Dear Mason Music Family,

Please purchase your tickets now for an extraordinary line-up of concerts featuring our Dewberry School of Music artists and guests:  Mason Jazz Vocal Night (April 13), Mason Bands Emerald Anniversary Concert (April 17), Mason Opera with Menotti double-bill (April 24-26), Mason Choirs (April 28), International Jazz Day (April 30), and Mason Symphony Orchestra with concerto competition winners (May 3). 

Additionally, we have many free events/concerts that feature our terrific music students: Jazz Workshop Concert, Chamber Ensemble Concerts (strings, piano, woodwinds, brass), Jazz Combos, Guitar Ensemble, and New Sound Collective (contemporary music ensemble).  We are also pleased to present The Unheard Archive: a Dewberry School of Music and Fenwick Library SCRC Collaboration on April 20 in the Fenwick Library Reading Room.  

We are grateful to celebrate the Friends of Music at Mason 20th Anniversary throughout this Spring 2026 season of concerts. Thanks to our marvelous Friends of Music at Mason for your steadfast support of our students!

Warm regards,

Dr. Linda A. Monson, Director
Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music

Join Darden Purcell, the Jazz Voice Studio, and the DOWNBEAT award-winning Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble for an unforgettable evening featuring swinging jazz standards, Latin American songs, contemporary classics, and beloved hits from the Great American Songbook. Special guests include the Falls Church High School Jazzguars (directed by Dr. CJ Redden-Liotta) and George Mason alumni vocal supergroup BLOOM!

From April 16-18, 2026, experience three unforgettable days of celebration, including rehearsal of the Mason Alumni Concert Band (Thursday, April 16), featuring the Mason Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band (Friday, April 17), and Anniversary Luncheon (Saturday, April 18). For more information: https://alumni.gmu.edu/masonbands55

With performances that span tradition, innovation, and community collaboration, the 55th Anniversary Concert is a tribute to what makes the Mason Bands extraordinary. We invite you to join us in celebrating this milestone as we reflect, honor, and move boldly into the next era of excellence.

MASON OPERA PRESENTS:
Gian Carlo Menotti
The Telephone & The Old Maid and the Thief
Friday, April 24 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m.
All performances in Harris Theatre (Fairfax Campus)

Mason Opera is delighted to showcase our talented vocalists in two comedic one-act operas by Gian Carlo Menotti, one of our most celebrated American operatic composers. In "The Telephone", two young lovers meet with an important question between them. But when the phone will not stop ringing, one of them must find a creative way to break through the noise. In "The Old Maid and The Thief", two women are caught between their façade of social propriety and the allure of a handsome stranger. But can they keep him in town long enough to win him over, AND keep their reputations intact? 

As we mark the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, this concert invites you to pause, listen, and remember. Through the voices of those who shaped our land—immigrant workers who laid the tracks that connected a continent, and generations who dreamed of something more—we honor a legacy built with hope, resilience, and sacrifice. Selections from traditional work songs of our forefathers and selected movements from Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem offer a timeless tribute to those who came before us. Celebrating our country’s rich heritage, we give thanks for those who came before us, and sing with hope for our future as a nation.

Join George Mason Jazz Studies as we come together with the global community to celebrate International Jazz Day, a worldwide initiative led by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). This annual event unites people across cultures, countries, and generations through the power of jazz —honoring its roots, envisioning its future, and recognizing its profound impact on humanity.

Featuring 5 incredible groups: the Steel Pan Ensemble, Jazz Room Combo, Jazz Workshop, Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble and the Mason Jazz Ensemble.

The Mason Orchestras are proud to present their final performance of the 2025-2026 season, under the direction of Dr. Soo Han. The Mason Symphony Orchestra will feature winners of the 2026 Mason Concerto Competition: Elfa Hassan, violin (student of Professor June Huang); Yanjun Liu, piano (student of Dr. Linda Apple Monson); and Benjamin Lopez, clarinet (student of Dr. Kathleen Mulcahy).

