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STRATHMORE PRESENTS AND MUSIC IN THE MANSION
FALL PRESS CALENDAR
Highlights include
Storied Strings: The Violin in America and centerpiece concert with Mark O’Connor
Local rocker Pat McGee kicks off Strathmore’s 2012-2013 season with eclectic reunion show
Broadway dynamo Patti LuPone in Matters of the Heart
Washington, D.C. premiere of Jennifer Koh’s “Bach and Beyond” series
October Speakers: David Sedaris, Fran Lebowitz, Frank Rich, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins
Theatrical excitement of Tap Dogs
Local crossover singer on a meteoric rise, operatic tenor Nathan Pacheco makes D.C. debut
Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Strathmore Venues
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Tickets and Information
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org
JEFF ANTONIUK
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets: $15
He’s known as a co-founder of Unified Jazz Ensemble—now sax man Jeff Antoniuk brings his forwardthinking
band The Jazz Update to the Mansion. Antoniuk uses his background in jazz performance and
West African ethnomusicology to expand the genre, and has performed alongside such icons as Ray
Charles, Natalie Cole, Bobby McFerrin and Freddie Hubbard.
SKIN
Saturday, September 15 -Saturday, November 3, 2012
Mansion at Strathmore
With Skin, Strathmore showcases six artists’ “body of work,” exploring the transformative properties,
cultural significance and artistry of body modification through tattoo, henna, bodypainting, hair and
makeup. The exhibition features one of the world’s foremost tattoo artists, Alex Reinke, with fellow ink
authorities Robby Latos and Paul Roe, as well as body painter Craig Tracy, photographers John Borstel
and Glenford Nunez, and henna artist Bhavna Naik. An opening reception with nosh and henna art
stations will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2012 from 7-9 p.m.

ERIC SCOTT
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets: $15
Singer-songwriter Eric Scott and his band combine the storyteller’s art and the rock-and-roller’s drive.
The D.C. native has a background in R&B that has lead him to perform with artists such as James Brown,
B.B. King, Ray Charles, Kansas, The Neville Brothers, Jimmy Buffett and Keb’ Mo’. During his history
as a sideman, songwriter and session musician, Scott has also released three records. The Washington
Post called his sophomore album, featured on the WB television series Felicity, “Whip smart...hard to
resist...clearly the work of a pop artist talented and resourceful enough to stand on his own.”
FRÉDÉRIC YONNET, URBAN JAZZ HARMONICIST
Thursday, September 27, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $30
Often affiliated with buskers, country and blues, the harmonica is elevated to a stylishly modern
instrument by urban jazz harmonicist Frédéric Yonnet. French-born Yonnet takes the harmonica in
unexpected directions, adapting it to gospel, R&B and jazz with nuances of hip-hop. Using an instrument
that few have mastered, this former Strathmore Artist in Residence has become an in-demand sideman for
such stars as Stevie Wonder, Kenny G, Erykah Badu, India.Arie, John Legend and Prince.
PAT MCGEE BAND
ARI HEST OPENS
Friday, September 28, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $38
Virginia native Pat McGee has established himself as a perennial East Coast favorite since the release of
his debut album From the Wood, touring relentlessly, performing an average of more than 250 live dates
each year with his acoustic jam-rock sextet. McGee’s Strathmore performance is a fond reunion of local
musicians from his past, including former Pat McGee Band bandmates John Small, Michael Ghegan,
Patrick McAloon and Ira Gitlin, as well as lead singer of Eddie from Ohio Eddie Hartness, Nate Brown
from Everything and John “Red” Redling from New Potato Caboose. Also performing with McGee are
current high school student musicians from his alma mater, Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington.
Says The Washington Post, McGee “…looks like Brad Pitt, sings like James Taylor, sweats and struts like
Springsteen. You can’t deny McGee’s charisma.”
LOIDE
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets: $15
Worlds collide when contemporary jazz meets the rhythmic melodies of Africa. Loide’s African roots and
her deep love for jazz come together to create a mix of contemporary vocals and warm afro-lusophone
rhythms reflective of her own eclectic roots.

BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DE MÉXICO
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $28–$48
Founded in 1952 by Amalia Hernández, Ballet Folklórico de México takes audiences on a survey of
Mexican dance, from pre-Colombian to the Hispanic influences of the Vice royal era up to the popular
strength of the Revolutionary years. The company conjures centuries of culture, from fierce Aztec Jaguar
warriors to the brilliant-hued, ruffled swirl of a village fiesta. This internationally renowned company and
national treasure delivers, “A captivating spectacle...The gorgeous costumes and breathtaking formations
keep coming, dance after dance” (The New York Times).
PATTI LUPONE:
MATTERS OF THE HEART
Chris Fenwick, Musical Director
with The Four Play String Quartet
Friday, October 5 and Saturday, October 6, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $45–$85
Timeless Broadway dame Patti LuPone shares an electrifying performance of love songs by composers
ranging from theater greats Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim to such
contemporary song writers as Randy Newman, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson, Judy Collins, Dan Fogelberg,
Joni Mitchell and Cyndi Lauper. She brings her gusto to Strathmore just following her raved-about
opening performance at New York’s new 54 Below cabaret club in June 2012, and just before her return
to Broadway in David Mamet’s The Anarchist, opening in November 2012.
SAMIS AHMAD
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets: $15
Hindustani (North Indian) classical vocalist Samia Ahmad branches out from her classical base to
incorporate Nazrul Sangeet (referring to the works of Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam), Bhajans (Indian
devotional songs) and global fusion, melding Hindustani classical sounds with the rhythms of South
Africa and the West.
DUO AMARAL
Friday, October 12, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $30
Isaac Albeniz: España Op. 165
Joaquin Rodrigo: Tonadilla
Alberto Ginastera: Tres Danzas del Ballet Estancia
Victor Manuel Amaral Ramirez: Saggio

Jerusalem-born Mia Pomerantz-Amaral and husband Jorge Amaral are winning international acclaim for
their performances of “masterful and poetic virtuosity” and “intensity of expression” (Il Messaggero
Veneto). Pomerantz-Amaral is a top prizewinner of several international guitar competitions, notably the
Guitar Gems Competition in Netanya, Israel and The Fernando Sor Guitar Competition in Rome, Italy.
Amaral has been described by the eminent master Alirio Diaz as “a brilliant figure in the future of the
classical guitar.”
KEVIN DUDLEY
WITH RALPH GORDON & RICKIE SIMPKINS
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets: $15
The art of songwriting and the raw, roots beauty of Americana music come together in the rocking trio of
Kevin Dudley, Ralph Gordon and Ricki Simpkins. Headed by Dudley, former front man/guitarist with the
Atomic Hillbillies, the group sites Texas hill country, chrome diners, old motorcycles and Guy Clark
among its influences.
GUIDO’S EAR
Thursday, October 18, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $30
Claudio Monteverdi: Prologue from Orfeo
Dario Castello: Sonata Quarta a 2 Soprani
Niccolo Corradini: La Golferamma
Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata Settima
Giovanni Battista Fontana: Sonata in D major
Claudio Monteverdi: Si dolce
Tarquinio Merula: Ciaconna
Bartolomeo Laurenti: Sonata Duodecima
Girolamo Frescobaldi: Toccata Nona
Gasparo Zannetti: La Mantovana
Salamone Rossi: Sonata in dialogo detta la viena
Tarquinio Merula: Sentirete una Canzonetta
Gasparo Zannetti: Vana Bergamasca
Tarquinio Merula: Folle é ben che si crede
Salamone Rossi: Sonata sopra l’Aria di Ruggierio
This New York-based early music ensemble focuses on repertoire of the late Renaissance and early
Baroque, a pivotal period in history when instrumental music emerged from the shadow of vocal music
and came into its own. By exploring early forays into purely instrumental music and the vocal and dance
tradition from which it emerged, Guido’s Ear celebrates the ingenuity of the period, when composers
pushed boundaries to transform the aesthetic qualities of music.
