21st Century Consort

21st Century Consort The 21st Century Consort is a chamber ensemble devoted to performing outstanding contemporary works.

The 21st Century Consort is a classical contemporary chamber music ensemble devoted to performing outstanding music composed in the 20th and 21st centuries. The Consort performs free concerts in Washington, D.C., with informative pre-concert discussions that begin at 4pm, followed by concerts beginning at 5pm.

Tickets are still available for Wilderness Dreams on Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, as detailed in our latest di...
04/11/2026

Tickets are still available for Wilderness Dreams on Saturday April 18 and Sunday April 19, as detailed in our latest dispatch at https://mailchi.mp/01ba9f3c2679/wilderness2

That ticketing link is: https://www.etix.com/ticket/e/1057732

Gravity pulls the Artemis II astronauts back home through spectacular space vistas; back here on the lonely planet, Earth Day exerts its own gravitational force on music that views the earth with awe and deep concern. Pianist Lisa Emenheiser tackles the virtuoso demands of Christopher Theofanidis’...

What is going on here? Get In the Spirit and find out tomorrow and Sunday (two concerts this time) at the Hirshhorn Muse...
12/06/2025

What is going on here? Get In the Spirit and find out tomorrow and Sunday (two concerts this time) at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The general seating tickets are sold out, but you are welcomed to join the standby line at the entrance to the auditorium for either concert.

Thanks to WETA Classical for sharing our most recent concert tomorrow on Front Row Washington!
11/30/2025

Thanks to WETA Classical for sharing our most recent concert tomorrow on Front Row Washington!

This concert presents not often heard treats by composers like George Crumb and Magister Grimace (plus a world premiere) in a concert that will leave you pondering for days.

10/19/2025

At the end of our October 18, 2025 season-opening concert, the audience sang to the tune of Happy Birthday, celebrating the 21st Century Consort's 50th anniversary. Then, the Consort responded!

This will be a nail-biter to follow! Starting in just half an hour...
10/18/2025

This will be a nail-biter to follow! Starting in just half an hour...

A reminder that the concert Who's Counting is tomorrow, Saturday October 18, now at American University. Click the below...
10/17/2025

A reminder that the concert Who's Counting is tomorrow, Saturday October 18, now at American University. Click the below link for more details, and we hope to see you there!

Have you heard the news? Our upcoming concert Who's Counting on Saturday, October 18 has changed its venue due to tempor...
10/11/2025

Have you heard the news? Our upcoming concert Who's Counting on Saturday, October 18 has changed its venue due to temporary closure of the Hirshhorn Museum, and it's now American University's Abramson Family Recital Hall in the Katzen Arts Center. Read the following dispatch for more details: https://mailchi.mp/9334dbdd64c8/whoscounting2

As announced in our latest newsletter, tickets are now available for our upcoming October 18 concert at the Hirshhorn. F...
09/19/2025

As announced in our latest newsletter, tickets are now available for our upcoming October 18 concert at the Hirshhorn. For more details, visit:

At our March concert, we presented "Intuitive Geometry" composed by Bobby Ge in 2021, performed by Paul Cigan, Lisa Emen...
06/23/2025

At our March concert, we presented "Intuitive Geometry" composed by Bobby Ge in 2021, performed by Paul Cigan, Lisa Emenheiser, Teresa Ling and Rachel Young, conducted by
Christopher Kendall. Click this image to watch it on our YouTube channel.

Paul Cigan, clarinetLisa Emenheiser, pianoTeresa Ling, violinRachel Young, celloChristopher Kendall, conductorFilmed & edited by H. Paul Moon | ...

Thanks to WETA Classical for presenting our recent concert "Child's Play" tonight at 9pm! For more details, visit:
06/02/2025

Thanks to WETA Classical for presenting our recent concert "Child's Play" tonight at 9pm! For more details, visit:

In this concert, we honor the late Sofia Gubaidulina, explore music for pre-recorded sound and violin by Juri Seo, and enjoy a world premiere of a concert drama by Jon Deak.

Thanks to WETA Classical for presenting our concert from this past March, tonight on Front Row Washington, featuring mus...
05/12/2025

Thanks to WETA Classical for presenting our concert from this past March, tonight on Front Row Washington, featuring music by Bobby Ge, Shawn Okpebholo, Jennifer Higdon, Trevor Weston, Sarah Gibson, and Arnold Schöenberg. It starts 9:00pm ET on 90.9 FM or HD channel 90.9-1 in Washington, WGMS 89.1 in Hagerstown, and online at wetaclassical.org

Hirshhorn Museum’s Ring Auditorium – music inspired by specific artists in the Hirshhorn collection, including Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell and others, with an early 20th Century masterpiece by a composer equally esteemed as a painter: Arnold Schoenberg.

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