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Strathmore celebrates the groundbreaking composer Igor Stravinsky with concerts, conversations with artists and scholars and a photography exhibition.

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Hear more Jazz programs at Strathmore than ever before, thanks to the Strathmore Jazz Society, founded with a generous contribution from Alban Inspections, Inc. Look for events throughout this brochure, with more to be announced as the season continues!

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Guitar Festival

Strathmore takes a season-long look at the most influential musical instrument of the 20th century—along with its cousins: the lute, Chinese pipa, and mandolin.

Strathmore’s season-long Guitar Festival welcomes classical, jazz, rock and experimental guitarists from across the country and around the world.

• Head for the hills with bluegrass guitar master Del McCoury (page 10) • Savor a night of great jazz when the legendary John Scofield joins saxophonist Joe Lovano (page 21) • Follow guitar into a new dimension in the U.S. premiere of Steve Reich’s 2x5, performed by Bang on a Can All Stars (page 9) and the innovations of the Los Angeles Electric 8 (page 10)

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• Be dazzled by Guitar Masters Eric Johnson, Andy McKee and Peppino D’Agostino (page 8) • Hear great classical guitar in the Mansion with master artists Paul Galbraith (page 12), Jason Vieaux (page 12) and Ana Vidovic with flutist Anastasia Petanova (page 13) • Get down with the blues guitar of Jef Lee Johnson (page 21)

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• Sway to the bossa nova in An Evening of Jazz and Jobim with Ron Kearns, saxophone and Paul Wingo, guitar (page 21) • Be the first to hear the world premiere of The Father Book, commissioned by Strathmore, by Aaron Grad, electric guitar with Rob Jost, bass (page 16) • Welcome guitar’s first cousin, the mandolin, in a virtuosic evening of music beyond boundaries with the Punch Brothers featuring mandolin master Chris Thile (page 9)

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• Cross oceans and centuries to discover some of the guitar’s cousins: the Chinese pipa, with virtuoso Wu Man and the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (page 15); and the lute, with chamber ensemble Asteria (page 12) Stay tuned—even more guitar festival performances will be added throughout the year! Plus, our annual Discover Strathmore Festival in February will celebrate the guitar.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet and The Callaway Sisters in “BOOM!”

Starring Liz Callaway and Ann Hampton Callaway Friday, October 8, 2010, 8pm Music Center

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One night—two spectacularly entertaining performances! Jazz icon and Kennedy Center Honoree Dave Brubeck invites you on an upclose-and-personal tour of his extraordinary 70year musical career, performing such standards as “Blue Rondo a la Turk” and many more. The darlings of Broadway and New York cabarets, the funny, fabulously gifted Callaway sisters—Tonynominated actresses Ann Hampton Callaway and Liz Callaway—open the evening with the soundtrack of their childhood with songs from the ‘60s and ‘70s, including “Both Sides Now,” “Up, Up and Away” and “Downtown,” among others.

Tickets $35–$95 Sponsored by

Sunday at Strathmore with Stephen Sondheim Peter Marks, host

Sunday, November 14, 2010, 2pm Music Center

Celebrate great American song than with the man who penned some of the most memorable Broadway classics of the last 50 years, from West Side Story to Sunday in the Park with George, Sweeney Todd and more.

This witty, literary lion of American theater has stories to tell—in this intimate Sunday afternoon conversation hosted by The Washington Post theater critic Peter Marks.

Tickets $38–$58

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Patti LaBelle

Saturday, February 5, 2011, 8PM MUSIC CENTER

Jeff Dunas

Soul maven Patti LaBelle’s strong vocals and pop, R&B and gospel renditions have earned her two Grammys and numerous chart-topping hits like “Lady Marmalade,” “New Attitude” and “ If You Asked Me To.” Order early, you’ll want to have a great seat when “Miss Patti” unleashes her powerful multi-octave range and earthquaking crescendos in the Concert Hall’s incredible acoustics, backed by a full band and back-up singers.

Tickets $35–$120

Mandy Patinkin, “Dress Casual”

with Paul Ford on piano Thursday & Friday, June 9 & 10, 2011, 8pm Music Center

Johnny Mathis

Saturday, April 16, 2011, 9pm Music Center

How many baby boomer romances took flight to the sound of Johnny Mathis’s silken tenor? “Chances Are,” “It’s Not for Me to Say,” “Misty”—Mathis standards proudly populate pop music’s greatest hits of all time. Celebrate Johnny’s half-century of music-making in this Strathmore Gala performance backed by a 24-piece orchestra.

