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Staunton nonprofit presents original musical arrangements through the centuries

Rebecca Barnabi
Caravanserai Music’s board members are Sarah Mendonca (president), Ingrid Zepp, Ben Leonard, Thom Wagner (vice president) and Yi-Ping Chen (founder and artistic director). Photo courtesy of Caravanserai Music.

Caravanserai Music will present “Threads of Melody” on Saturday, October 28.

The Staunton-based nonprofit has a mission to promote compassion and community through musical performance.

The program will feature original arrangements by the nonprofit’s Thom Wagner, a longtime composer and Emmy award winner.

Audience members will enjoy a live chamber orchestra, full chorus, madrigal quartet and special musical guests, including the Wilson Memorial High School Choir, student musicians from Shelburne Middle School, and Staunton’s beloved Molly Murphy.

“Threads of Melody” will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Central United Methodist Church, 14 N. Lewis Street, Staunton. Admission is free.

Rebecca Barnabi

Rebecca Barnabi

Rebecca J. Barnabi is the national editor of Augusta Free Press. A graduate of the University of Mary Washington, she began her journalism career at The Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star. In 2013, she was awarded first place for feature writing in the Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia Awards Program, and was honored by the Virginia School Boards Association’s 2019 Media Honor Roll Program for her coverage of Waynesboro Schools. Her background in newspapers includes writing about features, local government, education and the arts.