Music
Mason Artist-in-Residence
Co-created by Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers
Produced by ArKtype / Thomas O. Kriegsmann
Five young refugees set out searching for a new place to call home in this “stunning” (The New York Times) and timely theatrical work. Inspired by the artists’ creative wo... Read more
The George Mason University Wind Symphony, led by composer-conductor Mark Camphouse is a select ensemble comprised of outstanding wind, brass, and percussion players in the School of Music and the University. The ensemble’s mission is to study and perform the best literature available fo... Read more
Come attend this annual showcase recital of performances by Mason's stellar School of Music faculty including vocal, instrumental, and piano artists.
Free
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Mason Artist-in-Residence
Tracing Visions
Welcome Mason Artist-in-Residence Sphinx Virtuosi, the chamber orchestra dedicated to increasing racial and ethnic diversity in classical music. Prepare to stretch beyond the usual notions of the classical music canon with a dynamic program of mu... Read more
Mason School of Theater
A Concert Presentation of FOOTLOOSE
Friday, Oct 29, 2021 8:00pm
Saturday, Oct 30, 2021 2:00pm
Saturday, Oct 30, 2021 8:00pm
Sunday, Oct 31, 2021 2:00pm
A Concert Presentation of FOOTLOOSE
Stage Adaptation by DEAN PITCHFORD and WALTER BOBBIE
Based on the Original Screenplay by Dean Pitchford
Music by TOM SNOW
Lyrics by DEAN PITCHFORD
Additional Music by ERIC CARMEN, SAMMY HAGAR,
KENNY LOGGINS and JIM STEINMAN
Directed by Erin Gardiner
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Mason Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Soo Han
The Mason Symphony Orchestra is comprised of outstanding string, wind, and percussion players from throughout the School of Music.
Tickets: $12/$8/$5
George Mason University choirs are under the direction of Dr. Lisa Billingham. The choral ensembles perform a wide variety of music each semester ranging from classical styles to multi-cultural works and popular music.
The Fall Choral Festival will feature clinics in the morning and perfo... Read more
Featuring Pinchas Zukerman, violin/viola
and Amanda Forsyth, cello
Bruckner: Adagio from String Quintet in F major
Dvorák: Sextet for Strings in A major, Op. 48
Brahms: Sextet for Strings in B-flat major, Op. 18
GRAMMY Award-winning conductor, violinist, and violist Pinchas Zukerman, and ... Read more
Great Performances at Mason
Virginia Opera: La Bohème
Sunday, Nov 14, 2021 2:00pm
La Bohème: Rodolfo Remembers
Concept and Adaptation by Keturah Stickann and Bruce Stasyna for San Diego Opera
Virginia Opera, the official opera company of the Commonwealth of Virginia, returns to the Center for the Arts stage with a condensed version of Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème: Rodol... Read more
Join Dr. Darden Purcell, the Mason Jazz Voice studio and Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble for an evening of swinging standards and classic hits from the Great American Songbook!
Tickets: $12/$8/$5
A limited quantity of free student tickets will be available two Tue... Read more
Dewberry School of Music
Wind Symphony Concert, featuring Samantha Clarke, Doctoral Conducting Recital*
<span data-contrast="auto">Come watch the Wind Symphony and the Symphonic Band present their winter concert, conducted by Professor Mark Camphouse and doctoral student Samantha Clarke.
<span data-contrast="none">The George Mason University Wind Symphony, led by composer-conductor Mark C... Read more
Arcadia Variety Show is a pre-recorded performance that invites viewers to consider the interconnectedness of humanity and nature. It features work by students and recent alumni who use biological materials, processes, and imagery as departure points to explore themes of transformation and ... Read more
Performance by the Mason Jazz Combos, under the direction of jazz pianist, Wade Beach. Visit Mason Jazz online.
Free
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Join us in celebrating twenty years of the incredible impact of Jazz4Justice™!
Established in 2001 by Fairfax, VA attorney Edward L. Weiner, Esq. and Founder of Mason Jazz Studies, Jim Carroll, Jazz4Justice™ is an award-winning annual concert presented by Legal Services of Northern Virgi... Read more
Great Performances at Mason
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: The Glorious Music of Chopin
From stirring polonaises and dreamy nocturnes to virtuoso études and soulful mazurkas, savor The Glorious Music of Chopin! Acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel, in his signature Keyboard Conversations® series, combines dynamic performances of Chopin’s greatest works with the fascinating stor... Read more
The Mason Symphonic Band under the vibrant musical leadership of Profs. John Kilkenny and Denny Stokes, provides music majors and increasingly growing numbers of non-music majors an opportunity to study and perform a wide variety of traditional and contemporary wind band literature.
Tick... Read more
Making Spirits Bright
Back by popular demand! The internationally acclaimed Canadian Brass returns this holiday season for an evening of impeccable music and witty repartee, perfect for your whole family. Renowned for joyous performances and their iconic white running shoes, this quintet... Read more
Jazz faculty member Prof. John Kocur directs the Mason Jazz Workshop big band in their concert! The Jazz Workshop performs music by Thad Jones, Mike Tomaro, Alan Baylock, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Neal Hefti and many others.
