Millennium Stage Online Performance Archive: July 2010

Finalists in the 25th Annual International Young Artist Piano Competition, created to promote the music of Chinese composers and further cultural exchange between peoples of the East and West, perform classical Chinese and European pieces.

Featured Artist(s): International Young Artist Piano Competition

Actors from the D.C. theater community perform selection of new works by participants in the 5th annual MFA Playwrights’ Workshop, produced by KCACTF in association with the National New Play Network (NNPN) and the National Center for New Plays at Stanford University. These playwrights hail from some of the top MFA programs in the country, including Yale School of Drama, New York University, The Juilliard School, University of Southern California, and Northwestern University.

Featured Artist(s): MFA Playwrights' Workshop

The Nikita Fitenko and Katerina Zaitseva Piano Duo perform works by Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Manuel Infante.

Featured Artist(s): Washington International Piano Festival

Singer/songwriter/bassist/composer Danoff, a student at Berklee College of Music, draws on his appreciation for good melodies, good lyrics, and pop music. D.C. native and singer-songwriter Noss, also a Berklee student, will soon release a collection of songs entitled Through the Wind and Rain.

Featured Artist(s): Phillip Noss

Conducted by Elizabeth Schulze, the orchestra of students ages 15–20 plays a program including the Overture to Verdi’s La Forza del Destino and Dvorák’s Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”). IN THE CONCERT HALL

Featured Artist(s): NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra

The pianist of Cherokee descent plays music by Native American composers, composers from the “Indianist School,” and composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Part of the National Museum of the American Indian Summer Music Series.

Featured Artist(s): Lisa Thomas

Acclaimed opera singer and D.C. native Harolyn Blackwell, Grammy winner and 2006 Kennedy Center Honoree Smokey Robinson, Grammy winner John Mayer, and saxophonist Branford Marsalis join the National Symphony Orchestra. Conducted by Hugh Wolff and Sarah Hicks. Visit An American Playlist for more information.

Featured Artist(s): Branford Marsalis

Host and Grammy Award–winning saxophonist Branford Marsalis performs. Members of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet perform Balanchine’s Ragtime pas de deux and “Contrapuntal Blues” pas de deux from Clarinade. Evidence, A Dance Company/Ronald K. Brown performs. D.C.’s tap dancing phenomenon the Manzari Brothers give an electrifying performance. Visit An American Playlist for more information.

Featured Artist(s): The Suzanne Farrell Ballet

Young spoken word artists and MCs from across the U.S. join forces with DC go-go favorites Mambo Sauce and Black Thought and ?uestlove of The Roots. A Target Arts & Wonder Free Family Event. Visit An American Playlist for more information.

Featured Artist(s): Mambo Sauce

Based in Boise, Idaho, the group brings together the best of traditional trikitixa (a duo of accordion and tambourine) with a modern rhythm section and songs sung in the Basque language of Euskara. Part of Homegrown: The Music of America series.

Featured Artist(s): Amuma Says No

Students from the prestigious WNO Institute perform. They have been selected by the faculty because of excellence in areas such as performance, professionalism, academic success, good attitude, and growth as a musician.

Featured Artist(s): Washington National Opera Institute for Young Singers

Elizabeth Schulze conducts NSO musicians playing side-by-side with students ages 15–20 in a program featuring the Overture to Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and pianist John Chen—2009 NSO Young Soloists’ Competition winner—in Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1. IN THE CONCERT HALL

Featured Artist(s): NSO Summer Music Institute Orchestra

In partnership with the Juilliard School, seven teens from the 75 Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington Teen Arts Performance (TAP) troupe perform "edutainment" songs: Jermaine Harris, Analisa Walls, Avery Bagarsse, Samantha Long, Tyriq Al-Sabir, Racheal Edwards and Mayila Jones. The performance arts program was founded and is directed by Tony M. Small. Also, renowned jazz musicians from the 2010 Juilliard Jazz Residency perform: drummer and Artistic Director Carl Allen, pianist Frank Kimbrough, bassist Ben Wolfe, guitarist Rodney Jones, saxophonist Ron Blake, and trombonist James Burton.

Featured Artist(s): Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington

THE FOUNDATION: DMC DJ EXHIBITON
Curated by Christie Z Pabon, DMC USA Producer, Hosted by Kokayi
Featuring two of the best DJs in the USA, this Millennium Stage event marks the first time the Festival will showcase the skills behind the art form of turntablism, where the turntables, under the hands of the DJs, become instruments to rock the crowd. Special guests include legendary DJ Rockin’ Rob, from the Bronx, NYC and DMC USA Supremacy Champion, DJ I-Dee. Part of the 9th Annual DC Hip Hop Theater Festival presented in cooperation with DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.

Featured Artist(s): Hip Hop Theater Festival