Events

A Staged Reading of Br'er Cotton

By Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm
Directed by Samuel Dunn III

Directed by Theater student Sam Dunn III, this powerful play is a look at the African American experience in Virginia history, both past and present, and is sponsored by student organization Collections for the Culture, the CVPA Artists In Act...Read More

Faculty Artist Series: Dr. Glenn Smith, composition*

Enjoy a performance by one of Mason's stellar School of Music faculty. Free and open to the public.

This features music video presentations; 2 world premier piano works played by Dr. Linda Monson; special appearance by Alexandria Guitar Quartet

School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are ma...Read More

Cirque Mechanics

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42FT – A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels

Experience the latest invention from the creative minds of Cirque Mechanics with their signature blend of acrobatics, mechanical marvels, and a good bit of clowning around. This new production tells the story of an iconic 42-fo...Read More

Artsbus Tour, School of Art

The 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

Ellington Sacred Concert

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Tickets:
$12 adults
$8 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert plus Washington premiere of Da Pacem by Michael Villmow

George Mason University Soundcheque & Singers with the Jugend Jazz Orchester NRW from Dortmund, Germany

Stan E...Read More

Czech National Symphony Orchestra

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100 Years of Leonard Bernstein

John Mauceri, conductor
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano 

Celebrate the 100th birthday of American’s national treasure, Leonard Bernstein, with a musical fête of his works when the internationally renowned Czech National Symphony Orchestra (...Read More

Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: The Exotic Music of the Night

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The Exotic Music of the Night

Piano virtuoso Jeffrey Siegel explores the mystic and the macabre! This concert features excerpts from Mendelssohn’s beloved A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including the celebratory Wedding March. On this program, Siegel will also play the de...Read More

Mason Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band Concert

The Mason 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 for wind band, while emphasizing...Read More

Really Really

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By Paul Downs Colaizzo
Directed By: Miranda Newman

When morning-after gossip about privileged Davis and ambitious Leigh turns ugly, self-interest collides with the truth, and the resulting storm of ambiguity makes it hard to discern just who’s a victim, who’s a predator, and who’s a Futur...Read More

Mark Morris Dance Group

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With the MMDG Music Ensemble

Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG), one of the most revered contemporary dance companies performing today, returns to their Northern Virginia home at the Center. This influential dance company performs to live music by the MMDG Music Ensemble ...Read More

Erth's Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure

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The Mystery of the Dinosaurs of the Deep

The creators of Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live want to take your family on an all new adventure — this time to the bottom of the ocean. Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure is an immersive experience that invites you to jump in and ...Read More

Mason Symphony Orchestra Concerto Concert

Under the direction of Dr. Dennis Layendecker, the Mason Symphony Orchestra is comprised of outstanding string, wind, and percussion players from throughout the School of Music.

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Tickets:
$20 adults
$15 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

TheatreWorks: Henry & Mudge

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Based on the best-selling series of books by Cynthia Rylant!

Moving from the city to a new house in the country can be tough. Just ask Henry, who can't find a playmate in his new neighborhood.  Luckily, he's got Mudge, a great big, 182-pound canine buddy, with whom he can share all kinds...Read More

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto

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Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
Ismail Luminovsky, clarinet
Bowen McCauley Dance Company

Program:

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Ismail Luminovsky, clarinet
Gershwin: Preludes for Clarinet and Strings
Eryilmaz: Concerto for Clarinet and Imaginary Folk Dancers
Eryilmaz:  Dances of the Yogurt Mak...Read More

Shen Yun

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This epic production immerses you in stories reaching back to the most distant past. You’ll explore realms even beyond our visible world. Featuring one of the world’s oldest art forms—classical Chinese dance—along with patented scenographic effects and all-original orchestral works, Shen...Read More

CANCELLED: The Pink Panther in Concert

The Pink Panther in Concert tour has been cancelled, including this performance at the Center for the Arts. Ticket holders will be contacted by the Center for the Arts Ticket Office.

Tu Bhi Nachle

Tu Bhi Nachle is a classical-fusion dance competition held between collegiate dance teams from all across the nation. 