A STATE OF THE UNION CONVERSATION:
FRAN LEBOWITZ AND FRANK RICH
Friday, October 19, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore

Tickets $45–$70
“Feisty, funny” cultural satirist Fran Lebowitz (Variety) and “impressive writer and thinker” Frank Rich
(The New York Times) engage in a lively onstage conversation centered around current themes as the
presidential election race roars on—stoking and stimulating the audience with discussion of what is at
stake, timely issues and more.
UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN
Saturday, October 20, 2012
2 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $18–$48
Anarchic, funny and mind-bogglingly versatile, this virtuosic “orchestra” takes on and transforms iconic
works from Beethoven to The Who and Isaac Hayes in a collision of post-punk performance, toe-tapping
oldies and classical canon. Among the world’s most important contemporary ukulele ensembles, the
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain is a group of all-singing, all-strumming uke players which believes
that all genres of music are available for reinterpretation. “There are lots of yuks in ukes: physical
comedy, pun-filled banter between songs and stacks of fleeting musical allusions within each piece keep
the orchestra’s show lively” (The New York Times). Concert-goers can bring a uke and join a strum-along
with the artists during the concert.
AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $48–$58
A master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition, David Sedaris
wittily skewers social mores, serving up delicious commentary on NPR and in his best selling books—
including Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and When You
Are Engulfed in Flames. “Sedaris’ droll assessment of the mundane and the eccentrics who inhabit the
world’s crevices make him one of the greatest humorists writing today” (Chicago Tribune). In this
evening event, he reads some of his favorite works and takes questions from the audience.
SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON:
BEST OF SAW SHOWCASE
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets: $15
The Songwriters Association of Washington celebrates the power of music and fosters the talent of its
members. The SAW Showcase supports the tradition of songwriting and the diverse talents contributing
to the region’s aural landscape—from emerging artists to veterans of the road. Each musician has a style
and a story to tell.
STRATHMORE CABARET
FAVORITES WITH A TWIST FROM COLE PORTER TO HARRY CONNICK, JR.
Friday, October 26, 2012
6:30 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore, Lockheed Martin Lobby

Tickets: $150 per person ($90 tax-deductible); $250 per pair ($130 tax-deductible); Patron Level Support
$500 per person ($440 tax-deductible) includes website and program recognition
Cocktail Attire
Intimate. Mysterious. Fun. Crooners from Cole Porter to contemporary Harry Connick, Jr. and
everywhere in between, Strathmore Cabaret celebrates the ambiance of cabaret with an evening of music,
fine dining and fun. Emcee Charlie Barnett oversees the onstage action with theatrical flair as the Chaise
Lounge Band and members of the 2012 class of Strathmore Artists in Residence offer an intimate evening
of sophisticated, slightly irreverent entertainment. There’s a live auction featuring top-shelf wine,
exclusive behind-the-scenes tours and travel packages to unique arts events from New York to Telluride.
And because Strathmore Cabaret is a fundraiser, proceeds from this event help to support programs that
spark a passion for the arts in the hearts of children. RSVP is requested by Friday, October 19, 2012.
CASEY DRIESSEN: THE SINGULARITY TOUR
Friday, October 26, 2012
8 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $15
Fiddler Casey Driessen makes the Washington, D.C. debut of his new Singularity project at Strathmore. The
Grammy-nominee mixes his signature percussive fiddle style with digital loops and effects, building each
show layer by layer in real time in front of the audience. While audiences can see him routinely on tour with
the masterful Béla Fleck and The Flecktones, for this performance Driessen comes only with a fiddle and
pedal board for an intimate evening of unconventional music.
This performance is part of Strathmore’s series Storied Strings: The Violin in America.
