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December 2020
2020 D’JAM Legends of Jazz Awards
A virtual event honoring 2020 D’JAM (Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month) Jazz Legends for their contributions to the North Texas jazz community. The 2020 honorees are Johnny Case — Musician, John Murphy — Educator, Chuck Mandernach — Supporter and Caleb McCampbell — Innovator. To receive the Zoom link, email info@sammonsartcenter.org.
Find out more »Keep It Moving (Virtual)
Class with Tina Mullone on Zoom
Find out more »Holidays Unmuted (Virtual)
Streaming on Facebook and Youtube
Find out more »Simply Ballet Barre (Virtual)
On Zoom every Tuesday, 6 p.m. Register at https://www.becklesdancingco.org/copy-of-about-1
Find out more »Hymns of Angels: A French Noel
Live stream event. Students free with code.
Find out more »Music From and Inspired by SOUL Sweepstakes
The Sammons Center, home to the long-running Sammons Jazz series, marks the December 25, 2020, release of Pixar's SOUL on Disney+, by giving away a new LP, Jon Batiste's "Music From and Inspired by SOUL." Batiste, who wrote and performed the film's jazz songs and served as a cultural consultant, may be best known for being the bandleader on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert." Use the official entry form below for your chance to win the LP. Please note…
Find out more »Love and Joy – Virtual Holiday Concert
Concert available to watch again until 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21, 2020. Donations welcome.
Find out more »January 2021
Do No Harm (Virtual)
On demand video; rental good for 48 hours.
Find out more »Simply Ballet Barre (Virtual)
On Zoom every Tuesday, 6 p.m. Register at https://www.becklesdancingco.org/copy-of-about-1
Find out more »Hallam Family Concert: Beethoven Magnified
Preregister at www.fineartschamberplayers.org for link to performance.
Find out more »Shakespeare and the Suffragists
Virtual 27-minute performance project honoring the centennial passage of the 19th Amendment.
Find out more »Horszowski Trio
Concert ($45) or live stream ($10)
Find out more »Simply Ballet Barre (Virtual)
On Zoom every Tuesday, 6 p.m. Register at https://www.becklesdancingco.org/copy-of-about-1
Find out more »Keep It Moving (Virtual)
On Zoom every Thursday, 6 p.m. Register at https://www.becklesdancingco.org/copy-of-about-1
Find out more »February 2021
Four Course Concert: Justin Bland
Virtual lunchtime concert by an early music specialist. Register to view on Facebook and YouTube.
Find out more »Keep It Moving (Virtual)
On Zoom every Thursday, 6 p.m. Register at https://www.becklesdancingco.org/copy-of-about-1
Find out more »Simply Ballet Barre (Virtual)
On Zoom every Tuesday, 6 p.m. Register at https://www.becklesdancingco.org/copy-of-about-1
Find out more »Four Course Concert: Yvonne Smith
Virtual lunchtime concert by an early music specialist. Register to view on Facebook and YouTube.
Find out more »Four Course Concert: Patrick Dailey
Virtual lunchtime concert by an early music specialist. Register to view on Facebook and YouTube.
Find out more »Liberation Laboratory (A Filmed Play)
Co-production with Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Find out more »Four Course Concert: Anyango Yarbo-Davenport
Virtual lunchtime concert by an early music specialist. Register to view on Facebook and YouTube.
Find out more »Hallam Family Concert: American Voices
Preregister at www.fineartschamberplayers.org for link to performance.
Find out more »March 2021
Sammons Jazz Opening Reception
Sammons Jazz kicks off its spring season of virtual concerts Wednesday, March 3, with an online reception at 7 p.m., followed by a dazzling set by the Stockton Helbing Trio at 7:30 p.m. Drummer, composer, and band leader Stockton Helbing leads the Stockton Helbing Trio in a dazzling set of jazz, including cuts from his newest album, "Light Sleeper." Missed the preview of the spring 2021 season? Click Zoom for a recording of the online chat with Arlington Jones, Joanna…
Find out more »Movies in the Park
Due to damage at the venue caused by the winter storm of February 2021, Shakespeare Dallas has cancelled this event.
Find out more »ABOC@Home: Dido and Aenenas
Digital production available to view for 30 days. Single production costs $25; season (3 productions) costs $60.
Find out more »Concert 2
Featuring Alyssa Morris, Hannah Lash, Caleb Guevara and Ernst von Dohnanyi
Find out more »Forty Fingers on Piano
Join Dallas’ very own Rachel Webb and Forty Fingers on Piano at the Meyerson Symphony Center for a Sunday evening concert that sizzles with a mix of Jazz and a bit of down-home blues. The evening opens with Rachel’s soulful R&B sound, followed by the original piano quartet, Forty Fingers on Piano. This tour-de-force foursome of award-winning jazz pianists features Daniel Jones, Tatum Jackson, Kwinton Gray, and Shaun Martin. The sweepstakes to win a pair of tickets to this entertaining…
Find out more »The Great 30
Indoor/outdoor dance event
Find out more »Hallam Family Concert: Clara’s Influence
Preregister at www.fineartschamberplayers.org for link to performance.
