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FIRE/WATER

A Free Concert from IBIS

Saturday, May 14 7:30 pm

Lyon Park Community Center

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Our last concert of the season!

Join principal players from the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

as we complete our "Four Elements" cycle with music for flute, viola and harp. William Alwyn's lush Naiades, Jacques Bondon's fiery Le Soleil Multicolore, the quietly evocative Slow Fires of Autumn by Rochberg and more are on the program.

This concert is free!

Adria Sternstein, flute

Your donations happily accepted!

Join us for a post concert reception.

Lyon Park Community Center

414 North Fillmore Street

Arlington VA 22201

Street parking available,

The LPCC is less than 1 mile south of the Clarendon Metro

IBIS Chamber Music Society,300 North Garfield Street, Arlington, VA 22201-1231

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House Concerts from IBIS

Violin Sonatas by Beethoven and Fauré

featuring Joseph Scheer, violin,

and John Sutherland Earle, piano

There are two opportunities to hear this program

Sunday April 3

at 3:00 pm

In a lovely private home

in Washington DC

Saturday April 9

at 7:30 pm

At the home of Jackie Anderson and Bill Ewing in McLean VA

These concerts present unique opportunities to hear chamber music as it was meant to be heard, in intimate settings, and to mingle with both music lovers and musicians. Plus, your donations help support IBIS!

A donation of $35 is requested, $15 for kids 18 and under.

Space is limited--please email susan@ibischambermusic.org to reserve.

Be sure to specify which date you are interested in.

IBIS is a 501(c)3 non profit

John Sutherland Earle, piano

Joseph Scheer, violin

SAVE THE DATE!

Our next free community concert is Sunday, April 24 at 3 pm

IBIS Chamber Music returns to Arlington's Clarendon United Methodist Church for a program of French music for piano and strings. The gorgeous Ravel string quartet will open the program, and the second half will contain a rare work by Chausson: the "Concerto" for Piano and Violin, accompanied by string quartet. This work, by turns tender and dramatic, is the only one extant for that instrumentation.

Soloists John Sutherland Earle, piano, and Joseph Scheer, violin.

Ernst Chausson

IBIS Chamber Music Society,300 North Garfield Street, Arlington, VA 22201-1231

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House Concert from IBIS Chamber Music

(or Super Bowl pre-game show)

Works for Piano Trio by Haydn and Ravel

featuring Joseph Scheer, violin, Sean Neidlinger, cello

and John Sutherland Earle, piano

Sunday February 7

at 3:00 pm

In a lovely private home

in Bethesda MD

Enjoy a glass of wine and light hors d'oeuvres during our social hour,

an hour long musical presentation,

then sweets and coffee.

This opportunity to hear chamber music as it was meant to be heard, also helps support IBIS and our series of

free community concerts!

A donation of $35 is requested, $15 for kids 18 and under.

Space is limited--please email susan@ibischambermusic.org to reserve.

IBIS is a 501(c)3 non profit

Sean Neidlinger, John Sutherland Earle, Joseph Scheer

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In a benefit to provide a season of free and low-cost concerts to the community, the IBIS Chamber Music Society, an ensemble of world-class musicians from orchestras including the Kennedy Center, Boston Pops and National Symphony, will host their annual house party and season kick off concert. An elegant reception will give us all an opportunity to socialize, as well as meet the musicians.

I am on the Board of this wonderful group of musicians, and we hope you can join us! Please invite your friends!

An evening under the stars...

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Our Annual Fall Fundraiser and Garden Party!

Saturday September 12 at 7 pm

in Arlington Virginia

Join us for an evening of moon inspired

melodies in the lovely garden of our friends (and host and hostess extraordinaires) Greg and Elizabeth Bramham.

Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, champagne and sweets, and a private concert by IBIS musicians. We are delighted to be joined by soprano Colleen Daly, a rising star in the world of opera.

A donation of $75/person is suggested; please consider a donation if you cannot attend. IBIS is a 501(c)3 non profit.

To reserve space email susan@ibischambermusic.org, or call (703)755-0960

SAVE THE DATES!

