Music
Since 1943 the National Gallery of Art has continuously presented free, privately-funded Sunday evening concerts for the public. Over the course of nearly six decades an extraordinary range of performances has included orchestral and solo concerts from medieval monody to modern jazz. Two long-serving music directors have overseen music at the museum: first Richard Bales, who served from 1943 to 1985, and then George Manos, who assumed the position in 1985.