Music & Arts at Providence supports music education opportunities for young performers through interactive musical experiences for children, by hosting college choirs and cooperatively sponsoring various competitions, master classes, and recitals for young performers in the Northern Virginia area. M&A also features accomplished young artists in its pre-concert “Prodigy Previews.”
M&A has presented the following music education related performances to date:
2006-2007 Season
George Mason University Choral Concert
2008-2009 Season
George Mason University Choral Concert
James Madison University Choral Concert
American Guild of Organists / Martin Jean Organ Masterclass
2009-2010 Season
George Mason University Choral Concert
James Madison University Choral Concert
2010-2011 Season
George Mason University Choral Concert
FSO / VASTA Timothy Fain Violin Masterclass
Dorothy Farnham Feuer Memorial String Competition
FSO / Matti Raekallio Piano Masterclass
Safari Winds (children’s interactive event)
2012-2013 Season
Presto! The Case of the Vanishing Viola (children’s interactive event)
2013-2014 Season
Virginia Virtuosi: Who’s on First Bass? (children’s interactive event)
2014-2015 Season
Robert & Frances Allen Young Artist Competition (Inaugural Year)
2015-2016 Season
Piano Master Classes (co-sponsored with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra)
Deep River: Marian Anderson’s Journey
Robert & Frances Allen Young Artist Competition
2016-2017 Season
Robert & Frances Allen Young Artist Competition