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Free Daily Performances Each Night at 6pm
Featuring a performance by the legendary Smokey Robinson,
a celebration of the 40th anniversary of Schoolhouse Rock!,
and Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue
Washington D.C - The Kennedy Center today announced its January 2013 schedule for the Millennium Stage. During the month of January, the Millennium Stage will feature a performance by Grammy Award® winner and songwriting legend Smokey Robinson, who will perform to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Kennedy Center’s annual Let Freedom Ring! concert. The Stage will also celebrate the 40th anniversary of the hit television show Schoolhouse Rock! with former musical director of the series Bob Dorough and children’s band Rocknoceros. The month of January will also bring D.C.’s Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue to the Millennium Stage as the awesomely inventive troupe performs its newest rock ‘n’ roll show The Brontes.
Now in its 16th year, the Millennium Stage is the only place in the United States to offer a free performance every day of the year. A full schedule of Millennium Stage performances for the month of January 2013 is below. Unless otherwise noted, performances will take place in the Grand Foyer and no tickets are required. Performances are open to television and radio news coverage. Crews must confirm attendance before the performance date.
DATE TIME PERFORMANCE
Tues., Jan. 1 6 pm Celebrate A Celtic New Year with guitarist Zan McLeod, the Irish-arts company New Century Dancers, and friends.
Wed., Jan. 2 6 pm Hailing from New York City, the band Spanglish Fly is dedicated to reviving and
renewing the music known as Latin bugalú, the sound that sprang from the street corners, transistor radios, pool halls, and clubs of 1960s Spanish Harlem.
Thurs., Jan. 3 6 pm The D.C.-based Fuse Ensemble is a concept-based new music/new media performing ensemble that creates musical happenings with visual elements of live, interactive video and/or kinetic installations featuring an eclectic mix of traditional and invented instruments.
Fri., Jan. 4 6 pm A self-declared group of merry pranksters, D.C.’s The Nighttime Adventure Society has performed its rollick ‘n’ roll music both nationally and internationally, including several shows at the World Expo in Shanghai.
Sat., Jan. 5 6 pm The Greg Harrison Jazz Band performs the standard jazz tunes in a swing jazz format based on the small bands of the ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s.
Sun., Jan. 6 6 pm Target Family Night: Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the hit educational television series Schoolhouse Rock! with the series’ legendary songwriter and former musical director Bob Dorough and award-winning D.C. children’s band Rocknoceros.
Mon., Jan. 7 Theater Lab 6 pm D.C.-based troupe Dizzy Miss Lizzie's Roadside Revue brings its mix of theater, vaudeville, rock ‘n’ roll, and gypsy-punk to the stage with its latest rock ‘n’ roll show The Brontes. NOTE: THIS PERFORMANCE CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND MATURE THEMES. IT IS RECOMMENDED FOR AUDIENCE MEMBERS 13 AND OVER.
Tues., Jan. 8 6 pm Levine School’s Young Artist Quartet and Sonata Project programs offer performances by some of their outstanding young chamber ensembles in a program that includes works by Brahms, Prokofiev, Mozart, Corrigliano, Handel, and Lecuona.
Wed., Jan. 9 6 pm The D.C.-based group Marimba Linda Xelajú performs traditional and innovative interpretations of Guatemalan marimba.
Thurs., Jan. 10 6 pm Big Sam, former trombone player for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and his New Orleans-based group Big Sam's Funky Nation bring their exhilarating brand of high-voltage funk, rock, jazz, and hip-hop to the stage.
Fri., Jan. 11 6 pm Grammy®-nominated group Kneebody uses sophisticated compositions and virtuosic improvisation to blend aspects of post-bop, indie-rock, and hip-hop.
Sat., Jan. 12 6 pm Los Angeles-based group La Santa Cecilia uses Pan-American rhythms like cumbia, bossa nova, rumba, bolero, tango, and jazz to exemplify the modern-day creative hybrid of Latin culture, rock, and world music.
Sun., Jan. 13 6 pm Chicago-based musician Daniel Knox’s contagious melodies and thoughtful lyrics showcase his talents as both a singer-songwriter and pianist.
Mon., Jan. 14 Theater Lab 6 pm Iranian musician Kayhan Kalhor, known as a virtuoso on the kamancheh (Persian spiked fiddle), performs with Turkish folk musician, composer, and singer Erdal Erzincan.
Tues., Jan. 15 6 pm Appearing in her first U.S. tour, which will also include a performance at GlobalFEST in New York, Christine Salem blends music from the Indian Ocean and African rhythms with lyrics in Creole, Malagasy, Comoran, and Swahili with music from the Indian Ocean, as well as African rhythms.
Wed., Jan. 16 6 pm NSO Prelude: Members of the National Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of classical music featuring a woodwind quintet.
Thurs., Jan. 17 6 pm New York-based band Bad Buka has left hundreds in the wake of their high energy, joyously outrageous gypsy punk rock shows, which combine the richness of world music, punk rock attitude, and the spunk of ska.
Fri., Jan. 18 6 pm Connecticut-based Americana band Poor Old Shine creates music rooted in the folk and Appalachian mountain music tradition with an assortment of instruments including guitars, banjos, pump organ, mandolin, string bass, musical saw, washboard, and even a yard-sale-scrap-metal drum set.