Tickets $35–$125 Please note: Because this is Strathmore’s Spring Gala, single tickets include an After Party, but prime seating is held for sponsors and gala dinner patrons.

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2011 Spring Gala at Strathmore

Before he was an Emmy-winning TV star, Mandy Patinkin was already a Tony-winning Broadway legend. See this acclaimed actor/singer/storyteller in his most electrifying role: concert performer. “Mandy Patinkin is in the business of showstopping,” raves The New Yorker, and that’s exactly what he does in this powerful, passionate evening of songs by Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, Cole Porter, Harry Chapin and more.

Tickets $35–$78

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master Musicians

Tribute to the British Invasion

Wednesday & Thursday, August 11 & 12, 2010, 7:30pm Music Center Produced by Bandhouse Gigs Eric Brace

Tommy Lepson

Veronika Lukasova

Margot MacDonald

Guitar Masters: Eric Johnson, Andy McKee and Peppino D’Agostino Friday, October 15, 2010, 8pm Music Center

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Strathmore’s annual tribute show sells out well in advance—so order early for this season’s focus on the mid-sixties takeover of the American pop charts by icons like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Dusty Springfield, The Yardbirds, The Who, The Kinks and The Animals, to name a few.

Join the party and hear more than 60 of the area’s finest performers—including Eric Brace and Last Train Home, 4 Out of 5 Doctors, The Hall Monitors, Marti Brom, Tommy Lepson, Jeff Watson and more.

Tickets $19–$22

Eric Johnson

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Guitar fans will feel like they’ve died and gone to six-string heaven in this one-night-only feast that features Grammy winner Eric Johnson; Andy McKee, the “acoustic guitar phenom” who GuitarEdge.com urges listeners to “catch him if you can!;” and Peppino D’Agostino, whose “passionate guitar work and resonant compositions will captivate any listeners…turn up the volume and enjoy” (JazzTimes).

Tickets $25–$48

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Bang on a Can All-Stars Bang on a Can Plays Steve Reich

Thursday, November 11, 2010, 8pm* Music Center

Music for Pieces of Wood Piano Phase/Video Phase 2x5 (U.S. Premiere) Electric Counterpoint Double Sextet This creative, innovative, alwayssurprising ensemble is a perfect fit for the works of Steve Reich, the composer The New York Times has called “the most original musical thinker of our time.” Hear the U.S. premiere of Reich’s 2x5, a pulsating rock quintet that perfectly captures the spirit of this adventurous ensemble. Experience “a full-bore thrill ride of kinetic virtuosity” (Chicago Tribune).

Tickets $15–$35

Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile

Friday, November 12, 2010, 8pm Music Center

Stephanie Berger

*Listen & Learn! Free post-concert discussion with the artists led by Strathmore President & CEO Eliot Pfanstiehl.

Chris Thile has changed the mandolin forever, elevating it from its origins as a simple folk and bluegrass instrument to the sophistication and brilliance of the finest jazz improvisation and classical performance. He has assembled an eclectic group of adventurous, accomplished musicians to create music that is impossible to describe and thrilling to experience, “expanding the frontier of an emerging style of what might be called American countryclassical chamber music” (The New York Times).

Tickets $25–$42

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An Evening with Kris Kristofferson Saturday, November 13, 2010, 8pm Music Center

Marina Chavez

Kris Kristofferson has maintained a clear-eyed, rugged honesty in his music, from his earliest days as a struggling Nashville songwriter to his superstar success in recordings and film. In this wonderfully intimate, stripped-down solo concert, Kristofferson sings the songs that have made him, and told us, who he is: “Help Me Make It Through the Night,” “For the Good Times,” “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down,” and more.

Tickets $32–$72

Los Angeles Electric 8

Friday, April 29, 2011, 7:30pm Mansion

The Del McCoury Band Sunday, March 20, 2011, 7pm Music Center

Celebrating 50 years of music-making, Grammywinning bluegrass icon Del McCoury is a living link to the days when bluegrass was rarely heard outside hillbilly honky tonks and the Grand Ole Opry. Discover the pure joy of bluegrass, performed by a master, and you’ll see why Del McCoury feels as he does: “Don’t ever let it be said, darling, that what I do don’t bring me joy…I’m a guitar-picking, bluegrass-singing, never grow up boy.”

