Café Concerts and Parties
Café Concerts:
Meet and mingle with festival artists and audiences between performances in the Atlas’ festive Kogod Lobby. A wide-range of musical performers will fill the space throughout the festival, creating the perfect accompaniment to café faire and conversation. Enjoy these free concerts as you meet someone new at INTERSECTIONS.
Reverb
Friday, Feb 19 at 6:30 PM
Kogod Lobby Free For all ages Get a sneak preview of this WAMMIE award-winning sextet’s a cappella sound on the Festival’s opening night. Enjoy a taste of the up-beat program of gospel, folk and original tunes that Reverb will present in their festival performance on Saturday, Feb 20 at 2:30pm. (Get tickets) You’ll be sure to come back for more. www.reverbmusic.com Lulu Fall
Saturday, Feb 20 at 6:00 PM
Friday, Mar 5 at 6:30 PM Kogod Lobby Free For ages 10+ Be captivated by the smoky, sultry sound of singer Lulu Fall whose new CD, “Anything But Ordinary,” well describes this genre-defying young artist. Ms. Fall draws on her singular experiences as a first-generation American and sings from the heart. Flavored by her West African heritage, her sound was nurtured locally at Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts then launched nationally with a popular CD, “Lulu’s Back in Town.” Appearing with guitarist Andy Fahs, Lulu will offer a concert of original songs and lovable jazz standards. www.myspace.com/lulufall Project Dance
Sunday, Feb 21 at 1:00 PM
Sunday, Mar 7 at 1:30 PM Kogod Lobby Free For all ages Enjoy an inspiring prelude to your Sunday matinee with a unique performance from dancers from Project Dance/DC Team. Project Dance was founded by Cheryl Cutlip in New York City after 9/11 with a mission to bring a message of hope and healing to the city through the universal language of dance. The vision has grown, and Project Dance now serves dancers worldwide through classes, performances and events, including a major 2011 Washington, DC event. This unique Café Concert includes dancers Clarissa Stroud, Masters Movement Dance Company; Richelle Dickerson, Worship Explosion Dance Company; Ronya-Lee Anderson, Dancing by the Power Ministries and Angella Foster, alight dance theater. The In Series @ IntersectionsWhen Love Speaks: Sonnets, Poetry and Song Shakespeare's sonnets, Gabriela Mistral poetry, and songs of love produce an intersection of words, voices and music with Cecilia Esquivel, Jose Caceres and Emily Morrison
Sunday, Feb 21 at 6:00 PM District of Colombians: Traditional and Contemporary Percussion Folk with Singers/Musicans Sandra Niño, Ernesto Africano and Mattias Kraemer featuring guitar, percussion, didgereedoo & harmonica
Saturday, Mar 6 at 6:00 PM Kogod Lobby Free For all ages
Slip into the sounds of artists from The In Series, an Atlas partner that specializes in presenting DC artists in an inspiring and eclectic blend of opera, cabaret, theater, dance, chamber music, poetry, and Latino heritage productions.
Sticky Mulligan
Friday, Feb 26 at 6:30 PM & at 10:30 PM
Kogod Lobby Free For all ages Sink into the soulfulness of "the most exciting new artist on the scene" (Baltimore City Paper). Sticky Mulligan is an Irish-American soul singer and multi-instrumentalist who just released his debut album, Showtime, filled with soulful grooves and beautiful melodies that draw from Celtic, jazz and funk influences. Relax in the festival cafe with this intriguing intersection of musical styles. Og Ceol with Oran Sandel
Saturday, Feb 27 at 4:00 PM & at 6:00 PM
Kogod Lobby Free For all ages Be able to say “I knew them when” after delighting to the traditional Irish tunes of Og Ceol, a duo of teen musicians – fiddler Jamie Sandel and Irish flute and whistle player Malinda Reese. Intersecting with folk guitarist Oran Sandel, Og Ceol will share the tunes they’ve learned at the knee of players in both Ireland and the US, but with a distinctive, contemporary twist. Other festival musicians, including percussionist Tom Teasley, will sit in on this lively session, too. Enjoy a unique festival collaboration of musicians of diverse ages, traditions and styles. God’s Miracles Gospel Quintet
Sunday, Feb 28 at 1:30 PM
Kogod Lobby Free For all ages Have your hearts uplifted by the joyful tunes of this gospel quintet, recently reunited after having sung doo-wop together in the 1970s. Feel the spirit at work in these five talented vocalists from four different churches in the DC metro area-- Deacon Antione Williams, Mr. Simmeon Williams, Mr. Tyrone Lindsey, Minister John Graham and group leader Mr. John Frye. Get ready "because you are next in line for a Miracle!" Levine School of Music
Sunday, Feb 28 at 3:30 PM Blues Professor Wale Liniger
Sunday, Feb 28 at 6:00 PM
Kogod Lobby Free For all ages Take a unique journey into the blues with a Swiss-born artist who has made this distinctly American sound his own. Spinning tunes and tales inspired by his own transcultural world, Wale weaves harmonica, guitar and voice into a rich musical tapestry. A celebrated artist featured in blues festivals on both sides of the Atlantic, this professor is a true believer in the creativity of the human mind when the heart is in trouble. This performance is sponsored by The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC).
John Hurd & Thomascena Nelson
Saturday, Mar 6 at 1:30 PM
Kogod Lobby Free For all ages This versatile DC piano-man can take a tune down many a road with a style that embraces the best of old jazz standards, the show tunes of Gershwin and Cole Porter and rousing gospel sounds with special guest vocalist, Thomascena Nelson. Come hear your favorites before your afternoon show with the talented John Hurd at the keyboard. A String Ensemble from "The President's Own" US Marine Chamber OrchestraSunday, Mar 7 at 3:30 PM
Kogod Lobby Free For all ages
This small ensemble featuring the virtuoso musicians of “The President’s Own” will offer a sampling of composers and styles, with something sure to entice every music aficionado. Founded in 1798 by an Act of Congress, “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band is America’s oldest continuously active professional musical organization. “The President’s Own” encompasses the United States Marine Band, Marine Chamber Orchestra, and Marine Chamber Ensembles, and performs regularly at the White House and for more than 500 public performances across the nation each year. The Extension Agents
Sunday, Mar 7 at 6:00 PM
Kogod Lobby Free For all ages Enjoy some down-home picking with The Extension Agents, DC’s own bluegrass band. With fiddle, banjo, bass, mandolin, and guitar they are sure to get you tapping your feet to tunes both classic and eclectic. Sit a spell in our Café and take in these Atlas District regulars who host a hoe-down every other Thursday at Sova Espresso and Wine bar. Parties!
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