Winter Solstice Celebration 12/17/15 in Takoma Park, MD - Foggy Bottom Morris Men

Join the Foggy Bottom Morris Men as they continue a long-standing tradition!

From their Facebook Event Page:

Annual Winter Solstice Celebration
Thursday, December 17, 2015

6:00pm Takoma Park Gazebo
7:30pm Takoma Park Library

We'll begin at the Takoma Park Gazebo (corner of Westmoreland and Carroll Avenues) around 6 pm to celebrate the Shortest Day; highlights include the Abbotts Bromley Horn Dance and a Mummer's Play!

If you'd prefer to watch us inside, at 7:30 pm we'll also be at the Takoma Park Library (corner of Maple and Philadelphia Avenues [a.k.a. Maple Ave. and East West Hwy at the Takoma Municipal Center Building]) for an encore performance. This is part of the library's popular annual Winter Solstice Celebration in the Children's Room beginning at 6:30 with a drumming session.

"Family Friday" at the Christmas Revels, 12/11 at 7:30pm

Washington Revels present the Christmas Revels through Sunday, December 13 at Lisner Auditorium. Five shows, evenings and matinees.

FAMILY FRIDAY NIGHT: 25% off Youth tickets on December 11 at 7:30pm
Save money and bring the whole family on Friday night!!
Please Note : Discounted Youth tickets do not count toward 10-ticket and 20-ticket thresholds for purposes of group discounts.

This year is a Medieval Celebration with a beloved king, a mysterious woodland queen, a pair of fools, and an unexpected guest. Amidst it all, enjoy rousing traditional music, powerful medieval songs, ethereal chants, seasonal carols, rollicking tunes on early instruments, familiar rounds, folk and courtly dances, a madcap “12 Days of Christmas,” the eerily hypnotic Abbots Bromley horn dance, a topsy-turvy “Lord of Misrule,” and an evocative mummers’ play. Join us and find the true heart and spirit of the holiday season as we bid goodbye to the old year and celebrate the birth of the new. Tickets $12-60,

Details about the show and tickets here.

Reviews and Recommendations:
* Best 2015 Holiday Concerts

* TheatreBloom Review

* DC Metro Theatre Arts Review
* Washington Post HOLIDAY BEST BETS

Edge of the Universe Players 2 -- Entertaining Mr Sloane

The Edge of the Universe Players 2

present

Entertaining Mr Sloane
by Joe Orton
directed by Stephen Jarrett

Runs through Sunday, December 13, 2015

at the Writer's Center in Bethesda

Washington Post: ..."McGee’s mercurial Sloane is a winning gambit for this effective production of Joe Orton’s 1964 propriety-flouting play."

From among a multitude of very different scripts suggested by various directors, our Board chose this dark comedy from the 1960’s. It’s British playwright Joe Orton’s tale of people desperately searching for love, but weaving an outrageous tangle of lust, deceit, and violence in its place. We find it a commentary on morality and pragmatism in the worst sense. The story leads to questions about the structure of civilization. It’s also hilarious in many places.

The cast:

    Claire Schoonover as Kath
    Matthew Aldwin McGee as Sloane
    David Bryan Jackson* as Kemp
    Jim Jorgensen* as Ed

*Member, Actors’ Equity Association

For the schedule and tickets, click here.

Entertaining Mr Sloane will be at the Allan B. Lefcowitz Theatre at Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, Md. It’s in downtown Bethesda, just east of Wisconsin Avenue, within walking distance from the Bethesda METRO and across the street from a large parking lot.

For more info on the cast, designers, director, and others, click here.

Read the review from the Washington Post.

Entertaining Mr Sloane is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

The Edge of the Universe Players 2

Don't be a Grinch - come to the Christmas Revels!

Takoma Ensemble: Carols for Christmas

Carols for Christmas

Friday, December 4, 2015 at 8:00pm

Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Avenue, Silver Spring, MD

Takoma Ensemble joins forces once again with the National Philharmonic Singers in a concert to help jump start your holiday season with music from the Baroque to right now. The concert includes an opportunity for the audience to sing along on favorite carols.

