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Friday, June 12, 2009

CONCERTS

Prices listed where available.

Opera

THE VICTORIAN LYRIC OPERA COMPANY through June 21. Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 2. The company presents the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta "The Gondoliers." F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre, Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston Dr., Rockville. 240-314-8690 or http://www.vloc.org. $20, $16 students younger than 16, $18 seniors. At the Sunday show, two students get in free with each $20 adult ticket.

Orchestras

NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL INSTITUTE PHILHARMONIC Friday at 9:30. The group hosts an open rehearsal. Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall, University of Maryland, Route 193 and Stadium Drive, College Park. 301-405-2787 or http://www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. Free.

THE U.S. ARMY CONCERT BAND Friday at 8. A joint concert featuring the U.S. Army Concert Band and the Canadian Ceremonial Guard Band. U.S. Capitol, East Capitol and First streets. 703-696-3399 or http://www.usarmyband.com. Free.

BALTIMORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 3. Marin Alsop conducts the orchestra and pianist Yefim Bronfman in Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 and Wagner's Orchestral Selections from the Ring Cycle. Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore. 410-783-8000, 800-442-1198 or http://www.bsomusic.org. $20-$68.

NATIONAL ORCHESTRAL INSTITUTE PHILHARMONIC Saturday at 8. Michael Stern conducts the group in "Symphonic Dances." Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, Dekelboum Concert Hall, University of Maryland, Route 193 and Stadium Drive, College Park. 301-405-2787 or http://www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. $20.

THE MCLEAN SYMPHONY Sunday at 3. The symphony presents "Sounds and Sights of America Music, Words, and Images from American History." Pre-concert program with Roger Mudd, Emmy Award-winning journalist/broadcaster and Dingwall Fleary, music director of the McLean Symphony is at 2:15. George Mason University, Center for the Arts Concert Hall, 4400 University Dr., Fairfax. 888-945-2468, 703-993-8888, 888-945-2468, http://www.gmu.edu/cfa or http://www.tickets.com. $15, $10 students.

WASHINGTON BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA Sunday at 7:30. The group performs the music of Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe using traditional instruments. Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike, Annandale. 703-324-7469 or http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances. Free.

U.S. MARINE BAND Wednesday at 8. Michael J. Colburn directs the band in works by Tchaikovsky, Sousa and others. U.S. Capitol, East Capitol and First streets. 202-433-4011 or http://www.marineband.usmc.mil. Free.

U.S. MARINE BAND Thursday at 8. Michael J. Colburn directs the band in works by Tchaikovsky, Sousa and others. Sylvan Theater, on the Washington Monument grounds near 15th Street and Independence Avenue SW. 202-433-4011 or http://www.marineband.usmc.mil. Free.

Chamber Groups

THE FAIRFAX SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S OTO WOODWIND QUARTET Saturday at 10. The quartet shows off the colorful sounds of woodwind instruments. Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, 5040 Walney Rd., Chantilly. 703-324-7469 or http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/performances. Free.


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