Find out more »ABOC@Home: Membra Jesu Nostri
Digital production available to view for 30 days. Single production costs $25; season (3 productions) costs $60.
Find out more »April 2021
Sammons Jazz Virtual Concert: The Brannen and Red Show
The spring 2021 season of Sammons Jazz Virtual Concerts continues with The Brannen & Red Show. Streaming on Vimeo April 7-21, the concert features longtime collaborators and touring artists Brannen Temple on drums and Red Young on the organ. A masterful illustration by two longtime collaborators, the show demonstrates how they use their instruments to speak to each other, creating a colorful palette of sound and rhythm. Pre-order the concert video on Vimeo now. The $10 rental allows viewing for…
Find out more »Dance Planet 24
Strauss Square
Find out more »Changing Perspectives: A Celebration of Dallas Artists
Two-part performance featuring 10 local groups at Strauss Square. Free but tickets required.
Find out more »¡SOLTAR!
Pageant and procession. Also April 24.
Find out more »Concert 3
Program: Kaija Saariaho ✦ Noa Noa (1992) for solo flute & electronics Francis Poulenc ✦ Sonata for Two Pianos (1953) Grant Cooper ✦ World Premiere for cello & piano (2020) Jack Waldenmaier ✦ Quartet for Jazz Vocalist, Clarinet, Cello & Piano
Find out more »Bard’s Birthday Bash
Streamed concert by ARKAI. Donations welcome.
Find out more »Hallam Family Concert: Shadows and Light
Preregister at www.fineartschamberplayers.org for link to performance.
Find out more »“Leave the Door Open” Film Screening
The USA Film Festival and Sammons Jazz celebrate Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month with a free screening of "Leave the Door Open," a new documentary film about how a love of Jazz led two young sons of a Turkish diplomat posted to Washington DC in the late 1930s and 1940s to smash through racial barriers and segregation. The brothers' passion for Jazz that would also help lay the foundations of the iconic Atlantic Records music label. A limited number of seats…
Find out more »The Brentano String Quartet
In-person tickets are $45; live stream tickets are $10
Find out more »pārijāta
In-person and virtual event. Pay what you can.
Find out more »May 2021
Virtual Global Writers Showcase
Virtual event
Find out more »“Betty’s Notebook” Listening Party
Virtual event of music and Q&A.
Find out more »Sammons Jazz Virtual Concert: Texas Gypsies
The spring 2021 season of Sammons Jazz Virtual Concerts wraps up with a spirited mix of Swing and Gypsy Jazz by the wildly popular Texas Gypsies. Streaming on Vimeo AMay 5-19, the concert features bandleader Steve Curry on guitar and vocals, Tony Baker on trombone, Brian Standridge on trumpet, Joe Perez on sax, Andrew Griffith on drums, and Travis Udall on bass. Order the concert video on Vimeo now. The $10 rental allows viewing for up to 48 hours. Current…
Find out more »REBIRTH!
Virtual Mother's Day concert. Free, but registration required. Donations requested.
Find out more »An Italian Walks Into a French Bar
Virtual performance film with Molly Hammond on harpsichord.
Find out more »The War of the Roses: A Staged Reading
4 plays: Henry VI Parts 1-3 and Richard III. 12pm to 6pm each day.
Find out more »Hallam Family Concert: Charles Barr Memorial
Preregister at the FACP website for link to performance.
Find out more »Latinidades
Indoor/outdoor festival
Find out more »Sammons Cabaret Virtual Concert: HOPE
You don’t need a dictionary to learn the meaning of “hope” – Carolyn Lee Jones and pianist Brad Williams deliver the ultimate description in this uplifting Sammons Cabaret Virtual Concert. From classic jazz to vintage pop, Carolyn is the 2017 Sammons Cabaret Artist of the Year for good reason; she makes the standards sound new and the new sound standard. View for FREE with promo code cabfan. Chat with Carolyn at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 29, in a pre-concert reception…
Find out more »Our Odyssey
Strauss Square
Find out more »June 2021
ABOC@Home: Telemann’s Don Quixote
Digital production available to view for 30 days. Single production costs $25; season (3 productions) costs $60.
Find out more »Hamlet Project
16 actors in 16 solos. 8:15 p.m., two actors nightly.
Find out more »candlelight ballet + fever
Performances at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. July 9 & 16 (June 3, 10 & 17 shows are sold out)
Find out more »Unite
June 4-5, 8pm; June 6, 2pm. Limited capacity of 207 seats per show. COVID safety measures observed––distance between seats and masks are required.
