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The National Philharmonic’s 10th Anniversary Concert at The Music Center at Strathmore

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 may be based on the poem “Ode to Joy,” but that doesn’t mean the epic symphony holds a monopoly on joyous music. If anything, the pieces accompanying Beethoven’s Ninth at...

National Philharmonic: Brian Ganz Plays Chopin at Strathmore

Brian Ganz is continuing to complete his performances, and ultimately, recording of “ever single note Chopin composed.” The Ganz Project is expected to take ten years as Chopin’s ouevra contains at...

Savion Glover’s ‘STePz’ at The Music Center at Strathmore

Friday night an enthusiastic and sold-out crowd voraciously devoured Savion Glover’s show STePz featuring American tap dancing icon Savion Glover, Marshall Davis, Jr, and the 3 Controversial Woman aka...

Wynton Marsalis’ ‘Blues Symphony’ at Washington Performing Arts at Strathmore

Last night, thanks to the generosity of Washington Performing Arts, DC audiences had the rare opportunity to see Wynton Marsalis in the fullest sense – as consummate performer, as bandleader, and as...

‘An Evening with Jason Alexander’ with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore

Jason Alexander famously known for his role as George Costanza in Seinfeld, is also a seasoned, Tony Award-winning (for Jerome Robbins’ Broadway) Broadway performer. Last night with the BSO at...

Beethoven’s Ninth with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore

For sheer drama in classical music this year, it will be hard to top the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s knife’s-edge performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Saturday night at the...

Watch Out, Washington: Here Comes Beethoven’s Ninth

Everybody knows about Walter Cronkite and his impact on television news. Fewer people remember or know about Cronkite’s great rival on NBC during the 1960s, The Huntley-Brinkley Report. Pairing the...

Peabo Bryson’s ‘The Colors of Christmas: Bryson, Studdard, Holliday, Dayne’ at Strathmore

Holiday concerts just don’t get any better than Colors of Christmas. In a resplendent performance of Christmas classics and R&B favorites, the Strathmore Music Center’s starry-night Colors of...

‘Mannheim Steamroller Christmas by Chip Davis’ at the Music Center at Strathmore

Saturday, Mannheim Steamroller performed at Bethesda’s Music Center at Strathmore. The soldout crowd was enraptured at the matinee and Mannheim Steamroller received a standing ovation at the end. For...

Pianist Einav Yarden at The Phillips Collection

A packed house at the Phillips Collection could have been forgiven if they thought that pianist Einav Yarden had magically switched out Steinway grand pianos between numbers. The Israeli pianist,...

‘BSO: Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker’ with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and Step Afrika! at Strathmore

“There are two kinds of music, good music and the other kind,” big band leader, composer and D.C. native son Duke Ellington famously said. In 1960 he turned to Russian powerhouse Peter Ilych...

George Winston at the Music Center at Strathmore

‘Tis the season, literally, at the Music Center at Strathmore where George Winston played his “Winter Concert” in a masterful performance of beautiful songs dedicated to fall, winter, snow, and...

Tony Nominated Songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Held a Master Class with Act Two @ Levine Pre-Professional Students at Strathmore Last Night

Tony nominated for A Christmas Story, The Musical, Pasek and Paul brought years of composing experience to the students of Act Two @ Levine’s pre-professional students. They began working together at...

‘Bernstein and Beethoven’ with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore

Which pieces to put with which on an orchestra program is a subject of endless debate. Does it really matter if concerts have an overall theme? It does if they have as meaningful a connection as the...

‘The Secret Garden in Concert’ at Young Artists of America by Brent and Linda Stone

Young Artists of America (YAA) presented classics from the musical The Secret Garden for their annual fall concert, held at the Cultural Arts Center at Silver Spring. The 80 high-school aged...

‘Young Artists of America’ is Now ‘Young Artists of America at Strathmore’

On Sunday, November 16, 2014 Strathmore, a leading multi disciplinary arts center in the Washington, DC region, announced its new affiliation with Young Artists of America, a non-profit organization...

National Philharmonic: ‘Mozart’s Requiem’ at The Music Center at Strathmore

Why do people willingly get dressed up and head out in the dark to hear funeral music when no one has died? Three words: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. There have been dozens or hundreds of other musical...

