2022 - 2025 Concerts

Friday, August 12, 2022 | 6pm; 7:30pm

Shakespeare in the Garden: “The summer’s flower is to the summer sweet”

Cole Manel, Lute | Mara Yaffee, Soprano | Sarah Shodja, Recorder | Michael Crowley, Shakespearean Actor

Thursday, September 8, 2022 | 5pm, 6:30pm

Kennedy Center Opera House Quintet: “South Africa Send-Off Concert”

Adria Sternstein Foster, flute | Kayla Moffet, violin | Erika Gray, viola | Amy Frost Baumgarten, cello | Susan Robinson, harp

Thursday, October 6, 2022 | 5pm; 6:30pm

It Takes Two (and a Trio) to Tango

New Trifilio Tango Trio: Emmanuel Trifilio, bandoneon | Julie Huang Tucker, piano | Zoë Jorgenson, double bass | Sean Ericson and Jackie Pham, tango dancers

Sunday, October 30, 2022 | 6pm

Classical Movements’ 30th Anniversary Gala

Insingizi of Zimbabwe | Morgan State University Singers | Javier Arrey, baritone | Prague Summer Nights String Quartet | Brass Fanfare

Sunday, November 13, 2022 | 5pm; 6:30pm

Bold as Brass: From Bach to Bernstein
Musicians from the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera/Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

William Gerlach, NSO Principal Trumpet | Michael Harper, NSO Assistant Principal Trumpet | Robert Rearden, NSO Horn | Colin Wise, US Navy Band Principal Trombone | Seth Cook, WNO/KCOHO Principal Tuba

Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 5pm; 7pm

Northern Lights: A Scandinavian Savory Soiree
Edvard Grieg’s Peer Gynt, Sibelius, Elfrida Andrée

Concert with Sumptuous Multi-Course Scandinavian Cuisine and Wines
Marianna Prjevalskaya, piano | Elise Blake, violinist

Saturday, February 25, 2023 | 5pm; 6:30pm

If I Loved You: Falling In & Out of Love
Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Sondheim, Richard Rodgers & more

Anna Bergman, soprano | Howard Breitbart, musical director & piano

Friday, March 24, 2023 | 5pm; 6:30pm

American Roots: Bluegrass & Bourbon

Ken Kolodner, hammered dulcimer, hammered mbira & fiddle | Brad Kolodner, banjo, gourd banjo & fiddle | Alex Lacquement, bass

Sunday, April 30, 2023 | 4pm

A Benefit Concert for Ukraine:
Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet & Ukrainian composers

Special Concert and Reception with Principal Musicians from the National Symphony:
Nurit Bar-Josef, violin concertmaster | Marissa Regni, principal second violin | Natasha Bogachek, violin | Daniel Foster, principal viola | Rebecca Epperson, viola | Loewi Lin, cello | Lin Ma, principal clarinet | Special Guest – Zino Bogachek, violin and composer from the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

Friday, May 12, 2023 | 5pm; 6:30pm

Brahms, Beach, Schubert: Four Hands, One Piano
Brahms Hungarian Dances & Schubert Fantasy in F Minor

Vieness Piano Duo: Vijay Venkatesh, piano | Eva Schaumkell, piano

Friday, June 9, 2023 | 6pm

Opera in the Secret Garden
Alexandria Summer Nights: The Magic Flute

Musicians from the Alexandria Summer Nights Young Artists Music Program

Friday, July 21, 2023 | 5pm; 6:30pm

Summertime: Jazz in July
Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sinatra & more

Sweet Something: Ariana Harbin, vocalist | Caleb Nei, pianist | Jeff Cuny, bassist | Aaron Ivey, drummer

Friday, June 9, 2023 | 6pm

Opera in the Secret Garden
Alexandria Summer Nights: The Magic Flute

Musicians from the Alexandria Summer Nights Young Artists Music Program

Thursday, September 12, 2024 | 5pm, 6:30pm

Anna Bergman: from Porter to Puccini

Anna Bergman, soprano  Howard Breitbart, musical director & pianist

Sunday, November 3, 2024 | 5pm, 6:30pm

The Last Stand Quartet
Musicians from The National Symphony Orchestra

Schumann Piano Quartet No. 1 in E flat Major

Joel Fuller, violin | Derek Powell, violin | Mahoko Eguchi, viola | Rachel Young, cello | Natalia Kazaryan, piano

Thursday November 21, 2024 | 5pm, 6:30pm

Piano pieces by Franz Liszt

Thomas Pandolfi, piano

Friday, January 17, 2025 | 5pm, 6:30pm

Terra String Quartet performs the music of Greg Sandow
The Remembered Song | Mahler Variations | Quartet for Anne

Harriet Langley, violin | Amelia Dietrich, violin | Chih-Ta Chen, viola | Audrey Chen, cello

Thursday, February 13, 2025 | 5pm, 7pm

An Evening of Wine and Jazz

Sendy Brown, vocals | Antonio Parker, saxophone | Cheyney Thomas, bass | Darius Scott, keyboard | Greg Holloway, drums

Sponsored by Tres Lorton & Nancy Prosser.

Thursday, March 6, 2025 | 5pm, 6:30pm

Beethoven, Brahms, and the Beautiful Blue Danube

Dmitry Yudin, piano

Thursday, March 27, 2025 | 5pm, 6:30pm

Portuguese Music Reimagined

ALMO & Júlio Resende

Thursday, April 24, 2025 | 5pm, 6:30pm

The Heartbeat of Cuba: Monte Cimarrón – Cuban Quartet

Voice, Saxophone/Clarinet, Piano, Double Bass

Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 6:30pm

Musicians from The Symphony of South Asia:

Rohan De Silva, piano | Tharanga Goonetilleke, soprano | Dilshad Posnock,  flute | Mezraq Ramli, oboe

Thursday, May 29, 2025 | 5pm, 6:30pm

Cabaret, Broadway, & the American Songbook
featuring alumni from the Prague Summer Nights Young Artist Music Festival

Scott Clark, baritone | Pelagia Pamel, soprano | Bryan Bennett, baritone | Claire Iverson, soprano