W&L’s University Bluegrass Ensemble Presents Winter Concert The performance will take place on Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Lenfest Center’s Wilson Concert Hall.

By Lily Caldwell
October 27, 2026

Join the University Bluegrass Ensemble at Washington and Lee University for its Fall Term concert at 8 p.m. on Nov. 7 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 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 celebrate the spirit of bluegrass and old-time music through collaboration, creativity and community, performing many facets of bluegrass music, spanning Scotch-Irish, old-time, first generation, contemporary and beyond.

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.

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