Final Week to Make History! Historic Coon-Sanders Recording Project

Final Week to Make History! Campaign ends at 6pm on 6/27/11.

Sign on as a supporter for Doug Bowles' Historic Coon-Sanders Recording Project!

An amazing singer; a hot, hot band; a fantabulous project . . . and YOU can be a part of it!

Minimum pledge is just $1!

Doug Bowles is planning a series of concerts and a recording with his SingCo Rhythm Orchestra of his extraordinary collection of world class arrangements of the Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawks. 

Doug is seeking your assistance in making this music available to a wider audience, through performances and a professional quality recording.

Visit Doug's Kickstarter page to donate now!

He has already amassed the arrangements, which are shockingly exact record transcriptions for the most part.

Doug Bowles and his SingCo Rhythm Orchestra recently gave a live concert of the music for the Potomac River Jazz Club, and were praised for their "hot" and "authentic" presentation of this incredible music. (Check out these videos! The Nighthawk Blues and Got a Great Big Date with a Little Bitty Girl I Love)

Your support will enable this very skilled orchestra to present authentic performances of Coon-Sanders' music. You will never have heard more virtuosic arrangements! This music has likely not been performed in public in this large a setting, and this large a quantity of charts, since the original group disbanded in 1933.

Your investment will be used to support the live concerts and recording fees, including musician fees, venue rental, all associated recording costs, marketing and publicity and potential multi-media presentations to accompany the live concerts.

Visit Doug's Kickstarter page to donate now!

The Coon-Sanders band was really Blazin! They were the top of the tops in the 1920s and 1930s, until the untimely death of one of its leaders in the early '30s. Mel Torme, the famous jazz singer and scat master, made his radio debut with this band at the age of 4, appearing on their radio broadcast for 6 weeks.

Your support will make possible the recording of such hits as
HERE COMES MY BALL AND CHAIN, LOUDER AND FUNNIER, READY FOR THE RIVER, MY BABY KNOWS HOW, AFTER YOU'VE GONE, and many more!

Capital City Symphony 2011-2012 Season Tickets Now on Sale

The Sound of Your Neighborhood! Victoria Gau, Artistic Director & Conductor



The Capital City Symphony, in residence at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in NE Washington, DC, has a terrific series of concerts planned for the 2011-2012 season.

Order a Season Package,

or click on the individual concerts to buy single concert tickets.

October 16 at 5:00pm
Mahler and More
* Lalo, Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement ~ with Arec Jamgochian, Violin ~ Levine Cogen Concerto Winner
* Mahler, Two Songs from Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ~ John Devlin, Conductor
* Mahler, Symphony No. 1

November 20 at 2:30pm & 4:30pm
Family Concert: "What's it all about, Maestra?"
Family Concert, with Guest Artist Oran Sandel
Including the popular Instrument Petting Zoo!

December 4 at 4:00pm & 7:00pm
FREE Carol Sing Concert
In partnership with the Congressional Chorus
and the Atlas Performing Arts Center
[Note: separate tickets, available November 1 at AtlasArts.org]


March 17 at 7:30pm at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church
March 18 at 5:00pm at the Atlas Performing Arts Center
Together Again: Mozart and Brahms
Choral Concert with the Capitol Hill Chorale, Frederick Binkholder, Artistic Director
* Mozart, Overture to Don Giovanni
* Brahms, Nänie
* Mozart, Requiem

May 13 at 5:00pm
Brahms Meets Jazz
* Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue, with pianist Scott Beard
* Brahms, Symphony No. 3

In Addition, the Capital City Symphony will be part of

INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival, in February 2012
Saturday, 2/25 at 4:30pm
Sunday, 2/26 at 5:30pm
Orchestra Meets the 21st Century
John Devlin, Conductor
An integrated and innovative collaboration of the traditional orchestra - the Capital City Symphony - with a modern, amplified, small group - trumpet, guitar, bass, and percussion- that incorporates classical repertoire, as well as newly composed and arranged works.
[Note: separate tickets required for INTERSECTIONS concerts]


Tickets for most concerts are $16-$25, with discounts for seniors and students. Tickets for children 16 and under are FREE for the main season concerts (October, November, March, May). Discount Season Packages are $80 Adult and $64 Senior/Student.

Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are held at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC. Directions and parking information can be found at Atlasarts.org.

Discounted Season Subscriptions and Individual Tickets are now on sale at the above links, or at www.capitalcitysymphony.org, or through the Atlas Box Office at 202-399-7993.