ARTS ORGANIZATIONS

9SCM is dedicated to creating new performance and education traditions that engage the audiences and culture of our current time. Witness inventive, inclusive programming with insightful commentary at 9th Street Quartet concerts. See the impressive evolution of young musicians as they learn what it means to come together as an ensemble in our String Quartet Intensive program. Find us out in the community sharing the chamber music experience with people of all ages and backgrounds.

The Chorale is a mixed-voice chorus composed of members from Virginia, D.C., and Maryland. Members are a mix of young professionals, older professionals, retirees, and everyone in between! They perform varied repertoire of smaller pieces and larger works for chorus and orchestra. Each season, the Chorale is honored to be part of the onstage chorus for the Messiah Sing-a-long at the Kennedy Center. Established in 1966, they have a long history of performing in special events, such as singing the national anthem at the MLB All-Star Game at Nationals Park, singing masterworks with the NIH Philharmonia including Brahms’ Requiem and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, and community events like the 40th anniversary of Arlington Thrive and caroling for the Lee Highway Alliance Winter Festival of Lights.

The Arlington Concert Band is a wind ensemble made up of more than 50 professional music educators and dedicated, talented amateur musicians.  We perform regularly throughout the community and play an assortment of music including marches, show tunes, and classical arrangements. The ACB is made up of musicians from a variety of backgrounds—from lawyers to IT professionals to retirees—but we are all united around the ACB’s mission.

The mission of the Arlington Philharmonic Association is to build a first-class symphony orchestra in Arlington, to make classical music accessible to every Arlington resident, to promote the value of classical music in our civic life, and to build strong, creative partnerships with schools, local government, businesses, and other organizations.

The Arlington, Virginia, Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society: Provides an opportunity for men to come together and experience the joy of harmonizing in the barbershop style. Embraces and performs a cappella music, with the barbershop harmony art form as its primary focus. Offers weekly chapter meetings that are well planned, musically satisfying, and fun. Enriches and energizes each member through fellowship, fun, and the joy of singing.

The critically acclaimed GoGo Symphony is an orchestra you can dance to. It celebrates go-go music, a sub-genre of funk that is the official music of Washington DC, with the musical expression of a classical symphony to create thunderous, percussive atmosphere. It can be performed in collaboration with a full classical symphonic ensemble, or as a more compact ensemble. It has sold out shows and received much media attention and critical acclaim.

The MusicLink Foundation is a non-profit organization that links promising students in need with professional music teachers who volunteer to teach on partial to full scholarship for as long as these students wish to learn. The MusicLink Foundation assists in the purchase and repair of instruments, moving costs for donated pianos, camp scholarships for our students, and coordination and expansion of programs into new communities across the country. Foundation funding relies on contributions from the public, in-kind instrument donations from business partners and grants.

The Mission of the National Chamber Ensemble (NCE) is to entertain, as well as to provide opportunities to appreciate and enjoy the art of chamber music by bringing together performers, audiences and composers. The NCE produces high-quality chamber music performances for the general public at a reasonable cost. Through our performances and commissions of original musical works, we present a full range of chamber music repertoire from the classics to the contemporary. The most important goal of the NCE is to build a sense of closeness between performers and audience that enhances the feeling of community and a deeper musical experience.

Potomac Harmony Chorus teaches the uniquely American art form of four-part harmony-known as barbershop harmony-to women; to encourage continued improvement in the craft through education and competition; and shares our appreciation for barbershop harmony with the general public.

The Washington Balalaika Society (WBS) is a community based-orchestra of 55 musicians organized to preserve and perform the rich musical heritage of Russia, Ukraine and Eastern European countries on traditional instruments and in costume. WBS is the largest Russian folk orchestra in North America and our goal is to expand awareness and appreciation of this musical genre by performing for a broad range of audiences in a variety of venues.