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The concert will include pieces by Rossini, Beethoven and Dan Visconti, and will feature Grammy Award-winning guitarist Jason Vieaux, whom NPR has called “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation.” The symphony will be conducted by Steven Smith, music director of the Richmond Symphony, the Grammy-winning Cleveland Chamber Symphony and the Santa Fe Symphony & Chorus.
Tickets ($20) are available from the Longwood Box Office and may be reserved by phone (434-395-2474), or purchased online (http://www.longwoodtickets.com/) or in person. The box office, open noon-6 p.m. weekdays, is located on the first floor of the Center for Communication Studies and Theatre at the corner of Franklin and Race streets.
Tickets also may be purchased the day of the concert. The first 200 Longwood students to reserve tickets will be admitted free.