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The Austrian Cultural Forum hosts Levine Music's Honors Program students as they perform a recital filled with chamber music. Learn more at http://acfdc.org/events-2019/levine
The Calvin Jones Big Band Jazz Festival features three university big band jazz ensembles: University of the District of Columbia (dir. Allyn Johnson), Howard University (dir. Fred Irby, III), and the University of Maryland (dir. Chris Vadala). Tickets are $20-Adults | $15-Seniors | $10-Students. Learn more and buy tickets at http://bigbandjazzfest.org/
Come see the world through the embassies of our global neighbors. Participants experience the food, art, dance, fashion, music, innovations, and manufactured goods from different countries. More than 50 embassies […]
Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Here's the list of participating embassies. Five are in the Forest Hills/Van Ness area: Austria: 3524 International Court Czech Republic: 3900 Spring of Freedom Street - just off Tilden by Pierce Mill Hungary: 3910 Shoemaker Street - just off Tilden across from Pierce Mill Netherlands: 4200 […]
A concert, part of the Levine Presents: Women's Voices series. Learn more at http://levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/1702
The Washington Opera Society presents a production of Aida at the Egyptian embassy. Learn more and buy tickets at https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.event&eventID=0E6DD7EB-B809-1FD6-FC7FD79EA5C277BA
Join Curator Judith Korey and Jazz Archives Specialist Reuben Jackson for a tour and presentation of the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives at UDC. The tour will then be followed by a 3-course meal accompanied by a live, local jazz trio at Acacia Food & Wine. Learn more and buy tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/udc-jazz-archives-tour-live-jazz-dinner-at-acacia-food-wine-tickets-62181081288
Christylez Bacon, a supremely talented DC local, is the headliner. Christylez has performed for audiences of all ages and is equally comfortable at schools and on concert stages. He will take the amphitheater "stage" at 6 p.m. Here is a video of his performance a few years ago at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpG4GCm6B8A The […]
Community Sing brings people of all ages and skill levels together to create beautiful music. Led by Levine artist-in-residence Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell formerly of Sweet Honey in the Rock, this fun, energetic program will have you singing gorgeous five-part harmonies in no time. No experience is necessary. The only prerequisite is a love of […]
The annual Art All Night festival celebrates the visual and performing arts, showcasing the diverse talents of the city’s creative community. Public and private spaces along Wisconsin Avenue transform into pop-up galleries and performance stages for an evening of art in all its forms. And the best part? It’s all FREE! Information and schedule: https://tenleytownmainstreet.org/event/art-all-night/
Join Classical WETA host James Jacobs, Levine faculty artist Vasily Popov, and others in a broad-ranging lecture and conversation on the cello and the first Levine Presents presentation of 2019-20, Cello Stories. Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/1935
Pianist and UDC Jazz Studies Director Allyn Johnson invites author and trumpeter Muneer Nasser for a session of conversation and performance. Muneer’s recording, A Soldier's Story, is the musical companion to the book he authored, Upright Bass: The Musical Life and Legacy of Jamil Nasser. The recording is a musical tribute to his father, the […]
Maxine Gordon is an arts advocate, jazz historian, archivist, scholar, manager and producer with a lifetime career working with jazz musicians. Maxine will discuss her remarkable career and recently published book, Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, with archivist, poet, writer and radio broadcaster Reuben Jackson who is the Jazz Archives Specialist […]
Celebrate the launch of the performance season with a lively evening of music featuring samples from the season's offerings. Learn more at https://www.levinemusic.org/performance/events-calendar/event/1887
Acclaimed percussionist, composer and recording artist Joe Chambers will share his expertise as a master performer and educator. Chambers has worked with some of the most influential jazz figures of the last several decades and is a recognized performer and composer whose works have been performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. As a sideman […]