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 This Sunday
March 27, 3 PM
The Golden Age of Cornet
Christopher Sala, cornet
with Jeffery Watson, piano
Westmoreland UCC Church | One Westmoreland Circle
Directions | No tickets | Free | Donations accepted
Enjoy virtuosic music from the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th by composers including Herbert L. Clarke, Hermann Bellstedt, Jules Levy, and John Philip Sousa.
Washington Conservatory faculty member Christopher Sala is the 1st place winner of the 1996 International Trumpet Guild Solo Competition, the 1997 ITG Mock Orchestra Competition, and the 2nd place winner of the 1997 National Trumpet Competition. He has also been a semi-finalist in the Brandt Competition in Russia and the Maurice André Competition in Paris. He toured the US and Costa Rica with the Atlantic Brass and Epic Brass, playing recitals and performing as featured guest artist with symphony orchestras. He is a member of the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC, where he is a frequent soloist, and a member of the Navy Band Brass Quintet. |
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April Spotlight on Piano
Westmoreland UCC Church
One Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, MD | DirectionsNo tickets | Free | Donations gratefully accepted
Friday, April 8 Master Class with Simone Dinnerstein
Sunday, April 10 Concert by Alexej Gorlatch
Simone Dinnerstein 
Piano Master Class
Friday, April 8, 6:00 PM
American pianist Simone Dinnerstein has been called a "throwback to such high priestesses of music as Wanda Landowska and Myra Hess," by Slate magazine, and praised by TIME for her "arresting freshness and subtlety."
Co-sponsored by the Washington Performing Arts Society |
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Alexej Gorlatch
Piano Concert
Sunday, April 10, 3:00 PM
"...awe-inspiringly confident and assured... a perfection which apparently effortlessly sets him apart from everyone else"
-- Irish Times
Winner of The Dublin International Piano Competition and the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan, pianist Alexej Gorlatch was born in Kiev in 1988. His many other prizes include 1st prize in the International Anton G. Rubinstein Competition, 2nd prize in the Leeds Competition, 1st prize in the Beethoven Competition Richard Laugs in Mannheim, Germany, and Audience Favorite prize in the International Beethoven Competition in Bonn, Germany.
Co-sponsored by the Washington Group Cultural Fund |
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New! 2 Shows for Family Day at Glen Echo Park!
The Magic of Music
Next Show: April 2
Saturdays at 3 PM
April 2 - The Triumphant Trumpet
April 9 - The Vanishing Viola
April 16 - Potions for Piano
April 30 - see Family Day below
June 25 - The Vanishing Viola
July 2 - Percussion Party
July 9 - Percussion Party
July 16 - Sensational Saxophone
July 23 - Sensational Saxophone
Location:
Washington Conservatory of Music at Glen Echo Park / 7300 MacArthur Blvd. / Glen Echo, MD
Tickets:
$10 all ages. Online at www.washingtonconservatory.org
until 1:00 PM on day of show. Walk-in and phone sales (301-634-2250) from 1:00 PM on day of show. Limited seating.
Family Day at Glen Echo Park
Saturday, April 30
Potions for Piano at 1:30 & 3 PM
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May Concerts
at Westmoreland Circle and Glen Echo Park
Free | No Tickets | Donations Accepted
 Sunday, May 1, 2011
3:00 PM at Glen Echo Park
Drew Owen, cello
Jeffery Watson, piano
Cello Strings 'Round the May Pole
Saturday, May 7, 20118:00 PM at Westmoreland CircleHaskell Small, pianoMe & Them - Small, Bach, Hovhaness, & Ives |
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Now Enrolling!
ALL AGES
NO AUDITION
To register for private instruction in instruments and in voice, and ensembles, please call the Conservatory at
(301) 320-2770.
For Early Childhood Music classes at Glen Echo Park, and more:
Conservatory web site.
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The Washington Conservatory of Music is a nationally accredited community music school that serves the greater metropolitan DC and Bethesda, MD area from two locations: Westmoreland Circle (at the border of the District and Maryland) and at Glen Echo Park.
At WCM, students of all ages and ability levels study without audition under the guidance of the Conservatory's exceptional international artist faculty.
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