The Washington Adventist University Music Faculty presents a concert of classic, tango, and contemporary music on Thursday, June 22, at 7 pm. The concert is free!
Takoma Park SDA Church
6951 Carroll Ave
Takoma Park, MD
Preston Hawes, violin
Mark Di Pinto, piano
Dan Zhang, viola
Susanna Mendlow, cello
Brian Liu, violin
Shawn Alger, double bass
Stephen Czarkowski, cello
Washington Adventist University Music Faculty present a chamber music concert featuring the works of Handel, Sarasate, and Robert Schumann on June 21 at 7 pm. The concert is free!
Peters Music Center
7711 Greenwood Ave
Takoma Park, MD
Preston Hawes, violin
Brian Liu, violin
Dan Zhang, viola
Susanna Mendlow, cello
Mark Di Pinto, piano
Sing in the spring with the D.C. Sing-Along — a hootenanny for the digital age. Combining the communal spirit of ’60s sing-alongs with a modern songbook, a rawk ‘tude, and an aversion to noodling, the D.C. Sing-Along is a heartwarming, cathartic, and analog good time.
HOW IT WORKS
– Bring an acoustic instrument: Anyone’s welcome to join the “band,” from fretters to flautists of all skill levels! The D.C. Sing-Along Songbook includes chords for the musicians.
– Or just bring your voice: Musical ability is NOT required. Nobody will be able to hear you sing, so don’t feel self-conscious!
– Call out your fave song from the songbook: The Beatles, Disney, Lizzo, Whitney — the D.C. Sing-Along Songbook has something for everyone!
– Bring the kids, too: As long as you’re ok with a smidge of profanity (looking at you, Alanis).
Questions? Email [email protected]
Please note we have a maximum of 40 attendees.
HEALTH PROTOCOLS
We are following the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services guidelines for health and safety. Students are encouraged to wash hands upon arrival.
$10 suggested donation.
Registration recommended and walk-ins are welcome!
dream feeder is a jazz trio consisting of Brad Linde (saxophone) Keith Butler Jr. (drums) and Nelson Dougherty (guitar). The group’s repertoire consists of compositions contributed by each member. They create a sound that is gentle, unhurried, and expansive, yet also discordant and mysterious. This performance will be recorded and later released as an album.
Brad Linde
Hailed as “the capital city’s contemporary cool king” (Giovanni Russonello, Capitalbop), Brad Linde is a saxophonist, educator, bandleader, and impresario in the Washington DC metro area. He is the director of Jazz and Creative Music at Georgetown Day School and founder/co-director of the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra.
Keith Butler Jr.
Having come of age in the cultural melting pot of Wilmington, North Carolina, Keith Butler, Jr. has deep roots in many musical traditions. Due in no small part to his versatility and creativity on the drum set, he has become a mainstay of the Washington D.C. music scene, performing with some of the area’s top bandleaders, including Brian Settles, Saltman/Knowles, Amy K. Bormet, Sarah Hughes, Luke Stewart, Elijah Jamal Balbed, Alex Hamburger, and Stephen Arnold. Butler was also a founding member of adventure music ensemble The New World, and is a member/composer of avant-jazz quartet ¡FIASCO! Butler has composed scores for DC productions of the plays Vietgone, and Venus (a staged reading,) both directed by Natsu Onoda-Power as well as Classic Red, a new play by DC playwright Abigail Chase. Butler released his debut album, Greener Grasses, in April of 2019, and is currently in the finishing stages of his second album. Butler is also a 2022 graduate of the MFA in Music Composition program at Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Nelson Dougherty
A Washington, DC-based jazz guitarist, composer and educator. He finds the intersection between differing genres of music, often using guitar pedals to create vast soundscapes. He currently co-leads ¡FIASCO! which has released two albums, Arson (2020) and Post-Truth (2021). Both of which were named #1 on Capitol Bop’s list Best D.C. Jazz Albums in their respective years. Nelson’s most recent collaboration is the duo, Tyson (with Saxophonist Tyler Cassidy). Their recent release, Found Audio, explores ambient and soundtrack-like textures.
