Culture Right Outside Your Loudoun County Door

Living in Loudoun County means having first class productions and cultural events available right at your fingertips. Loudoun is home to acclaimed theaters, a cappella groups, orchestras and more. Here are just a few of the cultural offerings available in Loudoun that are worthy of even the most discriminating musical critic...

The Loudoun Symphony Orchestra boasts acclaimed composers, vocalists, and instrumentalists. They have a wide variety of cultural offerings from chamber music concerts to children's concerts, as well as collaborations with other arts organizations.

Best of all, because of the generosity of the Loudoun community and the volunteers that make up a large part of the organization, ticket prices have remained quite low. Only $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, and free for all those 18 and under.

This Saturday at 4 p.m.in Stone Bridge High School’s auditorium is the annual Family Concert Series. The production will include dance and musical stories featuring narrator Don O’Brien and the Loudoun Ballet Company in Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf and Loudoun storyteller Laura J. Bobrow in Daniel Dorff’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

For further information or to purchase advance tickets, call 703-771-8287 or e-mail admin@loudounsymphony.org.

Loudoun County is also lucky enough to have the Masters Singers of Virginia, a premiere mixed choral ensemble located right in Ashburn, VA. Can you imagine having performances available right outside your door that have been quoted to be "Among the state's finest choral ensembles" by the Washington Post?

The ensemble primarily Concentrates in 20th- and 21st-century music. They are able to take modern music, sing with on-the-spot intonation and create a timeless performance enjoyable to all ages.

Their upcoming winter 2010 performance will highlight Frank Martin’s Mass, but will also include Gregorio Allegri’s Miserere, Henryk Gorecki’s Broad Waters and works by Ernani Aguiar, Maurice Ravel and Jack Halloran. Each concert will feature a lecture on the evening’s selected music, and will be followed by a reception featuring complimentary drinks and finger foods. The Ashburn event will take place at Our Savior’s Way Lutheran Church on March 6, at 8 p.m.

For further information, including details on remaining season performances, call 703-655-7809 or visit www.msva.org.

That is just the beginning when it comes to culture and events in Loudoun. If you ever are looking for a great event in Loudoun or simply want to look around, feel free to contact me any time. My community page is also a great resource to browse through.

Helena Talbot
Broker/Owner
Exit Realty Talbot and Company 

Phone: 703-574-3800

Email: Helena@mris.com
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