WE'RE HIRING! Join our team as Operations + Production Coordinator of Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra, developing + advancing young talented musicians in one of the country’s most accomplished symphonies + music education programs. Strathmore.org/Careers

Strathmore introduces the 20th-anniversary Artist in Residence class, which embodies our commitment to fostering a creative, inclusive artistic community! loom.ly/7OklrvM • Gabby Cameron • Jack Gruber • Hasan Imam Hamdani • Maximilian Jacobs • Marcel Penzes • Qi Yu

Brothers Hays & Ryan Holladay are renowned for their location-aware creations mapped to physical spaces, released exclusively as apps, using GPS to dynamically alter the music as listeners roam. Hear Sonic Trails throughout campus all year! Strathmore.org/Sonic

5% of Americans play piano, according to Nat'l Endow f/t Arts. Let’s get those numbers up! Make an appointment & sample to buy cellos, violas & violins too, through Saturday. rockleyfamilyfoundation.org/strathmore/

9/26 at Eaton Workshop we reexamine James Baldwin's "The Devil Finds Work" in a talk with Ethelbert Miller on how the powerful images of film shape a nation’s identity & perhaps prevent us from loving the stranger as well as ourselves. RSVP free/donate at Strathmore.org/Baldwin

MUSIC IN THE MANSION, Strathmore’s intimate chamber concert series, showcases not-so-traditional soloists & small ensembles that are redefining classical music! 🎫 Thu, 9/26 hear violinist NJIOMA GREVIOUS Strathmore.org/MIM

For 7 years, jazz vocalist Kavita Shah has been busy on São Vicente—an island of Cape Verde, off West Africa—immersed in the traditional Kriol mornas & coladeiras of her idol, African singer Cesária Évora. The result is Cape Verdean Blues! 🎫 Sun, 9/29 strathmore.org/events-tickets…

It's team time! Thanks to all the Members who took advantage of their presale benefit, several afternoon teas are already sold out. Now everyone has their shot at getting in on this luxurious experience. Act fast! Strathmore.org/Tea

JUST ANNOUNCED! We’re spanning genres, crossing borders + rebooting favs with music of Indigo Girls, Patti LuPone, Sona Jobarteh, Itzhak Perlman, Step Afrika! + more. Strathmore.org Buy 9/6 or become a Member for access now. Join with code NEWMEMBER for 2 bonus months!

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For over two decades, Mariza has been the world’s leading voice of fado, the traditional folk music of Portugal. Incorporating influences from Mozambique, Brazil, Cape Verde & more, she breathes new life into fado's austere & melancholic sound. 🎫 Thu 10/3 strathmore.org/events-tickets…

El arpa se hace flamenca. Ana Crismán has built a storied career as one of the only harpists to capture a flamenco sound, playing seguiriya, soleá, bulerías palos y mas. 🎫 10/3 Music in the Mansion Strathmore.org/MIM

Your refreshed member benefits have launched! See them all & use code NEWMEMBER for 2 free months when you join: Strathmore.org/Members

10/5 our Meshell Ndegeocello pre-concert talk with Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece & Timothy Anne Burnside of Smithsonian’s NMAAHC explores the influence of Meshell Ndegeocello on funk, rock & soul! RSVP free with your concert ticket purchase. 🔊 Go deeper in this WNYC 🎙 podcast wnyc.org/story/july-27-…

Join Dr. Wizdom Powell–nationally-acclaimed psychology expert, professor + thought leader–in a discussion of art as a healing force; surrounded by visual art, music + dance as therapeutic mediums. 🗓️ Tue, 10/8 at 7pm • Mansion at Strathmore • RSVP free Strathmore.org/ArtFlows

Our neighbors joined us for a fantastic opening for the Monuments exhibition last week. What an honor to watch the honorees see themselves larger than life! Free tickets are available now. Don't miss it! #freeinDC #monuments #exhibition #strathmoremonuments

See you tomorrow at Eaton House DC for the next event in our James Baldwin centennial series! And don't miss the series finale when Meshell Ndegeocello celebrates Baldwin at her 10/5 concert in the Music Center! Meshell Ndegeocello strathmore.org/baldwin

Thanks to the Washington Informer Washington Informer for this review of Saturday's concert with Meshell Ndegeocello. This concert was the capstone of a 3 month series of education and art celebrating James Baldwin's centennial. #jamesbaldwin washingtoninformer.com/meshell-ndegoc…