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Peninsula Youth Orchestra Joins Soundscapes

July 11, 2020

Soundscapes Assumes Management of the 60-year-old Orchestra Group Soundscapes and Peninsula Youth Orchestra have joined to form a comprehensive music education program that will benefit students on the Peninsula from first grade through age 25. At a virtual meeting on July 11, the Board of Directors of PYO formally turned management of its program over… Read more »

Local Nonprofit Soundscapes Hosts Gala to Celebrate 10th Anniversary

August 22, 2019

Grammy Award-Winning Artist Victor Wooten to Perform Newport News, VA — Local nonprofit Soundscapes is to host its first-ever Gala! This Gala is to celebrate Soundscapes’ 10th Anniversary and will include a performance by Victor Wooten. Wooten is an American bass guitarist, record producer, educator, and recipient of five Grammy Awards. He has been the… Read more »

Soundscapes Wins Statewide Arts Education Award

February 1, 2019

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Soundscapes was one of only five arts organizations in Virginia recognized with a Dominion Energy ArtStar Award for its innovative and collaborative approach to arts education. Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation presented a Shining Star award and a $10,000 grant to Soundscapes and the other winners at the Art Works for Virginia… Read more »

Music by the Pint Festival

November 1, 2018

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Three local venues will host concerts on three nights in November for the Music by the Pint Festival, which raises money and awareness for Soundscapes. The first two concerts of the festival include popular local bands, and the third features up-and-coming national recording artist Brandon Ray. Music by the Pint Festival… Read more »

Newport News students to show off musical skills at Kennedy Center

April 11, 2018

NEWPORT NEWS — A group of students who participate in the after-school program Soundscapes will perform at the Kennedy Center on Monday. About a dozen of those who play various instruments in the program, hosted every day after school at Carver Elementary School, will join others from across the country in capping off the 2018… Read more »

Soundscapes to Perform at Kennedy Center

April 5, 2018

NEWPORT NEWS, VA – Students from Newport News will perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on April 16. The student musicians are part of Soundscapes, one of a select group of music education programs invited to perform together at the 2018 Kennedy Center Arts Summit. “Every musician… Read more »