2024-25 Levine Presents
Join us for a year of concerts featuring our incredible faculty!
Select concerts will be streamed online.
Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, and FREE for all Levine students.
Please consider making a donation of any size to help underwrite the costs of events at Levine Music. We thank you in advance for your support.
Brazilian Choro: The Musical World of Pixinguinha
Saturday, October 26, 7 PM | DC Campus: NW + Online
Explore the imaginative and intriguing melodies of Brazilian choro with an evening celebrating the genre’s most influential composer, Alfredo da Rocha Viana Filho, also known as Pixinguinha. Alongside a remarkable guest ensemble, faculty member Ceylon Mitchell guides us through this Afro-Brazilian genre as we sample some of the most famous choros composed by Pixinguinha and his contemporaries.
Featuring: Ceylon Mitchell, flute; Seth Kibel, sax; Pablo Regis de Oliveira, cavaquinho; John Lee, guitar; Lucas Ashby, percussion; and André Coelho, percussion
From Sorrow, Hope
Saturday, December 7, 7 PM | DC Campus: NW + Online
Inspired by music’s ability to capture the qualities of sorrow and hope, faculty member Joseph Gotoff and guest artist Wan-Chi Su present an evening of music for cello and piano from the 19th, 20th, and 21st Centuries. Join us as we explore the music of composers from across the globe and hear their attempts to convey that which cannot be put into words.
Featuring: Joseph Gotoff, cello; Wan-Chi Su, piano
The Poignant Pull of Folk Tunes
Saturday, January 25, 7 PM | MD Campus: Silver Spring + Online
Folk traditions, melodies, and dances have bound together cultures throughout history. Faculty members Melinda Baird, Seth Castleton, and Erin Durham Wright, alongside guest artists Shaundra Baird Culatta and Caroline Castleton, present an evening of Romantic and Early Modern works inspired by folk music in Europe.
Featuring: Erin Durham Wright, violin; Shaundra Baird Culatta, violin; Caroline Castleton, viola; Seth Castleton, cello; and Melinda Baird, piano
Trela: A Cross-Cultural Partnership
Saturday, May 3, 7 PM | MD Campus: Strathmore
Round out another season of Levine Presents with Trela, a musical collaboration between faculty member Mark Sylvester and guest artists Spyros Koliavasilis and Cyndy Elliott. With guitar, mandolin, oud, laouto guitar, and bass in hand, Trela will take us on a musical journey across America, the Mediterranean, and beyond with popular tunes by Leonard Cohen and George Harrison alongside tango, Greek folk, and classical Turkish works.
Featuring: Mark Sylvester, guitar and mandolin; Spyros Koliavasilis, oud and laouto guitar; and Cyndy Elliott, bass
The #1 Summer Camp
Camp Levine has been recognized in the Washington City Paper’s annual “Best of D.C.” issue as one of the “Best Summer Camps in D.C.” for the last six years, winning the title of #1 Summer Camp in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024!
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