“An Evening with David Sedaris” at the Music Center at Strathmore

David Sedaris and his writing have a way of making a two-thousand seat theatre seem as intimate as your own living room, inviting the audience into the world of his hysterical ponderings and life...

‘Hope Operas’ Week One at the Comedy Spot

Back in the ‘30s they called ‘em Cliffhangers. They were weekly serials that played before a main feature at the movies. They turned into serials, first on the radio and then on television evolving...

Bill Cosby at Strathmore

The Cos leaves his audience wanting more Thursday night, the Cos had his audience roaring with knowing laughter with his description of every day life. When he left the stage, two hours and ten...

Wanda Sykes With Special Guest Keith Robinson at Strathmore

The Music Center at Strathmore welcomed Wanda Sykes for the first-time to the Marriott Concert Stage to a sold-out crowd of adoring Wanda Sykes fans. Veteran comedian, writer, actress and Emmy...

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 in G Major at Strathmore

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has been pleasing the ears of its patrons for almost a century. Established in 1816, the Orchestra is the first and only orchestra in the United States to have home...

‘The Secret Garden’ and ‘West Side Story + Roméo et Juliette’ Highlight Young Artists of America’s 2014-2015 ‘British Invasion’ Season by Rolando Sanz

Last season was a dream for us at YAA! We opened the season with a gala performance of SHOW BOAT in Concert at the Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club in November 2013. Over 90 students were joined...

An Interview with Moses Kamai Director of The Northern Virginia Ukulele Society

Moses Kamai is the Director and Organizer of the Northern Virginia Ukulele Society, for the past 5 and a half years in Reston, Virginia. He organizes, plans, teaches, and performs with members of the...

‘BSO: Casablanca – Movie and Music’ at The Music Center at Strathmore

At the 16th Academy Awards in 1944, Casablanca took home Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Music Score. While I had never before seen the film, all my life I had heard about the film’s...

Sergio Mendes and Eliane Elias at The Music Center at Strathmore

Sergio Mendes and Eliane Elias ruled the stage Friday night as part of Strathmore’s Jazz Samba Project festival, celebrating Brazilian bossa nova music. Both Elias and Mendez performed some early...

BSO: ‘Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony’ at Strathmore

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra graced the Strathmore Music Center on Saturday night with the final and closing performance of their 2013 – 2014 subscription season. It was a perfect culmination to...

Smokey Robinson Presented by WHUR at The Music Center at Strathmore

Smokey Robinson is still on fire fifty three years since he was the first artist signed to Motown Records. In an evening filled with golden oldies and a couple of newer songs, including “Love Bath,”...

National Philharmonic: ‘Sarah Chang Plays Vivaldi’s ‘Four Seasons’ at The Music Center at Strathmore

The National Philharmonic is constantly changing both in size and in artistic depth, and it was evident on Saturday night at Strathmore as the Philharmonic was their own opening act presenting...

Neil Sedaka at The Music Center at Strathmore

“If Carole King can do it, I can do it,” Neil Sedaka told an indulgent, golden-oldies crowd at the Music Center at Strathmore on Friday night. And with that, the 75-year-old pop songwriting legend...

‘4 Girls 4’ at The Music Center at Strathmore

For one night only, North Bethesda, MD., was Diva City. Four luminous songbirds swept in to The Music Center at Strathmore on Friday night to lead a largely snowbird audience on a mind-jog down memory...

2014 Spring Gala at Strathmore: Julio Iglesias

Last might was a special night at the Strathmore for Julio Iglesias and his local fans. “We get to present one of the most successful recording artists, and at the same time we are here to raise money...

‘How I Learned to Stopped Worrying and Love the Numbers with Kai Ryssdal’ at Strathmore

There was a special treat in Bethesda this week for regular listeners of NPR – to celebrate 25 years of Marketplace from American Public Media, host Kai Ryssdal and the Marketplace team are bringing a...

Win A Pair of Tickets to ‘4 Girls 4’ at Strathmore on Friday, 5/2/14 With Donna McKechnie, Faith Prince, Maureen McGovern, Andrea McArdle; Enter By Wednesday at 5 PM

WE ARE GIVING AWAY A PAIR OF TICKETS TO: 4 Girls 4 With MAUREEN MCGOVERN ANDREA McARDLE DONNA McKECHNIE AND FAITH PRINCE ON FRIDAY, MAY 2ND AT 8 PM AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE __ TO ENTER: SEND...