BILLY COLLINS & MARY OLIVER
Sunday, October 28, 2012
3 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $45–$75
Luminaries Billy Collins and Mary Oliver will share personal favorites and iconic writings from their
notebooks. Dubbed “the most popular poet in America” by Bruce Weber in The New York Times, former
U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins is famous for conversational, humorous and witty poetry. Pulitzer Prize
winner Mary Oliver will share excerpts from her latest project, A Thousand Mornings, being released
shortly after her Strathmore appearance. At this reading, audience members can purchase A Thousand
Mornings before its public release. “The gift of Oliver’s poetry is that she communicates the beauty she
finds in the world and makes it unforgettable” (The Boston Globe).
DALÍ QUARTET (family performance)
Sunday, October 28, 2012
3 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $18
The inimitable Dalí Quartet introduces young ears to the sounds of Latin music with an interactive hourlong
program that takes participants on a journey of different rhythms and melodies including
Argentinean Tangos, Cuban Boleros, Caribbean Rumbas and Venezuelan Joropos. Families will learn
various rhythmic patterns, dance steps and the origin of many of these genres and how they relate to and
influence Western classical music.

DALÍ QUARTET (general performance)
Sunday, October 28, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $32
Efraín Amaya: Angelica (Mix of Latin rhythms, 2000)
Felix Mendelssohn : String Quartet in D major, op. 44 no. 1 (1838)
Heitor Villa-Lobos : String Quartet No. 1 (1915)
Joaquín Turina : La Oración del Torero, Op. 34 (1925)
Carlos Gardel: El día que me quieras – “The Day You Love Me”
Carlos Almarán: La historia de un amor – “The Story of Love”
Abelardito Valdes : Danzón Almendra (Dance, 1938)
In background and performance, this extraordinary young ensemble represents the best of two worlds:
classical music, and classic conservatory training; and Latin music, and Venezuela’s famed El Sistema
program for music education. Blending an enticing mix of traditional string quartet repertoire with Latin
American chamber music, in their Strathmore debut the Dalí Quartet will perform works by Handel,
Beethoven, Turina, Villa-Lobos and Piazzolla. “Dalí has a big, lush sound. They captured the elegance
and lightness of the Haydn quartet and did not have any difficulty in switching to the dissonant drama of
one of Beethoven’s most stormy chamber music works. As expected, they handled the Latin American
music with authoritative ease” (The Morning Call).
KEB’ MO’
Saturday, November 3, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $28–$58
While guitarist/singer/songwriter Keb’ Mo’ is fluidly virtuosic across the spectrum of music, from jazz to
soul, pop, gospel and beyond, he has made advancing and preserving the blues genre his life’s work. In
the great Delta tradition, the multiple Grammy winner tells tales of pain and glory from blues classics and
his own original songs. He returns to Strathmore in 2012 by popular demand after kicking off the Music
Center’s 2011 season. No matter what he plays, Keb’ Mo’s sound is “as honest and true as music can
get…all concerts should be this way” (Albany Times-Union).
NATHAN PACHECO
Sunday, November 11, 2012
4 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $18-$48
Classical crossover singing sensation Nathan Pacheco is an American singer/songwriter with Brazilian
roots, a Yanni connection and the Disney seal of approval. The Virginia-born Pacheco’s rich operatic
tenor first gained fame as part of the Yanni Voices project and recently wrapped his first album in
London. He’ll share selections from his debut release Introducing Nathan Pacheco at Strathmore.
RITA: MY JOYS
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $40-$75

In Israel, Rita Yahan-Farouz is so well-known she goes by one name: Rita. The Iranian-born pop singer
and actress is regarded as one of the most famous female singers in Israel, and as a cultural ambassador
helping to connect Israelis and Iranians. She became an underground sensation in Iran after the release of
various pop recordings performed in her native Persian language. At Strathmore she performs the
inspiring, hopeful music that’s made her an icon in the Middle East, including selections from her new
2012 release, My Joys.
