Black composers – Upcoming Concerts near Ashburn, VA
Baltimore Symphony: Mendelssohn & Bartók
Saturday, March 22, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States
Hannah Kendall
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He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing
Béla Bartók — Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"
Béla Bartók — Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"
$38-$99
Baltimore Symphony: Mendelssohn & Bartók
Sunday, March 23, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Hannah Kendall
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He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing
Béla Bartók — Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"
Béla Bartók — Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"
$27-$99
Capital City Symphony: Reflect & Revive
Sunday, March 23, 2025 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
Margaret Bonds — Montgomery Variations
Margaret Bonds — Montgomery Variations
$40.25 (ages 16 & under free)
Shriver Hall Concert Series: Ivalas Quartet
Saturday, March 29, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall at UMBC, Baltimore, MD, United States
Osvaldo Golijov
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Tenebrae
Eleanor Alberga — String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Eleanor Alberga — String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven — String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130
Free (RSVP required; $10 suggested donation)
Movement in Music Ensemble: Celebrating Black & Indigenous Composers
Saturday, March 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (EDT)
Hammond High School, Columbia, MD, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Selected works
Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate — Selected works
Robert Fuchs — Selected works
Jerod Impichcha̲achaaha' Tate — Selected works
Robert Fuchs — Selected works
Free (RSVP available)
Smithsonian Music: Verona Quartet with Wu Man, pipa
Thursday, April 3, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Meyer Auditorium at Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States
Luigi Boccherini
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Selected works
Antonín Dvořák — Selected works
John Dowland — Selected works
Wynton Marsalis — Selected works
Sulkhan Tsintsadze — Selected works
Wu Man — Selected works
Antonín Dvořák — Selected works
John Dowland — Selected works
Wynton Marsalis — Selected works
Sulkhan Tsintsadze — Selected works
Wu Man — Selected works
$6 advance; join the standby line for remaining seats on the day of the concert, free of charge
National Philharmonic: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5
Saturday, April 5, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States
Ethel Smyth
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The Boatswain's Mate Overture
Margaret Bonds — Montgomery Variations
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Margaret Bonds — Montgomery Variations
Dmitri Shostakovich — Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
$29-$109 (kids free)
Library of Congress: Jennifer Koh, violin & the Del Sol String Quartet
Friday, April 11, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, DC, United States
Maurice Ravel
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Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, M. 77
Tania León — Anima for Solo Violin
Angélica Negrón — Cooper and Emma
Tania León — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
Reena Esmail — Zeher
Ben Johnston — String Quartet No. 4 "Amazing Grace"
Tania León — Esencia para cuarteto de cuerdas ("Essence for string quartet")
Tania León — Anima for Solo Violin
Angélica Negrón — Cooper and Emma
Tania León — Selected works (world premiere TBA)
Reena Esmail — Zeher
Ben Johnston — String Quartet No. 4 "Amazing Grace"
Tania León — Esencia para cuarteto de cuerdas ("Essence for string quartet")
Free (RSVP required)
Dumbarton Concerts: Piano Virtuoso Michelle Cann
Saturday, April 12, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Dumbarton United Methodist Church / Dumbarton Concerts, Washington, DC, United States
Online and in-person
Program includes works by
Florence Price,
Margaret Bonds,
Betty Jackson King,
Irene Britton Smith,
Nora Holt,
Sergei Rachmaninoff,
Hazel Scott, and
Franz Liszt.
In person: $48 |
Stream: $14
The Lafayette Musical: The French National Orchestra
Thursday, April 24, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Robert H. and Clarice Smith Auditorium at Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, VA, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Overture to L'Amant anonyme ("The Anonymous Lover")
Ruth Crawford Seeger — Andante for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Thomas Zehetmair — Passacaglia, Burlesque, and Chorale for String Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Ruth Crawford Seeger — Andante for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Thomas Zehetmair — Passacaglia, Burlesque, and Chorale for String Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
$85
Washington Bach Consort: Mozart Requiem & Joseph Bologne Violin Concerto
Sunday, April 27, 2025 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (EDT)
National Presbyterian Church, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Violin Concerto No. 10 in D major
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Requiem in D minor, K. 626
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Requiem in D minor, K. 626
$45-$99 ($20 ages 40 & under w/ID, $10 student/ages 18 & under)
Montgomery Philharmonic: Life's influence on composers
Sunday, April 27, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 7:45pm (EDT)
Asbury Methodist Village, Gaithersburg, MD, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Libby Larsen — Deep Summer Music
Jessie Montgomery — Strum
Libby Larsen — Deep Summer Music
Jessie Montgomery — Strum
Free
French National Orchestra of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: The Lafayette Musical & Immersive Bicentennial Tour (1825-2025)
Sunday, April 27, 2025 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (EDT)
Terrace Theater at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges
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Overture to L'Amant anonyme ("The Anonymous Lover")
Ruth Crawford Seeger — Andante for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Thomas Zehetmair — Passacaglia, Burlesque, and Chorale for String Orchestra (DC premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
Ruth Crawford Seeger — Andante for Strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Thomas Zehetmair — Passacaglia, Burlesque, and Chorale for String Orchestra (DC premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Grosse Fuge, Op. 133
$63.25-$173
[SOLD OUT] Phillips Collection: Sarah Rothenberg, piano
Thursday, May 1, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (EDT)
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, United States
Tyshawn Sorey
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Selected works
(Washington, D.C. premiere TBA)
Arnold Schoenberg — Sechs kleine Klavierstücke ("Six Little Piano Pieces"), Op. 19
Various — Selected works (TBA)
Arnold Schoenberg — Sechs kleine Klavierstücke ("Six Little Piano Pieces"), Op. 19
Various — Selected works (TBA)
SOLD OUT
Baltimore Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 1 with Heyward
Thursday, May 1, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD, United States
Edward Elgar
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Froissart, Op. 19
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$38-$99
Baltimore Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 1 with Heyward
Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Edward Elgar
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Froissart, Op. 19
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$27-$99
Washington National Opera: American Rhapsody
Saturday, May 3, 2025 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (EDT)
Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, DC, United States
$63-$275
Baltimore Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 1 with Heyward
Sunday, May 4, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (EDT)
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, United States
Edward Elgar
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Froissart, Op. 19
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
James Lee III — Cello Concerto (world premiere)
Johannes Brahms — Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
$27-$99
NSO: Joshua Weilerstein conducts Bernstein & Dawson | John Kimura Parker plays Gershwin
Thursday, May 29, 2025 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
William L. Dawson
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Negro Folk Symphony
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
$17-$119
NSO: Joshua Weilerstein conducts Bernstein & Dawson | John Kimura Parker plays Gershwin
Friday, May 30, 2025 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Concert Hall at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, United States
William L. Dawson
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Negro Folk Symphony
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue
Leonard Bernstein — Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
$17-$119
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