Jane Coyne

National Chamber Ensemble: ‘Mother’s Day Concert: American Classics’ at Spectrum Theatre at Artisphere

The National Chamber Ensemble finished its 2013-2014 season (the biggest season in its history) in grand style with a concert that included classical favorites, a DC premiere, great jazz standards, a...

An Interview with National Chamber Ensemble’s Leo Sushansky on Their May 10th Mother’s Day Concert

If you are looking for a fun way to celebrate Mother’s Day with the special moms in your life, National Chamber Ensemble’s May 10th concert is not to be missed. Whether or not you are able to spend...

National Chamber Ensemble Hosts Mother’s Day Concert: ‘American Classics’ on Saturday, 5/10/14@7:30 PM

Burnett Thompson Saturday , May 10, 2014 | 7:30 PM Featuring Pianist Burnett Thompson If you are looking for a very special way to celebrate Mother’s Day, look no further. National Chamber Ensemble is...

National Chamber Ensemble: ‘Happy Birthday Vivaldi: The Extraordinary Four Seasons’

National Chamber Ensemble put on a truly exceptional concert on Saturday when, along with the Embassy of Italy and the Italian Cultural Institute, they honored the genius and artistry of Antonio...

National Chamber Ensemble Presents ‘Happy Birthday Vivaldi: The Extraordinary Four Seasons’ This Saturday, 3/8@7:30 pm

Oh the weather outside has been frightful, but … on Saturday, March 8, 2004 at 7:30 PM NBC4 Chief Meteorologist Doug Kammerer is predicting 54° | 34° and all because … National Chamber Ensemble, in...

‘The Cole Porter Project: It’s All Right With Me’ at The In Series by Jane Coyne

Cole Porter met the Capitol Steps at Source last night as the In Series premiered its highly entertaining musical review to a sold-out house of enthusiastic fans. Conceived, written, and directed by...

‘Schubert and Champagne’ at National Chamber Ensemble by Jane Coyne

National Chamber Ensemble, the musical gem in residence at Artisphere’s Rosslyn Spectrum Threatre in Arlington, Virginia, showed its stuff on Friday night as it paid tribute to the 217th birthday of...

Act Two@Levine’s Pre-Professional Program and ‘Parade’ at The Kogod Cradle at Arena Stage by Jane Coyne

It is always a privilege to support aspiring young artists and the wonderful organizations and professionals who provide them with training and opportunities to explore and experience the performing...

Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore: Marvin Hamlisch: One Singular Sensation by Jane Coyne

It was an honor and privilege to be at the Music Center at Strathmore on Thursday evening as Jack Everly led the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in a loving and moving tribute to the one, singular and...

Inside the Music: An Interview with David Dubal, Guest Host of National Chamber Ensemble’s Feb 8th “Schubert and Champagne” Concert by Jane Coyne

Internationally celebrated pianist, author, teacher, writer, and broadcaster David Dubal is set to host National Chamber Ensemble’s “Schubert and Champagne” concert on Saturday, February 8, 2014 at...

National Chamber Ensemble Presents: ‘David Dubal, Schubert, and Champagne!’ on Saturday, February 8th at 7:30 PM by Jane Coyne

National Chamber Ensemble, David Dubal, Schubert, and Champagne! Program Sonata in A minor “Arpeggione” for Cello and Piano, D. 821 Six Dances (David Dubal, piano) Piano Trio in E flat No. 2 Op.100...

‘The Washington Chorus: A Candlelight Christmas’ at The Kennedy Center by Jane Coyne

The Washington Chorus, under the baton of Guest Conductor Andrew Clark, delighted a packed house at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday evening as it presented A Candlelight...

‘Teen A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Synetic Theater by Jane Coyne

On Friday night, December 6, 2013, with only two months of training and rehearsals to ready its young performers, Synetic Theater staged an impressive opening night Teen production of A Midsummer...

The Embassy of Italy presents National Chamber Ensemble The Italian Violin, from Baroque to the Nineteenth Century by Jane Coyne

In a wonderful evening of music hosted by the Embassy of Italy, National Chamber Ensemble performed a spectacular concert of Italian music featuring the artistry of NCE Artistic Director and violinist...

Russian Chamber Art Society Ensemble: Russian Bel Canto at the Embassy of Austria by Jane Coyne

On Friday evening, the Russian Chamber Art Society, led by Artistic Director Vera Danchenko-Stern, presented Russian Bel Canto, a lovely concert of Russian vocal masterpieces composed by Glinka,...