Featuring music of Durante, Torelli, and McDowall along with premieres of three works by local musicians; Alistair Coleman, a multi-talented young musician currently attending Walt Whitman High School who has received many awards for his work; Virginia composer and George Mason University alum Peter Gjon Kadeli; and National Philharmonic Singer Ed Rejuney. The concert concludes with favorite carols by the choir, including Stille Nacht and our ever-popular Carol Sing with the Twelve Days of Christmas.

$25 general admission
$15 "young professional" 30 and under
$10 student (17-25)
16 and under free

GET TICKETS

2015 Christmas Revels in Washington, D.C.

The Christmas Revels
A Medieval Celebration of the Winter Solstice

Revel with us and with our beloved king, a mysterious woodland queen, a pair of fools, and an unexpected guest. As the Winter Solstice calls us all together, meet us in a special place that straddles the majestic and the mythical realms. The townspeople gather with court and forest folk, new and old traditions find common ground, and a deeper community emerges. Join us and find the true heart and spirit of the holiday season as we bid goodbye to the old year and celebrate the birth of the new.

Amidst it all, enjoy rousing traditional music, powerful medieval songs, ethereal chants, seasonal carols, rollicking tunes on early instruments, familiar rounds, folk and courtly dances, a madcap “12 Days of Christmas,” the eerily hypnotic Abbots Bromley horn dance, a topsy-turvy “Lord of Misrule,” and an evocative mummers’ play.

Join our cast of over 100, ages 8 to 85, for this one-of-a-kind evening of seasonal celebration and merriment. Sing along and dance in the aisles with us, and join the over 10,000 people who make our Christmas Revels part of their holiday tradition each December!

Read about our Guest Artists, including Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Shane Odom, and Gwen Grastorf, along with Piffaro, the Renaissance Band and the Washington Revels Brass.

Washington Revels’ flagship production, The Christmas Revels, is a festive celebration of the Winter Solstice and the return of sun and light after the “shortest day.” Through music, dance and drama, it draws on traditions and rituals from many lands, peoples, and eras — medieval, Renaissance and Victorian English, French, Russian, Roma (Gypsy), African-American, Scandinavian, American Appalachian, Native American, Renaissance Italian, Québécois, medieval Andalusian (Sephardic, Arabic and Spanish), southern Balkan (Bulgarian, Greek and Thracian Turkish), Irish, and more.

PERFORMANCE DATES/TIMES
Saturday, December 5, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, December 6, 2:00pm
Friday, December 11, 7:30pm (Family Friday)
Saturday, December 12, 2:00pm and 7:30pm
Sunday, December 13, 1:00pm and 5:00pm

BUY TICKETS
Orchestra A-N (Center): Adult $60 | Youth $40
Orchestra A-N (Sides): Adult $50 | Youth $32
Terrace* AA-JJ: Adult $45 | Youth $27
Terrace* KK-RR: Adult $30 | Youth $20
Terrace* SS-UU: Adult $18 | Youth $12

Wheelchair Spaces** (Row N): see Row N pricing above
Youth = 18 and under

* Terrace seats require climbing stairs
**Wheelchair seating: please call 301-587-3835

VENUE
GW Lisner Auditorium
730 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

Washington Revels, www.revelsdc.org

Takoma Ensemble - November 14 - Happy Birthday, Aaron Copland! A Celebration of American Music

Happy Birthday, Aaron Copland!

A Celebration of American Music

Victoria Gau, conductor

Join us for our next concert at 8PM on Saturday, November 14 - Copland's birthday!

Two of the Washington area’s finest musicians, Chris Gekker (trumpet) and Mark Hill (oboe, English horn), join the ensemble to celebrate the birthday of one of America’s greatest composers, Aaron Copland.

The concert features Copland’s Quiet City, as well as the beloved “Hoe-down” fromRodeo. Gekker and Hill solo in works by other American composers with the same immediate appeal: Eric Ewazen and Tison Street.  The ensemble concludes the evening with a repeat of Charlie Barnett’s wildly popular and engaging Three Completely Workable Perpetual Motion Devices, composed for the Takoma Ensemble and premiered last spring.

