THREE SIDES TAAGI CLASSICAL NATIVE TRIO
featuring Composer/cellist/vocalist Dawn Avery (Mohawk descent), percussionist/vocalist Steven Alvarez (Yaqui/Mescalero Apache/Upper Tanana Athabaskan), and violinist Tara-Louise Montour (Mohawk). Three new works with music by Dawn Avery, narratives by poet Janet-Marie Rogers (Mohawk/ Tuscarora), videography by Chris Bose (N’laka pamux), and a narrative ceremony led by elder Jan Longboat (Mohawk).

For more information call 240-567-5209.

MUSIC FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES: YOU, ME, AND THE TREE
Swil Kanim (Lummi) combines virtuoso violin playing, storytelling, and original compositions into an engaging program that provides young audiences with background on how violins are made and played—and about the power of music in the world. Co-sponsored by Discovery Theater and offered to school groups by advance registration only.

TICKETS REQUIRED. For information visit Smithsonian Resident Associates or call 202-633-3030. NMAI members receive a discount on tickets.

THREE SIDES TAAGI CLASSICAL NATIVE TRIO
See Nov. 4 listing for details.

For more information call 301-406-ARTS.

YOUNG CLASSICAL NATIVES
Classical guitarist Emmanuel Gray (Navajo), a student at Ft. Lewis College, performs music by J.S. Bach, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Francisco Tarrega, and Leo Brouwer, and the Philadelphia-based, all-female, all-teenaged, Ambrosia Quartet performs works by young composers Emmanuel Gray, Paris Fairbanks (Ojibway), Wyas Parker (Chickasaw), Courtney Parchcorn (Chickasaw), Joel Waukazo (Ojibway), Kate Duty (Chickasaw), and Ryan Hoosava (Hopi), all students of composer Jerod Tate (Chickasaw).

NOTE: This program will be repeated at 6 p.m. at the Millennium Stage, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Visit kennedy-center.org for further details.

NEW MUSICAL SHOWCASE
Echoes, a new work by Randall Craig Fleischer, draws on themes from Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiian, Wampanoag, and other American Indian sources, with chamber orchestra featuring several Native performers; “Corn-Bred,” a performance of poetic movement with music, by Janet-Marie Rogers, music by Dawn Avery, with flutist Lisa Long; and two movements of “Choctaw Diaries,” by George Quincy (Choctaw), performed by Timothy Archambault (Kichesipirini), flute, and George Quincy, piano.

RECITAL:
Tara-Louise Montour (Mohawk), violin, and Timothy Long (Muskogee-Creek/Choctaw), piano, perform classic and contemporary works for violin and piano and solo piano, including Claude Debussy’s “Sonata for Violin and Piano” and “Three Romances” for violin and piano by Clara Schumann. This program is part of Native Expressions, co-sponsored by The Smithsonian Associates.

TICKETS REQUIRED. For information visit Smithsonian Resident Associates or call 202-633-3030. NMAI members receive a discount on tickets. A reception will follow the performance.

THREE SIDES TAAGI CLASSICAL NATIVE TRIO
See Nov. 4 listing for details.

SILENT FILM/LIVE MUSIC
In the Land of the Headhunters (1914) is a silent film made by photographer Edward Curtis, the first film to feature an all-Native cast. Both the film and the music have been restored to their original luster by scholars and film historians. The score will be performed by The Coast Orchestra. Also on this program: “Cello Chili,” by Brent Michael Davids (Mohican), performed by Dawn Avery, and the concluding two movements of George Quincy’s “Choctaw Diaries,” performed by Quincy and Timothy Archambault (Kichesipirini).

Piano recital by Emanuele Arciuli, piano, performs music by Louis Ballard (Quapaw/Cherokee), Raven Chacon (Navajo), Brent Michael Davids (Mohican), Barbara Croall (Odawa), George Quincy (Choctaw); the program will also include Andrea Morricone’s “Penobscot Song of Greeting” and “Phrygian Gates,” by John Adams. Co-sponsored by The Smithsonian Associates.

TICKETS REQUIRED. For information visit Smithsonian Resident Associates or call 202-633-3030. NMAI members receive a discount on tickets.