The opening night of Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” has garnered quite the spectacle. After Glendale’s mayor temporarily renamed the Arizona city to “Swift City, Era-Zona” to honor its selection to host the tour’s opening night, it seemed like there was nothing left to do but wait.
Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras (MCYO) held its MCYO: EXOTIQUE and MCYO: Future Stars and Small Ensembles concerts on Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Strathmore Hall and 1 p.m. at Bender JCC, respectively.
Coming off of the fever dream that was 2020 and 2021, we were all cautiously optimistic, hoping 2022 would be a year of healing, and perhaps even a mark return to an inkling of normalcy. While 2022 wasn’t perfect, as no year can be, it marked an important transition to a post-pandemic societ…
Taylor Swift has never been one to treat music traditionally, and with the release of her 10th album “Midnights,” she proved to her fans that she’s still full of surprises. Since the release of Swift’s sophomore album “Speak Now,” listeners have relied on her seemingly effortless ability to …
Mousey Thompson and The James Brown Experience honored Martin Luther King Jr. through the music of the musical voice of the Civil Rights Movement, James Brown, in a special concert held on Jan. 14 at 8 p.m.
Thirty-thousand feet in the air, junior Josey Long sits in the window seat of an airplane. As the plane begins to descend towards the runway, she feels pressure in her ears — an uncomfortable yet familiar sensation. This time, she opens the “Notes” app on her phone and jots down the lyrics t…
The Madrigals choir recently made the short trip to College Park for all-day workshops and an invitational event with famous composer Jason Max Ferdinand, where they ended the night with a performance alongside Tacoma Academy, Centennial High School and multiple other university choirs.
For countless years, Washington D.C. has been home to a diverse music scene. Following closures and touring hiatuses due to Covid-19, D.C.’s scene has begun to rebound. With many artists beginning to tour, there’s an important question to ask — what are these local venues really like?
Whitman’s new Pep Band debuted from the stands of Jerome M. Marco stadium this fall, replacing the traditional Marching Band that had performed during halftime shows at football games. Instrumental Music director Brendan Kelly said that the change will make participating in the band more acc…
Four years after her last D.C. performance, Lorde returned to The Anthem’s stage on August 29 on tour for her album “Solar Power.” The 25-year-old artist was originally scheduled to play at the venue in April, but rescheduled the stop after contracting laryngitis. In the waning days of summe…
For about twenty years my wife Kit and I have been visiting the Berkshires annually after the Jewish High Holidays for a well-deserved respite after the long Holy Day season. Loving the Berkshires as I do, there is no place in New England like Tanglewood.
Check out what's in store for Juneteenth this Saturday at the BlackRock Center for the Arts!
Not only has Myles Frost recently won a Tony award for best lead actor, he has also just made history as the youngest solo Tony award winner. He won this award for his performance as Michael Jackson in "MJ the Musical" on Broadway.
Since 1990, the Billboard Music Award show has been celebrating top artists and their accomplishments throughout the year. Finalists are based on fundamental interactions with music fans, album and digital song sales, radio airplay, streaming, touring and social engagement, each tracked by B…
Enjoy this song released in part to help raise money.
Musicians come from every corner of the world, including ours. Famous artists such as Nils Lofgren and Tommy Keen attended Walter Johnson.
The official launch party as a public charity is a cocktail attire ticketed event with heavy hors d'oeuvres, an open bar, dancing, a high end silent auction and tons of fun! Come show your support for glioblastoma on the rooftop and indoor portion of Tommy Joe’s @ 6PM.
The Whitman community celebrated the school’s first in-person Festival of the Arts event since May 2019 on April 27-28. The festival showcased students’ artwork, and featured performances from Whitman’s music groups and drama program.
After his go-to spot, a once-beloved Spanish restaurant, bar and nightclub in Rockville went bankrupt during the start of the pandemic, Ecuadorian bartender and bar manager Steven Tobar felt the need to bring the nightlife back to Rockville– nearly two years later, Kumbia was born.