Saturday, November 14 at 8:00PM,
Episcopal Church of the Ascension, 633 Sligo Ave, Silver Spring, MD
Tickets available at http://takomaensemble.org. Discounts available.
16 and under FREE.

Chris Gekker is Professor of Trumpet at the University of Maryland, School of Music. He has been featured as soloist at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. In the Washington DC area, Chris serves as principal trumpet of the National Philharmonic at Strathmore, is a member of the Washington Symphonic Brass, Post Classical Ensemble and performs regularly at Wolf Trap.  During the summer he is principal trumpet of the Eastern Music Festival in Greensboro, NC.
For more information, visit chrisgekkertrumpet.com

Mark Hill has earned a wide reputation as an oboe and English horn soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, recording artist and teacher. In the symphonic world he has been invited to perform with the New York Philharmonic, the National Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony, the Orchestra of the Academy of St.-Martins-in-the-Fields, Orpheus, the Mostly Mozart Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Luke's. He was a member of the New York Chamber Symphony for fifteen years. Currently he is Principal Oboe of the National Philharmonic and Professor of Oboe at the University of Maryland School of Music.

About the Takoma Ensemble

The Takoma Ensemble was created by Victoria Gau and Susanna Kemp who recognized the need for a new kind of chamber orchestra in the area. Members are freelance musicians. As a free-range, organic ensemble, the ensemble has a commitment to present concerts which are fresh and appealing mission of the ensemble is to expand the local audience for orchestral music and broaden the notion of what the genre can be through accessible, affordable performances of music that ranges freely across time and type. For more information, visit www.takomaensemble.org.

Eat at Mark's Kitchen in Takoma Park from noon to 9 pm on Tuesday 9/8, and Mark's will donate a portion of its proceeds to Knock On Wood Tap Studio!

Mark's Kitchen is at 7006 Carroll Avenue in Takoma Park, 20912.

Their delicious and widely varied menu can be found here.

Great relaxed family atmosphere, just around the corner from Knock On Wood.

Invite your friends on Facebook!

knockonwood.org

Riverbend Opera Company present "Adriana Lecouvreur" thru 6/13/15

Riverbend Opera Company presents 

Adriana Lecouvreur 

by Francesco Cilèa 

over three weekends, Friday and Saturday evenings May 29 through June 13, 2015.

Join us for this masterpiece of Italian verismo opera with unforgettably beautiful music, and a great tale of love and devotion, jealousy and rage, intrigue and murder!

Presented fully staged, costumed, projected English surtitles, and with orchestral ensemble. Six performances from May 29 through June 13 in venues in Washington and Northern Virginia.

Read the review on DC Metro Theatre Arts.

June 5 - Abiding Presence Lutheran in Burke, VA
June 6 - Temple Rodef Shalom in McLean/Falls Church, Va
June 12 - Opera on Lake Barcroft
June 13 -- North Gate Vineyards in Purcellville, VA

Tickets online at www.RiverbendOpera.com.

Adriana Lecouvreur --
    Harlie Sponaugle (May 30, June 5, June 12) and
    Melissa Chavez (May 31, June 6, June 13)
Principessa de Bouillon -- Cindy Elkins
Michonnet -- Thomas Beard
Maurizio --
    Dane Suarez (May 30, June 5, June 13) and
    Nicholas Carratura (May 3, June 6, June 12)
Abbé de Chazeuil -- Jonathan Hoffman
Prince de Bouillon --
    Simon Charette (June 5, 6, 12,13)
    Elliot Matheny (May 29, 30)
Mlle. Jouvenot --
    Jenny McGinnis (May 29, June 5, 13)
    Seana Grace (May 30, June 6, 12)
Mlle. Dangeville --
    Erin Feng (May 29, June 5, 6) and
    Ashlyn Mazone (May 30, June 12, 13)
M. Quinault -- Ryan Alexander
M. Poisson -- Felix Polendey

