Praised for its authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound,  The String Queens (TSQ) is a dynamic trio that creates stimulating musical experiences that inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine! With an array of repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100 Chart, TSQ performs versatile programs that take listeners on a rousing musical journey through time and a multitude of musical genres.

Venture into the "haunted" corridors of the Paris Opera House as the University Orchestra brings one of the most iconic musicals to the concert hall for their final performance of the year. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera tells the tale of a young opera star and the mysterious masked figure who becomes obsessed with her. The longest-running show on Broadway, the musical is presented here by full orchestra and narration.

This program has something for everyone, including orchestral masterworks, opera and musical theatre.

Performances: May 1-29, 2024.

We are also planning a film screening, reception, artist talk, and fashion show on May 10, 2024, from 4-8. p.m.

Join us for the debut performance from the third cohort of the Next Jazz Legacy program, a national apprenticeship program for women and non-binary improvisers in jazz, and a program for a more inclusive jazz future.

Ampl!fy is a curated open mic that mimics a professional showcase. Each month’s show has a theme inspired by social issues, pop culture, and more. Ampl!fy will take place every last Friday of the month from October 2023 to May 2024 (see exceptions* in the schedule below). Performances will take place in Joe's theater. Ampl!fy will be promoted via Joe's Instagram, Facebook, and weekly E-newsletter. 

January 12, 2024 - The Evolution Issue

February 9, 2024 - The Love Issue

March 29, 2024 - The Divine Feminine Issue

April 26, 2024 - The Nature Issue

May 10, 2024 - Ampl!fy Showcase

We all know that change is inevitable and sometimes it takes us back to where we once were. At the beginning of this year, Mary Ramsey decided to take a break from touring. To keep the band going, we invited Leigh Nash and Matt Slocum to help us move forward in a new direction. Earlier this month, Leigh and Matt had other commitments arise that would make it difficult for them to continue touring with us. Serendipitously, Mary’s absence only served to strengthen our bond with her and she found herself wanting to come back. And so, we are thrilled to announce that Mary Ramsey is returning to the band. We are grateful for Leigh and Matt’s contribution to the past 8 shows, but we are overjoyed to have Mary Ramsey back.

10,000 Maniacs with Mary Ramsey will return to the stage in 2024.

It’s time to celebrate the most magnificent women in your lives! And what’s a better way to treat them than bringing them to a fantastic, uplifting concert featuring some of the most celebrated gospel singers in the circuit?! DAR Constitution Hall hosts a highly coveted Mother’s Day Celebration this spring featuring illustrious artists Fred Hammond, Tamela Mann, and Charles Jenkins!

Silk Soul is a soulful R&B group that hails from the nation’s capital. Members, Janet Perry, Joseph Tatum, Tyrone Crayton, and Shedrick Reamer are all native Washingtonians and have been performing together for over 25 years. Their harmonies and melodic singing are entertaining to all audiences.

Performances: 2-4pm and 7-9pm

Join the Gamer Symphony Orchestra at its Spring 2024 concert! The performance this semester includes pieces from Pokemon, Zelda, Genshin Impact, and more. Join us on a foray into the incredible world of video game music!

If you can't attend in person, this concert will be streamed on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/gamersymphonyumd/

Hip hop icon and founding Kennedy Center Hip Hop Culture Council Member MC Lyte presents an evening with five-time Grammy®-winning soul singer, songwriter, performer, and producer PJ Morton and Grammy Award®–, Soul Train Music Award–, and NAACP Image Award–nominated soul singer and multi-hyphenate MAJOR.! These two legendary artists will host a one-night-only performance in the Concert Hall honoring mothers and mother figures.

With Souls Of Mischief, Lord SKO

Cypress Hill shifts culture. The South Gate, California rap group championed cannabis before it became fashionable, ushered in a genre-shifting sonic tapestry, performed thousands of shows at a time when rappers were having a hard time getting booked for live gigs and helped pave the way for rappers to use Spanish in their rhymes. Along the way, Cypress Hill earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, sold more than 9 million albums, and was nominated for three Grammy Awards. (cypresshill.com)

Pianist Minna Sungmin Han and violinist Jiyun Lee formed a duo in Maryland in 2007 and have amazed audiences at many prestigious venues. The duo plays with superb musicianship and a passionate performance style.

