W&L’s Staniar Gallery Presents Erica Lord’s ‘The Codes We Carry: Beads as DNA Data’
The solo exhibition will open Jan. 9 with an artist’s talk slated for Jan. 14.
Lenfest Center
W&L Presents Shakespeare Adaptation “Hamlet 50/50”
The production runs from Nov. 19-21 in Johnson Theatre on the W&L campus.
W&L Presents Senior Recital with Anna Waters ’25
Waters’s clarinet recital will be held on Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L’s University Orchestra Presents ‘Solstice’
The performance will take place Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.
Washington and Lee Presents ‘W&L Dancers Create…’
The W&L Repertory Dance Company’s performances will run Oct. 31 through Nov. 2.
In Case You Missed It
Cuarteto Casals to Perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center
The string quartet’s Nov. 8 performance is sponsored by the university’s Concert Guild.
W&L Jazz Ensemble Presents Fall Showcase
Joined by the Vosbein Magee Big Band, the student ensemble will perform on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.
The Marlbrook Chamber Players Present Their 20th-Anniversary Concert
The ensemble will perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center for the Arts on Nov. 3.
W&L’s University Wind Ensemble Presents ‘Classics Reimagined’
The performance will take place Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L’s Staniar Gallery Presents Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz’s ‘Quiero Ir pa’l monte’
The solo exhibition will run from Oct. 28 through Dec. 13.
W&L Music Presents Fall Choral Concert
The Oct. 22 performance will feature W&L’s University Singers, Glee Club and Cantatrici.
W&L Presents Faculty Recital with William McCorkle
McCorkle will perform a selection of Bach’s works for organ on Oct. 20 at Lexington Presbyterian Church.
‘A Night of Miigis Moments’ Brings Indigenous-Led Performance To W&L
The Oct. 8 event is presented by Red Sky Performance and is part of the Lenfest Center’s Outreach & Engagement Series.
Indigenous Artist Sandra Laronde to Deliver Lenfest Center Series Keynote Address at W&L
An authentic Indigenous dinner will accompany Laronde’s talk on Oct. 7 and is part of the Lenfest Center’s Outreach & Engagement Series.
W&L Choral and Instrumental Programs to Hold Parents and Family Weekend Concerts
Kick off the 2024-25 season with W&L’s choral ensembles on Oct. 4 at 8 p.m. and instrumental ensembles on Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall.
The Lenfest Center Presents an Evening of Poetry Reading with Rena Priest
Washington’s first indigenous State Poet Laureate will deliver a reading on Oct. 1 as part of the Lenfest Center’s Outreach & Engagement Series.
W&L Faculty Recital Celebrates the Beauty of Nature
Heather Dobbins and Anna Billias will perform Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L’s SonoKlect Series Presents the Music of Royce Campbell
The jazz guitarist will be accompanied by the Vosbein Magee Big Band at the Sept. 28 performance.
The Lenfest Center Presents ‘Native American Peoples and Lands: Historic Connections to W&L’
The public talk will take place in Kamen Gallery on Sept. 27 and is part of the Lenfest Center’s Outreach & Engagement Series.
W&L’s Lenfest Center Opens 2024-25 Season with ‘Afrique en Cirque’
The Sept. 24 performance is part of the Lenfest Center’s Outreach & Engagement Series.
W&L’s Staniar Gallery Presents Bridget Conn’s ‘Foveal Relay’
The solo exhibition will run from Sept. 5 through Oct. 18 in Lykes Atrium.
W&L’s Staniar Gallery Presents Liz Liguori’s ‘Where We Meet’
The solo exhibition will run from Sept. 5 through Oct. 18 and kicks off the gallery’s fall season.
The Lenfest Center Presents ‘Indigenous Dress and Culture’
The pop-up exhibit will be on view in Kamen Gallery beginning Sept. 1 and is part of the Lenfest Center’s Outreach & Engagement Series.
W&L’s Lenfest Center for the Arts Presents 2024-25 Season, ‘Expand the Arts!’
Tickets for the entire season will be available to purchase beginning Sept. 9.
University Singers Perform Annual Commencement Concert
The annual tradition for parents and families of graduating students will be held on May 28.
W&L’s Department of Music Presents ‘Nymphs and Shepherds’
The May 7 recital will feature W&L faculty, students and alumni in a showcase of Claudio Monteverdi’s compositions.
Pianist Nicholas Ross to Perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center
The piano recital will be held on May 11 at 8 p.m.
Illusionist Rick Thomas Presents “Mansion of Dreams”
The award-winning illusionist will perform on May 1 in Keller Theatre.
W&L Presents Junior Recital with Heidi Thiessen ‘25 and Matthew Flynn ‘25
The voice recital will be held on April 12 at 8 p.m.
W&L Jazz Ensemble Presents Winter Showcase
The student ensemble will be joined by the Rockbridge County High School Jazz Ensemble in their April 11 performance.