Tickets $25–$48

Electric guitars…in a chamber octet?! You have never heard a sound like this! Strathmore presents the East Coast premiere of this ensemble, in an inspired program that explores the connections between traditional Indonesian music and American minimalist music. “Extremely exciting, not to mention enjoyable to listen to… gives the feeling of being on the ground floor of something fresh and new” (AllMusic.com).

Tickets $28

Marina Chavez

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Holiday

The King’s Singers: Joy to the World

Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 8pm Music Center

Mormon Orchestra & Chorus of Washington, DC

Saturday, November 27, 2010, 2 & 8pm Music Center

Together with the Mormon Orchestra, the Mormon Chorus of Washington has thrilled standing-room only audiences with concerts that touch the soul.

Begin your holiday season with soaring arrangements of such traditional carols as “The First Noel,” “O Holy Night,” “See Amid the Winter’s Snow” and many more.

Tickets $21–$25

Marco Borggreve

O Come Let Us Adore Him:

“Unmatched for their sheer musicality and ability to entertain” (The London Times), a King’s Singers concert is an evening among gloriously gifted friends.

The Grammy Award winning ensemble returns to Strathmore with a holiday program that takes the audience from medieval treasures to 20th century favorites, including “The Angel Gabriel,” “What Child Is This,” “Stille Nacht” and “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”

Tickets $25–$56

The Baltimore Consort

Sunday, December 19, 2010, 3 & 7:30pm Mansion

The Baltimore Consort has delighted audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and their recordings have earned a place on the Billboard Magazine Top Ten list. Singing arrangements of impeccably researched early music, this lively ensemble is “perhaps the best balancing act of period authenticity, instrumental precision and sheer fun in the early music community today” (Times-Dispatch, Richmond). Celebrate a renaissance Christmas with this beautiful performance of traditional European carols.

Tickets $28

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Asteria, soprano and lute duo Thursday, September 23, 2010, 7:30pm* Mansion

Katryn Conlin

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Step back in time with these prize-winning artists who bring passion and artistry to their performances of late medieval and early renaissance music. Revel in French music from the 14th and 15th centuries in this “intimate and deeply communicative…meltingly beautiful” (The New York Times) concert.

Tickets $28 *Listen & Learn! Free post-concert discussion with the artists.

Paul Galbraith,

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Thursday, October 7, 2010, 7:30pm Mansion

This innovative classical guitarist has made it his personal quest to explore the music of Bach, Haydn and Brahms—and to do it, he helped develop the eightstring “Brahms guitar,” which will be featured in this “magnificently played, thoughtful and majestic” performance (Gramophone).

Tickets $28

Jason Vieaux, guitar

Thursday, October 14, 2010, 7:30pm* Mansion

Discover an artist who has a way of making “the single guitar seem like a body of instruments at work… an orchestra of sound” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

His program, “eMERGE,” celebrates how new music and ideas emerge from music of past masters, in compositions by Bach, Albeniz, Cuban composer Leo Brouwer and jazz pioneer Pat Metheny.

Tickets $28 *Listen & Learn! Free post-concert discussion with the artist.

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Borealis String Quartet Thursday, October 28, 2010, 7:30pm Mansion

Michael Benabib

HAYDN String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76, No. 1 SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110 GRIEG Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 Few chamber ensembles have experienced a more exciting launch: the only classical contestants on the Great Canadian Music Dream TV competition series, they became national heroes with hundreds of thousands of fans. At once fiery and passionate, yet refined in their musical interpretation, the quartet takes the audience on an “energy-charged, unforgettable ride” (Winnipeg News).

Tickets $28

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Ana Vidovic,

classical guitar

Steven Lemay

Anastasia Petanova, flute

Thursday, November 18, 2010, 7:30pm Mansion

Soar through centuries of classical masterworks by Piazzolla, Debussy, Telemann and more with this Croatian guitarist, hailed for her “dynamic range, beauty of sound, precision of articulation” (Guitar Review), in recital with flutist Anastasia Petanova, praised for her “pure tone and impeccable taste” (Toronto Star).

