2020-2021 Season-at-a-Glance
The entire 2020-2021 season will be offered virtually, and as always, events are free to the public. Be sure to explore each of the event pages for updated offerings as we approach each online premiere!
Descriptions are currently available for 2020 events, linked below. Because the events will be online, no tickets are required. You may still register for updates and reminders using Eventbrite, and registrations are now open.
2020 EVENTS
Day |
Date |
Time |
Artist/Event (Location)
|
Wednesday |
August 26 |
12 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Eva Salina and Peter Stan: Serbian, Roma, and Jewish Songs |
Wednesday |
August 26 |
12:30 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Ann Yao: Chinese Zheng Music from Florida |
Wednesday |
September 2 |
12 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Si Kahn: Folksongs for Labor Day -- Part of the Homegrown Labor Day Double Header |
Wednesday |
September 2 |
12:30 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Joe Jencks: Songs of Workers and Wanderers -- Part of the Homegrown Labor Day Double Header |
Wednesday |
September 9 |
12 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Reggie Harris: Spirituals, Freedom Songs, and Other Songs of Hope |
Wednesday |
September 16 |
12 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Dom Flemons: Black Cowboy Songs and More from the American Songster |
Wednesday |
September 23 |
12 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Phil Wiggins, Blues and More from Maryland -- Part of the Homegrown NEA National Heritage Fellows Double Header |
Wednesday |
September 23 |
12:30 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Chum Ngek, Cambodian music from Maryland -- Part of the Homegrown NEA National Heritage Fellows Double Header |
Wednesday |
September 30 |
12 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: Changüí Majadero: Cuban Roots Music from California |
Friday |
October 23 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Conrad Tao, piano and Caleb Teicher, tap dance |
Friday |
October 30 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Tambuco Percussion Ensemble |
Friday |
November 13 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Ensemble Dal Niente |
Wednesday |
November 18 |
12 pm |
HOMEGROWN at Home: PIQSIQ: Inuit Style Throat Singing |
Thursday |
November 19 |
8 pm |
DIGITAL RESIDENCY: Jennifer Koh, violin and Thomas Sauer, piano |
Friday |
November 20 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Takács Quartet |
Thursday |
December 3 |
8 pm |
DIGITAL RESIDENCY: JACK Quartet with Conrad Tao |
Friday |
December 4 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band |
Saturday |
December 5 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Borromeo String Quartet and Nicolas Cords, viola |
Wednesday |
December 9 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: vision string quartet |
Thursday |
December 10 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: ZOFO, Eva-Maria Zimmermann & Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano |
Friday |
December 11 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” Sonata: Two Visions with the Verona Quartet and Adam Golka, piano |
Saturday |
December 12 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Ran Dank and Soyeon Kate Lee, pianos |
Thursday |
December 17 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Christopher Taylor, piano |
Friday |
December 18 |
8 pm |
CONCERT: Stradivari Anniversary Concert |
2021 EVENTS
Pending confirmation and depending on the ongoing impact of the pandemic, the following events are being planned for January-June 2021, with more information to come once available:
Concerts
- Musicians of the New World Symphony
- A Fiddler’s Tale
- Mahan Esfahani
- Ksenija Sidorova, accordion
- Ritz Chamber Players
- Kremerata Baltica with Gidon Kremer
- Steven Osborne, piano
- Dudok Quartet
- Pavel Haas Quartet with Boris Giltburg, piano
- Jess Gillam, saxophone
- Ensemble Correspondances
- Flux Quartet with Oliver Lake and Donal Fox
- Marouan Benabdallah, piano
Talks and Extras
- Terri Lyne Carrington, Library of Congress Jazz Scholar
- A series of talks related to dance including:
- David Fullard: “Dance Photography”
- Victoria Phillips: “Martha Graham’s Cold War: the Dance of American Diplomacy”
- American Musicological Society Lecture: Marta Robertson: “The Uncommon ‘Gift to be Simple:’ Japanese American Influence in Appalachian Spring”
- Castor and Patience Panel Discussion
- Additional talks and conversations with artists, scholars and Library curators
More events may be announced at a later date.