7,108 stories by "The Kennedy Center"
This renowned annual black history production features youth from the Southeast Tennis & Learning Center who transform from a wax replica of a character to a live portrayal of some of our mo…
The band is known for its blend of traditional New Orleans brass with contemporary urban beats.
Learn to dance the Viennese Waltz, with music performed by Sidney's Viennese Waltz Orchestra, and dance lessons taught by Herbert and Carol Traxler. Lesson at 5 p.m. Performance and open dan…
Winners of the sixth annual John and Susie Beatty Competition for Classical Guitar perform in a recital.
The group plays a wide range of music from the Renaissance through the 21st century.
Members of the National Symphony Orchestra play Katherine Hoover's Summer Night for flute, horn and piano, a brass quintet by Philip Parker, and Grant Cooper's Octagons for Clarinet and Stri…
The Baltimore bassist has played all over the world in major international jazz festivals and currently tours with the Christian Scott Quintet. Part of the DC Jazz Festival.
Pianist Chang, a Fulbright Scholar and Artistic Director of the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska, performs with violinist Chou.
This concert recognizes outstanding musicians from around the world, ages 14-25, who have a disability: pianists Ignasi Cambra (Spain) and Justin Kauflin (Virginia), saxophonist Yongsit Yong…
The seven-piece band performs traditional Italian music, song, and dance ranging from tender love songs to pagan rites marked by the frenzied dance, pizzica tarantata, bringing 21st-century …
The critically acclaimed classical guitarist plays with his Southwestern University faculty colleague and bass singer in recital.
The ensemble, comprised of accomplished student musicians ranging in age from 14 to 17, presents a program of big band jazz.
Students play classical works by Higdon, Ludwig, and Richberg. Part of the Conservatory Project.
This music education program is a collaboration between WPAS, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and DC Public Schools.
An evening of live and digital performances highlighting the poetry, video, photography, and music of young people from around the country engaged in "What's Going On…NOW," the Kennedy Cen…
Kennedy Center District of Columbia Partner Schools present an evening of vocal music. The senior high school concert choirs under the direction of Ms. Joan Moten and Ms. Lori Williams, resp…
Organized in 1987, this group of taiko drummers with intellectual disabilities has performed five times overseas and in more than 100 venues in Japan each year. Part of the 2012 National Che…
Students at Berklee College of Music, the members of the quartet are saxophonist Erena Terakubo, pianist Takeshi Ohbayashi, bassist Zach Brown, and drummer Roberto Giaquinto. Part of the DC …
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts joins Samora Abayomi Pinderhughes for the next episode of #ArtsAcrossAmerica exploring Music for Abolition. 🌎💻⛓︅
Members of the National Symphony Orchestra perform Maurice Ravel's String Quartet in F Major at The Kreeger Museum in Washington, D.C.
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Wanzhen Li, violin
Peiming Lin, violin
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Members of the program perform selections from various operettas. Part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna.
This program focuses on Czech polka dances with music played by the polka band. Lesson at 5 p.m. Performance and open dancing at 6 p.m. Part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna.
The DC band, fronted by tour de force Jessica Louise Dye, mixes clever songwriting and instrumentation with pop, folk, and rock melodies.
Students perform a vocal program featuring works by Rossini, Mozart, Barber, Smetana, R. Strauss, Bizet, Jason Robert Brown, and Kern. Part of the Conservatory Project.
The D.C. band mixes diverse cultures and sounds, serving up hot Latin beats combined with dub, hip hop, reggae, and trip-hop with funk salsa, samba, and more.