Music Director -- Molly Khatcheressian
Stage Director -- Debbie Grossman
Accompanist -- Ina Mirtcheva

String Ensemble: John Kirchenbauer, Anna Kong,
Eric Costantino, Quinto Braswell

Knock On Wood Tap Studio ~ 20th Anniversary Showcase 6/7/15

Knock On Wood Tap Studio Marks 20th Anniversary

Celebrating June 7 with Student Showcase and Special Guest Performances

For two decades, Knock on Wood Tap Studio (KOW) has passed down the excitement and energy of tap with dancers of all ages and abilities. As one of the few studios in the nation dedicated exclusively to tap dance, KOW has preserved and promoted this uniquely American art form, ensuring that it not only survives, but thrives in the Washington area and beyond.

To mark reaching its 20th Anniversary milestone, KOW is expanding its annual Student Showcase, bringing back distinguished alumnus and other troupes that have been part of our history for special performances and a reception. The KOW 20th Anniversary Celebration is set for Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 2pm at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, MD.

Renee Kreithen and Yvonne Edwards (Miss Yvonne) founded KOW in 1995. Miss Yvonne, who continues to teach and perform, said “What I am most proud of is how many young people have not just learned this truly American art form and its rich history, but have built life-long friendships and given back by teaching.” Students at KOW range in age from 5 to 80+ years old. “Tap is something you can enjoy throughout your life and it provides great exercise, a fun way to relieve stress and enjoy the camaraderie of learning and performing together.”

KOW’s youth tap ensembles, first Tappers with Attitude, and now Capitol Tap (an in-residence ensemble), have performed around the world and across the nation. KOW alumnus, including Mya, Bakaari Wilder (who has performed on Broadway), Jason Holley, and Justin Lewis have gone on to careers in entertainment and tap dance, with several passing along the tradition by teaching new generations and tapping across the globe. Last winter, two current members of Capitol Tap who grew up at KOW, appeared in Maurice Hines Tappin’ Thru Life at Arena Stage in Washington.

Those scheduled to perform at the June 7 event include:

• Alumni of Tappers with Attitude
• Capitol Tap
• Former members of Step Aside
• Shannon Dunne Dance

What: Knock On Wood Tap Studio 20th Anniversary Showcase

Date: Sunday, June 7, 2015

Where: Montgomery Blair High School, 51 University Blvd East, Silver Spring, MD

When: Performances 2:00 p.m. with Reception immediately following the showcase.

Cost: $15 at the door; and $12.00 in advance; Free for children under 5.

More information: www.knockonwood.org

Sibelius 150th Anniversary Celebration 5/17 - Capital City Symphony

CCS Chamber Music Jam - April 18 in Bethesda

CAPITAL CITY SYMPHONY

2015 CHAMBER MUSIC JAM!

Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 4-8pm

at Bethesda Presbyterian Church

7611 Clarendon Road, Bethesda, MD

ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED! Sign up below.

Join members of the Capital City Symphony and other local musicians for socializing, sight-reading, and supper at our 2015 Chamber Music Jam.

Come to play, or just to listen. Includes dinner and desserts!

$40 Full Event (participating musicians)
$25 Dinner & Listening (non-musicians)

Advance registration is required (so that we can have a headcount for dinner, and so that we can have the right assortment of music.)

Sign up here.

QUESTIONS? Email events@capitalcitysymphony.org.

Do you like playing chamber music with friends? Fancy listening to others make ensemble music in a relaxed setting? Want to support your local community orchestra by joining us for dinner?

Come join members of the Capital City Symphony and other local musicians for socializing, sight-reading, and supper.

Professional and accomplished amateur musicians are encouraged to bring their instruments, and others will be able to relax and enjoy music from a variety of composers, eras, and instrument combinations while roaming from room to room.

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This is a fundraiser for the Capital City Symphony. All but $10 of your registration fee is tax-deductible. The Capital City Symphony, a resident arts partner at the Atlas Performing Arts Center in NE Washington, D.C., makes music approachable by *presenting affordable concerts to the public, *performing creative programs in a relaxed concert format, and *providing appealing performance opportunities for talented amateur as well as professional players.

