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George Burton
5/28/2017 at 6:00 PM
Jazz pianist and composer George Burton will perform selections from his debut album, The Truth of What I Am > The Narcissist. For the album, Burton collaborated with Derrick Hodge to produce 10 original compositions that fuse traditional hard bop, avant-garde, post-bop, R&B, and other genres. Recognized for his inventive artistry as a pianist/composer, Burton’s sound is an experience that connects listeners in forging the frontier of improvised music. His genre-defying Quintet is revered for its haunting melodies and uninhibited groove.
This artist’s performance honors JFK and exemplifies Gratitude.
A special performance selected by Jason Moran.
Presented in collaboration with JFK Centennial Week.
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George Burton
Daryl Davis
5/27/2017 at 6:00 PM
Former Chuck Berry bandmate, Daryl Davis, will honor the late, great progenitor of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He may be gone, but his music lives on!
Presented in collaboration with JFK Centennial Week.
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Daryl Davis
(IN) SECURITY
5/26/2017 at 6:00 PM
(IN) SECURITY is a work of dance, music, film, narrative, and history which exploits a unique physical aspect of the Kennedy Center to present the story of the Kennedy/Khrushchev relationship as told, simultaneously, from both points of view. The work uses both Millennium Stages simultaneously. On one stage, the relationship is told from the American viewpoint—the Kennedy viewpoint. On the other, it is told from the Russian viewpoint—the Khrushchev viewpoint. The story told on the North Stage will be simulcast on the Millennium Stage South video screen and vice versa. In this way, history is also held true.
Presented in collaboration with JFK Centennial Week.
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Company E
VSA International Young Soloists
5/25/2017 at 6:00 PM
A showcase of the winners of the 2017 VSA International Young Soloists Competition, a Jean Kennedy Smith Arts and Disability Program, in its 33rd year recognizing outstanding musicians with disabilities, aged 14–25, from around the world. The concert features: Elliott McClain (TN), piano; Kohlin Sekizawa (CA), piano; Natalie Sheppard (OH), mezzo-soprano; and Jessica Tucker (NV), saxophone.
Presented in collaboration with JFK Centennial Week.
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VSA International Young Soloists
David Ball
5/24/2017 at 6:00 PM
From his #1 country hits—ranging from folk, Americana, roots, and a few trips into the American Songbook—David Ball and his music embody JFK’s values of Courage, Freedom, Justice, Service, and Gratitude. Ball’s unique brand of southern storytelling will also include information about the Operation Troop Aid organization of which he is national spokesman.
Presented in collaboration with JFK Centennial Week.
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David Ball
The Trombonists of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra
5/23/2017 at 6:00 PM
The Trombonists of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra come together to honor JFK with compositions that exemplify Courage, Freedom, Justice, Service, and Gratitude.
Presented in collaboration with JFK Centennial Week.
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The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra
NSO
AYPO's Chamber Ensembles
5/22/2017 at 6:00 PM
The American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras (AYPO) is a youth orchestra program that serves more than 400 students in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. AYPO's Chamber Ensembles will play works by Mozart, Barber, Schubert, and others.
Presented in collaboration with JFK Centennial Week.
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AYPO Chamber Ensembles
Target Family Night: Everyday Oz
5/21/2017 at 6:00 PM
Everyday Oz is a family–friendly performance and demonstration that partners individuals with disabilities and professional performers for an engaging show. Equal parts zany and poetic, Everyday Oz includes active audience participation to reveal the many ways that we are smart, compassionate, brave, and creative…every day!
Presented in collaboration with Kennedy Center Sound Health.
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Everyday Oz
The Reston Chapter of Links, Inc. and Washington, D.C. Chapter of Society Inc
5/19/2017 at 6:00 PM
The Reston Chapter of Links, Inc. and Washington, D.C. Chapter of Society Inc—in collaboration with D.C. School and Community Initiatives—presents a performance showcase of talented Washington, D.C. and Virginia high school scholarship winners.
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The Reston Chapter of Links, Inc.
Levine Music: Piano Department in Performance
5/18/2017 at 6:00 PM
Levine Music is one of the country’s largest nonprofit community music schools, with over 3,000 students of all ages and abilities at five campuses throughout the Washington, DC area. This performance features student winners of Levine’s Marlin-Engel Solo Piano Competition, as well as faculty artists from the Piano Department.
