Friday Night Out Concert Series: Cyrus Pace Quartet
Venue: Henderson Lawn, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Date: Friday, June 21, 2013
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost: Free
Description:
Friday Night Out Concert Series opens the 2013 season with the Cyrus Pace Quartet on Friday, June 21st on the Henderson Lawn in downtown Blacksburg.

The Cyrus Pace Quartet is a Virginia Jazz and Funk band. In a world that often seems crowded with talented musicians, the light often shines on those artists who seek their personal voice at any cost. Cyrus Pace has spent the last 16 years doing just that.

Through the fortunate contact with musicians who stressed the importance of self-expression and originality in music early in his career, Cyrus learned of the power of music as a tool of expression. The long and continuing search for meaning in music has lead to a realization for him that the guitar is not the instrument, the player is the instrument. He is as influenced by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and James Brown as he is by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Wes Montgomery. Cyrus seeks to serve the source that is independent of form, style, and classification.

For more information, visit: http://www.myspace.com/cyruspacemusic

Attendees are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and/or blankets to sit on during the show.

The rain site for all Friday Night Out concerts is in the Old Dominion Ballroom, located on the first floor of the Squires Student Center.

The Summer Arts Festival (a joint effort by Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg) was established in 1991. This Festival is held each summer beginning in June and ending in late August. This year's events will provide New River Valley residents, Tech faculty/staff/students, conference attendees, and tourists with an attractive array of arts and cultural attractions.

These include: live theatre productions; gallery exhibitions at the Armory Art Gallery; outdoor musical concerts on Henderson Lawn, an Independence Day Celebration sponsored by the Town of Blacksburg; the Steppin' Out Street Festival, Art at the Market, Summer Solstice sponsored by the Downtown Merchants Association; three classic films sponsored by and being shown at The Lyric Theatre on College Avenue and, again this year, we are featuring a Storyteller.

For more information, visit: http://www.sopac.vt.edu/events/summer_arts_festival.html