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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 …
The acoustic, song-based group blends Latin jazz, Gypsy swing, and much more to create rhythms, harmonies, and an energy that propels its music.
The Austrian children's author, artist, and puppeteer brings his popular books to life with an amazing array of puppets. A discussion follows the performance. For ages 6"10. Part of Kids Eur…
The California-based musician brings his old-time, down-home music to the stage in a performance featuring his talents on the fiddle, banjo, guitar, and vocals.
The celebrated singer-songwriter team blurs the line between musical theater and pop music with hit songs including "Run Away with Me" and "My Party Dress."
VSA presents the folk-pop Canadian singer-songwriter who has performed his music all over the world, including at the Beijing and Vancouver Olympics.
How to Catch a Leprechaun is a new comedy that tells the story of Riley O'Really as he prepares a leprechaun trap and ends up catching more than he's bargained. Part of the 11th Annual Page-…
The Croatian singing group from Washington State presents an evening of Croatian folk music. Part of Homegrown: The Music of America concert series.
Participants in the internationally renowned festival perform an outstanding recital of solo piano music.
The Brooklyn-based art-pop band, gushed over by Bob Boilen of NPR's All Songs Considered, layers homey synthesizers over acoustic guitar, drizzled with vocal harmonies.
The award-winning D.C. a cappella group sings through 900 years of Western music"from Gregorian chant to classic rock to TV theme songs to holiday tunes"in a fresh approach to contemporary a…
The Philadelphia-based troupe weaves visual antics with eclectic sounds to put a modern twist on the good old days of vaudeville.
