Upcoming Events
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National Symphony Orchestra: NEW MOVES: Symphony + Dance: Thomas Wilkins, conductor / From Schuman to Bernstein
5/7/2014 - 5/8/2014 This celebration's first program incorporates live dance with Bernstein's On the Town and On the Waterfront. The NSO also performs Schuman's New England Triptych and a new concerto featuring Sue Heineman, NSO principal bassoon.
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National Symphony Orchestra: NEW MOVES: Symphony + Dance: Thomas Wilkins, conductor / From Gershwin to Ellington
5/10/2014 - 5/13/2014 This celebration's second program adds live dance to music by Duke Ellington. The NSO also performs music from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, Barber's Souvenirs, and a concerto featuring Jauvon Gilliam, NSO principal timpani.
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National Symphony Orchestra: NEW MOVES: Symphony + Dance: Thomas Wilkins, conductor / From Adams to Copland, with Leila Josefowicz, violin
5/16/2014 - 5/17/2014 This celebration's final program incorporates live dance into Adams's Violin Concerto, to be played by Leila Josefowicz, a violinist of "exceptional technical aplomb" (Baltimore Sun). Also on the program: Copland's Appalachian Spring.
