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      Search Music Programs See all upcoming performances
 Enjoy local, national, and international performers from a broad range of ensembles, genres, and styles throughout the year.
 April 21
							
							Tesla Quartet
						
							Rising Tides
Commemorate Earth Day with the music of the Tesla Quartet. Tesla’s project, Rising Tides, inspired in part by the effect of climate change on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, is both a reaction to climate change and a meditation on the rich wonders of our planet that the group strives to protect and preserve.
 April 28
							
							PROJECT Trio
						
							Music in the Garden
Soak in the sounds of PROJECT Trio this spring in our Sculpture Garden. Based in New York City, the trio pushes the boundaries of traditional chamber music with their unique fusion of classical, jazz, hip-hop, and world music influences.
 May 5
							
							F-PLUS Trio
						
							F-PLUS Trio performs its East Coast premiere of Low Bar, composed for the ensemble by GRAMMY award-winning composer George Tsontakis and commissioned by the Barlow Endowment at Brigham Young University. The trio also performs Gemma Peacocke’s Flight Recorder, and is joined by members of the Thalea Quartet to spotlight art in the National Gallery with selections from Tsontakis’s Portraits of El Greco.
 May 12
							
							Shana Tucker and The Christian Tamburr Trio
						
							Music in the Garden
Celebrate Mother’s Day in our Sculpture Garden, surrounded by art and the music of Shana Tucker and The Christian Tamburr Trio.
 May 31 – August 9
							
							Jazz in the Garden
						
							DC’s favorite summer concert series returns with a variety of musical performances including jazz, Latin fusion, zydeco, and more. Join us in the Sculpture Garden on Fridays from May 31 through August 9 (except July 5).
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							A Closer Listen
						
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 About the Music Department In an effort to increase wartime morale in the spring of 1942, the National Gallery’s first director, David E. Finley, began to offer concerts as part of the Sunday evening programs. Since then, our music department has continued to present local, national, and international performers. Continuing our mission to inspire and uplift our visitors’ spirits, provide opportunities for innovative musicians, and highlight the intersection of the visual and performing arts, we present a broad range of ensembles, genres, and styles, from medieval through 21st-century classical music throughout the year in the Gallery’s iconic spaces. In 1999, we inaugurated Jazz in the Garden, an annual summer series that has become one of Washington’s most beloved events.
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