We've been busy planning our upcoming season! Full details to follow soon, but here are the dates for our free concert series.

Sunday October 4 at 3 pm Clarendon United Methodist Church

All Dvorak program including the Sonatine for Violin, the Terzetto for 2 Violins and Viola, and the Quintet for Piano and Strings

Saturday November 14 at 10 am Rock Spring Congregational UCC

Annual Concert for Children

Sunday November 15 at 4 pm Rock Spring Congregational UCC

"Earth, Air": Music for Flute, Viola and Harp by Takemitsu, Debussy, Cage, and more

Saturday February 20 at 7:30 pm Lyon Park Community Center

Music for string quartet, program TBA

Sunday April 24 at 3 pm Clarendon United Methodist Church

Concerto for Violin, Piano and Strings by Chausson

Saturday May 14 at 7:30 pm Lyon Park Community Center

"Fire/Water": Music for Flute, Viola and Harp by Farr, Alwyn, Bondon, and more

Stay tuned for details on our ticketed house concert series...

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OUR 2015-2016

SEASON SCHEDULE

This season IBIS looks at the

Four Elements of Nature, and much more!

Please scroll to the bottom for details on

our house concert series

By the Light of the

Silvery Moon

Our Annual Fall Fundraiser and House Party

There's still time to RSVP for this fun event! Sip champagne under the stars and enjoy a private concert of moon themed melodies from IBIS musicians. Special guest soprano Colleen Daly will dazzle us with her talents!

Saturday September 12 at 7 pm at the Arlington home of IBIS friends Greg and Elizabeth Bramham. Email Susan to reserve.

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

All Dvorak

The Sonatina for Violin, the Terzetto for 2 Violins and Viola, and the

Piano Quintet in A Major

Sunday, October 4 at 3 pm

Clarendon United Methodist Church

606 North Ivy Street, Arlington

FREE--Your donations happily accepted

Earth/Air

Music for flute, viola and harp by Takemitsu, Debussy and others. Guest artist Daniel Foster, principal viola of the National Symphony

Saturday, November 14 at 10:30 am: Concert for Children

Sunday, November 15 at 4 pm

Rock Spring Congregational Church of Christ

5010 Little Falls Road, Arlington

FREE--Your donations happily accepted!

An Evening of

String Quartets

The charming Quartettsatz of Schubert, one of Beethoven's Late quartets (No. 12, Op. 127), and the sole string quartet of Claude Debussy, a groundbreaking and gorgeous work, that established it's composer as a modernist.

Saturday, February 20 at 7:30 pm

Lyon Park Community Center

414 North Fillmore Street, Arlington

FREE--Your donations happily accepted!

Chausson Concert

for Violin, Piano and String Quartet

An unusual work by the composer who bridges Franck and Debussy, featuring Joseph Scheer, violin, and John Sutherland Earle, piano, accompanied by string quartet. This is the only known chamber work extant for this instrumentation.

Sunday, April 24 at 3 pm

Clarendon United Methodist Church

606 North Ivy Street, Arlington

FREE--Your donations happily accepted!

Fire/Water

The second in our Four Elements series: music for flute, viola and harp by Gareth Farr, William Alwyn, Jacques Bondon and others.

Saturday, May 14 at 7:30 pm

Lyon Park Community Center

414 North Fillmore Street, Arlington

FREE--Your donations happily accepted

House Concert Series

Intimate House Concerts in private homes around DC,

each followed by

an elegant reception.

Help IBIS fund our free community concerts,

while hearing

chamber music as it was meant to be heard!

Tickets $35

$15 for kids 18 and under

Limited space available

Email Susan to reserve

or call (703)755-0960

Sunday, October 25 at 3 pm

Music for J.S. Bach for solo violin with Joseph Scheer

Sunday, February 7 at 3 pm

Piano Trios by Ravel and others with Joseph Scheer, violin,

Sean Neidlinger, cello, and John Sutherland Earle, piano

Sunday, April 3 at 3 pm

Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 pm

Works for violin and piano by Beethoven and Faure with

Joseph Scheer, violin and John Sutherland Earle, piano

To receive a copy of our beautiful new brochure

please email Susan with your address!

