W&L’s University Bluegrass Ensemble Presents Winter Concert The performance will take place on April 8 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.

By Lily Caldwell
March 26, 2026

Join the University Bluegrass Ensemble at Washington and Lee University for its Winter Term concert on April 8 at 8 p.m. in Wilson Concert Hall in the Lenfest Center for the Arts.

The performance is free and open to the public and no tickets are required. The event will also be streamed online at https://go.wlu.edu/livestream.

The Bluegrass Ensemble is one of several instrumental chamber ensembles offered by W&L’s Department of Music. After going on hiatus in 2019, the Bluegrass Ensemble was recently revived in the summer of 2025 under the direction of Blake Shester, lecturer in music. The performance will explore the traditional music of Appalachia, offering the audience an opportunity to connect to the Lexington and Rockbridge area’s rich musical traditions. The ensemble will perform many facets of bluegrass music spanning Scotch-Irish, old-time, first generation, contemporary and beyond.

For a full list of events, visit the Department of Music’s website.

The Lenfest Center for the Arts, home of the Department of Theater, Dance, and Film Studies and the Department of Music and Department of Art and Art History is a multi-use facility designed and equipped to accommodate a broad spectrum of the performing arts, including theater, musical theater, opera and operetta, choral and band music, dance and performance art in one energizing complex.