LETTICE AND LOVAGE at Quotidian Theatre in Bethesda 4/17-5/17, 2015

Quotidian Theatre Company

presents
Lettice and Lovage, by Peter Shaffer

April 17 - May 17, 2015
at the Writer's Center

4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815
Lettice Douffet, an expert on Elizabethan cuisine and medieval weaponry, is an indefatigable but daffy enthusiast of history and the theatre. As a tour guide at Fustian House, one of the least stately of London's stately homes, she theatrically embellishes its historical past, ultimately coming up on the radar of Lotte Schoen, an inspector from the Preservation Trust. Neither impressed or entertained by Lettice's freewheeling history lessons, Schoen fires her. Not one however, to go without a fight, Lettice engages the stoic, conventional Lotte in battle to the death of all that is sacred to the Empire and the crown. 

This hit by the author of Equus and Amadeus featured a triumphant award-winning performance by Dame Maggie Smith in London and on Broadway

Our production features Jane Squier Bruns as Lettice Douffet and Leah Mazade as Lotte Schoen, with John Decker as Mr. Bardolph and Elizabeth Darby as Miss Framer.

Directed by Louis Pangaro

Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
Extra 2pm matinee on Saturday 5/16

Tickets $15-$30 (student & senior discounts). Available online.

Quotidian Theatre Company
301-816-1023
quotidiantheatre@comcast.net
www.quotidiantheatre.org

at the Writer's Center

4508 Walsh Street

Bethesda, MD 20815

Fauré’s Requiem - 3/14 & 15 - Capital City Symphony and Capitol Hill Chorale

The three previous collaborations by these two groups have all sold out, so get your tickets NOW!

BUY TICKETS HERE

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The Capital City Symphony, conducted by Victoria Gau
and
the Capitol Hill Chorale, conducted by Frederick Binkholder

present Fauré’s Requiem

Saturday, March 14 at 7:30pm
Sunday, March 15 at 4:00pm

at Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 201 4th St SE (4th and Independence SE)

* Fauré’s Requiem ~ with Laura Choi Stuart, soprano and Bryan Jackson, baritone
* Stephen Paulus, When Music Sounds
* Hildegard von Bingen, Ave Maria, O auctrix vite ~ with Sarah Markovits, soprano
* John Tavener, Song for Athene
* Christopher Theofinidas, Rainbow Body

$25 Preferred (at the center of the concert venue and/or closer to the stage)
$20 General Admission
$15 Age 30 and under
NOTE: Age 16 and under are FREE, but require a ticket.

The Capital City Symphony is DC's premiere community orchestra, bringing together doctors, lawyers, scientists and politicians and many others into a collaborative musical environment. The Capital City Symphony performs standard symphonic repertoire and explores the best of 20th and 21st-century music, presenting 4 full concerts each year, as well as occasional chamber music concerts.

In a city rich with choral music, the 120-member Capitol Hill Chorale has built its own unique identity and devoted following. Known for its versatility and enduring musicianship, the Chorale's repertoire ranges from early music to jazz to major works with large orchestras. Founded by longtime Capitol Hill resident Parker Jayne, the Chorale attracts singers from Capitol Hill and the entire metropolitan area.

http://www.capitalcitysymphony.org/
http://www.capitolhillchorale.org/

CCS at the 2015 Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival - 2/27 at 8pm

CCS at INTERSECTIONS

Friday, February 27, 2015 at 8pm

SECRET DISCOUNT CODE! 
Post "I love CCS!" on our Facebook Page & we'll message you a Secret DISCOUNT code for Interactive Symphony!

Interactive Symphony

Conducted by John Devlin, CCS Associate Conductor

Presented as part of the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival, February 20-March 7, 2015At the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Lang Theatre / 60 minutes / for ages 8+
$27.50 Adults / $22 Student/Senior
Tickets available through IntersectionsDC.org.

