Events
Mason Student Performances
Big Band Showdown
Monday, Apr 01, 2019 8:00pmJoin the Mason Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jim Carroll, as we kick off Jazz Appreciation Month with an evening dedicated to the sounds of the big band era! Special guests ensembles will be Westfield High School, directed by Bill Schnepper and Yorktown High School, directed by Brian Bersh....Read More
Our Country's Good
Thursday, Apr 04, 2019 8:00pmFriday, Apr 05, 2019 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr 06, 2019 8:00pm
Presented By: Mason School of Theater
In June 1789 in an Australian penal colony, a marine lieutenant puts on a play to celebrate the king's birthday, using the camp’s English convicts as his cast of characters. Few of them can read, let alone act, and the play is being produced amidst food shortages and barbaric punishments...Read More
GAMEmason
Friday, Apr 05, 2019 12:00pmPresented By: Student Involvement, Center For the Arts, and Game Design Department
Time: 12:15 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. (Pre-Registration starts 11:15 a.m. and the Concert Hall doors open 11:30 a.m.)
Location: Center for the Arts and Music and Theater Building, Fairfax campus
Calling all gamers and gaming enthusiasts! Organized by Student Involvement, The Center for the Arts, Computer Gam...Read More
Vocal Pops Concert*
Sunday, Apr 07, 2019 6:00pmPresented By: Mason School of Music
Under the direction of Dr. Stan Engebretson. Please join us for a wonderful evening of vocal pop music presented by Mason a cappella groups!
Appearance by Mason Some Noise, Pitch Perfect, and Soundcheque.
School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).
...Read MoreJazz Combos/Steel Pan Ensemble Concert*
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2019 8:00pmPresented By: Mason School of Music
The Mason Jazz Combos, directed by Wade Beach, and Mason Steel Pan Ensemble, directed by Victor Provost, perform their spring concert. Visit Mason Jazz online.
School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).
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Spring New Dances
Thursday, Apr 11, 2019 8:00pmFriday, Apr 12, 2019 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr 13, 2019 8:00pm
Meet the next generation of contemporary choreographers.
...Read MoreArtsbus Tour, School of Art
Saturday, Apr 13, 2019 6:00amThe Artsbus is a Mason School of Art (SOA) sponsored day trip to New York City.
Artsbus is a non-academic course, however it is a requirement for all AVT majors. Keep in mind, Artsbus is also open to the Mason community and general public; therefore students should plan ahead and purchase tickets ea...Read More
CANCELLED: Chorale Broadway Showcase
Saturday, Apr 13, 2019 2:00pmTickets:
$20 adults
$15 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12
Chorale Broadway Showcase
Saturday, Apr 13, 2019 8:00pmTickets:
$20 adults
$15 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12
Brass Ensemble Concert*
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 1:00pmThe Mason Brass Ensemble explores all musical styles in a very challenging and creative environment. The conductor tailors music especially for this ever changing ensemble of brass and percussion players, who strive for new levels of musical excellence on their instruments.
School of Music students:...Read More
Jazz Workshop Concert*
Sunday, Apr 14, 2019 7:00pmJazz Saxophone faculty, Rick Parrell directs the Mason Jazz Workshop big band in their concert!
Workshop Jazz Spring concert featuring music of: Thelonious Monk (Blue Monk), Count Basie (Queen Bee), Kurt Weill (Speak Low), John LaBarbera (Thanks Hank), vocals of John Hendrick (Social Call), Julie L...Read More
Mason Symphony Orchestra & University Choirs
Wednesday, Apr 17, 2019 8:00pmTickets:
$12 adults
$8 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12
Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.
...Read MoreVarious Chamber Ensemble Concert I*
Friday, Apr 19, 2019 7:00pmPresented By: Mason School of Music
Please come and enjoy the fine work of various chamber ensembles as they perform works they have studied over the Spring Semester. Free and open to the public.
More information about Chamber Ensembles
School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).
...Read MoreVarious Chamber Ensemble Concert II*
Saturday, Apr 20, 2019 6:00pmPresented By: Mason School of Music
Please come and enjoy the fine work of various chamber ensembles as they perform works they have studied over the Spring Semester. Free and open to the public.
More information about Chamber Ensembles
School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).
...Read MoreLysistrata
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2019 8:00pmFriday, Apr 26, 2019 8:00pm
Saturday, Apr 27, 2019 2:00pm
By Aristophanes
Directed by Theresa Ohanian
Lysistrata persuades the women of Greece to withhold sexual privileges from their husbands and lovers as a means of forcing the men to negotiate an end to the Peloponnesian War – a strategy, however, that inflames the battle between the sexes.
T...Read More
Mason Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
Thursday, Apr 25, 2019 8:00pmTickets:
$12 adults
$8 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12
Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.
...Read MoreThe Wolves
Thursday, Apr 25, 2019 8:00pmSaturday, Apr 27, 2019 8:00pm
Sunday, Apr 28, 2019 2:00pm
By Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Jared Pugh
Mason Fringe
A timely play about a girls’ indoor soccer team that illuminates with the unmistakable ping of reality the way young selves are formed when innate character clashes with external challenges.
Contains adult language
Tickets:
$20 Adult, $10...Read More
Mason Opera: The Medium and Suor Angelica
Friday, Apr 26, 2019 8:00pmSaturday, Apr 27, 2019 8:00pm
Sunday, Apr 28, 2019 2:00pm
Two one-act operas: Menotti's The Medium and Puccini's Suor Angelica
Tickets:
$20 adults
$15 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12
Mason Jazz Vocal Night - Spring
Monday, Apr 29, 2019 8:00pmJoin us for an evening dedicated to Jazz Vocals! Performances by solo vocalists from the Mason Jazz Voice Studio, the Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble, directed by Darden Purcell and special guests, Potomac Falls High School Vocal Jazz, directed by Fawn Phillips!
Visit Mason Jazz Studies online...Read More
International Jazz Day with Mason Jazz
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2019 8:00pmCelebrate International Jazz Day with the Mason Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jim Carroll, and the award-winning Latin American Ensemble, directed by Juan Megna!
International Jazz Day (April 30th) is the culmination of Jazz Appreciation Month, which draws public attention to jazz and its e...Read More
A Concert Presentation of Merrily We Roll Along
Friday, May 03, 2019 3:00pmFriday, May 03, 2019 8:00pm
Presented By: Mason School of Theater
Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Fairfax Campus
There is an earlier performance at 3pm.
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Directed by James Gardiner & Erin Gardiner
Musical Direction by Joe Walsh
Choreography by Stefan Sittig
This critically acclaimed musical is Steph...Read More
Dance Innovations - Spring
Friday, May 03, 2019 8:00pmSaturday, May 04, 2019 8:00pm
New work by various emerging choreographers.
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A Musical Feast Concert
Saturday, May 04, 2019 8:00pmA Musical Feast featuring Mason's stellar large ensembles: Symphony Orchestra, Jazz, Wind Symphony, Choirs, and Green Machine Ensembles!
Tickets:
$30 adults
$15 seniors
$15 youth through grade 12
Find out more about the A Musical Feast fundraiser gala event on May 4th starting at 5:30 pm wi...Read More
Dr. Balakerskaia Studio Recital*
Sunday, May 05, 2019 7:00pmCome out and enjoy some of the fine work of the piano students of Dr. Anna Balakerskaia! Free and open to the public.
School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).
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Dance Studio Series
Tuesday, May 07, 2019 6:00pmTuesday, May 07, 2019 8:00pm
Tickets - $7
Learn more about a new choreographer’s creative process.
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