Artist in Residence concerts with Mary Alouette
Strathmore Artist in Residence and local Django darling Mary Alouette will perform tracks from her debut album in two salon-style mansion concerts on Wednesdays, April 4 and 25, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Alouette pairs Gypsy jazz vocals with dangerous rhythms, Gypsy jazz guitar and a 1920’s flair epitomized by her flapper’s bob and bold red lipstick—musically and aesthetically, she absolutely inhabits the Gypsy jazz genre.

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Artist in Residence concerts with Nate Foley
Seventeen year old soul-electric guitar virtuoso Nate Foley thrilled audiences at the Apollo Theater, wowed discriminating experts at Paul Reed Smith Guitars and will now charm attendees at two Strathmore Artist in Residence (AIR) concerts on Wednesdays, March 7 and 28, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mansion. The Silver Spring native is adept at playing funk, blues, rock, soul, gospel and jazz, and will unveil songs from his band’s untitled forthcoming sophomore album at the concerts.

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Strathmore’s Friday Night Eclectic Prepares For A Party In February
Strathmore’s Friday Night Eclectic is giving area music lovers a big bear hug (and roses, chocolates, gushy sonnets and candy hearts) throughout February with a record debut from Educated Consumers with hip-hop emcee Kokayi on Friday, February 3, 2012; a CD release party from dynamic duo The Grey Area with 19th Street Band on Friday, February 10, 2012; and a Mardi Gras party with the Junkyard Saints on Friday, February 24, 2012.

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A Singular View: The Art and Words of John Paton Davies, Jr.
Strathmore will present A Singular View: The Art and Words of John Paton Davies, Jr., an exhibit of monoprints from the archives of the American diplomat and artist from Saturday, March 3 through Saturday, April 14, 2012. An opening reception will be held Sunday, March 11, 2012 from noon-2:00 p.m. in the Mansion. The exhibit is in conjunction with the publication of Davies’ posthumous memoir, China Hand, which will be publishing March 2012. Davies was driven from the State Department under McCarthyism following an illustrious career in the Foreign Service, after which he began exploring artistic pursuits. A series of his monoprints will be on view.

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Artist in Residence concerts with ellen cherry
Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter ellen cherry will weave together humor, history, storytelling and melody in her Strathmore Artist in Residence (AIR) concerts on Wednesdays, February 1 and 22, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mansion. The performances will feature songs from her album (New) Years, as well as tracks from her upcoming spring 2012 release, Please Don’t Sell the Piano, featuring the debut of her upcoming Strathmore-commissioned work, “Pickett’s Charge.”

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Strathmore Spring 2012 Performance Calendar

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Strathmore's Friday Night Eclectic makes 2012 Debut
Strathmore’s Friday Night Eclectic returns in 2012 with two January concerts: the Oli Brown Band and Strathmnore Artist in Residence alum Margot MacDonald on Friday, January 20 and a cadre of commanding local musicians spotlighted by Justin Trawicik’s “The 9” Songwriter Series on Friday, January 27, 2012. Friday Night Eclectic will continue through April 20, 2012 with 10 additional concerts.

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Stepping Over the Line
The forward-thinking and experimental artists in Strathmore’s Stepping Over the Line upend familiar ideas of watercolor and mixed media – eschewing convention for edgy artwork that stretches these mediums with unique application of color, extreme scale, mesmerizing technique, unique composition and intense point of view. With mixed media artist and painter Shahla Arbabi as its genesis, Strathmore explores the traditionalized medium of watercolor with watermedia artists Kathleen Alexander, Carol Carter, Mark Mehaffey, Thomas Schaller, Nicholas Simmons and Keiko Tanabe, illustrating how these artists transcend the restrictions of media and artistic genre through Saturday, February 4, 2012.

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January 2012 Mansion Concerts: Bruce Swaim Quartet; Jayme Quartet; Imani Winds; Clancy Newman, Cello
Strathmore’s Music in the Mansion series will begin 2012 with four performers from different genres – jazz from the Bruce Swaim Quartet, international folk by Jayme Stone, experimental new music from Imani Winds and classical cello performance by Clancy Newman.

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Arts and the Brain
As neuroscientists gradually illuminate the workings of the mind and emerging fields such as neuroaesthetics stir cross-disciplinary collaboration, Strathmore convenes artists, scholars and scientists to explore how the brain contemplates and creates art with its new Arts and the Brain series. Thursday lectures held throughout spring 2012 will investigate the intersection of arts and neuroscience, as experts demystify music cognition, how the brain processes and executes improvisation, creativity in the aging brain, how the brain perceives humor and other topics.

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Lily Tomlin
The incomparable Lily Tomlin will have Strathmore’s Music Center in stitches as she takes audience members on what The Washington Post calls a “wise and howlingly funny” trip, revisiting more than a dozen of her timeless characters, from Ernestine and Sister Boogie Woman to Mrs. Beasley and Edith Ann, on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 7 p.m.

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Yasmin Levy with Special Guest Omar Faruk Tekbilek
Hearts will be aflutter not only from bouquets of roses and surprise gifts this Valentine’s Day, but also from the sensuous and seductive singing of Israel’s Yasmin Levy, fusing the Judeo-Spanish language of Ladino with flamenco influences on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in the Music Center at Strathmore. Every bit as striking as her arresting vocals, the smoky-eyed Levy delivers impassioned songs in a beguiling Sephardic sound, creating “an emotional impact you believe in” (The Sun, United Kingdom).

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Wanda Sykes
Wanda Sykes’ fearlessly funny style and smart wit has lead her from the comedy stage to a rich career as a television and film actor, writer and voice artist—and on Friday, February 10, 2012 at 8 p.m. she’ll return to her first love, stand-up comedy, in the city where she got her start as she makes her debut at Strathmore.

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Discover Ellington
Though he is one of America’s most legendary composers, the incomparable Edward “Duke” Ellington has retained a mystique that has musicologists filling gaps in his history more than a quarter century after his death. Strathmore’s Discover Ellington festival, from February 3-20, 2012, will examine Ellington’s contributions to American music by tracing the unparalleled composer’s dynamic career from its beginnings in Washington, D.C. to the speakeasies of Harlem and the world’s finest concert halls. Strathmore will accomplish this through performances of hallmark Ellington compositions and seminal works, as well as lectures with experts.

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All I Did Was Ask – An Evening with NPR’s Terry Gross
Terry Gross attracts 4.5 million listeners daily to Fresh Air with Terry Gross, her weekday NPR radio talk show, synonymous with her intimate interview style that is "a remarkable blend of empathy, warmth, genuine curiosity, and sharp intelligence” (The San Francisco Chronicle). In All I Did was Ask – An Evening with NPR’s Terry Gross on Friday, February 3, 2012 at 8 p.m. in the Music Center, the beloved journalist plays sound bites and discusses interviews that went especially well (or especially badly), provides insight into her signature interview technique and answers questions directly from the audience.

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Strathmore Announces 24 New Concerts for 2011-2012 Season
Strathmore today announced the addition of 24 concerts in the Music Center and Mansion to its 2011-12 season. The crop of new concerts raises the total number of performances for the season to 100, growing what was already Strathmore’s most robust and full season to date.

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2011-2012 STRATHMORE PRESENTS AND MUSIC IN THE MANSION
An in-depth calendar of Strathmore's 2011-2012 season.

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STRATHMORE ANNOUNCES 2011-2012 SEASON
Strathmore today announced its 2011-2012 season, flush with richer programming in the Music Center and Mansion than ever before. The new season is symbolic of Strathmore’s vitality and heightened profile as an arts presenter, with 55 programs creating its most varied and ambitious season to date.

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