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SHIFT
Co-presented by Washington Performing Arts and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Just Announced: Orchestras for SHIFT 2020
SHIFT celebrates the vitality, identity, and extraordinary artistry of orchestras and chamber orchestras by creating an immersive festival experience in the nation's capital. The week-long festival is composed of mini-residencies, with each participating orchestra presenting education events, symposia, and community events in venues around Washington, D.C., along with full-orchestra performances in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
Highlights from previous festivals
Second Annual SHIFT Festival – 2018
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Washington Performing Arts announces the four orchestras selected to participate in the second annual SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras, taking place at the Kennedy Center and other locations around D.C. from April 9 – 15, 2018.
Chosen from a pool of applicants from across the country, the selected orchestras— each of which will offer a Kennedy Center Concert Hall performance and city-wide residency—are Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Albany Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and National Symphony Orchestra. Collectively, the participating orchestras will spotlight repertoire that has been influenced and inspired by literature, history, geography, varied cultures, and nature and will encompass collaborations with vocalists and choirs, dancers, star solo instrumentalists, and six living composers.
Generous support of the SHIFT Festival is provided through a matching grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; by the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts; by Dr. Gary Mather and Ms. Christina Co Mather; and by Michael F. and Noémi K. Neidorff and The Centene Charitable Foundation.
Additional support is provided by Abramson Family Foundation, Betsy and Robert Feinberg, and Morton and Norma Lee Funger.
SHIFT is presented in cooperation with the League of American Orchestras.
SHIFT is also made possible by the Amphion Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. John V. Thomas, and Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Linowes.