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Schedule
List of upcoming Millennium Stage performances.
Archives
Search for your favorite past performances and watch them online.
P.A.F.E.
Learn about the goals and mission of the Performing Arts for Everyone initiative.
Conservatory Project
Music's rising stars from the nation's top conservatories performing in the Terrace Theater
Video Highlights 
Bearfoot Bluegrass October 26, 2007
Based out of Anchorage, Alaska, Bearfoot Bluegrass, has an up-and-coming acoustic band feel with fully fledged music chops.
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March Fourth October 11, 2007
March Fourth characterizes itself as little bit Duke Ellington meets Sgt. Pepper in a big-top tent pastiche.
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Chango Spasiuk October 3, 2007
Accordion player Chango Spasiuk performs chamamé, a unique Argentine folk music. AMERICARTES.
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17 Hippies September 23, 2007
Berlin-based ensemble 17 Hippies mixes traditional music from Eastern Europe, France, and America.
And More ...
- Portland Taiko September 9, 2007
- Skatalites/Shaggy June 19, 2007
- NEA Jazz Masters March 7, 2007
- Ondrej Havelka and his Melody Makers June 26, 2007
- Sara Tavares January 23, 2007
- The Roaring 40s November 23, 2006
- Polyphonic Spree October 1, 2004
The Conservatory Project is an initiative of Performing Arts for Everyone's Millennium Stage. It is a semi-annual event occurring in February and May, designed to present the best young musical artists in classical, jazz, musical theater, opera and more from our nation's leading undergraduate and graduate conservatories, colleges and universities in performance at the Kennedy Center.
The Conservatory Project creates an ongoing showcase for our nation's exceptional young talent and introduces Washington audiences to young musicians destined to have important careers.
May 2009 Performances
The below performances take place at 6:00 p.m. and are FREE to the public.
Please find the schedule for May 2009 Conservatory Project below. To watch past Conservatory Project performances, please click on the school links below.
- Monday Evening, May 18, 2009, 6 p.m
- The Juilliard School
- Tuesday Evening, May 19, 2009, 6 p.m
- Oberlin Conservatory of Music
- Wednesday Evening, May 20, 2009, 6 p.m
- Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University
- Thursday Evening, May 21, 2009, 6 p.m.
- Berklee College of Music
- Friday Evening, May 22, 2009, 6 p.m.
- Eastman School of Music of Rochester
- Saturday Evening, May 23, 2009, 6 p.m.
- The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University
- Sunday Evening, May 24, 2009, 6 p.m.
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- Monday Evening, May 25, 2009, 6 p.m.
- Yale School of Music
Past Seasons of the Conservatory Project
- February 2009
- October 2008
- May 2008
- February 2008
- May 2007
- February 2007
- May 2006
- May 2005
- February 2005
- May 2004