ABOUT THIS CONCERT
Enjoy a triple bill conceived by Associate Conductor John Devlin, the mastermind behind a series of successful, forward-thinking INTERSECTIONS classical concert experiences.

A moving song cycle for tenor, string orchestra and video, Benjamin Britten’s haunting Les Illuminations, based on the writing of Arthur Rimbaud, will feature acclaimed soloist Gran Wilson, with video design by the visionary Tim McLoraine. Experience the world premiere of Kirsten Warfield's new piece for drum set, electronics, and brass quintet. The finale will feature excerpts from pieces by Beethoven, Elgar and Rimsky-Korsakov, chosen in December via social media, accompanied by video designs.

The Capital City Symphony is DC's premiere community orchestra, bringing together doctors, lawyers, scientists and politicians and many others into a collaborative musical environment.

Treat yourself to a unique visual and musical experience.

Learn more at www.capitalcitysymphony.org.

Mardi Gras Pub Crawl in Takoma Park, MD

Celebrate Mardi Gras in Takoma Park! Tuesday, February 17, 2015.

See the mysterious Mardi Gras Mummers, who will travel from pub to pub in splendid array, inviting you to join in their song! Don’t forget to wear your Mardi Gras masks and beads!

Travel with the Mummers or meet them at your favorite spot.

Mummers schedule:
6:00 Republic
7:00 ROSCOE'S Neapolitan Pizzeria
8:00 Olive Lounge & Grill

Invite your friends on Facebook.

CCS at the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival 2015 -- 2/27 at 8pm

CCS at INTERSECTIONS

Friday, February 27, 2015 at 8pm

Interactive Symphony

Conducted by John Devlin, CCS Associate Conductor

Presented as part of the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival, February 20-March 7, 2015
At the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

Lang Theatre / 60 minutes / for ages 8+
$27.50 Adults / $22 Student/Senior
Tickets available through IntersectionsDC.org.

ABOUT THIS CONCERT
Enjoy a triple bill conceived by Associate Conductor John Devlin, the mastermind behind a series of successful, forward-thinking INTERSECTIONS classical concert experiences.

A moving song cycle for tenor, string orchestra and video, Benjamin Britten’s haunting Les Illuminations, based on the writing of Arthur Rimbaud, will feature acclaimed soloist Gran Wilson, with video design by the visionary Tim McLoraine. Experience the world premiere of Kirsten Warfield's new piece for drum set, electronics, and brass quintet. The finale will feature excerpts from pieces by Beethoven, Elgar and Rimsky-Korsakov, chosen in December via social media, accompanied by video designs.

The Capital City Symphony is DC's premiere community orchestra, bringing together doctors, lawyers, scientists and politicians and many others into a collaborative musical environment.

Treat yourself to a unique visual and musical experience.

Learn more at www.capitalcitysymphony.org.

BREAKING BAD: SINFUL SONGS FROM THE 1920'S AND 30'S

Nationally acclaimed and "outstandingly talented trio" Three For A Song return to Germano's with songs your mama probably never taught you. Join pianist Alex Hassan, tenor Doug Bowles, and soprano Kari Paludan for a hilarious and scandalous evening of sinfully good tunes with decidedly bawdy predilections. Equal parts double-entendre, sexy, sophisticated and downright naughty; you've never heard Cole Porter and his ilk like this! Don't say we didn't warn you. 

“…One of the freshest and most stimulating shows for lovers of vintage popular music performed by an outstandingly talented trio.” — Michael Feinstein

BREAKING BAD: SINFUL SONGS FROM THE 1920'S AND 30'S

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Cabaret Room opens at 6:00pm for pre-show dining
7:30pm Performance

$15 General Admission
Buy Tickets

Reservations required for the Cabaret room by phone (410.752.4515) or online.

Germano's Piattini, 300 S. High Street, Baltimore, MD 21202

No Open Table reservations accepted and there is a cover charge. Please note that they take dinner reservations separately, but you are only guaranteed a seat in the Cabaret Room upon the purchase of your ticket.