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Step Afrika with Hip Hop Violinist Josh Vietti
Venue: Burruss Auditorium, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Time: 7:00 - 10:00 PM
Event Types: Music, Arts & Theatre
Cost:
General Public: $15.00 VT Students: $7.00 VT Faculty & Staff: $10.00 Children: $5.00

Description:
The Virginia Tech Union presents Step Afrika with Hip Hop Violinist Josh Vietti on Tuesday, September 25th in Burruss Auditorium.

"From Appalachia to South Africa, Stepping from Gumboot to Zulu," Step Afrika runs the gambit of cultural influences. Come see the rising step act that the Washington Post describes as "Always visually and musically exciting," and "Electrifying." Their mesmerizing rhythms and collaged choreography collaborate to create a seamless continuum of cultures. Come accompany us in commemorating this cross cultural dance company.

For more information, visit: http://www.stepafrika.org/home.htm

The interplay between hip hop and rock may sound like an incompatible parallel track, until you hear Josh Vietti!

Upbeat, soulful and mesmerizing are three words that perfectly describe Josh Vietti. He has an unusual knack for combining sounds and rhythms from a variety of genres to make just the 'right kind of noise'! Josh has played the violin since he was four years old! At the age of 7, he received a scholarship from the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he studied for 10 years.

In 2006, he decided to make a career out of his passion for music. He started playing as a 'street performer' at local venues around Los Angeles.

As a street performer Josh engages the crowd and creates his own concert hall by playing pop, jazz, hip hop, country, gospel and comes up with an improvisation that is entirely his!

Josh has performed with the Los Angeles Ballet Academy and was featured in the 2010 NBA All-Star Game commercial narrated by the actor Common. In September 2011, Josh recorded a track for multi-Grammy award winner Cee Lo Green. In November 2011 he performed on the Ellen Degeneres show.

Hear him to experience how he makes parallel tracks intersect in an exciting melody.

For more information, visit: http://www.joshvietti.com/index2.php?v=v1

Doors open at 6:30 pm. The show begins at 7 pm.

For more information about the event, visit: http://www.vtu.org.vt.edu/livelyarts.html