World Music and Independent Film Festival

The World Music and Independent Film Festival will be having it’s Red Carpet Awarding Event on August 28, 2010 at the Capital Hilton in Washington DC. We will have celebrity guest appearances with Ola Ray who played Michael Jackson’s girlfriend in the all time music video hit “Thriller;” Cynthia Rothrock, the “Queen of Martial Arts;” actor Johnny Alonso; David Stevenson, “Man who Can;” and more. We also will be having live entertainment, interviews with the press and TV. This event will be shown on TV44 the Global Channel. To find out more, please visit http://www.wmiff.com

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What: World Music and Independent Film Festival Red Carpet Awards
When: August 28, 2010
Where: The Capital Hilton, Washington DC
More info: http://www.wmiff.com

The Nutcracker

A holiday classic. See it for the first or the hundredth time, and make sure to bring the kids.

The Virginia Ballet Company and School is proud to announce that it will celebrate its 60th anniversary with the classic Nutcracker ballet on December 27, 28 and 29, 2009. The performances are at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm each day at the Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus in the Ernst Community Cultural Center Theater.

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For more information, including to purchase tickets, visit http://www.virginiaballetcompany.org or call 703-249-8227. Group pricing available.

What: The Nutcracker Ballet
When: December 27, 28, 29 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Where: Northern Virginia Community College Annandale Campus in the Ernst Community Cultural Center Theater

Annual Community Carol Sing FREE

It’s supposed to snow tomorrow, and the holidays are fast approaching.  What better way to bring them in than a community carol?

Next Sunday, December 13, check out the Capital City Symphony and Congressional Chorus at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.  There are two shows, one at 3:30 pm and one at 7:00 pm.

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For more information and to purchase tickets, visit capitalcitysymphony.tix.com or call 202-399-7993
What: Free Carol Sing
When: Sunday, December 13 at 3:30 pm and 7:00 pm
Where: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC

TANGO CONCERT!

This Saturday:
The Pan American Symphony Orchestra presents an evening of nuevo tango, with exceptional music talent from Argentina, in its 8:00 pm December 5, 2009 performance, CelloTango.

This unique performance highlights the cello in tango music, with solos by a young Argentine talent who is gaining world-wide recognition, Juan Emme. Latin Grammy Award winner, pianist Octavio Brunetti, and violinist Diana Sundsvold join the Pan American Symphony with solos that display passionate virtuosity.

Graciela y Buenos Aires, written by contemporary tango composer, Jose Bragato, features the cello as the leading voice in what was traditionally the role of the violin or the bandoneón in a typical tango orchestra.

Renowned Nuevo tango composer Astor Piazzolla also wrote works that highlighted the cello and, in this performance, the Pan American Symphony Orchestra performs three of them. Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires), is a set of four tango compositions written as separate compositions to convey the seasons of the city, but then later were often played together as a suite. The Pan American Symphony Orchestra presents the work, a concerto grosso, with solos for cello, piano and violin. Included in this concert is Piazzolla’s most recognized and loved song, Adios Nonino, written in memory of his father, and Escualo, a complex piece written for Piazzolla’s violinist, Suarez Paz.

Adding variety to the evening’s performance is La Cambiada, a modern work by contemporary Argentine composer, Gerardo DiGuisto, which reflects the composer’s inclinations towards jazz and folk. A candonga, the piece is a mix of Milonga and Candombe, popular dance music styles.

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For more information: email Octavio at panam.symphony@gmail.com or visit panamsymphony.org or call 240-242-8032

What: Tango!
When: 8:00 pm, Saturday, December 5th 2009
Where: Gunston Middle School, 2700 South Lang Street Arlington, VA 22206-3106