21st Century Consort

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’...

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.

12/01/2025

Can you come to our next concert In the Spirit at the Hirshhorn? Actually, two chances this weekend, as explained in our latest dispatch: https://mailchi.mp/e94af680dcfd/inthespirit3. See you there!

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!

10/18/2025

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

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!

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

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:

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 | ...

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.

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.