APRIL
New Washingtonians Jazz Orchestra, We Remember America's Music on Duke Ellington's Birthday
Wed. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Ellington's Birthday Concert is one of the school's annual highlights. If you enjoy the rousing jazzy sounds of big band, small jazz ensembles, and a few soloists to boot, you'll enjoy a broad variety of the hits of yesteryear. This year's program includes pieces by Duke Ellington, of course, plus standards by Charlie Parker, Benny Golson, Jerome Kern, and Benny Carter. A finger-popping, toe-tapping good time! All proceeds will help raise funds for our jazz students to perform at the Bahamian Jazz Festival. Click here to purchase tickets.
MAY
Choral Concert: From Then to Now
Fri. 1, 7:30 p.m.
All the Choral Ensembles at Duke Ellington will be participating in this exciting spring concert, including the Concert Choir, the Show Choir, and first-year groups, the Gentlemen of Distinction and the Sophisticated Ladies. In addition, the Duke Ellington Orchestra will play, and the concert will end with massed choirs accompanied by the Orchestra. The program will range from classical to gospel to show tunes, and promises to delight all! Click here to purchase tickets.
Visual Arts Exhibit: Senior Show
Opening Reception
Fri. 8, 5:30 p.m.
A culmination of seniors' finest work, featuring a variety of two- and three-dimensional pieces. Sure to impress, the senior show is a great way to satisfy your cultural cravings, and a way to celebrate our seniors' last hurrah before heading out into the world beyond Ellington. Light refreshments will be served at the opening reception; this event is free to the public.
Literary Media/Woolly Mammoth Theater Collaboration
SHE: Scenes from all women, and a guy (a dinner theater)
Fri. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Banquet Hall
Join us for a compelling evening of theater brought to you by the Literary Media senior playwrights and DC's cutting edge Woolly Mammoth Theater. Directed by Jessica Burgess and produced by Literary Media Chair Mark A. Williams. Click here to purchase tickets.
Dance Production: Taking Our Best and Moving Forward
Mon. 11-Wed 13, 10:00 a.m.
One of the year's most popular performances, the dance production is a spectacle of movement, grace, and beauty. Be sure to purchase tickets early; they almost always sell out. Click here to purchase tickets.
Dance Production: Taking Our Best and Moving Forward
Thurs. 14, 7:30 p.m.
The Dance department gala is the department's big annual fund-raiser. Join us for an elegant dinner followed by one of the year's most popular performances. The dance production is a spectacle of movement, grace, and beauty. Be sure to purchase tickets early; they almost always sell out. Click here to purchase tickets.
Dance Production: Taking Our Best and Moving Forward
Fri. 15-Sat. 16, 7:30 p.m.
One of the year's most popular performances, the dance production is a spectacle of movement, grace, and beauty. Be sure to purchase tickets early; they almost always sell out. Click here to purchase tickets.
A Memorable Night at the Opera
Thurs. 21-Fri. 22, 7:30 p.m.
Opera Workshop is amongst the most impressive performances of the year. This year's performance features short scenes from Bizet's Carmen, Flotow's Martha, and Mozart's Cosi fan tutte and The Marriage of Figaro. Opera Workshop tickets are in such high demand that for the first time ever, we are offering two performances. Some of the Carmen costumes were designed and built by Beverly Johnson's Costume Design class in cooperation with the Washington National Opera. The costumes and the student designers were featured at a special performance at the Kennedy Center in November. Please join us for a special evening! Click here to purchase tickets.
Horwitz Play Reading Performance
Thurs. 21-Fri. 22, 7:30 p.m.
The Horwitz Playwriting Competition gives aspiring playwrights an opportunity to develop and stage original works. The first-place winner was selected from 30 applicants from Ellington's Theater and Literary Media departments. Join us for a staged reading of the winning play, by one of Ellington's finest young writers, performed by hired actors. This event is free to the public.
Piano Lab Recital
Thurs. 28, 3:00 p.m.
Every non-piano major instrumental and vocal music student is required to take a year of piano lab. This recital celebrates a year of piano achievement! Parents and teachers are strongly encouraged to attend, but all are welcome. This event is free to the public.
JUNE
Graduation
Thurs. 4, Time TBD
The moment we've all been waiting for!!
Student Recital
Fri. 5, 3:00 p.m.
Each month the music departments of Duke Ellington present soloists and small ensembles of Ellington music students in recital. We feature student vocalists and instrumentalists in a wide variety of styles, both classical and jazz. One recital may spotlight flutes, percussion, a pianist, and a fine young baritone singer, while another offers a saxophone quartet, a jazz trio, a vocal duet, and a cello soloist. All recitals feature outstanding talent. This event is free to the public. |