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KODO

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Experience the electrifying wall of sound that completely fills the hall when the athletic artists of Kodo take the stage to perform the ancient Japanese art of taiko drumming. Audiences are captivated by the visually stunning performance, the astonishingly precise mo...Read More

Danú

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with an authentic Irish music experience the whole family will enjoy! Take a musical journey across the Emerald Isle with one of today’s leading traditional Irish ensembles as they perform timeless Celtic works along with fascinating, power...Read More

MCAA - Faculty Chamber Ensembles Recital

Performances by the faculty of the Mason Community Arts Academy. Free and open to the public.

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Virginia Opera: Madama Butterfly

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Virginia Opera closes its season with Puccini’s magnificent tragic masterpiece, Madama Butterfly. Revealing the depth of human emotion through lyrical duets and heartbreaking arias including the famous “Un bel di,” this poignant and timeless tale of unrequited love an...Read More

Faculty Artist Series: Jim Van Slyke, musical theater*

Enjoy a performance by one of Mason's stellar School of Music faculty. Free and open to the public.

School of Music students:  MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Faculty Artist Series: Anna & Friends*

Enjoy a performance by one of Mason's stellar School of Music faculty. Free and open to the public.

School of Music students:  MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Jazz Combos/Latin American Ensemble Concert*

Performance by the Mason Jazz Combos, under the direction of jazz pianist, Wade Beach.

Visit Mason Jazz.

School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Our Country's Good

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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

Mason Dance Company Gala at the Center for the Arts

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The Gala Concert is Mason Dance Company’s crowning season event featuring a program of works by contemporary professional choreographers.

This year our guest choreographers will be the Spanish modern ballet dancer and choreographer, and currently artistic director of ...Read More

Faculty Artist Series: Julianna Nickel, flute & James Nickel, horn*

Enjoy a performance by one of Mason's stellar School of Music faculty. Free and open to the public.

School of Music students:  MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

2019 Mason Dance Fête

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Location: deLaski Performing Arts Building, Rooms A301, A305, A305 A307 and A307, Center for the Arts Concert Hall

The Mason Dance 2019 Fête is a fabulous evening that raises funds for School of Dance Scholarships. The event includes a wine, hors d’oeuvres, and dessert reception, showcas...Read More

Faculty Artist Series: Dr. Dorotea Racz, cello*

Enjoy a performance by one of Mason's stellar School of Music faculty. Free and open to the public.

School of Music students:  MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Aquila Theatre: A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Aquila Theatre returns with a magical and witty production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Shakespeare’s timeless tale of love with its many complications never fails to entertain and remind us of his literary genius. “The course of true love never did run smooth” is th...Read More

Percussion Ensemble Concert*

Join the Mason Percussion Ensemble as they present works that include a variety of percussion instruments.

Led by Professor John Kilkenny and Matthew Halligan.

School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Big Band Showdown

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Tickets:
$12 adults
$8 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

GAMEmason

Time: 12:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Location: Center for the Arts and Music and Theater Building, Fairfax campus

Calling all gamers and gaming enthusiasts!

Organized by Student Involvement, Center For the Arts, Game Design Department, in collaboration with our student Esports groups and the GMU Anime and G...Read More

Russian National Ballet: Giselle

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Giselle

The Russian National Ballet performance of Giselle will hold you spellbound with its haunting romantic story, stirring score, sumptuous choreography, and exquisite dancing. In this tale of love, betrayal, forgiveness, and redemption, a heartbroken peasant girl...Read More

Russian National Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

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The Sleeping Beauty

The whole family will enjoy this lavish production of the charming fairy tale The Sleeping Beauty performed in grand Russian style by the Russian National Ballet. With choreography by ballet master Marius Petipa set to Tchaikovsky’s gorgeous score,...Read More

Vocal Pops Concert*

Under the direction of Dr. Stan Engebretson. Please join us for a wonderful afternoon of vocal pop music presented by Mason a cappella groups!

