Experience all of the Six Solo Sonatas for Violin (1923) by Eugène Ysaÿe performed by graduate and undergraduate students as part of a total-immersion, semester learning project. Students will share the story of their direct lineage to the Belgian master and explain how he entirely revolutionized the craft and the art. Then they will play, tag-team style, this daring magnum opus—the most challenging in the genre since J.S. Bach’s model 200 years earlier.
Maryland Lyric Opera presents Donizetti's most compelling romantic drama, Lucia di Lammermoor. The MDLO Orchestra and Chorus are conducted by Louis Salemno. Nick Olcott directs the seductively beautiful, tragic tale of love fraught with power and deception. Lighting design by Joan Sullivan-Genthe. Visit www.MDLO.org for more information.
Why does Hamlet continue to speak to generation after generation? In many ways, he is the first truly modern literary character. He is enmeshed in inner conflicts, and knows he is his own worst problem. Hamlet's problem, and ours, is essentially psychological. This introduction to Hamlet will briefly survey the history of the play, and then zero in on Hamlet's problem, and ours.
James Hollis, PhD, is a Jungian Analyst, Executive Director of the Jung Society of Washington, and author of fifteen books.
Vân Ánh Võ – the national champion of Vietnamese traditional music, Emmy Award composer, vocalist and educator – and her VA’V Ensemble will showcase Vietnam's 4000-year-old cultural heritage as well as other cultures of the world with a unique combination of Vietnamese, Turkish and Japanese traditional instruments. Under her guidance, the audience will join Vanessa and her ensemble in playing some traditional instruments to create their own music.
CAFE Youth Org presents its annual Holiday Event Concert which will feature the versatile orchestration of steelpan music, performed by a talented group of CAFE students. The young CAFE artistes will showcase music of various genres: classical, traditional and cultural music of the Caribbean and Latin American.
The evening's entertainment will include Bele dance by students and other talents to provide the audience with an evening filled with festive joy and celebration.
A wonderful evening of music, song, dance and great community togetherness...for all the family.
Ballet Company M is proud to present a rendition of Tchaikovsky's classic holiday ballet, The Nutcracker.
With the help of her Nutcracker, the audience will travel with Clara from her mother's holiday party, through a beautiful snow storm and into the magical Land of the Sweets.
The 2018 Arts Citizenship Celebration Honorees - Photo by Jen Osborn.
Join the Omer Quartet for an evening of inventive music! From classical to contemporary and in between, each of these composers is a trail blazer.
Music Director Jesus Manuel Berard and the Prince George's Philharmonic present the finale to the 53rd season.