Takoma Park Child Development Center is hosting a Community Concert and fundraiser Saturday, June 10, from 10 AM-1 PM. We’ll have music from Baba Ras (at 11 AM), games, arts & crafts, pizza, and raffle prizes. Location: Don Patti Memorial Gym at 310 Tulip Ave. Kids under 3 are free. (Each $10 ticket includes one raffle ticket and two slices of pizza. Additional raffle tickets and pizza slices may be purchased for $1 in cash at the event.)
Washington Adventist University invites Takoma Park residents and their friends to join our esteemed music faculty in this FREE concert open to the public! Join us as we explore the music of Schumann, Sarasate, and Handel in a program that delights the heart and ears alike. The performance, appropriate for all ages, will run about an hour. Afterwards, audience members are invited to get to know the performers in a brief Q&A. We hope to see you there!
Performers:
Preston Hawes & Brian Liu, violin
Dan Zhang, viola
Stephen Czarkowski & Susanna Mendlow, cello
Mark Di Pinto, piano
A brass and reed ensemble featuring young musicians from House of Musical Traditions and Lowell School playing favorite classics and modern tunes outdoors under the Gazebo on Carroll Ave. Directed by local music instructor, Brian Weber.
School of Musical Traditions presents a day of Bluegrass events! Workshops, a free jam, and an evening concert. Details & registration: https://schoolofmusicaltraditions.com/classes-workshops/bluegrass-day
Time
1:00 – 2:30 pm – Workshop: Understanding Melodic Banjo with Ira Gitlin
2:30 – 4:00 pm – Workshop: The Bluegrass Voice with Dede Wyland
4:00 – 5:00 pm – Free Bluegrass Jam
7:00 pm – Big Howdy at the Cherry Blossom Carousel
Location
Takoma SPARK
7112 Willow Ave
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Price
$55 per individual workshop
$100 for both workshops (use code BUNDLE10 at checkout)
FREE Jam $20 for the Carousel
Takoma Park Presbyterian Church (TPPC) is pleased to host a special live music service with choir and orchestra at 11:00 am Sunday March 26.
The service will highlight selections from Requiem composted by Director of Music Dr. James T. Bingham, in memory of three people dear to him who died in a short span the summer of 1988.
The service will be a beautiful and powerful musical testimony to the power of human compassion – and God’s eternal love.
With an outstanding orchestra, full choir, the composer as conductor, and the amazing acoustics of our Sanctuary — this is an event not to be missed!
Please join us – invite your friends – spread the word!
Come join the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra for our Spring concert! Sunday, March 26th at 3pm at Sligo Seventh-day Adventist in Takoma Park, MD. Free parking and admission.
Antonín Dvořák, Serenade for Wind Instruments in D Minor, Op. 44, B. 77
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ballet Music from Idomeneo, K. 367
Reinhold Glière, Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, Op. 8
Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet, the string quartet group known for its dynamic interpretations and polished, expansive colors, will close out the Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series on January 28. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the group has appeared at the world’s most important venues since its founding in 2002 and is in its seventh year as faculty members of Harvard University’s Department of Music as Blodgett Artists-in-Residence. The concert series is hosted by the Washington Adventist University and features classical music performances to commemorate the life of Anna H. Wang, who at age 60, began studying the violin after a life of service in nursing and healthcare administration.
Grammy Award-winning Parker Quartet, the string quartet group known for its dynamic interpretations and polished, expansive colors, will close out the Anna H. Wang Presidential Concert Series on January 28. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the group has appeared at the world’s most important venues since its founding in 2002 and is in its seventh year as faculty members of Harvard University’s Department of Music as Blodgett Artists-in-Residence. Group accolades include winning the Concert Artists Guild Competition, the Grand Prix and Mozart Prize at France’s Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition and Chamber Music America’s prestigious Cleveland Quarter Award. The concert series is hosted by the Washington Adventist University and features classical music performances to commemorate the life of Anna H. Wang, who at age 60, began studying the violin after a life of service in nursing and healthcare administration.
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