7,178 stories by "The Kennedy Center"
The ensemble, led by the DC native saxophonist and composer, plays primarily original material with elements of swing and the blues.
These Anne Arundel County and DC Public Schools ensembles perform as part of Music in Our Schools Month.
D.C.'s acoustically tinged indie rock band offers an electrifying show highlighting the group's unconventional take on rock, folk, and more.
The soul and funk band from Maryland and Virginia has the drive of D.C. Go-Go swing, the showmanship of rock and roll, and a unique sound. Part of the 2012 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Company founders lead a demonstration of training techniques combined with excerpts from their new wordless interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. …
Winners of the Asian American Music Society's 13th International Competition for woodwind, piano, strings, and voice perform on the Millennium Stage. The competition encompasses elementary, …
SMI students play chamber music works by Dvorák, Schubert, and others.
Somali Sunrise Concert Tour for Peace 2012 presents performances by Shiine Akhyaar Ali of the hip hop collective Waayaha Cusub, Somali-style R&B/soul artist Hodan Abdirahman, and singer Dalm…
One of South Africa's foremost flautists, he explores world music and fuses classical and contemporary sounds.
The Kennedy Center joins Lyla June for the next episode of #ArtsAcrossAmerica exploring Indigenous food and health. 🌎 💻 ðŸ´
Lyla June is an Indigenous musician, scholar,…
The band specializes in the sounds of pre-revolutionary Iran, blending traditional Iranian melodies and rhythms with rock, soul, pop, and more.
Students from the summer program for pre-professional musicians perform a program of classical works.
The Czech pianist performs a solo recital featuring Smetana's concert etude "On the Seashore," Novák's My May, Debussy's Estampes, and Chopin's Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brilla…
This performance highlights selections from WNO's upcoming new production of Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel. The Cafritz Young Artist Program is made possible through the generous…
Singers over the age of 55 perform crowd-pleasing holiday music.
Guyi-Guyi the crocodile was born by chance into a family of ducks. He considers himself a duck until one day he meets another crocodile and must follow his instincts before realizing who he …
One day, Videk rips his old, hand-me-down shirt and some friends from nature come to his rescue. A sheep gives him wool, a bush combs the wool with its thorns, and a spider weaves fabric"tea…
The clarinetist and Strathmore Artist in Residence is known for his distinctively lyrical sound, a skill that recently earned him a Young Artist Grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts an…
Tom Paxton, Noel Paul Stookey, Tim O'Brien, and Mark Schatz are presenting a Woody Guthrie Hootenanny Guitar and Sing-Along Jam Session. Bring your guitar, and be prepared to Rise Up Singing…
The premier jazz ensemble performs a program of big band music.
Finalists in the SMI Concerto Competition play classical concerti.
The D.C.-based indie rock band uses its eclectic take on modern pop music to craft a unique sound, as heard on the group's recently released self-recorded debut album Day Light Savings.
Generating a well-deserved buzz in New York's burgeoning Afrobeat scene, the group blends West African rhythms with funk, jazz, and soul.
Elizabeth Schulze conducts students in Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol and Sibelius's Symphony No. 1.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) presents a dual performance featuring D.C. jazz trio Reverie performing early jazz standards and forgotten favorites, as well as local …