Tickets $28

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The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields with Jonathan Biss, piano

Mike Hoban

classics

All Mozart Program Symphony in D Major, K.196/121 “La Finta giardiniera” Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat Major, K.271 “Jeunehomme” Symphony No. 33 in B flat Major, K.319 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K.453

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The legendary ensemble known for its “clarity and rhythmic precision, the vivacious brightness of its instrumental colors” (San Francisco Chronicle), returns to Strathmore with an all-Mozart program featuring the gifted pianist Jonathan Biss. “I don’t remember a more inspirational performance of Mozart...this civilized and aristocratic playing sounded almost like the musicmaking of the golden age...[Biss] is a huge talent (The Baltimore Sun).

Tickets $25-$65

Jimmy Katz

Wednesday, November 3, 2010, 8pm Music Center

Luis Pares, piano

Sunday, January 9, 2011, 3pm Mansion

Don’t miss the Washington area premiere of this phenomenal young Venezuelan-Italian pianist who plays with extraordinary passion, winning rave reviews for performances in North and South America and Europe. “Few interpreters achieve that magical unfolding in which, without stopping being themselves, they become suitable mediums for the music they play. Pares always plays with the soul in his fingers” (El Nuevo Herald, Miami).

Tickets $28

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Friedrich Kleinhapl, cello Andreas Woyke, piano Thursday, January 20, 2011, 7:30pm Mansion

Austrian cellist Friedrich Kleinhapl describes himself as a “romantic, eruptive” performer, compelled to communicate his love for music to his audience. Critics admire this remarkable artist for the “unimpeachable virtuosity” and “abundant skill” (The New York Times) that make his expressive performances so compelling.

Tickets $28 Co-presented with the Embassy of Austria

Liu Junqi

All Beethoven Program Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 4 in C Major, Op. 102/1 Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 5 in D Major, Op. 102/2 Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96 (arr. for cello and piano)

Taipei Chinese Orchestra with Wu Man, pipa

Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 7:30PM Music Center

This superb orchestra performs with traditional Chinese instruments, revealing the beauties of ancient melodies as well as contemporary works by such acclaimed Chinese composers as Tan Dun, Wenjing Guo and Zhou Long. In its Strathmore debut, the orchestra welcomes guest soloist Wu Man, the internationally renowned virtuoso of the pipa, the lute-like Chinese instrument with a history of more than two thousand years.

Tickets $21–$42

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Hahn-Bin, violin

Thursday, March 10, 2011, 7:30pm Mansion

Andrew Chiciak

A protégé of Itzhak Perlman, this 22-yearold violinist won critical acclaim for his “extraordinary, intelligent and beautiful” performances (The Washington Post).

Discover a flamboyantly gifted young star performing music by de Falla, Ravel, Debussy, Chopin and Cage in his first appearance at Strathmore.

Tickets $28

The Vertigo String Quartet

Thursday, April 7, 2011, 7:30pm Mansion

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Original compositions by the ensemble CORIGLIANO Quartet No. 1, “Farewell” MENDELSSOHN String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2 Each member of this quartet has a flourishing individual career with such institutions as the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. Together, they bring extraordinary artistry and unanimity of spirit to their live performances and recordings.

Tickets $28

The Father Book: Aaron Grad, composer

and guitar with

Rob Jost, bass

A World Premiere Strathmore Commission Thursday, May 19, 2011, 7:30pm Mansion

Alexandria, Virginia-born composer and electric guitarist Aaron Grad weaves together overlapping layers of history and memory in an evocative, moving new work about his father, a clavichordist. The program also includes classical pieces associated with fatherhood: music Bach and Bartok wrote for their children.

Tickets $28

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That’s Entertainment Jake Ehrenreich’s

A Jew Grows in Brooklyn

A Rock’n Roll True Story, Survivor Family…Comedy Musical?!

Sunday, September 26, 2010, 3 & 7pm Music Center

This touching, poignant and hilarious musical comedy is about the search for identity and one boy’s desire to be a “regular inner-city kid.” From his family’s survival of the Holocaust, to stickball in Brooklyn, to summers in the Catskills, this show takes you on a multi-media journey. “Endearing and nostalgic…What’s not to love?” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

Tickets $25–$58

Video Games Live

Featuring members of National Philharmonic & National Philharmonic Chorale Saturday, February 26, 2011, 2 & 8pm Music Center

The power of a symphony orchestra mixed with the energy of a rock concert and the technology and interactivity of a video game, all completely synchronized to cuttingedge visuals, lighting and special effects. Experience your favorite games and characters—including Halo, Mario, Zelda, Castlevania, Final Fantasy and more! Come early for pre-show game demonstrations, Guitar Hero competition and costume contest— stay after to meet and talk with the creators of this electrifying show!

