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The GRAMMY Award-winning Silkroad Ensemble debuted their newest program, Uplifted Voices, at the Center for the Arts on January 29, launching their multi-year participation as a Mason Artist-in-Residence. Championing women and non-binary members of the Silkroad Ensemble, alongside special guest Tuscarora/Taíno musician Pura Fé, Uplifted Voices featured a musical tapestry connecting the sounds and rhythms of indigenous North America to the World. Silkroad Ensemble’s radical cultural collaboration seeks to build bridges of understanding to combat fear and build a more hopeful and inclusive world.

Honorificable...Okay, that’s more syllables than are strictly necessary, but I like the sound of it (kind of like a verbal drum roll) as a signal of the high esteem in which I hold our Hylton Center Gala Honorees, Carlos Castro and John Jacquemin/The Jacquemin Family Foundation.

Join Mason Community Arts Academy this summer at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA for enriching summer camps and workshops focused on both artistry and skill-building in the areas of music, acting/theater, visual art, film, and video.

Sponsorships and individual tickets for the Hylton Performing Arts Center’s 13th Anniversary Gala are available!

There’s still time to register for free Veterans and the Arts Initiative workshops and events that are open to Veterans, Servicemembers, military family members, and military caregivers.

There’s still time to become a subscriber to our 2022-2023 season! Just pick three or more of these dazzling spring performances that include: Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: Songs We Love (3/5); traditional Irish musicians Dervish (3/19); Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin and Grieg – A Musical Friendship (4/23); and American Roots Series and two-time WAMMIE Award-winning folk ensemble Wicked Sycamore (4/29).

Mason Arts at the Hylton Center will present George Mason University Chorale‘s uplifting concert of theatrical favorites in Chorale Broadway Showcase (4/15).

From New York City to Merchant Hall, witness The Big Apple’s best and brightest emerging jazz talent in Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: Songs We Love (3/5).

Internationally acclaimed Irish folk band Dervish (3/19), has been making Irish music for more than 30 years.

The first time Katherine Ashby saw her artwork installed at Gunston Hall, the historic home of U.S. Founding Father George Mason IV, it was surreal. “I had never done something that felt that important or that had been installed physically,” the senior painting major from George Mason University said.

When George Mason University students sign up for Video Production for Social Change, they won’t just learn in a traditional classroom setting, they’ll make an impact in their community.

Lawrence Jackson says colonialism brought an end to authentic African dance. But the associate professor of dance who in 2011, co-authored a special edition on Black dance in the Journal of Pan African Studies, explains how Black dance keeps those African cultural traditions alive and is an affirmation of identity and independence.