Olivia Rodrigo rose to stardom with the release of her hit song “Drivers License.” Although the 19-year-old had been acting for several years prior in shows like “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” and “Bizaardvark,” it was the singer’s grammy-nominated song that garnered the atte…
The budding phenomenon and community philanthropist LaVon Thomas Jr., also known as DJ Young Fresh Prince, performed at the LIVE Virtual Holoporation Concert on Saturday, April 23, 2022. DJ Young Fresh Prince is a sophomore at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, MD and a proud youth…
Cantor Rachel Brook the first female senior Cantor at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago who was Cantoral Soloist at Temple Beth Ami in Montgomery County joins her friends in a concert celebrating the work of Steven Sondheim. Check the Synagogue website for details
Neil Young voiced concerns about antivax information shared on podcasts by Joe Rogan. From his days at Walter Johnson, he has collaborated with Neil Young and his brothers Tom Mark and Mike before joining Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
Gaithersburg, MD (January 31, 2022) The winners of the 19th Annual Young Artist Award Competition will be presented virtually in a pre-recorded concert free of charge on Vimeo on Friday, February 4, at 7:30 p.m. Administered by the City of Gaithersburg and supported by the Kentlands Communit…
Gaithersburg, MD (January 11, 2022) Gaithersburg’s Arts on the Green presents its Sunday Salon Series, featuring Beguiling Brahms on January 16 and Celtic Love Songs on February 13. Concerts will be held at 3 p.m. at Kentlands Mansion, 320 Kent Square Road. The music series is designed to pr…
(Gaithersburg, MD) Treat yourself this fall to music, entertainment, art and more. Pumpkin-Spice up the Halloween season with an in-person class or workshop, visit one of the several City galleries, or purchase tickets to an in-person play, concert or film. More arts programming is being add…
(Gaithersburg, MD) Arts on the Green/Arts Barn and Kentlands Mansion in the City of Gaithersburg presents a cornucopia of cultural delights this September! Register for an in-person class or workshop, visit one of the several City galleries, or purchase tickets to an in-person play, conce…
Rachel Brook is cantor at Park Avenue Synagogue and was the Cantorial Soloist at Temple Beth Ami for 2 years. Last week she participated in the Songs of Hope program
The gothic serial “Dark Shadows” has had various incarnations over the years. Starting as an original television soap opera of the 1960s and 1970s, it became a comic book series, a big-budget 1991 primetime series, and several movies. The most recent adaptation was a Tim Burton film, which is both an homage and a spoof […]
Visitors of the Kentlands Mansion and Arts Barn in Gaithersburg currently have an opportunity to celebrate a famous phenomenal singer of the mid-twentieth century: the great Nat King Cole. Cole was not only a suave romantic balladeer but also a jazz pianist of renown. Both sides of Cole are on display in a enthralling performance […]
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has developed a new way to experience a film. On a fairly regular basis, it screens a movie with the BSO playing the orchestral soundtrack score live. These performances are done for several showings, divided between the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore and the Strathmore Music Center in Bethesda. […]
A grand and lavish “My Fair Lady” is at the Kennedy Center through Jan. 19, and this touring production of Director Bartlett Sher’s recent Broadway musical will beguile you with its excellent singing and acting. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion,” with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe, the […]
The literary activism of one of America’s most renowned African–American poets will be examined at 8 p.m. on Jan. 24, at the Music Center at Strathmore with Manuel Cinema’s “No Blue Memories: The Life of Gwendolyn Brooks.” A multi-media piece using shadow puppetry, silhouetted actors and live music, the work captures the complexities of Brooks’ […]
The New Year’s Day Concert from Vienna is a New Year’s tradition known throughout the world. Attendees at Strathmore Music Center recently had the opportunity to enjoy an authentic recreation of a Vienna New Year’s Day concert, all without a passport or plane flight to the capital of Austria to experience one of Europe’s loveliest […]
George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” is an annual tradition for many at this time of year, and the largest production in our area was held this past weekend in two stunning performances at Strathmore Music Center, with its excellent acoustics. Handel himself said relative to this work: “I did think I did see all heaven before […]
