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Home For The Holidays Concert ft. The Bouknights & The Wileys
Venue: Floyd EcoVillage, Floyd
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Sunday, December 22, 2019
Time: 3:00 - 5:00 PM
Event Types: Music
Cost:
Adults: $25.00 Students: $5.00

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Description:
The Floyd Center for the Arts and Virginia's Blue Ridge Music Festival present the Home For The Holidays Concert with The Bouknights and The Wileys on Sunday, December 22, 2019 in Celebration Hall at The Floyd Eco Village.

This special program of music featuring the talented musical families of the Bouknights and the Wileys will put you in the holiday spirit. Enjoy traditional and familiar classics by Handel, C.P.E. and J.S. Bach, Faure, Brahms, Appalachian carols, the Hebrew song of peace, Ose Shalom and other classic selections from around the world. You don't want to miss this enchanting and uplifting evening!

Roanoke Symphony Orchestra Conductor and Artistic Director, David Stewart Wiley will host the program featuring his wife, acclaimed soprano & actress Leah Marer Wiley, as well as accomplished son, cellist Misha Wiley. The thrilling voices of Philip and Tara Bouknight will also fill the hall.

Roanoke Symphony Orchestra has experienced remarkable artistic growth and expansion under David Stewart Wiley’s energetic leadership since 1996. He made his exciting Boston Pops debut in three ways: as conductor, composer, and pianist at Boston Symphony Hall for a sold-out audience.

Leah Marer Wiley has performed throughout the United States and Europe. She has been voted “Best Female Vocalist” by readers of The Roanoker Magazine. With a wide vocal range and dramatic versatility, she is as comfortable in musical theater as she is in opera and symphonic performance. She has been a featured vocal soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra and the Wintergreen Festival Orchestra.

Misha Wiley is a 16-year-old honors student in his junior year at Patrick Henry High School. He is the principal cellist of the PHHS Orchestra and has studied cello since age 3.

The Rev. Philip Bouknight has performed oratorio extensively throughout the United States and abroad. He has sung the title role in Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” and Jesus in Bach’s "St. John Passion." Rev. Bouknight is an ordained Lutheran pastor serving Trinity Ecumenical Parish in Moneta, VA.

Tara Bouknight, wife of Rev. Philip Bouknight, has sung in many oratorios and has appeared in several title roles on the operatic stage including Carmen, Hansel in Hansel and Gretel, Cherubino in Le Nozzo di Figaro and Maddalina in Rigoletto. She sings with both RSO and Lynchburg’s Opera on the James.

A reception with refreshments will follow the concert and the audience will have the opportunity to meet the musicians and singers.

Tickets are $25.00 for adults and $5.00 for students.

To purchase tickets online, visit: https://www.floydartcenter.org/events-1/home-for-the-holidays-concert.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/hWuq1yY.jpg.

For more information about the Floyd Eco Village, visit: http://floydecovillage.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/FloydEcoVillage or call 540-745-4434.