‘Jewish Musical Treasures’ at National Chamber Ensemble by Jane Coyne

The National Chamber Ensemble opened its 2013-2014 season with a concert called Jewish Musical Treasures, honoring the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht. With a horrid and tragic event of this...

Washington Performing Arts Society Presents: ‘The Sphinx Virtuosi’ at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by Jane Coyne

Washington Performing Arts Society kicked off their Virtuoso Series on Thursday evening with a delightful performance by the Sphinx Virtuosi, whose eighteen highly polished string musicians simply...

The National Chamber Ensemble’s Concert “Jewish Musical Treasures” This Saturday, November 9th at 7:30 pm at The Rosslyn Spectrum

I highly recommend …. The National Chamber Ensemble 2013-14 Season opening night concert: Jewish Musical Treasures Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 7:30 pm Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre at Artisphere I am...

‘Washington Performing Arts Society: The Mariinsky Orchestra’ by Jane Coyne

Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS), honored this summer by President Obama with the National Medal of Arts for “bringing world-class performances to our nation’s capital,” did just that on...

The National Chamber Ensemble at The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage by Jane Coyne

The National Chamber Ensemble made its debut at the Kennedy Center on Thursday, September 26, 2013 with a wonderful and well-performed concert that delighted a clearly appreciative audience. Members...

Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore: ‘Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Bernstein’ by Jane Coyne

Jean-Yves Thibaudet joined Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at the Music Center at Strathmore on Thursday night for in a truly wonderful night of music. The concert will be repeated...

Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore: ‘Scheherazade & 1812 Overture’ by Jane Coyne

Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra were given a rock star welcome by a packed house of devoted fans as they returned home to the Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday to perform their...

Carnegie Hall presents the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by Jane Coyne

It was a very proud night for music and for our country when on Saturday night, July 12, 2013, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Music Institute presented its newly formed National Youth Orchestra of the United...

‘The Birds’ at Quotidian Theatre Company by Jane Coyne

First came du Maurier, then came Hitchcock, and now comes the DC premiere of Conor McPherson’s The Birds at Bethesda’s Quotidian Theatre Company. Good stories normally involve conflict. The Birds”is a...

‘CityDance Presents: Conservatory Dancers In Concert 2013’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Jane Coyne

On Sunday, June 16, 2013, on the main stage at The Music Center at Strathmore, CityDance presented its Conservatory Dancers in their final concert of the 2012-2013 Season. It was a beautiful and...

National Chamber Ensemble presents ‘The Three B’s: Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms’ by Jane Coyne

I really like the National Chamber Ensemble, the adventuresome and enjoyable programs they present, and the talented and friendly musicians who make up this wonderful group. I go to a lot of concerts,...

‘Inside the Music’: An Interview with National Chamber Ensemble Artistic Director Leo Sushansky by Jane Coyne

One of the things I love the most about living in the Washington, D.C. area is that the music never ends, nor does the opportunity to meet the wonderful musical artists who perform here. Among them is...

’33 Variations’ at Reston Community Players by Jane Coyne

Starting with the play itself, there is a whole lot to like about 33 Variations, an intricately delightful play written by Moisés Kaufman and directed by Sue Pinkman, currently being staged by Reston...

‘The Art of the African-American Spiritual’ at National Chamber Ensemble by Jane Coyne

The National Chamber Ensemble presented The Art of the African-American Spritual at Artisphere on Saturday evening. It was a delightful concert with talent abounding, and the setting was most...

‘A Trip to the Moon’ at Synetic Theater by Jane Coyne

It was an evening of pure and light-hearted fun in Crystal City last night as Synetic Theater presented its latest offering, A Trip to the Moon. The show combines George Méliès’ 1902 film Le Voyage...

Olivia Newton-John at The Music Center at Strathmore by Jane Coyne

The Music Center at Strathmore was filled to the brim Friday night as four-time Grammy Award winning singer Olivia Newton-John, seemingly timeless in looks, personality, and talent, took the stage to...

Inside the Music: An Interview With Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Jonathan Carney by Jane Coyne

I caught up with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concertmaster Jonathan Carney at the Music Center at Strathmore over the weekend. Along with the BSO principal cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski, he is...

Baltimore Symphony at Strathmore “Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony-Benedetto Lupo, Piano” by Jane Coyne

Under the baton of much loved guest conductor Juanjo Mena, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performed a fabulous concert at The Music Center at Strathmore on Saturday, October 20, 2012. The concert...

