CENTER FOR THE ARTS AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

Program:  Shostakovich:  Cello Concerto No. 1  Yo-Yo Ma, cello  Shostakovich:  Symphony No. 6  “The best-known, most versatile music soloist in this country and perhaps in ...

The American Festival Pops Orchestra (AFPO) continues its annual tradition of spreading musical goodwill and cheer in this audience favorite! Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season returns ...

The Center is thrilled to host the return of the internationally acclaimed  Vienna Boys Choir.  Admired across the globe for their pure sound and technical mastery, the cherubic ensemble features ...

Program:  Nielsen: Helios Overture  Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto  Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10  London’s  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  (RPO) returns for an exhilarating program of musical masterpieces with violinist and global phenomenon  Ray Chen . Under the esteemed ...

In Jeffrey Siegel’s next program of Keyboard Conversations®, Poetic Tone Pictures features deeply affecting music by Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Ravel, inspired by words and visions. Siegel has been praised for "Pianistic eloquence with ...

Music by John Kavanaugh  Book and Lyrics by Jeremy Desmon  Based on the books by Margret and H.A. Rey and the play owned by Universal Stage Productions  ...

Program:  Northwest  Dancing Honeymoon  Three Preludes  You’ve Got to Be Modernistic    The  Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble  returns to the Center for the Arts with Dances ...

Conceived by Jake Heggie, Gene Scheer, Jawole Zollar   Music by Jake Heggie   Libretto by Gene Scheer   Based upon historical facts pertaining to the underground Civil War spy network of ...

Conceived by Jake Heggie, Gene Scheer, Jawole Zollar   Music by Jake Heggie   Libretto by Gene Scheer   Based upon historical facts pertaining to the underground Civil War spy network of ...

Les Ballets Africains  brings Africa’s rich tradition of music and dance to the Center for the Arts. Founded in 1952 to serve as cultural ambassador for the Republic of ...

Audience favorite Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra returns to celebrate the music of Grammy Award-winning jazz bandleader, composer, and pianist Stan Kenton. Known for his innovative and brassy approach ...

For over 30 years, Austrian brass septet Mnozil Brass—the Monty Python of the music world—has effortlessly waltzed between sublime classical repertoire and playful pop, gliding from Schubert to Sinatra, Shostakovich ...

Siegel closes out his season of Keyboard Conversations® with the enchanting works of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, and Clementi. The program features Mozart's beloved, gorgeous Sonata in F major, K. 332; Haydn’s joyful ...

One of today’s leading traditional Irish ensembles, the “compellingly original” (Los Angeles Times)  Danú  takes audiences on a musical journey to the group’s native Ireland through stirring ancient ...

Joined by Artistic Director and Pulitzer Prize-winning multi-instrumentalist  Rhiannon Giddens,  the GRAMMY Award-winning Mason Artist-in-Residence  Silkroad Ensemble  returns to the Center for the Arts with its ...

Saturday, April 11 at 1 and 4 p.m.* Peppa Pig, along with Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig, and George, visit the Center for the Arts for Peppa Pig – My First ...

Be amazed by the youngest winner of The Merlin Award, also known as the “holy grail of the magic world,” and America’s Got Talent quarter ...

The Center Will Not Hold is an innovative Dorrance Dance Production and collaboration by Bessie Award-winning choreographer and breakdancer Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie and MacArthur “Genius” Grant awardee Michelle Dorrance, “one of the most imaginative tap choreographers working today” (The New Yorker). In its ...