Rob Schneider is an accomplished actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the award-winning NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to a successful career in films, and television and continues his worldwide standup tour.

With countless tunes you know from the first note, rip-roaring gigs you can count on, and a whole lot of energy you’ll take home with you, BoDeans continue to contribute to the American songbook as a tried-and-true institution. Founded and led by original frontman, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Kurt Neumann, the band’s catalog consists of generational anthems such as “Good Things,” You Don’t Get Much,” “Idaho,” and “Closer To Free,” just to name a few. However, they still reflect the soul and spirit of the modern American experience on their fourteenth full-length offering, 4 The Last Time.

Beloved Broadway legend Patti LuPone returns to the Kennedy Center with a new show that she describes as a “personal musical memoir.”

Kevin So has garnered the attention and respect of five-time Grammy award winner Keb’ Mo’, singer/activist Billy Bragg, and Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, and has built a loyal fan base around the world for the past 30 years. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, as well as Hollywood Bowl, Wiltern Theatre, and The Ryman in Nashville. In 2007, So was a proud recipient of the NYC International Fringe Festival Award (Best Music & Lyrics) for “Great Wall” – a musical loosely based on his life and times. So has also served as multi-instrumentalist (keyboards, guitar, harmonica, mandolin) in the Keb’ Mo’ Band for the past 15 years. His songs have been recorded by India Arie (Crush on You), Keb’ Mo’ (Talk), Ana Popovic (Slow Dance), Ronnie Baker Brooks (Wham Bam Thank You Sam), and Shemekia Copeland (Sounds Like the Devil). So resides in Massachusetts. He is currently completing his next album, titled “TERESA” – an interpretation and musical exploration of the songs of legendary singer Teresa Teng. He is Americana, soul, and blues in its finest blend.

Performances: 7pm & 9:30pm

Aparna Nancherla is an acclaimed comedian, writer, and actor. Praised by critics and fans alike for her distinctive dry, existential, and whimsical sense of humor, Aparna has toured her stand-up comedy extensively around the U.S. and the world. Now catch her new stand-up set in the Terrace Theater!

El último concierto de la Serie Cultural Pa’lante se enfocará en la música y cultura del Caribe por medio del arte de Taisha Estrada, cantautora, vocalista, y cuentista Puertorriqueña basada en Washington, DC. Acompañen a Taisha por un viaje musical en la que se explora música e historias influenciada por su crianza con sus abuelos quienes sintieron gran devoción a la patria, y por los ritmos Puertorriqueños de bomba y plena que corren por sus venas. Por medio de su música, pinta imágenes de las islas para explorar la vida, el amor, y la bella relación entre la humanidad y la tierra.

Now in its 39th year of presenting the nation’s top vocal harmony groups this competition features regional events to determine a local champion who wins airfare to California to compete at the National Finals.

The sound of the human singing voice, unaccompanied and in harmony, is one of the earliest forms of music (a cappella is from the Latin “in the chapel”) and this early musical form has grown and developed over the centuries to create the modern a cappella music we hear today. The Harmony Sweepstakes long success is due to presenting the very best of the current vocal harmony groups in the setting of an exciting competition.

Walk. Run. Donate. 

Come out and walk or run in support of our student-athletes and the Department of Athletics. Proceeds from the Bulldog 5K Race will go to the Bowie State University Foundation. The funds will assist student-athletes with their academic endeavors as they matriculate through BSU. 

Early Bird Registration: $40

Day of 5K Race: $50 

Race will begin from Parking Lot J

(parking available in Lots H & I)

Check-in: 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Race begins at 2:00 p.m.

Race Cutoff Time: 3:30 p.m.

Olivia Currier is a mezzo-soprano from Albuquerque, New Mexico. She holds a degree from Texas Tech University under the mentorship of Dr. Rebecca Hays and Dr. William Averill. She has performed in outreach projects for the Amarillo Opera and as an Apprentice Artist with the Sarasota Opera. She has sung previously with Quintessence: A Community of Singers as a Choral Scholar, alongside the Voces8 US Scholars, as the alto soloist for Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb with the Lubbock Chorale, and as a guest singer with the Hungarian chamber choir Ars Nova Énekegyüttes.