JENNIFER KOH, VIOLIN
“BACH AND BEYOND”
Wednesday, November 14, 2012 (companion performance on Thursday, February 28, 2013)
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $30 (per concert)
Johannes Sebastian Bach: Partita No. 3 in E Major
Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata No.2 in a minor, “OBSESSION”
Kaija Saariaho: Nocturne
Esa-Pekka Salonen: “lachen verlernt”
Bach: Partita No. 2 in D Minor
This two-performance engagement examines the essential influences of Bach on composers through the
centuries. The November 14, 2012 performance begins and ends with Bach Partitas, embracing works by
Ysaye, Saariho and Salonen. The New York Times said of her performance of Bach and Beyond Part 1,
“Ms. Koh played both with the intensity they demand, in beautifully shaped, mesmerizing readings.” This
performance is the Washington, D.C. debut of Koh’s Bach and Beyond series.
This performance is part of Strathmore’s series Storied Strings: The Violin in America.
TIA FULLER QUARTET
Thursday, November 15, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $35
“When Tia Fuller picks up her saxophone, the two become one and something amazing happens”
(Monarch Magazine). This bold young saxophonist is a member of superstar Beyoncé’s all-female band
and has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Today Show, Good Morning America and the Grammy
Awards. With her quartet, Fuller has released three albums and emerged as “a leader who strives for
perfection” (All About Jazz Magazine).
GRAYSCALE
Saturday, November 17 – Saturday, December 29, 2012
Mansion at Strathmore
Forget about fifty shades—from white to black and back again, the art of Grayscale explores the
connection of grayscale images to the past and their meaning in the present, and addresses viewers’
ability to ascribe color to a black and white image by assessing the intensity of light that is different for
every color.
79TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF FINE ART IN MINIATURE
Saturday, November 17 – Saturday, December 29, 2012
Mansion at Strathmore

Amazing in its complexity and diminutive scale, this exhibition is a favorite at Strathmore. Hundreds of
works in a variety of media—sculptures, drawings and paintings—perfectly rendered in a tininess that
tests the artists’ talent and makes most viewers depend on a magnifying glass to see every amazing detail.
CLASSIC ALBUMS LIVE:
PINK FLOYD’S DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
Friday, November 23, 2012
8 p.m.
Tickets $28-$38
Last year’s Abbey Road presentation was a resounding success, and now Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece
gets the Classic Albums Live treatment. Dark Side of the Moon, with hits like “Money,” “Wish You Were
Here” and “Us and Them,” was on the Billboard charts longer than any other album in history; now top
musicians recreate the epic disc live onstage, note-for-note and in track order.
TAP DOGS
Saturday, November 24, 2012
4 & 8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $25–$52
Set on a construction site in a steelworks town, this high-energy, movement-driven theatrical work sends
its performers tapping upside down, through water and jumping through scaffolding in a thrillingly fastpaced
spectacle that’s part theater, part rock concert. Olivier Award-winning Australian choreographer
Dein Perry’s creation is, “A high-voltage hell of a good time” (Time Out New York).
JULIA NIXON: SONGS OF BURT BACHARACH
Wednesday, November 30, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $30
Strathmore favorite and Helen Hayes Award winner Julia Nixon performs the music of one of America’s
most successful composers. The evening is dedicated to the cool, breezy Burt Bacharach sound—from
“Close To You” to “Walk on By” to “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.”
GEORGE WINSTON
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $28–$55
Best known for his seasonally themed recordings, including December, Autumn, Winter into Spring and
Summer, Winston will perform selections from his melodic piano recordings, as well as R&B piano,
stride piano, Guaraldi’s Peanuts© pieces and more. “Innovative, celebrated and accomplished, Winston is
the real deal” (Toledo City Paper).
NATALIE MACMASTER:
CHRISTMAS IN CAPE BRETON
Thursday, December 6, 2012
8 p.m.

Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $28–$58
Impeccable Canadian fiddler Natalie MacMaster performs traditional Scottish and Irish holiday tunes that
invoke the traditions of her native Cape Breton with foot-tapping rave-ups, heart-wrenching ballads and
world-class step dancing combined with fiddling fireworks. For Strathmore’s Storied Strings series,
MacMaster reveals the roots of a primary influence in New England fiddle playing. “As congenial, funny
and irresistible a host as you’re likely to find on a concert stage” (Cleveland Plain Dealer).
