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Roundup of arts and entertainment events happening in Fredericksburg and surrounding areas.

Roundup of arts and entertainment events happening in Fredericksburg and surrounding areas.

See which organizations are giving back and which businesses are giving grants.

Vienna, Va (PRWEB) February 01, 2023 -- Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts announces the Out & About Festival, a celebration of music, nature and

Here are events, celebrations, festivals and more to celebrate Juneteenth in Washington, D.C., Virginia and Maryland, including Watkins Regional Park.

Wolf Trap Opera has announced the world premiere of BORN FREE, composed by Edward W. Hardy with lyrics by American poet and writer Margaret Walker. BORN FREE, a song cycle based on four poems by Margaret Walker (Sorrow Home, Lineage, The Struggle Staggers Us and Southern Song) for soprano, violin, and piano, is a newly commissioned work by the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts.

Projects span Prince George’s County, Arlington County, Fairfax County, Falls Church City, Loudoun County, and D.C. Public Schools.

Ellen Reid’s “Soundwalk” offers visitors to the performing arts park some site-specific musical accompaniment.

The Washington, D.C. area performing arts organization Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts has awarded grants to eight local high schools across metropolitan Washington, D.C. grants to fund music, dance, or theater projects at their respective schools, as part of Wolf Traps Grants for High School Performing Arts Teachers Program. Students will receive Master Classes with Broadway performers; guidance from local historians and artists; and instruction from area performance groups. Proje...