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Sunday! Chipotle kicks off support for DC farmers' markets

In conjunction with National Farmers’ Market Week (Aug. 2-8), Chipotle Mexican Grill is teaming up with farmers’ markets in DC to support the efforts of local farms around the country.

This Sunday, August 2, from 8:30am – 1:30pm, Chipotle will host a tent at the Dupont FRESHFARM Market Farmers’ Market (20th St. NW between Massachusetts Ave. and Hillyer Pl). To encourage shoppers to support their community’s farmers’ market, Chipotle will be offering FREE currency tokens redeemable for $5 worth of fresh ingredients at the market to attendees on a first-come, first-served basis.

Can’t make the first market appearance on 8/2? Chipotle will be on-site at the following markets offering additional $5 vouchers to visitors in support of Farmers’ Market Week:

Crystal City

Tuesday, 8/4 - 3pm – 7pm

Location: I Street NW (between 10th and 11th Streets)

Foggy Bottom

Wednesday, 8/5 - 3pm – 7pm

Location: 23rd and I St. NW Walkway

Silver Spring

Saturday, 8/8 - 9am – 1pm

Location: Ellsworth Dr. between Fenton St. and Georgia Ave.

ShopHouse, Chipotle’s Southeast Asian restaurant concept, will also lend its support to local farmers’ markets during National Farmers’ Market Week. The restaurant will be on-site at the Foggy Bottom market alongside Chipotle and will host its own tent at the FRESHFARM Penn Quarter farmers’ market on Thursday, 8/6 from 3 – 7pm.

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If you missed this excellent discussion, it will be broadcast on C-Span on Saturday, Aug 15, at 2pm EDT via C-SPAN2.

Bob Doubek talks about his new book in a news interview at this link:

http://www.wjla.com/video/2015/07/author-robert-doubek-talks-new-book-creating-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial.html

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Guilford Station Arts Club

Great Performances in Sterling, Virginia

Erin and Jorge Espinoza ‘Cello Duet

July 12, 2015 at 4:00 in Sterling, VA

$15 includes performance followed by Lebanese light buffet reception

RSVP is required

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Cello Duo Jorge and Erin Espinoza will present a concert on Sunday, July 12th in Sterling, performing a program of music from the Baroque and Romantic periods and tangos from twentieth-century composer Francisco Canaro. Opening the program with a Sonata by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, the couple will fill the space with baroque harmonies taking the audience back to the time when Paris was the European hub of political ideas and cultural activity. Boismortier’s sonatas possess a buoyant confidence. Although defined by grace and deceptive simplicity, the music opens itself to the interpretation and virtuosity of the performers.

Borrowing from J.S. Bach’s violin repertoire, the couple will perform the Chaconne from the Partita in d minor. Considered to be one of the most beautiful and difficult movements from Bach’s violin sonatas and partitas, the duo plays an arrangement for two cellos. Violinist Joshua Bell has said the Chaconne is “not just one of the greatest pieces of music ever written, but one of the greatest achievements of any man in history. It’s a spiritually powerful piece, emotionally powerful, structurally perfect.” Bell played this piece during his “busking” at the L’Enfant Plaza metro station. Canaro’s tangos will introduce the second half of the program. The program’s finale features a suite for two cellos by David Popper.

Erin and Jorge Espinoza have performed concerts as professional cellists for eighteen years. Originally from Northern Virginia and Chile, they enjoy playing recitals of classical and Latin American music and performing chamber music and orchestral repertoire in the Washington, D.C. area and in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They have graduate degrees in cello performance from Peabody Conservatory and degrees in cello from Carnegie Mellon University.

More details on our Theater & Music page at http://www.dcdigest.com/theater

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House Concert from IBIS Chamber Music

THE NATURAL WORLD

featuring Adria Sternstein Foster, flute

and Susan Robinson, harp

Principal players of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra

performing music that is evocative, introspective and ethereal,

by Debussy, Hovhaness, Stella Sung, Persichetti and Villa Lobos

Saturday June 6

at 7 pm

In a lovely private home

in Bethesda MD

Enjoy a Pimm's Cup or a glass of wine during our social hour,

our musical presentation, then a dessert and champagne reception.

