Music
Mason Arts at Home
Let’s Talk Opera with John Borths
Virtual Event
Join the Center for the Arts and Virginia Opera on Monday, January 10 at 7:00 p.m., for a special Mason Arts at Home presentation of Let's Talk Opera with Josh Borths. This episode will examine the upcoming production of Three Decembers and include an intriguing conversation with the ... Read more
CANCELED: 43rd International Saxophone Symposium
Saturday, Jan 15, 2022 8:00am
Out of concern for the health and safety of our audience members and participants, the 2022 International Saxophone Symposium has been canceled.
The 43rd International Saxophone Symposium, hosted by the U.S. Navy Band, features over 150 performances, masterclasses and lectures designed for musicians... 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
CANCELED: International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella - Mid-Atlantic Quarterfinal
This performance has been canceled. Ticket holders will be contacted by the Center for the Arts ticket office.
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Mason School of Theater
RESCHEDULED: In a Sentimental Mood: The Music of Duke Ellington Performed by The Mason Cabaret
Saturday, Feb 05, 2022 2:00pm
Saturday, Feb 05, 2022 8:00pm
This performance by The Mason Cabaret has been rescheduled to April 15-16 (with a free preview on April 14) in deLaski Performing Arts Building on the Fairfax campus. The Ticket Office will contact all ticket holders via email with their options. Please contact the Ticket Office at cfatix@gmu.edu or... 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
This performance by Kristin Chenoweth has been rescheduled to September 24, 2022 at 8:30 p.m. The Ticket Office will contact all ticket holders by email with their options. Please contact the Ticket Office at cfatix@gmu.edu or 703-993-2787 if you haven't heard from them by January 20.
Tickets for S... Read more
“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
Mason 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 will be the United States Army Blues Jazz Ensemble at 7pm in Harris Theatre.
All performances are FREE ... 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
Dewberry School of Music
Mason Wind Symphony
Thursday, Apr 28, 2022 8:00pm
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
Media, Arts, Design, and Communication Internship and Career Fair
Meet recruiters from more than 25 arts, design, entertainment, and media employers seeking Mason students and alumni for internships and paid positions.
A link to register and list of employers will be announced in early 2022. Stop by with your resume or portfolio!
... Read moreGreat 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 School of Theater
In a Sentimental Mood: The Music of Duke Ellington Performed by The Mason Cabaret
Saturday, Apr 16, 2022 2:00pm
Saturday, Apr 16, 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 showcasing the brilliant work of the legendary Duke El... 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
Come watch the Mason 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, dire... 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
Dewberry School of Music
Mason Opera presents Rossini’s 'La Cenerentola'
Saturday, Apr 30, 2022 2:00pm
Sunday, May 01, 2022 2:00pm
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 of 'The Boy Detective Fails'
Saturday, May 07, 2022 2:00pm
Saturday, May 07, 2022 8:00pm
Directed by Erin Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
Book by Joe Meno
Music and Lyrics by Adam Gwon
The Boy Detective Fails, based on Joe Meno’s acclaimed novel, tells the story of Billy Argo, “boy detective.” In a world akin to Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, young Billy becomes famou... Read more
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
Honors Recital (showcasing outstanding soloists)
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.
... Read moreTickets for this performance will be available in mid-February.
This performance was previously scheduled for February 12, 2022. The Ticket Office will contact all ticket holders by email with their options. Please contact the Ticket Office at cfatix@gmu.edu or 703-993-2787 if you haven't heard by J... Read more
