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Best Concert Series: Millennium Stage

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Schedule

List of upcoming Millennium Stage performances.

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Learn about the goals and mission of the Performing Arts for Everyone initiative.

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Music's rising stars from the nation's top conservatories performing in the Terrace Theater

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  • Bearfoot Bluegrass on October 26, 2007Bearfoot Bluegrass October 26, 2007

    Based out of Anchorage, Alaska, Bearfoot Bluegrass, has an up-and-coming acoustic band feel with fully fledged music chops.

  • March Fourth on October 11, 2007 March Fourth October 11, 2007

    March Fourth characterizes itself as little bit Duke Ellington meets Sgt. Pepper in a big-top tent pastiche.

  • Chango Spasiuk on October 3, 2007 Chango Spasiuk October 3, 2007

    Accordion player Chango Spasiuk performs chamamé, a unique Argentine folk music. AMERICARTES.

  • 17 Hippies on September 23, 2007 17 Hippies September 23, 2007

    Berlin-based ensemble 17 Hippies mixes traditional music from Eastern Europe, France, and America.

And More ...

Free Performances Every Day, No Tickets Required

Performance Time: 6 p.m. Eastern, unless otherwise noted
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

La Fontegara [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
An instrumental ensemble dedicated to the performance of Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo music (c. 1450-c. 1770) on replicas of original instruments such as recorder, baroque flute, harpsichord, baroque guitar and archlute. Their repertoire includes Colonial Mexican music from historical archives. Presented in cooperation with the Mexican Cultural Institute.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Hijabi Monologues
Sahar Ullah [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Using real stories from Muslim women, Sahar Ullah’s performance moves beyond the stereotypes regarding the head scarf (hijab) and creates a better understanding of Muslim-American women.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Tiempo de Tango [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
“Tango: The Eternal Seduction” explores the sound, the look, and the feel of tango as it shifted to fit changing social contexts yet retained its essential magic. From its beginning in the barrios of Buenos Aires in the late 1800s, through the ballrooms of Europe, and on to the dance halls and stages of the world, tango evolved as a mesmerizing dance that evokes passion in all who experience it.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The Snark Ensemble [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The quartet joyfully celebrates the zany, clever, and brilliant world of vintage silent comedies in its specially crafted film scores. For this performance, the silent films include Laurel & Hardy’s Liberty, and Charley Chase’s Publicity Pays and Hello Baby.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Asian American Music Society [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Winners from the society’s unique international competition for elementary, middle, and high school students in the categories of woodwind, piano, string, and voice, perform in concert.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Bob Perilla's Big Hillbilly Bluegrass
Bob Perilla’s Big Hillbilly Bluegrass [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
America's de facto Bluegrass Ambassadors have been entertaining music fans for more than 12 years on three continents with an exciting blend of hard-driving bluegrass along with country, folk, and original material.

Friday, November 27, 2009

N'dambi [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The soul/R&B songstress and pianist performs tunes from her recently released debut CD Pink Elephant.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Bob Boguslaw's Real Live Jazz Quintet [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Led by the classically trained pianist, the group brings a grace and eloquence to their improvisational jazz jams, as heard on The Way.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Victoria Vox [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The Baltimore-based Strathmore Artist-in-Residence rocks the ukulele, which complements her rich range of vocals, and acoustic guitar as heard on Chameleon, released on her own label.

Monday, November 30, 2009

U.S. Air Force Chamber Ensemble [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
An inter-service jazz session, featuring Tubist Senior Master Sergeant Gil Corella and Friends.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

U.S. Army Blues [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The premier jazz ensemble of the U.S. Army performs Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite, arranged by Ellington and Billy Strayhorn in 1960.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

The Capitol Jazz Project [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Participants in this co-collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center—students from six D.C. middle schools—play swinging standards.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Berntsons [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The family musicians play Scandinavian folk tunes on instruments that have been handed down by three generations: the 1916 Beckwith family pump organ, the 1920s B & D tenor banjo, and the late 1930s L 5 style guitar. Part of the Homegrown: The Music of America concert series.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Rocknoceros [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Target Family Night
Having dominated the D.C. children's music scene since its inception in 2005, the winner of four Washington Area Music Awards (Wammies) covers a dizzying range of musical styles—from Tin Pan Alley to the shores of Jamaica.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

NSO Prelude [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
National Symphony Orchestra members play classical works.

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Pepe Reyes y su Mariachi Monumental de Cuscatlán [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
IN THE THEATER LAB
The band excites audiences with its infectious traditional Mariachi music.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Norwegian Visions: Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håkon Kornstad
Håkon Kornstad [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten
IN THE THEATER LAB
Double bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and saxophonist/flutonettist Håkon Kornstad have established themselves as two of the most driven young musicians on the world jazz scene. On their recent album, Elise, the duo uses unique Norwegian hymns as a basis for their improvisation. Created in 1995, Norwegian Visions is a cultural partnership program initiated by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

U.S. Army Blues [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The big band returns to present a “Stan Kenton Christmas,” paying tribute to the legendary pianist and big band leader.