Tickets $35–$69 U.S. Tour Sponsor

Peking Acrobats Silver Anniversary Tour “’A’ is for acrobats and astounding, amusing, audacious and accomplished, accurate and attractive, and admirable, all of which describe, though not completely, The Peking Acrobats” (Variety). Celebrating their 25th North American tour, the company brings new feats of daring sure to dazzle.

Tickets $25–$48

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Brittany App

Thursday, March 3, 2011, 8pm Music Center

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The Stravinsky Project Produced in conjunction with Post-Classical Ensemble Angel Gil-Ordóñez, music director Joseph Horowitz, artistic director

This city-wide festival celebrates the groundbreaking composer Igor Stravinsky.

Events include concerts, educational programs and an exhibition at Strathmore as well as performances and events at Georgetown University and the National Gallery.

Praise for the Stravinsky Festival

(when it was presented at Stanford):

“A knockout. One of those rare events we crave as listeners: a set of

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performances that takes the familiar, confronts it and makes it new.”

Katya Chilingiri, Stravinsky Family Estate in Ukraine

“Toradze’s opening flourishes were delivered in a pulverizing flash.

Why the keyboard didn’t collapse is anyone’s guess. Where called for, he also played with the most delicate, jazzy refinement. A personal—and Russian—interpretation of the composer.”

Katya Chilingiri, The Church of the Most Holy God Near St. Petersburg.

“Vatchnadze and Zagor offered a performance [of The Rite of Spring] that was physical: the notes were white-hot, the chords like branding irons, delivered with full-shoulder thrusts by the pianists, leaning in close to the keyboards to unleash the power of Stravinsky’s score. The performance was as potent as that of any orchestra I’ve heard.”

~San Jose Mercury News

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the arts.

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Stravinsky’s Russian Accent Alexander Toradze, George Vatchnadze and Genadi Zagor, pianists Post-Classical Ensemble Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor Friday, April 8, 2011, 8pm* Music Center

Rediscover music that changed everything, shocking audiences in the early 20th century and continuing to shape the course of the art through the 1960s. In this brilliant program you will hear Stravinsky’s searing Les Noces, written for chorus, pianos and percussion, and the Russian folk wedding songs that inspired the piece; his explosive Concerto for Piano and Winds; and Symphonies for Wind Instruments, which inaugurated the neo-classical era.

Tickets $21–$49 *Listen & Learn! Free post-concert discussion with the artists.

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Stravinsky and the Piano Alexander Toradze, George Vatchnadze and Genadi Zagor, pianists Joseph Horowitz, host

Sunday, April 10, 2011, 4pm* Music Center

Three great Russian pianists reveal the soul of Stravinsky’s music in this chronological survey of the composer’s works for piano, including his arrangement for two pianos of The Rite of Spring, the Washington-area premiere of Scherzo from Sonata in F sharp Minor, Tango, Piano Sonata, Concerto for Two Solo Pianos and more, including an improvisation that references each of the works. Host Joseph Horowitz is your guide, offering informed and witty commentary.

Tickets $20–$45 *Listen & Learn! Free post-concert discussion with the artists.

Post-Classical Ensemble

Interpreting Stravinsky

Sunday, April 10, 2011, 12–3:45pm Mansion Immerse yourself in all things Stravinsky!

• Explore the composer’s life and times in The Stravinsky Odyssey, an exhibition of photographs by Katya Chilingiri documenting Stravinsky’s odyssey from Russia to Switzerland to France to California, along with Chilingiri’s filmed interviews with his descendants. Chilingiri will offer a guided tour, followed by discussion.

• Experience a rare event as pianolist Rex Lawson performs the American premiere of Stravinsky’s Les Noces in its final version for mechanical piano.

• The adventure continues with an exploration of Stravinsky’s life and influences, and challenges Stravinsky’s strictures against interpretation with a fascinating session that includes historic recordings, film, discussion and music in live performance.