Find out more »Sammons Cabaret Virtual Concert: LOVE
The power of love comes through loud and clear, an energy generated by the amazing vocalist Sheran Goodspeed Keyton and pianist Joe Rogers. Sheran, the 2019 Sammons Cabaret Artist of the Year, is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning singer and actress that a critic once called “a force of nature.” An accomplished composer and pianist, Joe served as musical director for Jubilee Theater for two decades. Together, they ensure you will feel the love. Pre-orders begin May 29; view the concert…
Find out more »Circo Metropolis
Workshop 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Shows at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
Find out more »Hamlet Project
16 actors in 16 solos. 8:15 p.m., two actors nightly.
Find out more »Sammons Cabaret Virtual Concert: JOY
If you enjoy great singers, the Astrid Merriman Cabaret & Cabernet Fête is your free ticket to JOY! Chris Cree, WT Greer, Carolyn Lee Jones, Sheran Goodspeed Keyton, and David Slater fill Meadows Hall (and wherever you are listening) with delightful tunes from the Great American Songbook, Broadway shows, jazz classics and pop charts. Pour a glass of your favorite beverage and sit back to revel in this one-hour, one-night-only show which is available on Vimeo as a free 24-hour…
Find out more »Pasion Flamenco Dance Program
Youth camp, June 22 - July 15, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. Adult camp, July 20 - August 12, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Find out more »Holidays Interrupted
In-person at the Fair Park Coliseum
Find out more »The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised]
8:15 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays
Find out more »July 2021
World Premiere: “The Last Haw”
Silent western film. Free; donations accepted.
Find out more »Marbriago Trio – American Stories
With soprano Nina Polachek. Pay what you can.
Find out more »The Recovery Room: A Virtual D’JAM Concert
Music by Jazz Becuzz and the Stockton Helbing Trio, emceed by Sammons Center Artistic Director Arlington Jones. Livestreamed on Facebook from Moody Performance Hall. Please note this is a virtual concert without an in-person audience.
Find out more »Padmam
In-person and livestream. For tickets, call 469-323-6878.
Find out more »Basically Beethoven Festival-in-Place
RSVP on Eventbrite.
Find out more »Kanak Chapa
Basically Beethoven Festival-in-Place
RSVP on Eventbrite.
Find out more »CURSED!
8:15 p.m. (outdoors)
Find out more »Basically Beethoven Festival-in-Place
RSVP on Eventbrite.
Find out more »CURSED!
8:15 p.m. (outdoors)
Find out more »August 2021
Nothing Gold Can Stay
In-person and virtual
Find out more »The Great 30
Indoor/outdoor event
Find out more »Amplify
Teen dance production, 8pm at Strauss Square
Find out more »September 2021
Romeo & Juliet
Sammons Cabaret: David Slater (SOLD OUT)
Singer. Songwriter. Pianist. Oh, and the male vocalist champion of TV's Star Search, too. David Slater, who had several Capitol Records projects reach the charts, has worked with entertainers like Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, and Wayne Newton. Today, he is still recording while expanding his fan base throughout North Texas and even the Philippines! Admission includes valet parking, light refreshments, and beverages. Call (214) 520-7788 to be placed on the wait list.
Find out more »Swallowing Fire
“Your Healing Is Killing Me”
Recommended for 14 years and up. Performances at 7:30 p.m.
Find out more »October 2021
Latinidades: A Festival of Latinx Theatre
Festival: theater, dance, music, refreshments, Mexican masks for sale.
Find out more »Simply Ballet Barre (Virtual)
On Zoom every Tuesday, 6 p.m. Register at the BDC website
Find out more »Sammons Jazz: Jazz Vignettes (SOLD OUT)
Vocalist Carolyn Lee Jones begins the evening Jazz Vignettes with her band Carolyn Lee Jones Quintet. She made her Sammons debut with this band in March 2010 and they have been some of her steady recording and gigging partners since then. The band includes Brad Williams on piano, Jonathan Fisher on bass, Andrew Griffith on drums, and Mario Cruz on sax. The evening features music from her four jazz albums. Harkening back to early jazz, the Ron and the Rowdies…
Find out more »DSA’s Virtual Open Mic
On Zoom, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86341155881, or Facebook Live. Free, but $5 donation requested.
Find out more »Keep It Moving (Virtual)
On Zoom every Thursday, 6 p.m. Register at the BDC website
Find out more »Broadway’s Back, Baby!
Oct. 9, 7:30pm; Oct. 10, 2:30pm. McFarlin Auditorium.
Find out more »Ascents + Descendants
Pre-registration required.
Find out more »Doric String Quartet
In-person and livestreamed. Season subscription also available.
Find out more »Vijayadashami
Email tejasdancedfw@gmail.com for class information.
Find out more »3rd Friday Songwriters-in-the-Round
In-person event with Rickey Gene Wright. Free, but $5 donation requested.
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