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Washington D.C. at the Blues Alley to hear the Eric Felten Jazz Orchestra’s annual tribute to jazz legend Duke Ellington’s take on the “Nutcracker Suite” of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Jazz renditions of popular Christmas tunes such as “Let It Snow,” “Happy Holidays” and “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (the […]
We live in an age when, because of increased life expectancy, it is not uncommon to see people working into their 70s and beyond and when multiple presidential candidates this election cycle, including the incumbent, are septuagenarians. Nonetheless, we can only look on in amazement as a classical pianist performs with nimble fingers at the […]
When a young composer who had never had an opera of his own performed became a finalist in a competition through a work entitled “Cavalleria Rusticana,” he probably never expected the wild success his tale of marital betrayal and lush music would receive. Pietro Mascagni probably also never anticipated that his short opera would frequently […]
It was a season that almost did not happen. But now, the National Philharmonic is back in business as they kick off the 2019-2020 season with their opening concert, called “Eroica + Beethoven,” combining Ludwig van Beethoven’s Eroica (Symphony No. 3), played by the orchestra, and his Triple Concerto in C Major, performed by guest […]
It is not Wolf Trap, but the gazebo in downtown Takoma Park does host live entertainment. A public piano is currently installed at the gazebo as part of the Arts at Takoma Park, beckoning all those who play the instrument and all those who love its music. The piano made its concert debut on Aug. […]
With one-year-old twins, Maureen Andary has her hands full. That has not curbed her professional activities, however. She performs along Sara Curtin as the duo, The Sweater Set, a few times a month at such venues as Millennium Stage and the Creative Cauldron. They were artists-in-residence at Strathmore, too and may also be found playing […]
SILVER SPRING – A unanimous vote by the National Philharmonic board of directors on Aug. 10 paved the way for a bright future for the National Philharmonic under new management but with the same musicians and conductors. The orchestra and chorale, which perform at The Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, will open its season […]
BETHESDA—On July 16, the National Philharmonic, who hold residency in Montgomery County’s The Music Center at Strathmore, announced that it will be closing its doors after years of financial decline. The National Philharmonic has been performing for more than 40 years with many local musicians from Montgomery County. The Philharmonic’s closure will affect the jobs […]
By Barbara Trainin Blank @traininblank It was not only outsized musical talent but fortitude that enabled Leon Fleisher to continue his accomplished career despite a debilitated right hand. At age 90, Fleisher is still the latter – continuing an international schedule of performances, guest conducting and master classes that might be daunting for a […]
By Barbara Trainin Blank @traininblank Some say men’s choruses are on the decline – with many going the coed route. On the other side of the coin are the persistence of gay men’s choral groups and the determination of male glee clubs on college campuses across the country to continue. That’s the view of […]
By Barbara Trainin Blank @traininblank Jennifer Bivin is an old hat at “The Nutcracker.” The high-school senior, who has been studying at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre for four years, is this year dancing her fifth full-length “Nutcracker” and her second “Nutcracker Suite,” – the under-45-minute version for younger audiences. She danced the romantic role of the […]
By Barbara Trainin Blank @traininblank The logistics alone are daunting. Taking hundreds of students who arrive via buses and seating them in as large a venue as The Music Center at Strathmore isn’t easy, especially when they’re second-graders. Once in their places, they hear a classical music concert, which the National Philharmonic Orchestra performs for […]
By Barbara Trainin Blank Violinist Gil Shaham has won the kind of praise that would turn the head of any musician. The Washington Post, for example, extolled his “go-for-broke passion, his silvery tone, spot-on-intonation and meticulously molded phrasing.” The multiple Grammy winner has appeared with the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, New York Philharmonic, and Orchestre […]
Montgomery County Sentinel Newspapers Executive Editor Brian Karem, sits and talks with Anti Racist activist Daryl Davis. @BrianKarem
A must see presentation on the rich history of the Montgomery County Sentinel, all 164 years of it, at the January 25th Montgomery County Historical Society Conference.
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