Virginia Tech Groups - Music
This page contains information about Virignia Tech current and past music groups that started at the university.
The University Jazz Ensemble
In the collection we have four posters for Virginia Tech’s group Jazz Ensembles. On the posters you will see they are referred to as the University Jazz Ensemble and have featured notable jazz artists who have performed or lectured at Virginia Tech. The group primarily performs big band literature, past and contemporary, and will showcase new works from modern composers.
They can be listened to on Sound Cloud.
The University Jazz Ensemble
This is an example poster for a University Jazz Ensemble performance.
The Audubon Quartet
This classical string, quartet group started in 1974 at Marywood College (Scranton, PA) and Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA). The group had international acclaim and performed for Jimmy Carter at the White House in 1997 (Wikipedia 2025). The last concert for this group was performed in August 2011 at the Chautauqua Institution (Wikipedia 2025).
They can be listened to on Sound Cloud.
The Audubon Quartet
This is an example poster for an Audubon Quartet performance.
New River Valley Symphony
New River Valley Symphony is a community and university based orchestra that invites participation from students, faculty, and members of the community (New River Valley). It is unclear if the group is still active at Virginia Tech as the last publication referring to the group was from 2017 on the school’s new site (Caldwell 2017).
New River Valley Symphony
This is an example poster for a New River Valley Symphony performance.
References
Caldwell, Willie. (2017, Feb. 1) New River Valley Symphony Orchestra concert offers opportunity to showcase cellist’s talent. (n.d.). Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech. https://news.vt.edu/articles/2017/01/sopa-nrvsalexfowler.html
Wikipedia contributors. (2025, February 15). Audubon Quartet. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audubon_Quartet