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Levine Music
School Without Walls
5/17/2017 at 6:00 PM
School Without Walls, a Kennedy Center D.C. Partnership Initiative School, presents a musical evening featuring their Stage Band and Concert Choir. The band will present a variety of contemporary popular music while the choir will perform standard concert music.
Featured Artist(s)School Without Walls Stage Band
School Without Walls Senior High School Concert Choir
The Columbia Heights Educational Campus
5/16/2017 at 6:00 PM
The Columbia Heights Educational Campus (CHEC), a Kennedy Center D.C. Partnership Initiative School, is proud to present the Lincoln Middle School Band, CHEC Orchestra, CHEC Concert Band, and the CHEC Choir in an evening at the Millennium Stage. Performances will feature a wide variety of styles within each ensemble as well as several outstanding soloists.
Featured Artist(s)Columbia Heights Educational Campus
Woodrow Wilson High School Vocal Music Program
5/15/2017 at 6:00 PM
The award-winning Woodrow Wilson High School Vocal Music Program, a Kennedy Center D.C. Partnership Initiative School, comes to the Millennium Stage. Join the school’s Concert Choir, Women’s Choir, Vocal Jazz Ensemble, and The Wilson Singers as they perform a varied repertoire of music under the direction of Lori Williams.
Featured Artist(s)The Woodrow Wilson High School Vocal Music Program
The Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers
5/14/2017 at 6:00 PM
The Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers of Ithaca, New York is a group of community singers named in honor of current Ithaca resident Dorothy Cotton, a civil rights pioneer who served as education director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Founded in 2010, the group is dedicated to the preservation of and education about the “Negro Spirituals.” Director Baruch Whitehead introduces the different songs with narration about their hidden meanings, history, or significance to enslaved Africans of the time.
Featured Artist(s)The Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers
Louder Than A Bomb—DMV
5/13/2017 at 5:00 PM
The largest youth poetry competition and festival in the D.C. area, Louder Than A Bomb—DMV promotes literacy, self-confidence, and public speaking for teenaged poets. The poetry slam is about sharing, listening, and connecting with other young people from a different part of town, country, or cultural heritage. The Grand Slam Finals on the Millennium Stage will culminate the three-week festival where one team will be crowned the 2017 LTAB DMV Champions.
Featured Artist(s)Louder Than A Bomb—DMV
NSO Prelude
5/12/2017 at 6:00 PM
Violinist Joel Fuller, flutist Julianna Nickel, hornist James Nickel, and pianist Sophia Kim Cook play works by J.S. Bach, Melanie Bonis, and Eric Ewazen.
Our website's live stream feature is currently out of order. Please visit the Kennedy Center's YouTube or Facebook pages to view this broadcast.
NSO
Dr. Doug O'Connor & Dr. Eunmi Ko
5/11/2017 at 6:00 PM
Saxophonist Dr. Doug O'Connor and pianist Dr. Eunmi Ko present exciting 21st century chamber music, composed by Dr. Baljinder Sekhon and Paul Reller of the University of South Florida, and Dr. Ingrid Stölzel of the University of Kansas. The featured music is abundant with fresh grooves and evocative new sonorities that creatively combine the two instruments.
Featured Artist(s)Dr. Eunmi Ko
Doug O'Connor
University of Maryland School of Music
5/10/2017 at 6:00 PM
Hear a diverse program of chamber works performed by outstanding graduate and undergraduate students from the University of Maryland School of Music. Selected by faculty from more than 35 chamber ensembles, these students represent in the school’s nationally recognized chamber music program.
Featured Artist(s)University of Maryland School of Music
Making Movies
5/9/2017 at 6:00 PM
Making Movies is an American rock ‘n’ roll band that keeps its Latin roots front and center, entrancing audiences with their interweaving of Afro-Latino rhythms and psychedelic rock and roll riffs. Armed with their ambitious and politically charged new album, I Am Another You (released on May 26), the band punches out one high-energy song after another with theatrics and improvisation littered throughout.
Featured Artist(s)Making Movies
The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts
accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center's mission to its community and the nation.
Additional funding for the Millennium Stage is provided by Bernstein Family Foundation, The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., The Meredith Foundation , The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A.J. Stolwijk, U.S. Department of Education, and the Millennium Stage Endowment Fund.
Millennium Stage Endowment Fund - James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, Fannie Mae Foundation, the Kimsey Endowment, Gilbert† and Jaylee† Mead,
Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Anonymous, and other gifts to secure the future of the Millennium Stage.
Kennedy Center and related artistic programming is made possible through the generosity of the National Committee for the Performing Arts and the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts.
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