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Greetings!
April brings
flowers, showers, and music! Stroll through glorious Glen Echo Park to enjoy
casual afternoon recitals - for the whole family - by WCM faculty.
April 18 (Sun.) is a celebration of
American Song.
April 24 (Sat.) brings Vivaldi, Schumann, and Tangos, too.
See you in the park!
Musically Yours, Kathy Judd Executive and Artistic Director |
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 Nancy Almquist, soprano
Jeffery Watson, piano
A Celebration of American Song
Washington Conservatory at Glen Echo Park
South Arcade Building
7300 MacArthur Blvd.
Glen Echo, Maryland
301-320-2770 |directions
www.washingtonconservatory.org
Free | donations accepted
Enjoy a one hour concert of American song
favorites from various genres - such as Spring by Dominick Argento, Vocalise by
Wilbur Chenoweth, Cantata by John Carter, Sure On This Shining Night by Samuel
Barber, Stardust by Hoagy Carmichael, Over the Rainbow by Eva Cassidy,
Summertime by George Gershwin, and selections from The Ballad of Baby Doe by Douglas
Moore.
The concert is one of over 130 concerts
celebrating American Song, as part of America Sings in the Nation's Capital: A
Festival of American Music for the Voice, organized by the Vocal Arts
Society (dcsings.org) from mid-February through early
June in venues throughout the area.
 Soprano
Nancy Almquist has soloed with the Washington Cathedral Choral Society,
Washington Bach Consort, Hesperus, Folger
Consort,
Maryland
Choral Society, Prince
George's
Choral Society, and the New Century Singers. Nancy has
sung roles with Annapolis Opera, Opera Americana, The Other Opera
Company, Interact Theatre Company, and the Washington Savoyards. She has been a recitalist at venues including The
American Church in Paris,
Harmony Hall, National Archives, Hammond Harwood House, and
St.
John's College.
She has served as artist faculty at
Northern Virginia Community
College
and St. Mary's College
of Maryland.
She is Director of Music at Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
in Silver
Spring,
Maryland
and is on the faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music.
 Pianist
Jeffery Watson has appeared as soloist with the Honduran National Symphony,
the Pan American Symphony, the Rosario
(Argentina)
Chamber Orchestra, The Alexandria Symphony, and the Kennedy Center Opera House
Orchestra with the Kirov Ballet. Jeffery was pianist with the internationally
acclaimed tango quintet, QuinTango, whose
concerts included performances with the Wichita Symphony, Orquesta Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes (Mexico), and at Lincoln Center,
the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the U.S. Ambassador's Residence in
Buenos
Aires,
and the International Tango Festival in San Miguel de Allende,
Mexico. He was associate conductor for the
Kennedy Center's
award-winning production of Sunday in the
Park with George as part of the Center's 2002 Sondheim Festival and music
director and coach for the Maryland Opera Studio at the
University of
Maryland,
where he has directed productions of Fatal Song, Tale of
Two Cities,and
Noel & Cole. In 2009 he performed in
Croatia
for the International Conference of the College Music Society and was guest
artist at the Fairbanks (AK) summer music
festival. Jeffery is on the faculty of
the Washington Conservatory of Music and is
Music Director of the Bowen McCauley Dance Company and is on the faculty of the Washington Conservatory of Music.
Upcoming Concerts at Glen Echo Park:
 Sat. April 24 at
3
PM
Drew Owen,
cello and Jeffery Watson, piano
Vivaldi, Schumann, and Tango music
 Sat. May 22 at
7
PM
Joshua Bayer
Jazz Ensemble
Original compositions by Joshua
Bayer
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Who We Are
The Washington Conservatory is a nationally accredited community music school that serves the greater Metropolitan DC and Bethesda area from two sites: Westmoreland Circle in Bethesda, MD (the border of the District of Columbia and Maryland) and in Glen Echo Park, in Glen Echo, MD. Exceptional international artist faculty. Children, teens and adults. No audition required.
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