• Box lunches will be available for purchase.

Tickets $15

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Jazz/Blues

Rachel Franklin, piano Matt Belzer, saxophone Mike Formanek, BASS Thursday, September 30, 2010, 7:30pm Mansion

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Classical and jazz pianist Rachel Franklin kicks off a creative conversation that explores the deep links between these genres. She’s joined by reeds master Matt Belzer and other multi-talented guests to mingle the unique voices of such composers as Duke Ellington, Claude Debussy, Billy Strayhorn and Kurt Weill, blurring the edge between classical works and jazz improvisation, and welcoming listeners to challenge customary assumptions about both.

Tickets $28

Signature Theatre at Strathmore:

Julia Nixon, vocalist

Sunday, January 16, 2011, 7:30pm Mansion

She won the Helen Hayes Award for her stunning performance in Studio Theatre’s Caroline…or Change, and rave reviews for her star turn as Effie in Broadway’s Dreamgirls. As part of its ongoing collaboration with Signature Theatre, Strathmore welcomes one of Washington’s favorite jazz and R&B singers, the “sassy, spirited and sensuous” (The Washington Post) Julia Nixon.

Tickets $28

More great jazz: Hear one of the greatest jazz players of all time when Dave Brubeck performs October 8, on a program with Broadway and cabaret favorites The Callaway Sisters. See page 6.

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Nick Suttle

Joe Lovano & John Scofield

Friday, January 28, 2011, 8pm Music Center

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A pair of jazz legends, together on stage— premier jazz guitarist John Scofield, whose “unconventional playing embraces the kind of musical exploration that drives jazz forward with optimism” (All About Jazz), and Grammywinning composer and saxophonist Joe Lovano, “one of the greatest musicians in jazz history” (The New York Times).

Tickets $18–$38

blues guitar

Thursday, February 10, 2011, 7:30pm* Mansion Joe lovano

An Evening of Jazz and Jobim with Ron Kearns,

ron kearns

saxophone and

Paul Wingo, guitar

Thursday, March 3, 2011, 7:30pm Mansion

Paul Wingo

Jef Lee Johnson Band,

Two of Washington’s jazz legends team up with a rhythm section made up of some of DC’s best musicians for a Brazilianflavored evening of breezy, bossa nova favorites from Carlos Jobim, including “The Girl from Ipanema” and “Quiet Nights.”

Tickets $28

This Philadelphia-born guitarist is a celebrated sideman who has performed with stars ranging from Aretha Franklin to David Letterman’s house band. Johnson proudly embraces the bluesman label, but his killer performances embody blues, gospel, jazz, rock, even country— a phenomenon AllAboutJazz.com refers to as “his musically split personas…The thing is, all of them are amazing.”

Tickets $28 *Listen & Learn! Free pre-concert lecture at 6:30pm by Seth Kibel on the history of blues guitar including some of its greatest performers.

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dance

Savion Glover: SoLo iN TiME Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 8pm Music Center

Jim Saah

No one has taken tap farther, or explored more fearlessly the concept of tap as sound and sound as dance as Tony-winning innovator Savion Glover. Backed by his company of musicians and dancers, Glover returns to Strathmore with his newest show, blending the sensuous, sinuous style of flamenco with the explosive, percussive force of his own innovative style of tap.

Tickets $25–$55

22 The Tango Fire Company of Buenos Aires in Tango Inferno Tuesday, January 25, 2011, 8pm Music Center

Argentina’s most acclaimed company brings a sizzling show to Strathmore!

With its live musicians performing traditional tango music as the troupe dances, this Buenos Aires-based troupe sets “a five-alarm blaze… a conflagration sparked by the spectacular—and spectacularly sexy—pyrotechnics of Argentina’s most famous cultural export” (Ottawa Citizen).

Tickets $30–$65

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Family

Cathy & Marcy’s 25th Annual Family Music Party with special guests Bonnie Rideout, fiddle Ella Jenkins, children’s music icon Cathy & Marcy’s Alumni Chorus Saturday, October 30, 2010, 1pm Music Center

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Grammy-winning family and folk music stars Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer have made more than 50 recordings since 1984, helping generations of families grow together with music.

Playing dozens of instruments from banjos to mandolins to rockin’ electric guitar and ukulele, they sing, yodel, chicken cluck in harmony, scat sing and inspire effortless participation from every audience. Join the fun— and bring a coat, hat and/or gloves to help families in need.