Visit the “Jazz Workshop” online.
Free
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Performance by the Mason Jazz Combos, under the direction of jazz pianist, Wade Beach; and the Steel Pan Ensemble, under the direction of Victor Provost.
Free
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Christmas Time is Here
Dianne Reeves, “the most admired jazz diva since the heyday of Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday” (The New York Times), shares her timeless voice and improvisational prowess in an exceptional holiday program of seasonal sounds. Adored by audiences ... Read more
Mason's Dewberry School of Music
Mason Symphony and Choirs Holiday Concert*
Join us for a joyous concert celebration by the Dewberry School of Music as we ring in the holiday season! Showcasing Mason’s Symphony Orchestra and Choirs, this evening will feature holiday favorites and festive new works performed by extraordinary student artists.
Tickets: $20 Adults, ... Read more
The Vienna Boys Choir has canceled its 2021 tour, including this performance at the Center for the Arts.
Ticket holders will be contacted by the Center for the Arts Ticket Office.
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Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season
Ding-dong, ding-dong, Christmas bells are ringing. Gather with the American Festival Pops Orchestra and special guests for its annual Holiday Pops concert, which is sure to make spirits bright! A beloved tradition with our audiences, this heartwarming ev... Read more
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
Sunday, Dec 19, 2021 4:00pm
Christopher Zimmerman, FSO Music Director & Conductor
Andrea Cook, Fairfax Ballet Artistic Director
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker with The Fairfax Ballet Company
The Fairfax Symphony Orchestra joins The Fairfax Ballet in their sixth collaboration to present the timeless class holiday favori... Read more
Great Performances at Mason
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Fantastic Fantasies
Take an extraordinary journey through classical music with this Keyboard Conversations® performance. Virtuoso pianist Jeffrey Siegel will guide you through the jaunty music of Bach, the improvisatory, unbound music of Mozart, Mendelssohn’s “Last Rose of Summer”, and Swedish co... Read more
Vasily Petrenko, music director
Kian Soltani, cello
Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances
Celebrate the diamond jubilee anniversary of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) with a program featuring ... Read more
Mason School of Theater
Mason Cabaret
Saturday, Feb 05, 2022 2:00pm
Saturday, Feb 05, 2022 8:00pm
Conceived by Erin Gardiner and James Gardiner
Directed by Erin Gardiner and James Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
A perennial favorite, our Musical Theater ambassadors, The Mason Cabaret, return with a fresh line up of stellar vocalists offering showstoppers, ballads, and duets ... Read more
Great Performances at Mason
Virginia Opera: Three Decembers
Sunday, Feb 06, 2022 2:00pm
by Jake Heggie with libretto by Gene Scheer
Virginia Opera’s production of Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Three Decembers is a two-act chamber opera about family—the ones we are born into, and those we create. Based on Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s unpublishe... Read more
For the Girls
Is there anything Kristin Chenoweth can’t do? The Emmy® and Tony Award-winning performer dazzles audiences in every role she tackles on stage and screen. She has left an indelible mark on Broadway with her performance as Glinda the Good Witch in Wicked, and as Sally in You’... Read more
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Jason Vieaux & Aaron Clay
“Bruromano” U.S. Premiere
Adolphus Hailstork: Essay for Strings
Dvorák: Serenade for Wind Instruments
Christopher Rouse: “Ku-Ka-Ilimoku”
Arvo Pärt: Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Sylvie Bodorová: “Bruromano” for Solo Guitar, Double-bass and Strings (U.S. PREMIERE)
Jason Vieaux, guitar... Read more
Dewberry School of Music
School of Music Jazz Festival
The Mason Jazz Festival is an invitational event open to middle school, high school, collegiate and community Jazz ensembles. Learn more about participating.
Closing festival performance ensemble “coming soon” at 7pm in Harris Theatre.
All performances are FREE and open to the public – no tickets o... Read more
Sharing a heartfelt message of love, peace, and harmony, Ladysmith Black Mambazo performs an uplifting concert showcasing traditional South African vocal styles. Already successful in their own right in South Africa, the group rose to worldwide prominence in 1986 when they col... Read more
Come watch the Wind Symphony and the Symphonic Band present their winter concert, conducted by Professor Mark Camphouse and doctoral student Samantha Clarke.
The George Mason University Wind Symphony, led by composer-conductor Mark Camphouse is a select ensemble comprised of outstanding... Read more
Under the direction of Dr. Lisa Billingham, the University Singers is a select choral ensemble at Mason dedicated to the performance of advanced vocal chamber music ranging from Renaissance to contemporary and commissioned works.
Tickets: $12 General Public, $8 Seniors, $5 Students
Sofya Gulyak, piano
Brahms: Symphony No. 3
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Russian classical pianist, Sofya Gulyak has been praised for her "tremendous precision and colouration ... exquisite soft playing ... with delicacy." Performing around the globe to great acclaim, she joins the F... Read more
The Chieftains Irish Goodbye Tour has been canceled, including this performance at the Center for the Arts.