While you enjoy chamber music in an intimate setting, as it was meant to be heard, you also help support IBIS and our free community concerts!

A donation of $25 is requested, $15 for kids 18 and under.

Space is limited--please email susan@ibischambermusic.org to reserve.

You can also make payment with a credit card or Paypal

at www.ibischambermusic.org/join

All payments received will be acknowledged with an email.

IBIS is a 501(c)3 non profit

Adria Sternstein Foster, Flute

Susan Robinson, Harp

Adria Sternstein, flute

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Tickets are still available for this evening of epicurean delights.

http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/portal/upcoming-events-online-registration?EV=78#.VVZhOel0w5s

Join Royal Danish Embassy, Embassy of El Salvador, Embassy of Georgia,

Embassy of Ghana, Embassy of Guatemala, Embassy of Hungary,

Embassy of Indonesia, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Embassy of the State of Qatar, Embassy of South Africa, Embassy of Sri Lanka and Embassy of Venezuela

for the ...

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

About the Embassy Chef Challenge

Embassy chefs will present signature epicurean delights and compete for the Judges' Choice and People's Choice Awards.

World-class Cuisine prepared by embassy chefs from diverse nations; Silent and Live Auctions with exclusive experiences; Mingle with the largest Diplomatic Community in the world; People's Choice winner selected by you, guests of the gala; and Premium beers, wines and spiritsincluded.

Photo of 2014 Participating Chefs
Cultural Tourism DC Embassy Chef Challenge 2015 Chef Competitors

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Around the World Embassy Tour

Saturday, May 2, 2015

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Join us for the Around the World Embassy Tour on Saturday, May 2, 2015. This event is FREE and open to the public!

Participants travel the world as they experience the food, art, dance, fashion, music, innovations, and manufactured goods from different countries. More than 50 embassies opened their doors to visitors in 2014, allowing guests to pet alpacas, play with robots, learn indigenous dances, and more!

Come, see the world through the embassies of missions of our global neighbors. Participating embassies include African Union, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Ghana, Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, League of Arab States, Libya, Malaysia, Mexican Cultural Institute, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Ukraine, and Venezuela!

Passport DC offers something for everyone, so come to DC and join the fun!

Jan

Jan Du Plain

Du Plain Enterprises, Inc.

Duplainenterprises@gmail.com

202-486-7004

EVENT LINKS

Event website: www.CulturalTourismDC.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CulturalTourismDC

Twitter: www.twitter.com/dcculture

Hashtag: #PassportDC

Event Sponsors

Events DC Embassy Chef Challenge 2015 Sponsor

Presenting Sponsor

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House Concert from IBIS Chamber Music

Gypsy Dances and Reveries

featuring IBIS Founders Joseph Scheer, violin

and Susan Robinson, harp

Saturday March 14

at 7 pm

In a private home in Arlington VA

Music by Debussy, Bartok,

Ravel, Saint-Saens, Falla, and more

Enjoy chamber music as it

was meant to be heard,

good food and fellowship,

and help support IBIS!

Our event will start with a cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and socializing,

followed by a musical presentation, then desserts.

A donation of $25 is requested, $15 for kids 18 and under.

Space is limited--please email susan@ibischambermusic.org to reserve.

You can also make payment with a credit card or Paypal

at www.ibischambermusic.org/join

All payments received will be acknowledged with an email.

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UPCOMING FREE CONCERTS

Brahms Horn Trio

Sunday April 12 at 4 pm

Featuring hornist Geoffrey Pilkington, principal horn of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, along with

Joseph Scheer, violin and John Sutherland Earle, piano

Also on the program: Beethoven Kreutzer Sonata

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Quintette Instrumentale de Paris

Sunday May 17 at 4 pm

IBIS pays homage to the 19th century French ensemble of harp, flute and string trio in a program of works commissioned by the Paris Quintet.

Both concerts are free and take place at

Rock Spring Congregational United Church of Christ,

5010 Little Falls Road, Arlington

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