Millennium Stage Online Performance Archive: March 2004

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March 28, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Yasuji Ohagi, acclaimed classical guitarist, has been dubbed a “new painter of sound in the guitar music world” at only 21 years of age.
This performance will take place in the Terrace Theater.
No tickets required (limited capacity)

Featured Artist(s): Yasuji Ohagi

March 27, 2004 - Watch this Performance

The Tamagusuku Ryu/Maekawa Michiko School of Okinawa, Japan presents dances of Okinawa, including the elegant and classical (kajadifu), lively folk (kanayo amaka), dynamic martial arts (bu no mai) and dumi udui drama (manzai tekiuchi).

Featured Artist(s): Tamagusuku Ryu/Maekawa Michiko School

March 26, 2004 - Watch this Performance

NSO Youth Fellows, participants in a twenty-three year-old program that gives high-school aged musicians the opportunity to study and take master-classes with National Symphony Orchestra members, will perform a variety of classical works.

Featured Artist(s): NSO Youth Fellows

March 25, 2004 - Watch this Performance

An Evening of Cultural Performances by Fulbright Scholars. Presented in cooperation with the Council for International Exchange of Scholars.

Featured Artist(s): Joko Susilo

March 24, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Singer/songwriter David Mallett, whose songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Pete Seeger, and John Denver, sings of rural landscapes and small towns.

Featured Artist(s): David Mallett

March 23, 2004 - Watch this Performance

The Classical Academy presents “Artworks Alive” in which students bring paintings to life through song, dance, and movement. This program will be followed by students from D.C.’s Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network - “National School of Distinction” Winner

Featured Artist(s): The Classical Academy

March 22, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Soprano Lisa Shaw and pianist Patrick O’Donnell perform a captivating cabaret program featuring music from Sondheim, Coleman, Bernstein, and more.

Featured Artist(s): Lisa Shaw

March 21, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Nava Ensemble, led by Iranian-born Shahriar Saleh (santur/violin/zarb/guitar/voice), brings music of the Persian masters to world audiences.

Featured Artist(s): Nava Ensemble

March 20, 2004 - Watch this Performance

NSO Prelude: Members of the National Symphony Orchestra perform.

Featured Artist(s): National Symphony Orchestra Prelude

March 19, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Les éjectés, founded in Limoges in 1988, encourages audiences to dance along to its energetic performances of reggae, ragga, ska, and rock.

Showcase of French Regions:

Featured Artist(s): Les éjectés

March 18, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Triple Grammy-nominated Plena Libre has taken the plena, a narrative song that details the pains and ironies of the Puerto Rican people, and injected it with sizzling contemporary dance floor arrangements, salsa and other Caribbean rhythms.

Featured Artist(s): Plena Libre

March 17, 2004 - Watch this Performance

In a St. Patrick's Day celebration, guitarist Zan McLeod teams up with storyteller Batt Burns and his haunting accounts of ghosts, great adventures, and heroic tales.

Featured Artist(s): Zan McLeod

March 16, 2004 - Watch this Performance

The Suzuki Tour Group of the Carolinas, composed of musical students of all ages, join forces with The Perpetual Motion Suzuki Strings, 31 violin students aged 6 and up, to perform Bach to bluegrass, folk and fiddle music.

Featured Artist(s): The Perpetual Motion Suzuki Strings

March 15, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Denver School of the Arts presents “The Changing Image of Art” featuring their string, jazz, and dance ensembles. Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network - “National School of Distinction” Winner

Featured Artist(s): Denver School of the Arts

March 14, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Wolf Creek Session, with fiddler Mike Broderick, Alice Fleischman on flutes and pennywhistles, and vocalists/guitarists Joan and Keith Pitzer, explores the lineage of Celtic to American traditional music.

Featured Artist(s): Wolf Creek Session

March 13, 2004 - Watch this Performance

U.S. Naval Academy Chamber Winds and Brass Ensemble, with guest conductor Gene Young from the Peabody Conservatory, continues its tradition of musical excellence.

Featured Artist(s): U.S. Naval Academy Chamber Winds

March 12, 2004 - Watch this Performance

R.H. Rollings Middle School of the Arts and Lusher Alternative Elementary School: Lusher fuses dance and music from New Orleans’ rich heritage, with the Lusher Jazz Ensemble and the Lusher Dance Troupe while Rollings combines rhythmic dialogue with music, dance, and poetry. Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network - “National School of Distinction” Winners

Featured Artist(s): R.H. Rollings Middle School of the Arts

March 11, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Glendale High School, from Glendale, California, performs with their vocal ensemble, jazz combo, and symphonic orchestra. Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network - “National School of Distinction” Winner

Featured Artist(s): Glendale High School

March 10, 2004 - Watch this Performance

The Silver String Quintet, consisting of two violins, viola, cello, and string bass, performs classical, baroque, pops, jazz, ragtime, and bluegrass.

Featured Artist(s): The Silver String Quintet

March 9, 2004 - Watch this Performance

The Lynk/Anderson Quartet (vocalist Monica Lynk, saxophonist Jason Anderson, drummer Geoffrey Clapp, and pianist/organist Jared Gold, highlighting vocal jazz, kicks off its Kennedy Center / Department of State Jazz Ambassadors tour. Department of State Jazz Ambassadors

Featured Artist(s): The Lynk/Anderson Quartet

March 8, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Ensemble Convivencia, from Alsace, covers six centuries of music, with an emphasis on popular song.

Showcase of French Regions:

Featured Artist(s): Ensemble Convivencia

March 7, 2004 - Watch this Performance

Mingo Saldivar, accordionist and veteran of the Texas conjunto music scene, recently released his new foot-stomping CD, Return of the Dancing Cowboy. Presented in cooperation with íViva Mexico!: Washington, DC Celebrates, a city-wide collaboration between DC area cultural institutions, the Mexican Cultural Institute, and the Embassy of Mexico.