2024 Performers
Joe was awarded the Tony and Joseph Jefferson Award for his acclaimed performance as Richard Roma in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Glengarry Glen Ross." Some of Joe’s film and television highlights are: "House of Games," "Searching for Bobby Fisher," "Godfather III" and his Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated role of Dean Martin in "The Ratpack."
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Gary Sinise’s stage, film and television career has spanned more than four decades. In 1974, at 18 years old, he co-founded Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company where he served as Artistic Director for seven years. Now in its fifth decade as a professional theatre company, Steppenwolf has received national and international recognition.
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Bryan Cranston is an Academy Award nominee, and an Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, Tony, and Olivier Award winner. Cranston is best known for his portrayal of two very different characters - Hal on the sit-com, Malcolm in the Middle, and Walter White on the drama series, Breaking Bad.
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Cynthia Erivo is a Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress, singer and producer, as well as an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and SAG nominee. Erivo burst onto West End and Broadway stages in "The Color Purple" and has since taken the world by storm. Erivo is set to star in Universal's highly anticipated film adaptation of the hit musical "Wicked."
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Jena Malone is a versatile actor who will next be seen opposite Kristen Stewart and Ed Harris in Rose Glass's film "Love Lies Bleeding" for A24, as well as the independent feature "Little Death," produced by Darren Aronofsky. Both premiered at Sundance 2024. She also has a great cameo in Zack Snyder's "Rebel Moon," which released December 2023 on Netflix.
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BD Wong has won all five New York theater awards, including the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Theater World Award, Clarence Derwent Award and Tony Award for his Broadway debut in "M. Butterfly" – an achievement not yet duplicated by another actor for the same role. He has since appeared in numerous Broadway productions.
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Patina Miller stars as ‘Raquel Thomas’ in the STARZ Original series “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” which just completed its third season, is in production on its fourth, and recently received early renewal for its fifth. She is part of the guest cast voicing the character Sera in Prime Video’s adult animated musical comedy “Hazbin Hotel” which premiere in January 2024.
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Gary LeVox, along with bandmates Jay DeMarcus and Joe Don Rooney, founded Rascal Flatts in 2000. They scored 18 No. 1 singles and sold over 25 million albums, while also selling more than 11 million concert tickets and earning 40+ awards-show trophies, making them the most-awarded country group of the last decade.
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Mary McCormack is one of today’s boldest and most versatile actresses, continually challenging herself with roles that defy Hollywood standards and bring to light the complex lives of ordinary women. The LA Times says, “McCormack has a kind of 20th century sass, a lively impertinence you find in classic Hollywood comedians.”
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Truth and tradition–these principles serve as the bedrock of the music of eleven-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson, "one of the greatest country singers of our time," according to The Washington Post. Johnson, who became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2022, has received tremendous praise from The New York Times and Rolling Stone.
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Ruthie Ann Miles most recently closed Sweeney Todd on Broadway, playing the Beggar Woman (Tony nomination). Favorite credits include Margaret Johnson in The Light In The Piazza (Encores! NY City Center) and Lady Thiang in The King And I (Tony Award, Grammy and Olivier Award nominations, Lincoln Center Theater and The London Palladium).
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Jack Everly is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Indianapolis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa). He has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and The Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom Music Center.
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The 2023–2024 season is the National Symphony Orchestra’s 93rd season and Music Director Gianandrea Noseda’s seventh season. Noseda serves as the Orchestra’s seventh Music Director, joining the NSO’s legacy of distinguished leaders.
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This dynamic community choir officially debuted in November 1994 and consists of some of the most outstanding vocalists in Washington Metropolitan Area, many of whom are ministers of music, choir directors, music educators, soloists, and ordained ministers of the gospel.
Learn more about Patrick Lundy & The Ministers of Music.
The Military District of Washington works with Capital Concerts in coordinating the Department of Defense participation of the Premier Service Bands and Service Honor Guards.
Learn more about The Military District of Washington (MDW).
The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets are the official fanfare ensemble for the President of the United States. Founded in 1959 and patterned after traditional British "fanfare" trumpet ensembles, The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets were formed to add pageantry to official military ceremonies.
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In 1956, The U.S. Army Chorus was established as the vocal counterpart of The United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own.” From its inception, the 34-member chorus has established and maintained a reputation of excellence in the performance of choral literature. Members of the Army Chorus are selected from among the nation’s finest musicians.
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The U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters chorus performs a variety of music including traditional choral music, sea chanteys, patriotic fare, opera, Broadway and contemporary music. The chorus is frequently found at the center of our most important national events.
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The Singing Sergeants is one of six ensembles that form The U.S. Air Force Band in Washington D.C. Featuring 24 active-duty musicians, the chorus supports ceremonial and diplomatic functions, educational outreach events and concerts throughout the U.S.
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The Soldiers’ Chorus, founded in 1957, is the vocal complement of the United States Army Field Band of Washington, D.C. The 29-member mixed choral ensemble performs separately and in joint concerts with the Concert Band of the “Musical Ambassadors of the Army.”
Learn more about The Soldiers’ Chorus of the United States Army Field Band.