Tickets $15–$32

Imago Theatre: ZooZoo Sunday, March 27, 2011, 2pm Music Center

Even the poutiest preschooler or the most jaded grownup will find it impossible to resist this one-of-a-kind company, who conjures up one surprise after another, including a menagerie of a giant dinosaur, hungry anteaters, hitch-hiking rabbits, introverted frogs, insomniac hippos and cantankerous polar bears. Mixing deftly designed costumes, brilliant physical comedy, illusion and audience participation, Imago Theatre is simply “captivating” (The New York Times)—“an experience of absolute glee” (The Oregonian).

Tickets $15–$35

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MORE to enjoy at Strathmore!

There’s always something to see, learn or do at Strathmore! Here’s a brief look at the fascinating, fulfilling and fun possibilities for lifelong exposure to the arts.

Find more information in Strathmore News and at www.strathmore.org.

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Strathmore Education

FOR FAMILIES AND KIDS • OperaTots returns with a big brother—OperaKids!

• Music-loving kids rejoice! We’re offering new “Discover” Education programs for families, including “Discover Folk,” “Discover Jazz” and “Discover Blues” • Raise your voice in “Strathmore Family Sings”

Admission to Art Exhibitions is Free Mansion & Gallery Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri., 10AM–4PM Weds., 10AM–9PM Sat., 10AM–3PM

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FOR ADULTS • Jazz it up with Strathmore’s popular jazz singing programs—this season including jazz choir—and workshops • The popular Mondays in the Mansion series continues, adding new and exciting lectures, concerts, and hands-on art and writing programs

See and a wide variety of art, displayed in welcoming galleries in the beautiful 19th-century Mansion at Strathmore— free, daily, throughout the year.

Exhibitions will include: • Common Bond, a celebration of African-American artists • Popular annual shows including Baltimore Watercolor Society, Fine Art in Miniature, Creative Crafts Council • The best work of area artists in the Strathmore Artists Juried Exhibition • The opportunity to take home original art in the Drawing for Art Fundraiser • The return—this year with the complete collection—of the critically acclaimed Fabric of Survival Exhibition—large scale textiles by holocaust survivor Esther Niesenthal Krinitz

These programs and more open for registration in August 2010. Look for the Strathmore Education brochure or order online at www.strathmore.org.

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Strathmore Afternoon Tea

Enjoy tea and savories in an elegant setting, as music fills the air.

Strathmore’s Afternoon Teas are a beloved tradition, a delicious respite from your busy day in the Mansion’s warm and welcoming Shapiro Music Room.

Call (301) 581-5109 for reservations.

Strathmore Backyard Theater

Music and fun for little ones and their families! Thursday mornings at 9:30 & 11:30AM in Strathmore’s cozy outdoor “Backyard Theater.”

July 1 Mark Jaster presents his mime version of “The Maestro” July 8 SteveSongs July 15 Hip Hop Flip Flop with CityDance Select/ Conservatory July 22 Blue Sky Puppet Theatre presents “The Barker of Seville” July 29 Banjo to Beatbox with Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer and Christylez Bacon

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Strathmore is the summer place to be!

The party begins at 5:30PM with street performers, chalk art and a festival atmosphere, followed by a concert at 7PM! Be there or be square.

This summer

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June 23 Travis Sullivan’s Bjorkestra with special guest Donny McCaslin June 30 Pistolera (Latin dance) July 7 Be’la Dona (all female R&B) July 14 Milkshake (family rock) July 21 Ben Williams & Sound Effect (jazz) July 28 The Crawdaddies (zydeco) August 4 Elikeh (African roots) August 25 Uke Fest 2010: The Ladies of the Uke! (features special 6pm audience strum along)The Sweater Set, Victoria Vox, The Hula Honeys, The Riders, D.C.’s own local ukulele orchestra, and Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer.