‘Bring It On: The Musical’ at The Music Center at Strathmore

Elphaba, step aside! The high-flying cast of the Tony-award nominated best musical Bring It On: The Musical is defying gravity and launching itself to new heights—literally—and there’s not a single...

Lily Tomlin at The Music Center at Strathmore

Thirty-plus years after 6-year old Edith Ann debuted on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, the eternally young Edith Ann was complaining about her big sister Irene’s iPhone and how she “texthhhsss” too...

Here Are the Winners of 2 Pairs of Tickets to ‘Bring It On’ at Strathmore This Saturday 3/29 at 8 PM & 50% Discount Offer for 3 & 8 PM

Here are the winners of the Ticket Giveaway! FRANCINE AMARAL AND SAM McCRAE BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH AT 8 PM AT THE MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE 5301 Tuckerman Lane, IN North...

‘Celtic Nights: The Emigrants Bridge’ at The Music Center at Strathmore

St. Patrick’s Day came early to the Music Center at Strathmore when six singers, five Irish dancers, and two musicians took the stage for international hit Celtic Nights: The Emigrants Bridge. This...

Sweet Honey in the Rock: ’40th Anniversary Celebration: Forty & Fierce’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Jessica Vaughan

Sweet Honey in the Rock returned home for a stop on their 40th anniversary celebration tour they call Forty & Fierce. The four-woman a cappella group started at the D.C. Black Reparatory Theater...

‘Pilobolus’ at The Music Center at Strathmore by Bev Fleisher

Founded in 1971 as a dance collective by Dartmouth College students, this company still wears its revolutionary stripes on its sleeves. Pilobolus was named after a barnyard fungus that propels its...

Josh Turner Punching Bag Tour with Ruthie & the Wranglers at Strathmore by Francine Schwartz

Josh Turner, a “little bit of country” and a lot of rock and roll, played Friday night at The Music Center at Strathmore. A full house of excited fans filled the Strathmore for a lively concert that...

Christie Dashiell at The Mansion at Strathmore by Beverly Fleisher

Christie Dashiell and her band graced the stage at the Mansion at Strathmore on Wednesday night with a seven-song set. Her skills as a jazz vocalist and composer brought joy throughout the...

Nellie McKay at the Mansion at Strathmore by Francine Schwartz

As a part of a new series, Say It With Song, Nellie McKay sold out the first of two evening events at the atmospheric Mansion at Strathmore on Thursday, January 9th. She is a prolific jazz singer and...

BEST OF 2013: Favorite Performances and Productions at Theatre/Music Training Programs in 2013 by the Staff of DCMetroTheaterArts

The staff of DCMetroTheaterArts honor the schools, conservatories, and programs that train young actors, singers, and musicians (and some adults who always wanted to be on the stage). Congrats to all...

Sultans of String Presented by Strathmore by Bev Fleisher

In their first appearance at Strathmore, the Sultans of String sold out the house at the Mansion at Strathmore, and swept their audience away on a musical adventure they will not soon forget. Each of...

Michael McDonald ‘This Christmas: An Evening of Holiday & Hits’
 at Strathmore by Derek Mong

Michael McDonald joyously kicked off an array of vibrant holiday programming at The Music Center at Strathmore with a Christmas concert that blended some of his timeless classics with modern...

‘Classic Albums Live: The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ at the Music Center at Strathmore by Justin Schneider

I have good news for the music lovers out there. Classic Albums Live is exactly what it says on the tin: world-class musicians playing classic rock albums in their entirety, live. At the group’s...

‘Show Boat’ at Young Artists of America-With Video Highlights by Jessica Vaughan

Young Artists of America wowed the sold-out crowd with classics from Show Boat for their annual fundraising gala at the beautiful Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club. The 85 high-school aged...

‘My Princess Bride’ Starring Joe Brack Returns to Fort Fringe December 5-22nd

Joe Brack presents: My Princess Bride One man’s take on the “classic tale of true love & high adventure.” A smash hit! This one man stage show, inspired by a fictitious abridgment! THE DC RETURN OF MY...

‘Show Boat In Concert’ at Young Artists of America by Jessica Vaughan

Young Artists of America wowed the sold-out crowd with classics from Show Boat for their annual fundraising gala at the beautiful Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club. The 85 high-school aged...