Name: Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies - Public Lecture
Start: 2026-04-27T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 1 College Ave, Wise, VA, United States, Virginia 24293

Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies - Public Lecture

Hailed by the international press as “a shamanic orchestra for a technological age,” the Argentina-based Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies recovers and gives artistic life to hundreds of forgotten native musical instruments.
Hidden Sounds of the Americas is a journey through the sonic geography from Alaska to Patagonia, blending traditional music and contemporary compositions that, through an immersive audiovisual experience, unite ancestral sounds to cutting-edge technology alongside indigenous masks and dances.
Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies will give a public lecture on Monday, April 27th at 1 p.m. in the Rhododendron Room on the fifth floor of the C. Bascom Slemp Student Center at UVA Wise. The lecture is free and open to all, and co-sponsored by Virginia Humanities at UVA Wise. For more information and to make reservations, please visit proartva.org.
The lecture features replicas of unknown pre-Columbian instruments recovered from archaeological museums as well as from indigenous communities in the Amazonas, the Andes, and Mesoamerica.
This engagement of Orchestra of Indigenous Instruments and New Technologies is made possible in part through the Mid Atlantic Tours program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Ibermúsicas.
Pro-Art partners with a variety of venues, for accessibility inquiries or general questions, call (276) 376-4520 or email [email protected]. For weather related updates, patrons are encouraged to check proartva.org for real-time information.
Pro-Art is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as the C. Bascom Slemp Foundation, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise, and Mountain Empire Community College.