Sat., Jan. 19 6 pm NSO Prelude: Members of the National Symphony Orchestra perform an evening of classical music featuring Mozart’s Sonata for Bassoon and Cello, Mozart’s String Duo No. 1 in G Major for Violin and Viola, and Devienne’s Quartet No. 1 in C for Bassoon and String Trio, Op. 73.
Sun., Jan. 20 Concert Hall 6 pm The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University host a musical celebration, featuring 2006 Kennedy Center Honoree and Grammy Award® winner Smokey Robinson and the Let Freedom Ring Choir, as part of the University’s 12th annual “Let Freedom Ring” initiative celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Georgetown University will award the 11th annual John Thompson Legacy of a Dream Award to Mary E. Brown—co-founder of the D.C. organization Life Pieces To Masterpieces. Free tickets are required and will be given away two (2) per person in line on Sunday, January 20th in the Hall of Nations beginning at 4 p.m.
Mon., Jan. 21 6 pm New Jersey’s Princeton High School brings its Princeton Studio Band to the stage in a performance highlighting its students’ abilities to recognize, understand, and play advanced through college level performance band music.
Tues., Jan. 22 6 pm Baltimore-based bass clarinetist, composer, and arranger Todd Marcus performs with his own ensemble.
Wed., Jan. 23 6 pm Striking Viking Story Pirates, an education and media organization that celebrates the words and ideas of young people, offers a musical sketch comedy show featuring stories written by students and performed by professional artists.
Thurs., Jan. 24 6 pm Members of the NSO Youth Fellowship Program perform an evening of chamber music featuring a woodwind quintet, a flute/harp duo, and a string quartet in a program with works by Luigi Boccherini, Gaetano Donizetti, John Deak, and others.
Fri., Jan. 25 6 pm The International Association of Blacks in Dance offers a dance performance that demonstrates the organization’s commitment to preserving and promoting dance by people of African ancestry or origin.
Sat., Jan. 26 6 pm The Massachusetts-based band Cirkestra, which features musicians tapped from the greatest circuses in the United States, has created multiple original scores for circuses and performed under the big top for thousands across the country in Ringling Brothers, Big Apple Circus, and Circus Smirkus, among others.
Sun., Jan. 27 6 pm The Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University offers a musical performance by students participating in the Peabody Preparatory Pre-Conservatory Violin Program.
Mon., Jan. 28 6 pm Members of the NSO Youth Fellowship Program perform an evening of chamber music featuring a string quintet, a flute/percussion duo, and a brass trio in a program with works by Antonín Dvořák, Ingolf Dahl, Václav Nelhýbel, and others.
Tues., Jan. 29 6 pm Washington, D.C.’s Catholic University of America offers a vocal performance by its very own Catholic University Show Choir.
Wed., Jan. 30 6 pm Voices Beyond Opera features members of Washington National Opera's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program as they team up with music director, conductor, and pianist Luke Frazier to present an evening of works from musical theater to jazz, breaking away from their traditional opera roots.
Thurs., Jan. 31 6 pm The acclaimed international reading series Literary Death Match features four authors performing their most electric writing for a panel of all-star judges who spout off-the-wall commentary and select two finalists for an absurd climax that will determine who takes home the crown.
All performers and programs are subject to change without notice.
ABOUT THE KENNEDY CENTER MILLENNIUM STAGE
The Kennedy Center is the only U.S. institution that presents a free performance 365 days a year. Created in 1997 and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs, the Millennium Stage features a broad spectrum of performing arts each day at 6 p.m. Brought to the public by Target Stores, the Millennium Stage helps fulfill the Center’s mission of making the performing arts accessible to everyone. In the past 15 years, more than 3 million visitors have seen 6,000 groups with performances as varied as: jazz, ballet, storytelling, popular music, modern dance, opera, choral music, tap dance, theater, chamber music, symphonic music, puppetry, stand-up comedy, and cabaret. Of the more than 43,000 performers that have appeared on the Millennium Stage, approximately 25,000 have been Washington-area artists and over 4,500 have been international performing artists representing more than 50 countries. The Millennium Stage has also hosted artists representing all 50 states, and has presented more than 15,000 artists in their Kennedy Center debuts. Since 1999, each night’s performance has been broadcast live over the Internet, and more than 4,430 of these performances have been digitally archived on the Kennedy Center’s website, kennedy-center.org.
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FUNDING CREDITS
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The Millennium Stage was created and underwritten by James A. Johnson and Maxine Isaacs to make the performing arts accessible to everyone in fulfillment of the Kennedy Center's mission to its community and the nation.
The Millennium Stage is brought to the public by Target Stores, with additional funding provided by Capital One Bank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Hilton Worldwide, The Isadore and Bertha Gudelsky Family Foundation, Inc., The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation, Jaylee M. Mead† , The Meredith Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Suzy and Bob Pence, Dr. Deborah Rose and Dr. Jan A.J. Stolwijk, Thomas W. Haas Foundation, U.S. Department of Education, and the Millennium Stage Endowment Fund.
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