In their Spring 2026 Concert, the Jazz Workshop highlights the depth and breadth of jazz compositions and arrangements. Listeners will enjoy arrangements of jazz standards by Billy May, Bob Florence, and Bill Fulton. Mark Taylor and Mike Kamuf provide updated arrangements of original compositions by jazz greats Wayne Shorter and Freddie Hubbard. The group will also perform contemporary compositions by Jim Cifelli, Richie Iacona, and Brandon Woody. Directed by Prof. John Kocur, the Jazz Workshop explores the intersection of improvisation and composition in an innovative large jazz ensemble. 

Come hear strings chamber music presented by violin, viola, cello, bass, and harp students.

Free and open to the public.

Join us for an evening of music by Mike Manieri, Shawn Purcell, Fundo Grupo Quintal, Patrice Roberts/Kerwin DuBois, Alain Jean-Marie and more! 

Join us for a selection of modern and contemporary chamber works presented by the students of the New Sound Collective, led by Dr. Andrea Reinkemeyer.

Free and open to the public.

The Honors Recital is a premier recital opportunity for Dewberry School of Music exceptional student performers in the vocal, instrumental, and piano areas. These outstanding student soloists and chamber musicians have been selected via audition for this prestigious Dewberry School of Music Honors Recital performance.

Free and open to the public.

Hannah Pierre, Collaborative Piano,
Master's Recital
Friday, April 10 at 5:00 p.m.

Stephanie Bueche, Clarinet,
Doctoral Recital
Friday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m.

Lena Rice, Piano and Steel Pan,
Non-Degree Recital
Friday, April 10 at 7:00 p.m.
Choral Room

Todd Wilcox, Composition, Senior Recital
Friday, April 10 at 8:00 p.m.
deLaski 3001

Phillip Todd, Jazz Vibraphone,
Junior Recital
Saturday, April 11 at 12:00 p.m.

Sophia Hart, Flute, Non-Degree Recital
Saturday, April 11 at 2:00 p.m.
deLaski 3001

Adam Lenahan, Jazz Voice, Junior Recital
Saturday, April 11 at 3:00 p.m.

Henri Pelletier, Clarinet, Junior Recital
Saturday, April 11 at 5:00 p.m.
deLaski 3001

Ponenya Min, Jazz Bass, Senior Recital
Saturday, April 11 at 6:00 p.m.

David O'Malley, Jazz Guitar, Junior Recital
Saturday, April 11 at 8:00 p.m.

Corinne Kelly, Jazz Voice, Junior Recital
Sunday, April 12 at 1:30 p.m.

Amanda Araujo, Jazz Trumpet,
Senior Music Ed Recital
Sunday, April 12 at 3:00 p.m.

Michael Abernathy, Percussion,
Doctoral Lecture Recital
Sunday, April 12 at 3:00 p.m.
deLaski 3001

Matthew Gardner, Violin, Doctoral Recital
Monday, April 13 at 7:00 p.m.

Hyunjoo Jeong Scarlatoiu,
Collaborative Piano, Master's Recital
Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m.

Taylor Hoang, Percussion, Junior Recital
Saturday, April 18 at 11:00 a.m.
deLaski 3001

Raven Wilson, Percussion, Senior Recital
Saturday, April 18 at 2:00 p.m.
deLaski 3001

Kaylee Cobb, Voice, Senior Recital
Saturday, April 18 at 3:00 p.m.
Hylton Recital Hall

Joshua Slutsky, Voice, Senior Recital
Sunday, April 19 at 6:00 p.m.
Off-campus

Clayton Ives, Piano, Non-Degree Recital
Sunday, April 26 at 8:00 p.m.
deLaski 3001

Hannah Cayem, Voice, Master's Recital
Thursday, April 30 at 3:00 p.m.
Hylton Recital Hall

Trey Perry, Percussion, Doctoral Recital
Saturday, May 2 at 2:00 p.m.
deLaski 3001

Jabari deRoux, Cello, Non-Degree Recital
Saturday, May 2 at 5:00 p.m.
deLaski 3001

MM composition student Christopher Bell recently heard the world premiere of his Pierrot Ensemble with Percussion piece, Ticky Tacky, at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of College Music Society.

He was also awarded the Outstanding Composition Award for the conference!