As we look forward to the 2019-2020 school year, we’d like to share some news about the coming Northern Virginia Youth Winds season. Auditions have been posted and are scheduled for the last two weeks of May. For next year, we are instituting a change in policies for returning students. All current members of an NVYW ensemble will automatically be accepted into the organization next concert Read More
The Main Street Community Band helps kick off the annual Spotlight on the Arts Festival on the festival’s opening weekend. Join Main Street as they celebrate the arrival of spring! High-spirited youth, innocent love, and heroic and inspiring music all mingle in this colorful and vibrant vision of spring. Included on the program is James Swearingen’s wonderful tribute to the season “Into the Joy of Read More
The results of the 2019 Young Artist Competition are in! Christian Aliferis, alto saxophonist and James Madison High student, was selected by a panel of judges following the finalist recital, March 10. Kudos to Christian and his stellar competition: finalists Michael Baker on euphonium, Lake Braddock Secondary School, and Stephanie Manning on bassoon, McLean High School. Thanks to the three for their professional-grade perfomances. The Read More