Jordan Peimer Selected as Next Lenfest Center Director
The former executive director of ArtPower at the University of California, San Diego will begin his new role in July.
The Marlbrook Chamber Players Present ‘Colorful Collage of Harmonies’
The ensemble will perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts on April 7.
W&L’s University Wind Ensemble Presents “The Nature of Music”
The April 8 performance will also feature the winners of W&L’s Concerto-Aria Contest.
W&L Presents Senior Recital with Sarah Gabrielle Lynch ’24
Lynch’s soprano recital will be held on April 6 at 8 p.m.
W&L Student Performs at Havana Jazz Festival
A meeting with a Broadway legend allowed engineering major Zaria Daniels ’26 to take her vocal talents to Cuba.
W&L Presents Senior Recital with Gabriella Kogan ’24
Kogan’s piano recital will be held on March 24 at 3 p.m.
W&L Presents Senior Recital with Annie Thomas ’24
Thomas’s piano recital will be held on March 29 at 8 p.m.
W&L Presents ‘Begets: Fall of a High School Ronin’
Performances of the high school samurai tale run April 3-5.
W&L’s University Orchestra Presents “Symphonic Sound Bites”
The performance will take place March 28 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.
This Year’s Bentley Production is Opera ‘Dido and Aeneas’
The iconic myth comes to life March 21-22 in Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L Presents Senior Recital with Duncan Hart ’24
Hart’s violin recital will be held on March 17 at 3 p.m.
W&L Repertory Dance Company Presents Winter Concert
The award-winning ensemble’s performances will run March 14-16.
University Singers Present “Tour Home” Concert
The ensemble concludes a performance tour with its March 5 concert at the Lenfest Center.
W&L Music Presents Winter Choral Concert
The March 12 performance in Wilson Concert Hall will feature W&L’s University Singers, Glee Club and Cantatrici.
Alumni and Students Connect Through Choreography
The W&L Repertory Dance Company’s alumni-student dance performance in New York City’s Center for Performance Research returned after a four-year hiatus.
Anima e Grazia Presents “Passion of a Spanish Heart”
The W&L faculty duo will perform on Feb. 18 at 3 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L’s SonoKlect Series Presents the JMU Brass Band
A reception in Lykes Atrium will follow the band’s Feb. 17 performance in Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L’s Staniar Gallery Presents “Florence As It Was”
The interactive exhibition will run from Feb. 13 through March 25.
Manhattan Chamber Players to Perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center
The ensemble’s Feb. 10 performance is sponsored by the university’s Concert Guild.
W&L Piano Program Presents “The Seasons: Sounds of Nature”
The Feb. 11 performance will be followed by a reception.
Meet a Colleague: Ryan Connell
Ryan Connell is the athletics broadcaster and athletics multimedia creative specialist.
Step Afrika! Dance Company Returns to W&L
The Jan. 24 performance will take place in the Lenfest Center’s Keller Theatre.
W&L Presents MLK Remembrance Concert
The Jan. 21 performance will include selected readings and musical reflections.
Antioch Chamber Ensemble to Perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center
The Jan. 20 choral performance is sponsored by the Concert Guild.
Meet a Colleague: Susan Wager
Susan Wager is the assistant director of the Lenfest Center.
Washington and Lee Presents ‘W&L Dancers Create…’
The W&L Repertory Dance Company’s performances will run Nov. 30 through Dec. 2.
The Space to Be Brave
W&L’s recent staging of ‘Speech & Debate’ brought its cast, crew and audience an opportunity to engage with an innovative, collaborative approach to theater.
W&L’s University Orchestra Presents “Everything Old is New Again”
The performance will take place Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L Faculty Recital Presents “Strange Bedfellows: Unexpected Musical Duos”
The ensemble will perform Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L Jazz Ensemble Presents Fall Showcase
The student ensemble will be joined by the Vosbein Magee Big Band in their Nov. 9 performance.
W&L’s Staniar Gallery Presents Nestor Armando Gil’s “RASTROS (lo que se hace al andar)”
The solo exhibition will run from Nov. 1 through Dec. 8, 2023.
W&L’s University Wind Ensemble Presents “Musical (R)evolution”
The performance will take place Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.
The Marlbrook Chamber Players Present “Obsessions: Ghosts of the Past”
The ensemble will perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts on Nov. 5.
W&L Presents Thought-Provoking Play “Speech & Debate”
The production runs from Nov. 1-4 in Johnson Theatre on the W&L campus.
Simon Shaheen Trio to Perform at W&L
The Oct. 28 concert is sponsored by the Pickens World Music series.
W&L Music Presents Fall Choral Concert Oct. 24
The performance in Wilson Concert Hall will feature W&L’s University Singers, Glee Club and Cantatrici.
