Summer Music Institute

11/28/2022

Applications are now open for the 2023 NSO’s Summer Music Institute!

To find out more info and apply, go to our website: https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/opportunities-for-artists/pre-professional-artist-training/nso-summer-music-institute/

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12/24/2021

📣 Tuition-free opportunity for high school & college musicians! 🎶

Applications for the 2022 NSO Summer Music Institute are open from now until January 31! Study with members of the NSO at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C in July 2022. The holidays are a great time to prep your materials. 🎥🤩🎶

Program information, application, and audition tips ⤵

The NSO Summer Music Institute exposes and prepare students for a 21st Century orchestral career through individualized training that removes barriers to access.

03/30/2021

This year's Young Associate's program is still accepting applicants, the application deadline has been extended.

Student musicians nationwide are welcome!

Please use the link below to access the application and additional information!
https://thekennedycenter.smapply.io/.../2021_kennedy...
https://www.kennedy-center.org/.../nso-young-associates/

03/29/2021

Today is World Piano Day! March 29th is the 88th day of the year, that's an important number if you know and love the piano!

Learn more about World Piano Day here:

“Why does the world need a Piano Day? For many reasons. But mostly, because it doesn’t hurt to celebrate the piano and everything around it"

03/08/2021

The Kennedy Center’s 2021 Young Associates Program Application is now live!

The Kennedy Center Young Associates Program affords high school musicians from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area the opportunity to learn more about the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera through a professional performance and arts management lens.

From mid-April to the end of May, the associates will virtually learn about what it takes to be an NSO and WNO performer. They’ll also participate in workshops to explore careers in arts management, music education, music library science, and other professions that are essential to the life of every successful performer. Selection process is by application. Students in grades 9-12 are welcome!

Please use the link below to access the application!

https://thekennedycenter.smapply.io/prog/2021_kennedy_center_young_associates_program_application_

https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/opportunities-for-artists/arts-careers-and-intern-programs/nso-young-associates/

The Kennedy Center Young Associates Program affords high school musicians from the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area the opportunity to learn more about the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera through a professional performance and arts management lens. 

01/19/2021

"In the back of a Humvee, flute in hand, Jacob Kohut was teaching students how to play Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” through his laptop. Kohut, 34, is one of the more than 20,000 National Guard troops providing security as part of a massive operation in D.C. ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration."

We appreciate our music teachers who are working so hard to inspire our students!

“I would rather teach the class, even if that means I’m very tired,” said D.C. National Guard Sgt. Jacob Kohut, who teaches class on his breaks.

01/13/2021

The Lousiana Philharmonic Orchestra performs with the Grammy-nominated band, Tank and the Bangas in a special digital performance of the Orpheum Sessions on January 15th.

The Orpheum Sessions are captured by Esplanade Studios in LPO’s home at the historic Orpheum Theater in Downtown New Orleans. Under the direction of Music Director Carlos Miguel Prieto, who has previously conducted for the NSO.

For more information on the upcoming performance:

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra will perform with Tank and the Bangas in a special livestream broadcast on January 15.

12/29/2020

Don't forget to check out the National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Music Institute application while on your holiday break!

The application can be accessed here on The Kennedy Center website:
https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/opportunities-for-artists/pre-professional-artist-training/nso-summer-music-institute/?fbclid=IwAR12tXkSLxah764We1rMm0BuXic0JafznGERAzXs9tp_mdqHkprLSFZH8v8

Every summer, students from all over the United States, as well as a number of other countries, come together to participate in the National Symphony Orchestra's Summer Music Institute. The program is designed to expose and prepare students for a 21st Century career in music through high-quality tra...

12/18/2020

Get in the holiday spirit this Sunday with the NSO@Home LIVE: Holiday Concert! ❄🎁🎶

Dec. 20 at 7 p.m. ET, join members of the National Symphony Orchestra for a special holiday edition of LIVE! Put on a festive sweater and celebrate the season with holiday favorites and sing-a-long carols, right here on Facebook.

12/14/2020

Did you know that on December 14th, 1849 the 1st chamber music group in the United States gave their 1st concert in Boston, Massachusetts?

Music events, musician birthdays and deaths on this day in music history. Our archives are fully searchable and contain over 29,000 music related entries.