The Prince George’s Philharmonic concludes its 58th season with violinist Annelle K. Gregory.

Jesus Manuel Berard, conductor

Annelle K. Gregory, violin 

WAGNER:  Overture to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg 

GLAZUNOV: Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82 

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Scheherazade, Op. 35

100th Birthday celebration for Maestro Marshall Allen. Marshall will be directing the Arkestra in a special set of Sun Ra Arkestra classics.

The United States Air Force Band and Washington Performing Arts present the Aaron Diehl Trio for a one-night concert event featuring the D.C. premiere of Mary Lou Williams’ Zodiac Suite for chamber-jazz ensemble and other works.

In 1945, pianist and composer Mary Lou Williams finalized and first performed her tour de force orchestral Zodiac Suite, 12 pieces based on the astrological signs from Aries to Pisces, many dedicated to jazz greats of her era born under the signs, including Billie Holliday, Dizzy Gillespie, Ethel Waters, Thelonious Monk, Café Society owner Barney Josephson and more. Williams debuted her celestial odyssey in a piano trio format, then arranged the work for chamber-jazz ensemble, and performed a recomposition with full orchestra at Carnegie Hall, yet the full suite was never performed during her lifetime. Pianist Aaron Diehl has devoted considerable energy to restoring Williams’s original orchestrations, first for the New York Philharmonic during pandemic lockdown, and then live with the Philadelphia Orchestra in spring 2023.

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Exciting news! Bowie State University is proud to announce a groundbreaking milestone: becoming the very first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to host an American Red Cross Training Academy. Prepare to dive into a world of opportunities as we gear up to host our inaugural Water Safety Instructor Academy classes from May 20th to May 24th.

Are you ready to be a part of history? If you're one of the approved candidates for the WSI-T program, seize this chance to enroll and embark on a journey of skill-building and empowerment. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to make waves in your career and community. Reach out to our Training Support Center at 800-REDCROS to secure your spot today!

The formation of the School Without Walls Instrumental Music Department in the fall of 2007, the school’s first instrumental ensembles of any type in its over 70-year history, marked a new stepping stone in the pursuit of a better education. Along with being well-rounded in rigorous academic subjects, students in the instrumental music department now have the opportunity to learn what it is like to play in a band orchestra and various other ensembles.

Chanté Moore, an R&B vocalist, started her music career inspired by gospel and George Duke. She gained fame with hits like “Love’s Taken Over” and worked on collaborations like “Contagious” with R. Kelly. Moore released albums in the 2000s and joined R&B Divas LA.

Chesney will be bringing “the good stuff” in his Sun Goes Down 2024 Tour. He’ll be joined on stage by Zac Brown Band, Megan Moroney, and Uncle Kracker.

Join us at the Kennedy Center for a screening of Social Practice Resident Angelina Spicer’s comedy special, The Waldorf Hysteria, about her personal struggle with Post-partum Depression (PPD). Featuring a post-screening panel with Angelina Spicer and other maternal health advocates.

Walter Beasley is a renowned saxophonist, singer, composer, and producer. He is the CEO of Affable Publishing and Affable Records. Beasley was a Berklee professor for 35 years. Passionate about music since age 13, he played with Los Elegantes. Since 1987, he released 26 albums and won numerous awards. In 2023, he toured the country after a hiatus, releasing singles and an album, inspiring many.

Enchantment’s music is soulful, smooth, romantic, and melodious with loving lyrics, and understanding. The golden sound of Enchantment was formed in 1967 at Pershing High School in Detroit. In 1976, the charismatic showmen received national acclaim with the release of their second single Gloria. Written and arranged by dynamic lead singer E.J. Johnson, Gloria became a smash hit. They followed it with another smash hit, “Sunshine,” from the same album. They recorded their second album in 1977 and came up with their third consecutive number-one single, It’s You That I Need, which reigned at #1 for four weeks. They continued their hit-making ways with top ten singles If You’re Ready (Here It Comes), Where Do We Go From Here, Forever More, Enchanted Lady, and many more. Enchantment’s longevity is attributed to their vitality and the dedication they have for their craft. The group continues to impressively demonstrate their quality golden sound at concerts and events around the country.