Interview with ‘TRIPTYCH’ Composer Robert Sirota and Collaborating Artist Deborah Patterson by Jane Coyne

Composer Robert Sirota will be in Baltimore next Sunday, September 9, 2012, to attend a concert featuring a performance of his work, TRIPTYCH, a hauntingly beautiful piece commemorating the victims of...

A Tribute to My Mentor and Our Friend Marvin Hamlisch by Joshua and Jane Coyne

Joshua Coyne’s Tribute to Marvin Marvin Hamlisch was an extremely influential figure in the world of television, movies, Broadway, and the concert hall. He is very well known for his beautiful music...

Idina Menzel at Wolf Trap by Jane Coyne

It was a hot and steamy night at Wolf Trap last night. Part of this had to do with the weather, but most of it was due to the arrival of Broadway superstar Idina Menzel. As the evening began, NSO@Wolf...

‘Personals’ at Tasty Monster Productions by Jane Coyne

I always enjoy spending time in the quaint and creative environment of the Gaithersburg Arts Barn. It was especially fun last night, because of the wonderful jazz set that preceded the Tasty Monster...

Johnny Mathis with Special Guest Brad Upton at Wolf Trap

One might think that Johnny Mathis received an extended and spontaneous standing ovation simply for setting foot on the stage at Wolf Trap on Friday night, but this would not be true. You see, with a...

National Symphony Orchestra: The Wizard of Oz’ at Wolf Trap by Jane Coyne

Lions and tigers and bears … and a live orchestra … oh, my! It’s hard to imagine a better outdoor movie experience than one could have found Saturday night than by heading over to Wolf Trap to watch...

National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap: ‘Hamlisch Goes Gershwin ‘ by Jane Coyne

’S always wonderful and marvelous to spend an evening at Wolf Trap, especially when the most wonderful and marvelous Marvin Hamlisch shows up and devotes the entire evening to George Gershwin....

YAA Summer Institute Recitals at Sandy Spring Friends School This Fri & Sat July 6 & 7 at 7:30 PM by Jane Coyne

Young Artists of America Summer Institute Participants Learn First-Hand What Happens Behind the Scenes When “The Show Must Go On” Young Artists of America, the power-house organization that has been...

‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre by Jane Coyne

Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre opened its 2012 season Friday night with a delightful presentation of Fiddler on the Roof, directed by Roberta Gasbarre. There is much to like about this show,...

Tommy Tune in ‘Steps in Time: A Broadway Biography in Song and Dance’ at Strathmore by Jane Coyne

Fifty years into a magnificent career that has garnered nine Tony Awards and a National Medal of Arts, the one and only Tommy Tune stepped out on the stage of Strathmore yesterday and proved with...

‘Dionne Warwick’ at The Music Center at Strathmore’s 2012 Spring Gala by Jane Coyne

The incomparable Dionne Warwick came to town on Saturday, April 21, 2012, to headline the 2012 Spring Gala concert at Strathmore. She was a huge, huge hit. Fifty years into her amazingly successful...

Strathmore Presents: ‘Joshua Bell and Academy of St. Martin in the Fields’ by Jane Coyne

(Actually, 5 stars muliplied to infinity) Joshua Bell and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields came to Strathmore on Friday April 13, 2012 at 8pm. They were so fabulously pure and good that the...

An Interview with CityDance’s Lorraine Spiegler by Jane Coyne

I recently had the opportunity to visit with Lorraine Spiegler – Director of Studio Education of and Conservatory at CityDance. CityDance is a wonderful arts organization, and they have very exciting...

Strathmore Presents: ‘Kevin Costner and Modern West’ on Thursday, April 5, 2012 by Jane Coyne

Kevin Costner brought his band Modern West to Strathmore on Thursday night. Kevin Costner … as in Academy and Golden Globe Award winning actor, as in Dances with Wolves, The Body Guard, Field of...

‘Strathmore Presents: Patti LaBelle’ on Friday, March 30, 2012 by Jane Coyne

The one and only Patti LaBelle returned to The Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, March 30, 2012, where she promptly and proudly announced that she was 67 years old and “in it to win.” She wasn’t...

Strathmore Presents: ‘Ethan Bortnick and His Musical Time Machine’ by Jane Coyne

A delightful and engagingly “humble” young boy by the name of Ethan Bortnick, just eleven years old, headlined a concert at The Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, March 23, 2012. He is clearly...

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Thomas Wootton High School by Jane Coyne

Lions, and tigers, and bears! Oh, my! Every arts organization in the country seems to be looking for the key to attracting multi-generational audiences to their performances. I would like to start...