Mike Mitchell and Julee Hickox with the performance concluding with Wiley and Takayama playing well known repertoire.