Music Celebrations International partners with The United States Air Force and the American Veteran’s Center to present the 14th Annual Memorial Day Choral Festival.

In-person and online. Join us for a recital featuring Thomas Sheehan, Cathedral Organist. No tickets required.

Maggie Rose, who Rolling Stone called a “powerful and versatile vocalist,” has shared her galvanizing new single, “Fake Flowers.” “Fake Flowers” is the third new track to be released from her forthcoming studio album, No One Gets Out Alive, available April 5th on Big Loud Records, her first project for the independent powerhouse.

Written by Maggie and the heavyweight duo of Claude Kelly and Chuck Harmony (Rihanna, Bruno Mars, Miley Cyrus), the rousing “Fake Flowers” is a highlight on the new album as well as Maggie’s live shows. Amid the swirl of a gospel laced B3 organ and crisp electric guitars, Rose comes on like a full-throated blues titan. It’s a powerful star turn– each line sung uniquely and with extraordinary assurance– that brings the house down.

Noche de Estrellas benefit is a celebration of GALA's dedication to artistic vision and commitment to youth education programs. This special evening also honors remarkable individuals in the arts, philanthropy, and community who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enriching the Latino community and fostering cultural opportunities for young minds. The funds raised during our initiative will play a crucial role in bolstering GALA's Paso Nuevo youth education program. This program serves as a nurturing and creative space, empowering young individuals to explore their cultural identity while simultaneously honing their artistic and academic skills to pave the way for future success. 

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Jeff Goldblum joyfully connects through jazz, comedy, film, TV, and theatre work. Catch him with The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra for trivia, Q&A, and classic jazz. Featuring Gina Saputo on vocals and the album "Plays Well With Others" released on Decca Records.

The Manhattans are an American popular R&B vocal group. Their songs "Kiss and Say Goodbye", recorded in 1976, and 1980's "Shining Star", both sold millions of copies. The Manhattans have recorded 45 hits on the Billboard R&B Chart, including twelve top-10 R&B hits in the United States, starting in 1965. (Wikipedia)

You won’t want to miss this year’s Washington Salsa Festival featuring the iconic and award-winning artists El Gran Combo, Tito Nieves, India, Rey Ruiz, Grupo Niche, and Los Adolescentes, all backed by Bobby Allende y Ocho y Más Band.

A timeless voice outlasts eras. It feels just as at home in the sixties as it does in the TikTok age. It also resounds louder as time goes on. Haley Reinhart brandishes such a voice. The expansive scope of her range comes into full focus on her 4th album, Lo-Fi Soul.

Both 2022 and 2023 were banner years for Haley. In September 2022, Haley’s newest EP -
“Off The Ground” - released worldwide. The extended play features seven original songs all either written or co-written by Haley. From Fall 2022 to Fall 2023, Haley headlined her “Off The Ground Tour”. She played to raved reviews in over 100 theaters and rock rooms throughout North America.

In 2024, Haley has taken her career to another level. After spending the first half of the year writing and recording a new album, Haley will embark on her headline tour, which will run from May to November 2024. The show is just beginning.

The Church and The Afghan Whigs have unveiled their plans this morning for a co-headline tour of North America this summer. The two legendary groups will team up for eighteen shows starting on June 18th in Glenside, PA and concluding on July 13th in Los Angeles.

Special Guest Ed Harcourt supports on all dates except Brooklyn where Kristin Hersh will open the show.

While it’s the first time The Church and The Afghan Whigs are heading out together for a full tour, a lot of history and a lot of love already exists between the two groups.

The National Orchestral Institute + Festival, world-renowned conductor Marin Alsop, and Heritage Signature Chorale perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with poetry by 2017 Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon's blue cathedral.

Join Cathedral musicians and Washington Symphonic Brass for an Independence Day concert that celebrates the enduring values that make America strong, resilient and compassionate. No tickets required. Happy birthday, America!