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This performance: The Levine School of Music ensemble directed by Paul Norris provides training for junior high and high school musicians.
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    Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    The Levine School of Music

    The Levine School of Music ensemble directed by Paul Norris provides training for junior high and high school musicians.

    Wednesday, February 8, 2012
    Nurit Bar-Josef

    Kennedy Center and NSO Music Director Christoph Eschenbach and NSO Concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef present an evening of classical music.

    Wednesday, February 8, 2012
    Christoph Eschenbach

    Kennedy Center and NSO Music Director Christoph Eschenbach and NSO Concertmaster Nurit Bar-Josef present an evening of classical music.

    Thursday, February 9, 2012
    Alex Hassan
    IN THE TERRACE GALLERY
    Tenor Doug Bowles, soprano Karin Paludan, and pianist Alex Hassan perform a collection of hot, romantic, bouncy tunes.

    Thursday, February 9, 2012
    Doug Bowles
    IN THE TERRACE GALLERY
    Tenor Doug Bowles, soprano Karin Paludan, and pianist Alex Hassan perform a collection of hot, romantic, bouncy tunes.

    Thursday, February 9, 2012
    Karin Paludan
    IN THE TERRACE GALLERY
    Tenor Doug Bowles, soprano Karin Paludan, and pianist Alex Hassan perform a collection of hot, romantic, bouncy tunes.

    Friday, February 10, 2012
    Nakatani Gong Orchestra

    Japanese percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani presents a bold, new project featuring an ensemble of percussionists in concert with multiple gongs creating an unconventional musical experience.

    Saturday, February 11, 2012
    NSO Prelude

    Members of the NSO play classical works.

    Sunday, February 12, 2012
    The Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

    Members of the KCOHO play Concertos No. 10 and No. 11 from Vivaldi’s L’estro armonico and Schoenberg’s Verklarte Nacht.

    Monday, February 13, 2012
    Pan American Symphony Orchestra

    The ensemble presents an evening of Latin American music as part of its mission to engage the world’s great Latin American musicians, artists, and composers.

    Tuesday, February 14, 2012
    Benjamin T. Rome School of Music at Catholic University

    Music students celebrate the music of Cy Coleman, who wrote “Witchcraft,” “The Best Is Yet To Come,” and many more.



    Wednesday, February 15, 2012
    Alice Ripley

    The Tony Award winner, known for her roles in such Broadway hits as Side Show and Next to Normal, offers a cabaret performance featuring some of Broadway’s most memorable tunes.

    Thursday, February 16, 2012
    Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance
    IN THE EISENHOWER THEATER
    Students showcase the skills they have learned in the school’s many dance classes.

    Friday, February 17, 2012
    Faction of Fools Theatre Company, Inc.

    D.C.’s Commedia dell' Arte theater company presents a Commedia Romeo and Juliet.

    Saturday, February 18, 2012
    Washington National Opera Insights

    WNO presents an hour-long preview of musical highlights from Mozart’s Così, featuring members of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. Part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna.

    Sunday, February 19, 2012
    The Curtis Institute of Music
    IN THE TERRACE THEATER
    Students play classical works by Higdon, Ludwig, and Richberg. Part of the Conservatory Project.

    Monday, February 20, 2012
    Northwestern University Bienen School of Music
    IN THE TERRACE THEATER
    Students perform a brass recital featuring works by composers David Sampson, Verne Reynolds, John Stevens, and Jan Bach. Part of the Conservatory Project.

    Tuesday, February 21, 2012
    Washington National Opera Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
    IN THE TERRACE THEATER
    Members of the program perform selections from various operettas. Part of The Music of Budapest, Prague, and Vienna.

    Wednesday, February 22, 2012
    Cleveland Institute of Music
    IN THE TERRACE THEATER
    Students play a classical program featuring works by composers Poulenc, Arnold Bax, Mozart, Elgar, Ante Grgin, Fritz Kreisler, Gareth Farr, and Alexander Arutiunian. Part of the Conservatory Project.

    Thursday, February 23, 2012
    The Juilliard School
    IN THE TERRACE THEATER
    The Attaccas present Schubert and Adams. Part of the Conservatory Project.

    Friday, February 24, 2012
    The San Francisco Conservatory of Music
    IN THE TERRACE THEATER
    Students perform in a program featuring vocal selections from Handel’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto and Alcina, Rossini’s La regatta veneziana, and Bizet’s Carmen, as well as a performance of Britten’s String Quartet No. 1 in D major by the Conservatory’s The Ethos Quartet. Part of the Conservatory Project.

    Saturday, February 25, 2012
    Yale School of Music
    IN THE TERRACE THEATER
    Students play classical works by Debussy, Mendelsohn, Bartók, and others. Part of the Conservatory Project.

    Sunday, February 26, 2012
    The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
    IN THE TERRACE THEATER
    Students perform a program featuring classical works by Barber, Tchaikovsky, and Kodály, as well as vocal selections from Bizet’s Carmen and Rossini’s il barbiere di Siviglia. Part of the Conservatory Project.

    Monday, February 27, 2012
    School Without Walls Stage Band

    These Anne Arundel County and DC Public Schools ensembles perform as part of Music in Our Schools Month.

    Monday, February 27, 2012
    Old Mill Steel Drum Band

    These Anne Arundel County and DC Public Schools ensembles perform as part of Music in Our Schools Month.

    Tuesday, February 28, 2012
    Montgomery County Youth Chorus

    These Montgomery and Fairfax County student ensembles perform as part of Music in Our Schools Month.

    Tuesday, February 28, 2012
    Graham Road Percussion Ensemble

    These Montgomery and Fairfax County student ensembles perform as part of Music in Our Schools Month.

    Wednesday, February 29, 2012
    Doug Levitt

    The singer/songwriter presents songs, stories, and images from his project Greyhound Diaries, which chronicles his six-week Greyhound Bus tour across the United States.