Local 6th-grader to perform at the Kennedy Center 11/27 & 11/28

Rowyn Peel, a 6th-grader at Silver Spring International Middle School, will be performing at the Kennedy Center over Thanksgiving weekend.

Rowyn Peel played Amaryllis in the Washington Savoyards' production of "The Music Man" this past March. She will be reprising her role in a concert production with the National Symphony Orchestra. Semi-staged, in costume, with Broadway stars Rebecca Luker as Marian the Librarian, Patrick Cassidy as Harold Hill, and Shirley Jones as Mrs. Paroo.

NSO Pops: The Music of "The Music Man"
Marvin Hamlisch, conductor

Friday, November 27 at 1:30pm and 8:00pm
Saturday, November 28 at 8:00pm

Tickets $20-$85

http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/?fuseaction=showEvent&event=NKPSB

Capital City Symphony - FAMILY CONCERT 11/22/09

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22

The Capital City Symphony is once again offering two performances of its popular Family Concert, at 2:30pm and 4:30pm at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in NE DC.

Each performance is preceded by an instrument petting zoo (at 2pm & 4pm), with members of the orchestra displaying their instruments and even letting the children try them!

The concert itself includes a special program book just for the younger set and lots of audience interaction.

This year's Family Concert is all about "What's in an Orchestra, Anyway?" Maestro Victoria Gau will take the audience on a musical tour of the orchestra, featuring works by Shostakovich, Copland, Britten, Bernstein, and more.

Tickets for Children 16 and under are FREE for all Capital City Symphony concerts!

This concert is recommended for children ages 3 and up (or able to sit through an hour-long program).

Tickets:
$20/25 Adult; $16/20 Senior/Student
Free for age 16 and under (ticket required)

Tickets are available at capitalcitysymphony.tix.com
or call the Atlas Box Office at 202-399-7993.

Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC

MAP/DIRECTIONS -- http://atlasarts.org/plan.php

Doug Bowles sings with the Congressional Chorus

Saturday, November 14 from 8:00 pm to 9:30 pm

SingCo Music's "silver tongued crooner" Doug Bowles joins the Congressional Chorus -- directed by David Simmons -- on this concert of contemporary arrangements of American Folk Songs and Sprituals.

This wonderful 70-voice chorus has been a collaborator with the SingCo Rhythm Orchestra on two other events in recent years, and now SRO's Maestro appears as one of three guests soloists to show off his chops in an arrangement of LITTLE DAVID PLAY ON YOUR HARP that feels almost like it came out of the SRO playbook.

Other fine soloists on this concert include: Rhea Walker, Soprano and Aaron McNeil, baritone.

Tickets are $28 and are available at www.chorusmarket.org.

Location: Church of the Epiphany, 1317 G Street, NW, Washington, DC

Capital City Symphony 2009-2010 Season

At the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC

October 4, 5pm
Summer Strings Chamber Concert

October 25, 5pm
Concerto! Levine Young Artist

November 22, Two Performances: 2:30pm & 4:30pm
Family Concert : "What's in an Orchestra, Anyway?"
Each preceded by an Instrument "Petting Zoo."

December 13, Two Performances: 3:30pm & 7pm
Annual Free Community Carol Sing
Presented by the Atlas Performing Arts Center, Capital City Symphony, and Congressional Chorus

March 21, 5pm
Symphony Lounge
with Charlie Barnett and his band, Chaise Lounge

May 16, 5pm
Concerto, Encore! Johansen Young Artist

Tickets Now On Sale!

Online at capitalcitysymphony.tix.com OR by calling the Atlas Box Office at 202-399-7993.

Children 16 and under admitted FREE to all concerts (tickets required).

Season Package
Includes premier seating for all concerts EXCEPT the Carol Sing*.
Season Package available through October 4th.
$80 Adult; $64 Senior/Student

Individual Concert Tickets
Premier seating: $25 Adult; $20 Senior/Student
General seating: $20 Adult; $16 Senior/Student

Directions/Parking: visit Atlasarts.org, "Plan Your Visit"

FREE H Street Shuttle from Gallery Place and Minnesota Avenue Metro stations.

*Reservations required for the Carol Sing. Call 202.399.7993.

Beethoven 9: Ode to Joy!

The Capital City Symphony and the Capitol Hill Chorale join musical forces again to perform Beethoven's extraordinary Symphony No. 9 in D-minor, "Choral: The Ode to Joy!"

Also on the program is Mozart's Misericordias Domini, KV 222, a wonderful and influential motet.

Soloists for the Beethoven are:
Kotnim Chung, soprano
Elaine Dalbo, mezzo-soprano
Rolando Sanz, tenor
Robert Burner, baritone

Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM
Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 4th and Independence SE
* Map/Directions
* TICKETS FOR THIS VENUE: 202.547.1444 OR http://www.capitolhillchorale.org/?q=node/15

Sunday, May 17, 2009 at 5:00 PM
The Atlas Performing Arts Center, H St and 13th NE
* Map/Directions
*TICKETS FOR THIS VENUE: 202.399.7993 OR http://capitalcitysymphony.tix.com

TICKETS:
$23 preferred seating
$18 general seating
Children 16 and under FREE (ticket required)

Auction Details for Swing into Spring!

