Instituto Guimarães Rosa presents
Child Citizen Orchestra Quintet
Thu. May 23, 2024
Orquestra Criança Cidadã (Children’s Citizen Orchestra) is a Brazilian social project that has been changing the lives of hundreds of children and teenagers through musical education.
Instituto Guimarães Rosa presents
Hamilton de Holanda & Chris Potter
Sat. May 25, 2024
Hamilton de Holanda is a Brazilian bandolinist and three-time Latin Grammy winner. Chris Potter is an American jazz saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Choro music and jazz merge to create a fascinating blend of Brazilian and American musical traditions!
Millennium Stage (In-Person and Livestream)
Leigh Pilzer Startet
Wed. Jun. 5, 2024
Washington, D.C. native Leigh Pilzer is a baritone saxophone specialist, composer, arranger, and educator. Her performance resumé includes appearances with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, The DIVA Jazz Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, and more.
Millennium Stage (In-Person and Livestream)
Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead - Day 1
Thu. Jun. 6, 2024
Under the direction of Jason Moran, Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz, Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead is an international two-week jazz residency performance and composition project discovering and presenting the next generation of jazz greats.
Millennium Stage (In-Person and Livestream)
Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead - Day 2
Fri. Jun. 7, 2024
Under the direction of Jason Moran, Kennedy Center Artistic Director for Jazz, Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead is an international two-week jazz residency performance and composition project discovering and presenting the next generation of jazz greats.
Jason Moran & Alicia Hall Moran: Family Ball
Fri. Jun. 7, 2024
Encompassing Jason and Alicia’s iconic blend of music and theater, this new work—set in their Harlem apartment—is intensely entertaining and visually stimulating. “It’s us examining each other’s repertoire,” says Jason, “my favorite songs of Alicia, Alicia’s favorite songs of mine.” Created during the pandemic, Family Ball is a creative feat. But more importantly, it’s a love note.
EVENTS THROUGHOUT APRIL
Celebrate the innovative and outstanding musician, charismatic band leader, prolific composer, and Washington, D.C. native with performances from Jason Moran, the Dover Quartet, Cyrus Chestnut, and many more in over a dozen events this month.
Available with pbs membership
The music icons collaborate for an electrifying performance, share stories about their legendary teachers and introduce us to their remarkable protégés.
Musician and bandleader for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" Jon Batiste performs his breathtaking and ever-poignant rendition of the Louis Armstrong classic with the NSO.
Support the Kennedy Center's Jazz program.
