Join Maestro David Steward Wiley, the music director and conductor of the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, for a special solo piano recital on Thursday, March 11, at Piedmont Arts. A reception will be held at 5:30 p.m., followed by the performance at 6 p.m.

The program will include original music composed by Wiley and piano music by Bach, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff.

Wiley has conducted such distinguished symphonies as Atlanta, Buffalo, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Minnesota, Saint Louis, Oregon, Honolulu, and Utah, among others. He won the Aspen Conducting Prize, was assistant conductor for the Aspen Music Festival, and was awarded a conducting fellowship at Tanglewood. He holds both a doctorate and a master’s of music in conducting from Indiana University, a degree in piano performance with honors from the New England Conservatory of Music, and a degree in religion, summa cum laude, from Tufts University. He is a recipient of the Perry F. Kendig Prize for service to the arts and is a Paul Harris Fellow from Rotary International. He and his wife, Leah Marer Wiley, have a son and a daughter who play cello and violin and enjoy traveling, hiking, biking, chess, and making music together.

Tickets are $25 for general admission.