Current Season

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November 16, 2024, 1:00 pm	Sounds of US REACH: Free for US The festival begins with free live music in the Peace Corps Gallery at the REACH. World premieres by Hannah Chen, Maria É., D.C.-native inti figgis-vizueta, performed by students of the National Symphony Orchestra Youth Fellowship with conductor Abel Pereira. Created and curated by Jennifer Koh	Peace Corps Gallery at the REACH, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Washington, D.C.
November 16, 2024, 2:00 pm	Sounds of US Main Stage: To Begin Support students in the early stages of their music pursuits in a program featuring world premiere works by Nick Bentz, Anthony Cheung, Adeliia Faizullina, Linda May Han Oh, and Hilary Purrington, performed by NSO musicians Robert Rearden, Loewi Lin, and Jennifer Mondie, as well as NSO Youth Fellowship students (Enzo Baldanza, Esther Bonney, Jessica Chen, and Chloe Lee). Created and curated by Jennifer Koh	Studio K, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Washington, D.C.
November 16, 2024, 3:00 pm	Sounds of US REACH: Free for US Enjoy more free live music in the Peace Corps Gallery, continuing to spotlight senior composers alongside young professionals. World premieres by Kennedy Taylor Dixon, Hannah Ishizaki, and Leilehua Lanzilotti, performed by students of the NSO Youth Fellowship program with conductor Abel Pereira. Created and curated by Jennifer Koh	Peace Corps Gallery at the REACH, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Washington, D.C.
November 16, 2024, 4:00 pm	Sounds of US Main Stage: To Believe Hear compositions by rising generations. World premieres by Alyssa Weinberg, Trevor Weston, and composition students of the Juilliard School’s Pre-College program (Sophia Dou, Lucas Hayes, Max Kim, Asha Melvani, Alex Robertson, Aadit Shrivastava, Luke Soneral, Isaac Thomas, Charles Wang, and Philina Zhang), performed by Javier Gándara, Weston Sprott, and Juilliard Pre-College students (Anwan Deng and Aidan Peters). Created and curated by Jennifer Koh	Studio K, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Washington, D.C.
November 16, 2024, 5:00 pm	Sounds of US REACH: Free for US Free live music continues in the Peace Corps Gallery, with two new commissions featuring violin and prepared electronics. World premieres by Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang, performed by Jennifer Koh. Created and curated by Jennifer Koh	Peace Corps Gallery at the REACH, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Washington, D.C.
November 16, 2024, 6:00 pm	Sounds of US Main Stage: To Become This program features graduates and current college students. World premieres by David Ludwig, Nina C. Young, and composition students from The Juilliard School (Kimani Bridges, Jonah Cohen, Liam Cummins, Kian Ravaei, Emre Sener, Danae Venson, Yiqi Xue, and Justinas Zlabys), performed by Jennifer Koh and students of The Juilliard School. Created and curated by Jennifer Koh	Studio K, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Washington, D.C.
November 16, 2024, 7:00 pm	Sounds of US REACH: Free for US The final free live music performance in the Peace Corps Gallery spotlights world premieres by Eunike Tanzil, who will perform her new work with electronics, and the festival centerpiece Hear Here by Angélica Negrón. Hear Here is an innovative, crowd-sourced composition incorporating sounds submitted by Americans from across the country in response to the question, “What does home sound like?” Created and curated by Jennifer Koh	Peace Corps Gallery at the REACH, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Washington, D.C.
November 16, 2024, 8:00 pm	Sounds of US Main Stage: To Be In the final Main Stage concert, hear from some of the most celebrated composers of today! World premieres by Vijay Iyer, Jeff Scott, and Carlos Simon, performed by Jennifer Koh and other professional artists including Danielle Cho, Javier Gándara, Iyer, Simon, and Weston Sprott. Created and curated by Jennifer Koh	Studio K, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts	Washington, D.C.