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

U.S. Air Force Chamber Players [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Music for trombone.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

The Montgomery County Public Schools Senior Honors Jazz Ensemble [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
In its 31st season, this ensemble is composed of students from more than 22 area high schools. This ensemble has performed at venues such as the East Coast Jazz Festival and Blues Alley.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Beltway Brass Quintet [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Led by Zack Smith, the group plays jazzy and jaunty arrangements of holiday favorites as heard on their CD, Holiday Drive.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Gospel Celebration: WPAS Children of the Gospel Choir
WPAS Children of the Gospel Choir [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Formed in 1993 through a community-wide audition, the group showcases the tremendous talents of Washington metropolitan area youth.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

DC Youth Orchestra [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
IN THE TERRACE THEATER
Now in its 49th season, this orchestra composed of young people ages 4 to 19 plays holiday favorites.

Monday, December 14, 2009

MERRY TUBACHRISTMAS!
Merry TubaChristmas [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
This year marks the 36th anniversary of this holiday tradition in which tuba, sousaphone, and euphonium players from around D.C. play traditional Christmas music led by Harvey Phillips. Grab your instrument and arrive for rehearsal at 3 p.m.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Pirai Vaca [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The Bolivian guitarist has won competitions all around the world. Presented in cooperation with the Embassy of Bolivia.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Encore Chorale [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Musicians over the age of 55 perform crowd-pleasing holiday music.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Gospel Celebration: The Sweet Heaven Kings
Sweet Heaven Kings [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The 16-member gospel brass and percussion ensemble creates a joyful holiday program with its unique instrumentation and powerful voices.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Margot MacDonald [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The 2007 New Artist of the Year and 2008 Modern Rock Vocalist Wammie winner, also a Strathmore Artist-in-Residence, has a formidable vocal style that mixes rock, folk, jazz, R&B, and ballads. Embodying “the heritage of everyone from Stevie Nicks to Whitney Houston to Sheryl Crow” (On Tap Magazine), she brings her acoustic quartet.

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Carol Ringers and the Peace Ringers
The Peace Ringers [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The Carol Ringers
The group performs sacred and popular holiday music on traditional hand bells.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Laura Tsaggaris [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The D.C.-based singer-songwriter builds her songs from a solid pop foundation, throwing blues, rock, and soul into the mix, as heard on her recent release Keep Talking.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Virginia Virtuosi [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The string trio specializes in elegant arrangements of music from Bach to the Beatles.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Last Train Home [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
A favorite of the D.C. roots-rock scene, Last Train Home delivers original holiday tunes and interpretations of yuletide classics.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Gospel Celebration: Isaiah D. Thomas and Elements of Praise
Elements of Praise [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Isaiah D. Thomas
Winner of the 2008 Stellar Award for Contemporary Choir of the Year, the 17-member gospel choir brings its full band.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Monumental Brass Quintet [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Performance begins at NOON
The award-winning Monumental Brass Quintet performs all styles of classical music, as well as Dixieland jazz, ragtime, and traditional holiday favorites.

Friday, December 25, 2009

All-Star Christmas Day Jazz Jam
Chuck Redd [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Robert Redd
Lenny Robinson
James King
Tom and Delores King Williams
Celebrate this festive Millennium Stage tradition—now in its 12th year—with host and vibraphonist Chuck Redd, pianist Robert Redd, drummer Lenny Robinson, trumpeter Tom Williams, bassist James King, and vocalist Delores Williams.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Holiday Vaudeville: Sean Grissom, the Alexandria Kleztet, and Mark Mitton
Sean Grissom [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Alexandria Kleztet
Mark Mitton
Cajun cellist Sean Grissom hosts an evening of holiday vaudeville featuring modern-Klezmer quartet the Alexandria Kleztet and magician Mark Mitton.

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Holiday Vaudeville: Sean Grissom, the Alexandria Kleztet, and Mark Mitton
Mark Mitton [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Alexandria Kleztet
Sean Grissom
Cajun cellist Sean Grissom hosts an evening of holiday vaudeville featuring modern-Klezmer quartet the Alexandria Kleztet and magician Mark Mitton.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Weston Jennings [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
IN THE CONCERT HALL
The organist plays a concert on the Center’s Filene Organ.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Clare Burson [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The critically acclaimed indie songstress delivers evocative and original tunes, as heard on such albums as The In-Between, Idaho, and Silver and Ash.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Billy McComiskey and Zan McLeod with the Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance
Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
Billy McComiskey
Zan McLeod
Billy McComiskey and Zan McLeod perform traditional Irish music on the button accordion, flute, fiddle, guitar, and bodhran, accompanied by The Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Sidney’s Full Swing
Sidney's Music and Entertainment [Add this event to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.]
The D.C.-based orchestra starts the New Year’s festivities early with big band swing tunes.