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Conservatory Project
Music's rising stars from the nation's top conservatories performing in the Terrace Theater
Video Highlights
The Domestic Crusaders 11/14/2010
Furia Flamenca 10/10/10
They Might Be Giants 10/2/2010
Ozomatli 9/15/2010
Broadway Today & Tomorrow 2/1/2009
And More ...
- Let Freedom Ring January 19, 2009
- Ondrej Havelka and his Melody Makers June 26, 2007
- The Roaring 40s November 23, 2006
- Polyphonic Spree October 1, 2004
Performances from the Past Week
May 22, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Featured Artist(s): DC Youth Orchestra
May 21, 2012 -
Watch this Performance The Emmy-nominated singer/songwriter and Strathmore Artist in Residence artfully displays her talents in folk, pop, jazz, and instrumental music.
Featured Artist(s): ellen cherry
May 20, 2012 -
Watch this Performance The dance company presents The Three Wise Monkeys, a performance inspired by hip hop, capoeira, and acrobatics that explores human beings’ ability to see and analyze, to hear and interpret, to speak and transmit.
Featured Artist(s): Par-Allèles
May 19, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Joy of Motion Dance Center’s elite pre-collegiate student company returns with a mixed repertory program featuring works by Helanius Wilkins and Helen Hayes, among others.
Featured Artist(s): Joy of Motion Dance Company
May 18, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play Katherine Hoover’s Summer Night for flute, horn and piano, a brass quintet by Philip Parker, and Grant Cooper’s Octagons for Clarinet and String Quintet.
Featured Artist(s): NSO Prelude
May 17, 2012 -
Watch this Performance This music education program is a collaboration between WPAS, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and DC Public Schools.
Featured Artist(s): The Capitol Jazz Project
May 16, 2012 -
Watch this Performance This program highlights young student musicians and dancers in performances with professional artists
Featured Artist(s): Washington Performing Arts Society
May 15, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Students in grades 6 to 12 perform a program of classical works.
Featured Artist(s): Joseph and Goldie Feder Memorial String Competition
May 14, 2012 -
Watch this Performance The popular singer performs a program of traditional fado music. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Portugal.
Featured Artist(s): Nathalie Pires
May 13, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Thai string trio VieTrio performs, as well as dancers Elías Aguirre and Álvaro Esteban with their modern dance piece Entomo, which examines animal and insect movement. VieTrio is presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Thailand. Entomo is presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Spain.
Featured Artist(s): VieTrio Entomo
May 12, 2012 -
Watch this Performance A D.C. native, Dashiell is a jazz vocalist, 2010 alumnus of the Center's Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead, and graduate of Howard University, where she was a member of the premier vocal jazz ensemble Afro Blue. Part of the 17th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival.
Featured Artist(s): The Christie Dashiell Quartet
May 11, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Pianist Bormet is a 2010 alumnus of the Kennedy Center's Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead residency program and 2010 Howard University graduate. Part of the 17th Annual Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival.
Featured Artist(s): Amy K. Bormet’s Striking Quartet
May 10, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Chicago’s Midnight Circus presents a dazzling stage show featuring the eclectic talents of its actors, acrobats, aerialists, clowns, contortionists, dancers, singers, and more. By breaking down the barriers that separate individual art forms, these artists consistently create a unique style of live performance. ON THE NORTH PLAZA
Featured Artist(s): Midnight Circus
May 9, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Yo-Yo People, featuring husband and wife duo John Higby and Rebecca Loomis Higby, present a stage show featuring their finely-tuned acts such as blending yo-yos with hula hooping and unicycling. American juggler Paolo Garbanzo shows off his comedic talents and daring feats, which includes juggling flaming torches. Part of Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America.
Featured Artist(s): Paolo Garbanzo Yo-Yo People
May 8, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Colombia's National Circus School Circo Para Todos (“Circus for All”) is coming to the Kennedy Center directly from Cali, Colombia. Circo Para Todos is the first professional circus school for vulnerable kids and displaced youth in the world. Their energy and talent has taken them to perform at some of the most important venues all over the world. Circo Para Todos performs in Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America under the auspices of the Embassy of Colombia.
Featured Artist(s): Circo Para Todos
May 7, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Swami Yomahmi, the Original Sideshow Geek, presents his unique combination of dangerous acts and physical comedy, while actor and comedian Matt Pauli will do some plate spinning, cigar box juggling, balancing, and even some banjo ukulele playing. Magician and comedian Karen Beriss will appear, as well as talented juggler Evan Young. Part of Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America.
Featured Artist(s): Evan Young Swami YoMahmi Matthew Pauli Karen Beriss
May 6, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Chicago-based circus-punk marching band Mucca Pazza brings its sweet sounds indoors, using trombones, marching drums, accordions, and more to get the audience moving. Happenstance Theater presents its blend of cabaret, mime, and slapstick comedy in a visual, poetic theater performance. Part of Look Both Ways: Street Arts Across America.
Featured Artist(s): Mucca Pazza Happenstance Theater
May 5, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Performances by Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe, Japanese Taiko Club, Washington Korean Dance Company, Natyabhoomi School of India Dance, Wrhatnala Indonesia Music & Dance, and Sri Lanka Dance Group of Washington. Part of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month.
Featured Artist(s): Asian American Music Society
May 4, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Enjoy a preview of musical highlights from Washington National Opera’s new production of Verdi’s Nabucco (D.C. Premiere) in addition to Massenet’s Werther, featuring members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.
Featured Artist(s): Washington National Opera Insights Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
May 3, 2012 -
Watch this Performance An evening of live and digital performances highlighting the poetry, video, photography, and music of young people from around the country engaged in “What's Going On…NOW,” the Kennedy Center’s first-ever digital youth arts and media campaign.
Featured Artist(s): What's Going On Now Youth Showcase
May 2, 2012 -
Watch this Performance An evening of live and digital performances highlighting the poetry, video, photography, and music of young people from around the country engaged in “What's Going On…NOW,” the Kennedy Center’s first-ever digital youth arts and media campaign.
Featured Artist(s): What's Going On Now Youth Showcase
May 1, 2012 -
Watch this Performance Writer, director, and performer Holly Bass hosts an event celebrating the Kennedy Center’s “What's Going On…NOW” campaign, featuring members of the DC Slam Team, a group comprised of local spoken word artists, and Words, Beats, and Life, an organization that works to transform individual lives and communities through hip hop.
Featured Artist(s): Words Beats & Life Holly Bass DC Youth Slam Team
April 30, 2012 -
Watch this Performance The all-female D.C. band creates a hot go-go sound sure to keep its audience moving to the beat.
Featured Artist(s): Be'la Dona
April 29, 2012 -
Watch this Performance The violin-piano duo brings its pure, warm sound and technical brilliance to the stage. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Germany.
Featured Artist(s): Ariadne Daskalakis Anthony Spiri
April 28, 2012 -
Watch this Performance The celebrated Liechtenstein pianist concludes his national tour with a program of works by Liechtenstein composer Josef Rheinberger and Beethoven, as well as Hanselmann’s own original work. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Liechtenstein.
Featured Artist(s): Jürg Hanselmann