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1. CHOOSE YOUR PERFORMANCES—NO MINIMUM ORDER

GREAT AMERICAN SONG Dave Brubeck & The Callaway Sisters, Fri., Oct. 8, 8pm Sunday at Strathmore with Stephen Sondheim, Sun., Nov. 14, 2pm Patti LaBelle, SAT., FEB. 5, 8PM Strathmore 2011 Spring Gala at Strathmore: Johnny Mathis, Sat., Apr. 16, 9pm Mandy Patinkin, Thu., June 9, 8pm Mandy Patinkin, Fri., June 10, 8pm

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MASTER MUSICIANS Tribute to the British Invasion, Wed., Aug. 11, 7:30pm ___$22 Tribute to the British Invasion, Thu., Aug. 12, 7:30pm ___$22 Guitar Masters: Eric Johnson, Andy McKee and Peppino D’Agostino,Fri., Oct. 15, 8pm ___$48 Bang on a Can All-Stars Plays Steve Reich, Thu., Nov. 11, 8pm ___$35 Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile, Fri., Nov. 12, 8pm ___$42 An Evening with Kris Kristofferson, Sat., Nov. 13, 8pm ___$72 The Del McCoury Band, Sun. Mar. 20, 7pm ___$48 Los Angeles Electric 8, Fri., Apr. 29, 7:30pm HOLIDAY O, Come Let Us Adore Him: Mormon Orchestra & Chorus of Washington DC, Sat., Nov. 27, 2pm ___$25 O, Come Let Us Adore Him: Mormon Orchestra & Chorus of Washington DC, Sat., Nov. 27, 8pm ___$25 The King’s Singers: Joy to the World, Wed., Dec. 1, 8pm ___$56 The Baltimore Consort, Sun., Dec. 19, 3pm The Baltimore Consort, Sun., Dec. 19, 7:30pm THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT! Jake Ehrenreich’s A Jew Grows in Brooklyn, Sun., Sept. 26, 3pm Jake Ehrenreich’s A Jew Grows in Brooklyn, Sun., Sept. 26, 7pm Video Games Live, Sat., Feb. 26, 2pm Video Games Live, Sat., Feb. 26, 8pm Peking Acrobats, Thu., Mar. 3, 8pm

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Blue CLASSICS Asteria, soprano and lute duo, Thu., Sept. 23, 7:30pm Paul Galbraith, classical guitar, Thu., Oct. 7, 7:30pm Jason Vieaux, guitar, Thu., Oct. 14, 7:30pm Borealis String Quartet, Thu., Oct. 28, 7:30pm Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Jonathan Biss, piano, Wed., Nov. 3, 8pm ___$65 Ana Vidovic, classical guitar, with Anastasia Petanova, flute, Thu., Nov. 18, 7:30pm Luis Pares, piano, Sun., Jan. 9, 3pm Friedrich Kleinhapl, cello, Andreas Woyke, piano, Thu., Jan. 20, 7:30pm Taipei Chinese Orchestra with Wu Man, pipa, TUE., FEB. 15, 7:30PM ___$42 Hahn-Bin, violin, Thu., Mar. 10, 7:30pm The Vertigo String Quartet, Thu., Apr. 7, 7:30pm The Father Book: Aaron Grad with Rob Jost, Thu., May 19, 7:30pm

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The STRAVINSKY PROJECT Stravinsky’s Russian Accent, Fri., Apr. 8, 8pm ___$49 ___$42 ___$35 ___$28 ___$21 _______ x $_____ = $ _____ Interpreting Stravinsky,

Sun., Apr. 10, 12–3:45pm Mansion: All seats $15 _______ x $_____ = $ _____ Stravinsky and the Piano, Sun., Apr. 10, 4pm ___$45 ___$40 ___$35 ___$25 ___$20 _______ x $_____ = $ _____ DANCE Tango Fire in Tango Inferno, Tues., Jan. 25, 8pm Savion Glover: SoLo iN TiME, Wed., Feb. 16, 8pm

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JAZZ/BLUES Rachel Franklin, piano; Matt Belzer, saxophone; Mike Formanek, bass, Thu., Sept. 30, 7:30pm Julia Nixon, vocalist, Sun., Jan. 16, 7:30pm Joe Lovano & John Scofield, Fri., Jan. 28, 8PM ___$38 Jef Lee Johnson, blues guitar, Thu., Feb. 10, 7:30pm An Evening of Jazz and Jobim with Ron Kearns, saxophone, and Paul Wingo, guitar, Thu., Mar. 3, 7:30pm FAMILY Cathy & Marcy’s Family Music Party, Sat., Oct. 30, 1pm Imago Theatre: ZooZoo, Sun., Mar. 27, 2pm

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