2026/27 Season: KALEIDOSCOPE

Our Season

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LIFT

October 11, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

Washington Center for the Performing Arts

Jessie MONTGOMERY: Banner

Wynton MARSALIS: Blues Symphony

George GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue

George GERSHWIN: Catfish Row from Porgy and Bess

James P. JOHNSON: Victory Stride

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An orchestra conductor leads a group of musicians during a performance. Several violinists and other instrumentalists focus on their sheet music, with music stands in front of them. The musicians are dressed in black, and the stage setting suggests a formal concert.

EVOLVE

November 8, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

Capital High School Performing Arts Center

Darius MILHAUD: The Creation of the World

Igor STRAVINSKY: The Soldier’s Tale

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A boy flying on a snowman shaped cloud against a starry night sky.

The Snowman

December 6, 2026, 3:00 p.m.

Capitol Theater

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme

Howard BLAKE: The Snowman

John WILLIAMS (arr. Larry Moore): Somewhere in my Memory from Home Alone

Film with Live Orchestra

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Two women with dark hair, one holding a violin and the other holding a violin bow, standing by a window in a well-lit room

EMBRACE

February 7, 2027, 3:00 p.m.

Washington Center for the Performing Arts

Peggy GLANVILLE-HICKS: Sinfonia Pacifica

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-Flat Major, K. 364

Edward ELGAR: Enigma Variations, Op. 36

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CONNECT

March 21, 2027, 3:00 p.m.

Capital High School Performing Arts Center

Iman HABIBI: Jeder Baum spricht (Every Tree Speaks)

Tan DUN: Water Concerto

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral”

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DREAM

April 18, 2027, 3:00 p.m.

Washington Center for the Performing Arts

Jimmy LÓPEZ: América Salvaje

Kevin PUTS: Flute Concerto

Antonín DVOŘÁK: Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

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