School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Jazz Combos/Steel Pan Ensemble Concert*

Performance by the Mason Jazz Combos, under the direction of jazz pianist, Wade Beach. Visit Mason Jazz online.

School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Spring New Dances

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Meet the next generation of contemporary choreographers.

Tickets available after Aug 1, 2018.

Pablo Sáinz Villegas

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Americano

Nacho Amimany, percussion; Pedro Giraudo, bass

Praised as “the soul of the Spanish guitar,” guitar virtuoso Pablo Sáinz Villegas presents Americano, a program that traces the history of the guitar in the Americas. Sáinz Villegas is joined onstage by master w...Read More

Chorale Broadway Showcase

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Tickets:
$20 adults
$15 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

Brass Ensemble Concert*

The 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.

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Jazz Workshop Concert

Jazz Saxophone faculty, Rick Parrell 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.

Mason Symphony Orchestra & University Choirs

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Tickets:
$12 adults
$8 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

Various Chamber Ensemble Concert I*

Join the Mason Chamber Ensemble as they present a variety of works. Free and open to the public.

More information about Chamber Ensembles 

School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Various Chamber Ensemble Concert II*

Join the Mason Chamber Ensemble as they present a variety of works. Free and open to the public.

More information about Chamber Ensembles 

School of Music students: MUSI 300 credit events are marked with (*).

Parsons Dance

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New York City-based Parsons Dance is internationally celebrated for creating and performing American modern dance that is positive, life-affirming, enriching, and accessible. Founded in 1985 by Artistic Director David Parsons and Tony Award® -winning lighting designer...Read More

Lysistrata

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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

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Tickets:

$12 adults
$8 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

The Wolves

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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

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$20 Adult, $10...Read More

Mason Opera: The Medium and Suor Angelica

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Two one-act operas: Menotti's The Medium and Puccini's Suor Angelica

Tickets:
$20 adults
$15 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

Holst's the Planets

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Christopher Zimmerman, conductor
  
Program:

Leshnoff: Starburst
Smetna: The Moldau and Sarka from Ma Vlast
Holst: The Planets, featuring the 2018 Fairfax County All-Stars Youth Orchestra

The FSO salutes the next generation of classical musicians with a special performance of the Fairfax Cou...Read More

Opera: The Medium and Suor Angelica

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Two one-act operas: Menotti's The Medium and Puccini's Suor Angelica

Tickets:
$20 adults
$15 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin in Paris

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Chopin in Paris

In this concert of stunning piano music and illuminating commentary, Jeffrey Siegel presents the eminent Polish composer Frédéric Chopin and the gorgeous pieces he created while in Paris. Chopin reluctantly left his beloved Poland after the uprising, a...Read More

Mason Jazz Vocal Night - Spring

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Tickets:
$12 adults
$8 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

International Jazz Day Concert with the Mason Jazz Ensemble

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Tickets:
$12 adults
$8 seniors
$5 youth through grade 12

Individual tickets go on sale Aug 1.

TheatreWorks: Rosie Revere, Engineer & Friends

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Ms. Greer's classroom includes three inquisitive out-of-the-box thinkers. Rosie Revere has big dreams. Iggy Peck has a relentless passion for architecture. And Ada Twist's curiosity can drive her teacher crazy.

A fun new musical based on the books Rosie Revere, Engineer; Iggy Peck, Archi...Read More

A Concert Presentation of Merrily We Roll Along

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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

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New work by various emerging choreographers.

Tickets available after August 1, 2018

A Musical Feast Concert

A Musical Feast featuring Mason's stellar large ensembles: Symphony Orchestra, Jazz, Wind Symphony, Choirs, and Green Machine Ensembles!

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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*

Come 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 (*).

Dance Studio Series

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Tickets - $7

Learn more about a new choreographer’s creative process.

Verdi's Requiem

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Christopher Zimmerman, conductor

Verdi’s Requiem is among the choral repertoire’s richest and most revered works and is considered one of the greatest musical masterpieces ever composed. Too grief-stricken to attend the funeral of Italian poet Alessandro Manzoni, Giuseppe Verdi composed ...Read More