Performing Arts Live

The region's premier concert series -- featuring an eclectic mix of jazz, classical music, world music, and dance.

Performing Arts Live! Package (5 Concerts)

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Red Baraat  

Sunday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Brooklyn-based party-starters Red Baraat perform a red-hot fusion of world music, funk, and New Orleans-inspired jazz. The New York Times calls Red Baraat "raucous," and NPR's All Things Considered listed them among the Best Live Shows of 2011. Red Baraat's performance is funded in part by the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.

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Bowen McCauley Dance 

Thursday, October 11 at 8:00 p.m.
Ohrstrom-Bryant Theatre
For 16 years DC-based Bowen McCauley Dance has energized broadly diverse audiences with inventive and vibrant choreography – a fusion of contemporary and classical techniques set to a sweeping range of musical styles. Showcasing Lucy Bowen McCauley’s choreography, the award-winning company is renowned for its spirited dancers, use of live music, the professionalism of its dance performances and its extraordinary outreach programs for socio-economically diverse communities. BMD will also bring its groundbreaking Dance with Parkinsons workshop to Winchester and will be free to patients who live in the region. Stay tuned for more information! This workshop is funded in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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New Century Chamber Orchestra
with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg  

Sunday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Helmed by world-renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, New Century Chamber Orchestra performs classic pieces of chamber orchestra repertoire, while also breathing life into rarely heard jewels of the past, performing world premieres, and bringing pieces from other genres such as jazz and rock into the chamber orchestra setting.

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Imani Winds 

Saturday, February 9 at 8:00 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall

More than North America’s premier wind quintet, Imani Winds has established itself as one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the United States. Since 1997, the Grammy nominated quintet has taken a unique path, carving out a distinct presence in the classical music world with its dynamic playing, culturally poignant programming, genre-blurring collaborations, and inspirational outreach programs. With two member composers and a deep commitment to commissioning new work, the group is enriching the traditional wind quintet repertoire while meaningfully bridging European, American, African and Latin American traditions.

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Doc Severinsen
with the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra  

Friday, March 22 at 8:00 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Jazz icon Doc Severinsen, joined by the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra, closes the season in rousing fashion. Famed for leading Johnny Carson's band for three decades on The Tonight Show, the Grammy Award-winning trumpet soloist plays to sold-out houses across the globe.

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