This performance is part of Strathmore’s series Storied Strings: The Violin in America.
CHARM CITY KLEZMER BAND
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets: $15
The family band Michael S. Raitzyk and Charm City Klezmer celebrate the Festival of Lights with a
jubilant, jazzy twist in a special Hanukkah program featuring a variety of Yiddish theatre, klezmer and
Jewish-themed music.
MARK O’CONNOR: AN APPALACHIAN CHRISTMAS
Thursday, December 13, 2012
8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets $25–$55
Mark O’Connor shares the holiday songs of his childhood—a wondrous mixture of Christmas carols and
traditional American music that encompass the spirit of An Appalachian Christmas. O’Conner’s
celebration is hailed by critics as “a model of intelligence, heart and soul” (Los Angeles Times). Audience
members can join a pre-concert lecture with Mark O’Connor at 6:30 p.m. Free with concert ticket.
This performance is part of Strathmore’s series Storied Strings: The Violin in America.
MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS BY CHIP DAVIS
Saturday, December 15, 2012
4 & 8 p.m.
Music Center at Strathmore
sponsored by Pandora
Tickets $25–$95
With its gorgeous, enveloping sound, awe-inspiring light show and orchestrations that bring new energy
and majesty to Christmas classics, The Christmas Music of Mannheim Steamroller is, “A holiday feast for
the ears and eyes” (Huntsville Times). Pioneered by Grammy winner Chip Davis, Mannheim Steamroller
is the top selling Christmas music artist in history and one of the top 50 best-selling artists of all time with
over 40 million records sold, 27 million in the Christmas genre alone. Mannheim Steamroller was created
more than 30 years ago, transforming popular instrumental music by combining classical compositions,
rock rhythms, harpsichords and recorders with electric bass and synthesizers.
BOHEMIAN CAVERNS JAZZ ORCHESTRA HOLIDAY
Sunday, December 16, 2012
3:30, 5:15 and 7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets $25

“An essential force for D.C. jazz” (City Paper), the 17-piece Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra gathers
some of Washington’s best musicians to bring some swing to the holidays. Last season’s performances at
Strathmore sold out in a heartbeat, so in true holiday gift giving mode, Strathmore is bringing the big
band back for three shows and an all-new concert experience of fresh arrangements of holiday classics.
18TH STREET SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
7:30 p.m.
Mansion at Strathmore
Tickets: $15
Named after the street where many of its members live and play, the 18 th Street Singers take Strathmore
up a few blocks to 34 th Street with a Christmas concert that brings over 50 members of this eclectic, D.C.-
based choral group together to sing festive favorites of the season.
About Strathmore
Strathmore presents and produces exemplary visual and performing arts programs for diverse
audiences; creates dynamic arts education experiences; and nurtures creative ideas and conversations that
advance the future of the arts. The hallmark of the arts center is the Music Center at Strathmore, a 1,976-
seat concert hall and education complex. The Music Center at Strathmore, located at 5301 Tuckerman
Lane in North Bethesda, MD, is immediately adjacent to the Grosvenor-Strathmore station on Metro’s
Red Line and a half-mile from the Capital Beltway. For those attending a ticketed performance at the
Music Center at Strathmore, parking in the Metro garage is complimentary. All Music in the Mansion
concerts are held in the Dorothy M. and Maurice C. Shapiro Music Room in the Mansion at Strathmore,
10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD. Parking is available on site for all Mansion performances.
For more information, call (301) 581-5100 or visit www.strathmore.org.
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Strathmore is supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural
community where the arts thrive. An agency of the Department of Business & Economic Development, MSAC provides financial
support and technical assistance to non-profit organizations, units of government, colleges and universities for arts activities.
Strathmore is also supported in part by the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
Mansion at Strathmore
10701 Rockville Pike
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Strathmore Venues
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852
Tickets and Information
(301) 581-5100
www.strathmore.org