Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection Menu EVENTS | EXHIBITS Music at Dumbarton Oaks Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss designed Dumbarton Oaks to be beautiful without and within, filling the gardens with flowers, the library with rare volumes, and the house itself with fine art and music. Music at Dumbarton Oaks, founded in 1946 as the Friends of Music, continues this tradition with classical concerts from established and rising musicians. CONCERT SERIES The Music at Dumbarton Oaks Concert series will resume in January 2022. Please read this message for more information. If you have questions about the concert series, please contact concerts@doaks.org. To find out more about performances from past concert seasons, see the Dumbarton Oaks Annual Reports. For information about performing at Dumbarton Oaks, or to be considered for the series, please contact Valerie Stains, Director of Music. EARLY-CAREER MUSICIAN RESIDENCY The Early-Career Musician Residency was inaugurated in 2014–2015 to continue and enhance a long tradition of music at Dumbarton Oaks. The main goal of the residency is to provide time and resources to young composers and musicians who show promise in transmitting traditions of classical music to younger generations. Proposals for residencies are by invitation only. 2021–2022 Residents Layale Chaker Fall Term Tanner Porter Spring Term HISTORY OF MUSIC AT DUMBARTON OAKS The Friends of Music Established in 1946 as the Friends of Music, the concert program presents some of the most celebrated and promising musicians to Georgetown in the splendor of the Blisses’ former estate. Commissioning and Performing Contemporary Compositions Dumbarton Oaks’ mission to foster original research and publication in humanistic studies has found a parallel expression in the Friends of Music commissions and performances of contemporary music. Singers and Lesser-Known Premieres at Dumbarton Oaks Daniel Boomhower discusses the 1950 premieres of two compositions by Samuel Barber, and the links between Dumbarton Oaks and the New York Metropolitan Opera Music at Dumbarton Oaks: The Performers Many famous or soon-to-be famous musicians performed at Dumbarton Oaks over the years, and several have reminisced fondly about their concertizing there, in both the residential and institutional periods. DUMBARTON OAKS Research Library and Collection 1703 32nd Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 Trustees for Harvard University THE MUSEUM Open Today 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. THE GARDEN Open Today 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. VIEW ALL HOURS & ADMISSION JOIN OUR NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE CONTACT US RIGHTS AND REPRODUCTIONS STAFF DIRECTORY EMPLOYMENT LOG IN WEB ACCESSIBILITY SITE MAP SERVICE DESK MAINTENANCE SERVICE REQUEST INTRANET ©2021 Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Trustees for Harvard University