The month-long festival will also feature the National Men's Chorus, pianist Jeffrey Chappell, and soprano Marilyn Taylor. Chappell's 20 May American Festival program will also include the world premiere of one his own works and a work by Rehoboth, Delaware, composer James Grant. On 17 December 2000, the Columbia Union College Collegiate Chorale will perform, and on 7 January the National Gallery Orchestra will play its traditional Viennese New Year concert. The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden, located on the National Mall between Third and Ninth Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW, are open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5.p.m. The Gallery is closed on 25 December and 1 January.
Admission is free.