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Five-time GRAMMY Award-winning bassist and composer Edgar Meyer joins the acclaimed Glasgow-based Scottish Ensemble for a unique program that spans the ages from the Baroque to the present day. The concert features works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Wi... Read more
Join the Mason Jazz Ensemble (director Jim Carroll) for an evening that celebrates the hot sounds and swinging beats of the Big Band era!
Tickets: $12 General Public, $8 Seniors, $5 Students
A limited quantity of free student tickets will be available two ... Read more
Great Performances at Mason
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Evocative Visions
Pianist Jeffrey Siegel is popular with classical music lovers and newcomers alike. In his final Keyboard Conversations® concert of the season, he plays the visually inspired masterpieces of Debussy, plus Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Grieg. Included on the program is Debussy’s The ... Read more
Great Performances at Mason
Virginia Opera: The Marriage of Figaro
Sunday, Apr 10, 2022 2:00pm
Mozart’s beloved four-act comic opera, The Marriage of Figaro, is the kind of mad and frantic bedroom farce of which guilty (and not-so-guilty) pleasures are made. It is all driven by the music of Mozart at his most spirited and conceived in collaboration with his most entrust... Read more
Mason Artist-in-Residence
Featuring Maria Schneider, conductor
GRAMMY Award-winning composer, conductor, and Mason Artist-in-Residence Maria Schneider leads Northern Virginia’s own Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra in a night of cool, expressive jazz. The evening’s repertory includes... Read more
Led by Victor Provost, Steel Pan students learn to play the steel drum (steel pan, or pan) in a variety of settings, focusing on repertoire from a variety of genres including various musics of the Caribbean.
Free and open to the public
... Read moreCome watch the Symphonic Band present its spring concert, conducted by Professor Mark Camphouse and doctoral student Samantha Clarke. This concert will include traditional wind band repertoire in addition to solo works featuring two student soloists.
The Mason Symphonic Band, directed b... Read more
Christopher Zimmerman, music director and conductor
Featuring Simone Dinnerstein, piano
The Center for the Arts is proud to co-present a thrilling classical music program by the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (FSO) featuring piano virtuoso Simone Dinnerstein, who The Washington Pos... Read more
Lila Downs is one of the most influential artists in Latin America. Whether it’s a full-throated mariachi song, an achingly tender bolero, or sultry jazz tune, this GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter draws audiences in with her unmistakable charisma and inspiring storytell... Read more
Join us for an evening of music dedicated to Jazz Vocals! Performances by Mason Jazz Studio soloists and the Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble, directed by Dr. Darden Purcell. Visit us online.
Tickets: $12 General Public, $8 Seniors, $5 Students
Come watch the Wind Symphony present its spring concert, conducted by Professor Mark Camphouse. This performance will includes premieres of wind band works, including a Virginia premiere by Mason’s own Mark Camphouse.
The George Mason University Wind Symphony is a select ensemble compri... Read more
Dewberry School of Music
Mason Opera
Saturday, Apr 30, 2022 2:00pm
Sunday, May 01, 2022 3:00pm
Join Mason Opera for the second production of their “Cinderella year” with a cast of talented students performing La Cenerentola by Gioachino?Rossini.
Tickets: $20 General Public, $15 Seniors, $5 Students
... Read moreShare the vibrancy and vitality of jazz music with Mason Jazz students and faculty on April 30! International Jazz Day brings together communities, schools, artists, historians, academics, and jazz enthusiasts on all continents to celebrate and learn about jazz and its roots, future, and... Read more
Mason School of Theater
A Concert Presentation Featuring Mason Musical Theater
Saturday, May 07, 2022 2:00pm
Saturday, May 07, 2022 8:00pm
Directed by Erin Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
Get ready for an evening of moving ballads and dazzling showstoppers as Mason students perform a concert presentation of a work of musical theater. Details will be announced in Spring 2022, but order your tickets now! This event i... Read more
Dewberry School of Music
Mason Symphony Orchestra Concerto and University Choirs Concert
Join the Dewberry School of Music for their spring finale concert featuring the Mason Symphony Orchestra?under the direction of Dr. Soo Han and the University choirs under the direction of Dr. Lisa Billingham.
Tickets: $20 General Public, $15 Seniors, $5 Students
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Christopher Zimmerman, conductor with The Fairfax Choral Society, Thomas Colohan, artistic director and Choralis, Gretchen Kuhrmann, artistic director
Leshnoff: Symphony No. 4 “Heichalos” (Regional Premiere)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
Distinguished as “a leader of contemporary American lyr... Read more
Dewberry School of Music
Dewberry School of Music Honors Recital
The Honors Recital is a premier recital opportunity for Dewberry School of Music students, representing each instrument area, who auditioned and were selected to perform by a faculty panel.
This performance is free and open to the public.
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