Swing into Spring!
Swing Dance & Silent Auction
to benefit the Capital City Symphony

Saturday, April 25, 2009
8:00-11:00pm

Sprenger Hall
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC

Purchase Tickets ($45 until 4/19; $55 as of 4/20)

Silent Auction from 8-10pm

Featured items:

Utah Ski Trip - Two area day passes to the Alta Ski Resort in Utah, 1 night lodging plus dinner and breakfast at the Goldminer's Daughter Lodge

The Phillips Collection - One year family membership and a private curator-led tour for up to 20 guests

Sugarloaf Mountain Vineyard - Tour and Tasting Party for 8 plus a free bottle of white wine to take home

Romantic Getaway - Two Nights at the Moose Meadow Lodge in Vermont, a luxury log home B&B

Potomac Riverboat Company - Two tickets to one of PRC's terrific cruises: Washington by Water Monuments Cruise; See Alexandria by Water Cruise; Mount Vernon by Water George Washington Tour

Plus theatre tickets and restaurant gift certificates, including:

Alden Theatre - 4 tickets to Red Grammer (children's theater production)

DC Arts Center - Gift certificate for 2 tickets to any performance during DC Art Center's 2009-2010 season.

Capitol Hill Arts Workshop - $250 gift certificate toward a class or classes at CHAW

Shakespeare Theatre - 2 tickets to Design for Living

Leopold's Kafe & Konditorei - $100 gift certificate

Martin's Tavern - $75 gift certificate

Plus unique themed gift baskets provided by members of the Obama press corps, the CCS Board of Directors, and members of the orchestra.

Purchase Tickets ($45 until 4/19; $55 as of 4/20)

Swing Into Spring!

A fabulous swing dance fundraiser
for the Capital City Symphony
with
Doug Bowles and His SingCo Rhythm Orchestra.

Saturday, April 25th, 2009
8:00-11:00pm

Sprenger Hall at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Dancing, Drinks & Dessert!
Light nibbles and Open bar (wine/beer/soft drinks)

Silent auction of unique and unusual items from 8-10pm.

$45 per person through April 19 (discount applied at checkout)
$55 per person as of April 20
Advance purchase highly recommended.
FREE swing dance lesson from 7-8pm for all ticket-holders.

Purchase Tickets Now!

Directions, parking, FREE H Street Shuttle

Iolanthe - Washington Savoyards

1968.
Flower Children.
Traditions fall and rules are tossed out.

Fairyland will never be the same when beautiful Iolanthe marries a mortal and gives birth to a half-mortal, half-fairy son. In true Gilbert and Sullivan fashion, this comic light opera has everyone looking for love in all the wrong places.

Director Scott Kenison is creating a spectacular IOLANTHE with fine singing and dancing and great wit, set in the revolutionary year of 1968.

There will be stagecraft never before seen on a Savoyards’ stage. You are in for a treat. This is truly a "must see" for all Gilbert and Sullivan fans and great time for anyone looking for a fun evening at the theater.

March 27 - April 5, 2009
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

TICKETS
$20-$40; senior discounts; student rush tickets $10 at the door only
"Stages for All Ages" show - age 17 and under are free with a paying ticket holder

Washington Savoyards - THE MUSIC MAN - 2/20 thru 3/8

Washington Savoyards
THE MUSIC MAN

LOCAL FIFTH-GRADER MAKES HER PROFESSIONAL DEBUT

Rowyn Peel, a 5th-grader at Sligo Creek Elementary School in Silver Spring, made her professional stage debut this past weekend as Amaryllis in the Washington Savoyards' production of "The Music Man."

Rowyn has studied singing, dance, drama, and piano since 1st grade. Her first solo was “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” for her kindergarten class show. She studied with Theatretrain in Cambridge, England, with performances in Cambridge and at the Drury Lane theater in London. Here in Maryland, Rowyn has performed in "The Christmas Revels" with Washington Revels for the past three years, and she is a member of the 2009 Montgomery County Elementary Honors Chorus. Rowyn currently studies jazz & tap at Imagination Stage, and piano with Gina Denny.

"Goodnight, My Someone" will be just the beginning of a good night for everyone when Helen Hayes award winning actor Stephen F. Schmidt, playing Professor Harold Hill, meets Broadway star and Washington Savoyards' favorite, Sandy Bainum, as Marian Paroo—"Marian the Librarian," in this time-loved comedy about the man from "Gary, Indiana" who brings "Trouble" to River City.

DC Theatre Scene calls the Washington Savoyards’ production of The Music Man "utterly charming" and "a delightful piece of Americana."

Rowyn Peel and Sandy Bainum are featured in "Winter Musical Scene Stealing Moments" on DC Theatre Scene.

Performances run through Sunday March 8th at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC.

Information and tickets are available at http://savoyards.tix.com/Schedule.asp?ActCode=28611 or by calling the box office at 202.399.7993.

THE HILL BALL - with Doug Bowles & His SingCo Rhythm Orchestra

Tuesday, January 20, 2009
8:30pm - 11:30pm

At the Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC

Come join the SRO at the Atlas Performing Arts Center to celebrate the inauguration of President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

This event is cosponsored by the Capitol Hill Community Foundation and the ATLAS Performing Arts Center.

Ticket Price is $85.00 for heavy hors d'oevres, dessert, fabulous band and cash bar.
Valet parking available for $10.

Online at www.atlasarts.org or www.thehillball.org

Phone: 202-399-7993