Ilonka Rus to Perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center
The pianist’s Oct. 21 performance is sponsored by the Concert Guild.
The Acting Company Presents “Odyssey” at W&L
The Oct. 9 performance will take place in the Lenfest Center’s Keller Theatre.
Los Angeles Piano Trio to Perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center
The chamber ensemble’s performance is sponsored by the Concert Guild.
W&L’s Lenfest Center Opens 2023-24 Season with “Our Roots of Influence”
A reception will follow the Sept. 29 performance in Keller Theatre.
W&L’s SonoKlect Series Presents Kenny Werner Trio
A reception in Lykes Atrium will follow the ensemble’s Sept. 23 performance in Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L’s Lenfest Center for the Arts Presents 2023-24 Season, Live the Arts!
Tickets for the entire season will be available to purchase beginning Sept. 11.
W&L’s Staniar Gallery Presents ‘Mary Mattingly: Proposals’
The solo exhibition will run from Sept. 4 through Oct. 25 and kicks off the gallery’s fall season.
In Memoriam: Al Gordon, Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus
Gordon taught at W&L from 1974 to 2001.
Anima e Grazia Presents “A Romantic Bouquet”
The faculty duo will perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center on May 14.
Staniar Gallery Presents Delilah Montoya: Contemporary Casta Portraiture
The solo exhibition will run from April 24 to May 25 in Staniar Gallery inside Washington and Lee University’s Lenfest Center for the Arts.
W&L’s Jazz Ensemble to Perform Their Annual Year-End Concert
The April 6 program will feature the Michael Allen Trio and several student soloists.
W&L’s University Wind Ensemble Presents “To the Fore!”
Performance will take place April 3 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.
The Marlbrook Chamber Players Presents “Classic Gems”
The ensemble will perform at W&L’s Lenfest Center on March 19.
W&L Music Presents Winter Choral Concert
Student ensembles explore the hero’s journey at the March 14 performance.
This Year’s Bentley Musical is ‘BEEHIVE – The 60s Musical’
The show runs from March 9-11 in Keller Theatre on the W&L Campus.
Thornetta Davis Band to Perform at W&L
The March 10 concert will feature the award-winning “Detroit’s queen of the blues.”
W&L’s SonoKlect Series Presents Tim Hagans Quartet
A reception in Lykes Atrium will follow the jazz ensemble’s March 4 performance in Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L’s University Singers Win Multiple Awards at City of Derry International Choir Festival
University Singers placed third in the festival’s International Open Competition and received the prestigious Visit Derry Award for their final performance.
W&L Presents ‘The Moors,’ Jen Silverman’s Twisted Take on Gothic Romance
The show will run for three nights: May 17-19. Tickets are required.
W&L Presents ‘Thumbelina’
“Thumbelina” will be presented at Keller Theatre in two performances on Feb. 12 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets are required.
W&L Presents Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
The all-male dance group will perform their delightful parodies of great ballet classics at the Lenfest Center for the Arts on Feb. 15.
W&L Presents the University Orchestra in Concert
Join the University Orchestra on Nov. 18 for a performance titled “What’s Old is New Again.”
Lenfest Center Opens Ticket Sales for Upcoming Season
Tickets for the 2022 season can be purchased online using a credit card or in-person at the Lenfest Center box office beginning Nov. 30.
W&L Presents Faculty Recital
The public recital, “Musical Innovators: Prokofiev and Shostakovich,” is scheduled for Sept. 12 at 3 p.m. in the Wilson Concert Hall.
W&L’s University Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Present Outdoor Concert
The W&L community is invited to an in-person outdoor concert on April 5.
W&L Presents American Shakespeare Center’s ‘Othello’
No tickets are required for the production, which will be performed at Blackfriars Playhouse in Staunton on Sept. 12 and streamed live in cinema quality.
W&L Presents ‘EVERYBODY’
Writer Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who based this play on the anonymous 15th-century "Everyman," presents a new take on an old story and the old question of what happens when we cross over to the other side.
W&L Presents Senior Recital Featuring Allison Jue ’20 on Viola
No tickets are required.
W&L Presents Music of Nordic Countries
W&L presents a faculty recital featuring Julia Goudimova on cello and Anna Billias on piano in an evening of romantically inclined music of Nordic countries.
W&L Concert Guild Presents Matt Haimovitz on Cello
Having played in every kind of venue imaginable, from coffee houses to world-class concert halls, Haimovitz creates music for every kind of audience.
W&L Presents Faculty and Guest Recital
Tickets are not required.
Chanticleer Returns to W&L
The Grammy Award-winning male a cappella group is in its 41st season.
W&L Lenfest Center presents ‘Step Afrika!’
Tickets to the show can be ordered online or at the box office.
Lessons from Lenfest
Allie Jue '20 has learned how to keep her studies in music and pre-med in perfect harmony with a job and extracurricular activities at W&L.
