Dear Mason Music Family,

We invite you to a spectacular opening of our Fall 2024 concert season with a Grand Piano Celebration on Sunday, September 22 at 3 p.m. in Mason's Center for the Arts. This concert honors Mason's All-Steinway School and the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music.  

Please also purchase your tickets now for the College of Visual and Performing Arts signature event on Saturday, September 28, Arts by George!  A variety of musical ensembles from the Dewberry School of Music will be showcased at this amazing CVPA arts event! 

We hope you will join us for our Dewberry School of Music Fall 2024 Concert Series featuring our incredibly talented music students in a wide variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles.  We are thrilled to present our Mason Concert Bands with U.S. Army "Pershing's Own" on Tuesday, October 1. We are eagerly anticipating our Mason Symphony Orchestra's performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 on Monday October 7. 

We deeply appreciate the support of our Friends of Music at Mason (FOMM) and look forward to sharing great music with our Friends as we begin our 2024 Dewberry Concert Series with our Grand Piano Celebration concert on September 22.

Warmest regards,

Dr. Linda A. Monson, Director

Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music

Grand Piano Celebration

Sunday, September 22 at 3:00 p.m.

Join us for a spectacular opening of our 2024 Fall Concert season with A Grand Piano Celebration on Sunday, September 22 at 3 p.m. in Mason's Center for the Arts. This concert honors Mason's All-Steinway School. Outstanding student and faculty artists of the Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music at George Mason University will be on stage to display their marvelous talents. The concert will be led by Dr. Linda Apple Monson, International Steinway Artist and Director of the Dewberry School of Music. Additional piano faculty artists include Dr. Anna Balakerskaia, Dr. John Healey, and Dr. Eunae Ko Han. Exciting and dramatic solo piano, duo-piano works, and collaborative piano works will be performed. Mason's faculty piano ensemble (8 hands) will also be showcased!



Mason faculty artists Prof. Jennifer Casey Cabot (soprano), Dr. Caroline Steiger (horn), and Dr. Linda Monson (piano) will be featured in a beautiful work by Dr. Andrea Reinkemeyer, Mason's Director of Composition. Additional composers showcased in the Grand Piano Celebration concert include Schubert, Chopin, Richard Strauss, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, daFalla, Ginastera, Kapustin, and more!

A post-concert reception follows in the Center for the Arts lobby! Meet the marvelous performers and mingle with our Mason Music Family! 

Tickets: $20 General Public, $15 Seniors, $5 Students

ARTS by George!

Saturday, September 28 at 5:00 p.m.

Save the date for the annual ARTS by George! on Saturday, September 28, 2024! This annual benefit event supports student scholarships for George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, Mason Community Arts Academy, Green Machine Ensembles, and the Great Performances at Mason season at the Center for the Arts. ARTS by George! has raised more than $4.1 million since it began in 2006. The evening begins by showcasing the remarkable talents of Mason Arts students throughout our studio and performance spaces while enjoying a buffet dinner and culminates with an exciting performance by Lea Salonga in the Center for the Arts Concert Hall, followed by a dessert reception and champagne toast onstage with the artist.

Mason Bands and U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"

Tuesday, October 1 at 8:00 p.m.

Join the Mason Bands for an unforgettable evening as we kick off the 2024-25 performance season with a spectacular concert! The Mason Symphonic Band and Mason Wind Symphony are proud to present their inaugural concert, featuring a special guest—the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own."

The Mason Bands' featured repertoire includes Viet Cuong, a Vietnamese-American composer’s “Sound and Smoke,” William Schuman’s transcription of Charles Ives’ “Variations on America” in celebration of his 150^th birthday, and Canadian composer Jonathan Dagenais’ “Mouvement Frénétique.

This concert marks the second appearance of the United States Army Band in collaboration with the Mason Band program.  The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own" is one of America's most prestigious and distinguished military ensembles. The concert ends with the Mason Bands and the United States Army Band performing side-by-side as an encore.

Mason Symphony Orchestra

Monday, October 7 at 8:00 p.m.

The Mason Symphony Orchestra proudly invites you to their first concert of the Fall 2024 season! Conducted by Dr. Soo Han and Michael Stern, Tchaikovsky's legendary Symphony No. 5 stands alone as the sole centerpiece of the evening, depicting humankind's futile struggle with and ultimate triumph over fate. We hope you'll join us for an incredible performance!

This performance will take place in the George Mason University Center for the Arts Concert Hall on Monday, October 7 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are available online and at the door. Additional information and tickets are available at music.calendar.gmu.edu. 

$15 General, $10 Senior, $5 Student 

Dewberry School of Music

Fall 2024 Concert Series

Faculty Kudos

Dr. Andrea Reinkemeyer wins American Prize for Major Choral work "The Thaw"

Dr. Andrea Reinkemeyer has been awarded the American Prize in Composition for her piece The Thaw, a work for Soprano, Tenor, Mixed Choir, and Wind Ensemble. The Thaw is based on text from Artis Henderson and "draws upon imagery from Oregon's rich, natural beauty to explore themes of love, loss and healing."

Dr. Reinkemeyer is the Director of Composition at the Dewberry School of Music and the Director of the New Sound Collective, George Mason's ensemble that specializes in the performance of music by living composers.

Departmental Recitals and Events

Flute Masterclass for

High School Flute Students

Calling All High School Flutists!

Join us for the Senior Regional Orchestra (SRO) Flute Audition Masterclass with George Mason University Flute Professors Dr. Laura Kaufman Mowry and Professor TJ Wible. Students will learn how to avoid common mistakes, hear the excerpts demonstrated, perform with confidence under pressure and learn what makes an audition stand out. Following the Masterclass, an optional mock audition will be offered to participants who wish to receive feedback on the audition excerpts. 

Sunday, September 22

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Masterclass

7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Mock Audition

George Mason University, Fairfax Campus

deLask Performing Arts Building room 3001

4400 University Dr.

Fairfax, VA 22030

Student Kudos

Harmony in Diversity -Mason's Jazz Vocal Ensemble Hits the Global Stage

"At George Mason University's Dewberry School of Music, the Mason Jazz Vocal Ensemble, directed by Dr. Darden Purcell, has notably marked the past year with accolades that spotlight not just their musical aptitude but the inclusive spirit that defines the university."

Article by Lakin Raybuck

Photo Credit Joyce Boghosian

Mason Strings welcomed Master Gunnery Sgt. Erika Sato for Violin Masterclass

George Mason Strings was honored to host Master Gunnery Sgt. Erika Sato from the U.S. Marine Corps Band for a Violin Masterclass on Friday, September 6. She coached four Dewberry School of Music Strings students Suyuan Carrasco, Matthew Gardner, Annette Lee, and Alyssa Cabassa in works by Weiniawski, Mendelsson and more. This master class was coordinated by Professor June Huang, Director of Strings.

Alumni Event honoring Prof. Anthony Maiello

November 30 at Wolf Trap

SHARE A MEMORY, PHOTO, VIDEO, OR FAVORITE QUOTE FROM

PROFESSOR MAIELLO!

Please submit through the link below. Photos, quotes, and memories will be displayed on a projector screen throughout the night. Even if you can only be there in spirit, please share! We will gift Professor Maiello with a digital photo frame that evening, which will contain these memories.

Saturday, November 30, 2024 from 4:00-7:00 p.m.



The Barns at Wolf Trap, 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA 22182