Performances

Montpelier Fall Jazz Series

The first concert of the Montpelier Fall Jazz Series will be held on Friday, September 10. Don’t wait until then to buy your tickets. This series often sells out in the first week of individual sales. Series tickets ($120 for all 7 concerts=one free concert!) go on sale Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at 8:30 am. Individual concert tickets ($20/ concert) go on sale Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 8:30 am. Members and seniors 60 & up receive a 10% discount. Visa and MasterCard accepted.

Photo by Sharon Farmer	Friday, September 10, 8pm Esther Williams & Davey Yarborough Esther’s flawless vocals and Davey’s haunting flute and saxophone sound so good in the Montpelier concert space that you don't want to miss this opening concert. DC native, David Yarborough is also featured with the late Sir Roland Hanna on Montpelier’s CD, Royal Essence, An evening of Ellington.
	Friday, September. 24, 8 pm Tribute to Buck Hill Join Buck Hill, “Dean” of Music at Montpelier and musicians Jon Ozment, Michael Thomas, Davey Yarborough, Cheyney Thomas, and Jerry Jones, in this tribute to a legend. Buck Hill is known world–wide for his soulful saxophone playing. During his long career he has appeared onstage with Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie among others. Buck Hill is known world–wide for his soulful saxophone playing. During his long career he has appeared onstage with Count Basie and Dizzy Gillespie among others.
	Friday, October 1, 8 PM Avery Sharpe Trio Formerly McCoy Tyner’s bassist, Avery Sharpe brings his powerful trio, Onaje Allan Gumbs, piano and Winard Harper drums, back to the arts center for a night of pure jazz.
	Friday, October 8, 8 pm Nasar Abadey and SUPERNOVA Drummer Abadey & his band SUPERNOVA perform jazz in “Multi-D” (multidimensional and multidirectional) and return to Montpelier with their unique sound.
	Friday, October 15, 8 pm Stef Scaggiari Pianist for Ethel Ennis, Scaggiari is also a composer, recording artist and has been an active professional in the music industry for over three decades. Come and hear him play Montpelier for the first time.
	Friday, October 22, 8 pm Julia Nixon For more than 20 years, diva Julia Nixon has been a fixture on the Washington, D.C. music scene and beyond. Her tremendous vocal power has inspired comparisons with such artists as Aretha Franklin and Tina Turner, and earned her the lead role in the Broadway production Dreamgirls.
	Friday, October 29, 8 pm Rumba Club Forging its own synthesis of jazz and instrumental Latin dance music, Rumba Club finishes out the 2010 series with rhythms described by LATIN BEAT magazine as "the finest dancing and listening music possible.”

The Montpelier Folk and Blues Series

The Folk and Blues will return in the spring of 2011. Past series have included Richie Havens, Odetta, John Sebastian, Phil Wiggins, the Carolina Chocolate Drops and more. Series tickets will go on sale in early February. Email: montpelier.arts@pgparks.com to receive advance notice of the lineup.

The Montpelier Classical Recital Series

Classical recitals return Sundays in October at 3 pm.
Please call the arts center for reservations at 301-377-7800.
Concerts are free but a $5 donation is suggested.

	Sunday, October 3, 3 pm Washington Saxophone Quartet Reg Jackson, Soprano; James Steele, Alto; Rich Kleinfeldt, Tenor; Rick Parrell, Baritone
	Sunday, October 10, 3 pm Greg Giannascoli, Marimba
	Sunday, October 17, 3 pm Triple Delight, Piano Trio Li-Ly Chang, Igor Yuzefovich and Pei Lu
	Sunday, October 24, 3 pm Abigail Fischer, Mezzo Soprano

The Winners who will play in the 2011 and 2012 seasons are:

The Mendelssohn Piano Trio
The Low End String Quartet, (Violin, Electric Guitar, Cello and Bass)
Murray/King Guitar Duo
Soohyun Yun, Piano
Yoon Nah Cho Trio, Piano Trio
Chia-Jui Lee,Flute
Brett Miller, French Horn
Samia Mahbub Ahmad, Hindustani (North Indian) Classical Vocalist

The winning recitalists were chosen from 70 applicants by Tom Hall, Music Director of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. Congratulations to the winners of the competition and thank you to all the applicants!

The Montpelier Film Series -The Art of Film, Fall 2010-Winter 2011

Films on the theme of the immigrant experience. Dinner will be Served.
Tickets on sale after October 1 are $25/$22.50 for members & seniors.
Call the arts center, 301-377-7800. Visa or MasterCard accepted.

	Saturday, October 23, 6 pm SWEET LAND, 2005 (PG) Winner Best First Feature 2007 Independent Spirit Awards and winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2005 Hamptons International Film Festival, Sweet Land is a poignant and lyrical celebration of land, love, and the American immigrant experience. Shown in conjunction with the "Between Fences" exhibition on view at the Montpelier Mansion. Dinner will be served with a Nordic theme
	Saturday, December 11, 6 pm DIRTY PRETTY THINGS, 2003 (R) Two illegal immigrants living on the seedy side of London get involved in a dangerous conspiracy. This powerful film shows the lengths immigrants will go to to make a better life for themselves. Dinner will be served.
	Saturday, December 18, 6 pm GOODBYE SOLO, 2009 (R) Solo is a Senegalese cab driver working to provide a better life for his young family. William is a tough Southern good ol' boy with a lifetime of regrets. Despite their differences, both men soon realize they need each other more than either is willing to admit. This film explores the passing of a generation as well as the rapidly changing face of America. Dinner will be served.
	Saturday, January 8, 6 pm East Is East, 1999 (R) A traditional Pakistani father finds his family spinning out of control in this cross-cultural comedy set in 1971 in Salford, near Manchester, England. Om Puri plays the stern patriarch who rules over a brood of six sons and one daughter with an increasingly limp rod if iron. When his sons find out that he has secretly been arranging marriages for them, they rebel with repercussions that force the family to reconsider its inherent structure.