Center for the Arts at George Mason University

Center for the Arts at George Mason University The Center for the Arts is the centerpiece of performing arts on the Fairfax campus of George Mason Parking is available on Mason Pond Deck or Lot K.
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Since October 1990, when the doors to the Concert Hall opened, the arts in Northern Virginia have not been the same. The Center for the Arts plays a key role in the cultural vitality of the Washington Metropolitan region, attracting more than 100,000 patrons each year to: performances by local artists and ensembles; community events; student and faculty productions; and our own multidisciplinary s

eries—Great Performances at Mason. For performance and ticket information, please visit cfa.gmu.edu or call (888) 945-2468. Questions about directions and parking? Please visit cfa.gmu.edu/directions.

02/10/2025

Join us this week with engaging activities and performances from Mason Artist-in-Residence Versa-Style Dance Company!

View the full list of activities here 🎶 bit.ly/3CTDEfZ

Happy National Opera Day to all those who celebrate! Personally, we're spending today reliving some of our favorite mome...
02/08/2025

Happy National Opera Day to all those who celebrate! Personally, we're spending today reliving some of our favorite moments from Virginia Opera's past performances on our stage, and getting tickets to their next show at the Center for the Arts: the world premiere of Loving v. Virginia (May 4 & 5: bit.ly/3Ezpr8p)!

What is your favorite opera you've seen or performed in?

02/06/2025

We are thrilled to announce the Give Voice initiative, a $35M fundraising effort to renovate and modernize the Center for the Arts. This project will enhance our concert hall, remodel the lobby, expand teaching spaces, and elevate the arts at George Mason University. Be part of this transformative journey and help us support the next generation of artists!

Learn more: cfa.gmu.edu/givevoice

We're honored to celebrate Black History Month all season long here at the Center for the Arts. Join in the celebration ...
02/06/2025

We're honored to celebrate Black History Month all season long here at the Center for the Arts. Join in the celebration with some upcoming performances:
🌟The Acting Company presents Two Trains Running (2/16)
🌟Angélique Kidjo (3/2)
🌟Virginia Opera presents the premiere of Loving v. Virginia (5/3 & 5/4)

You can also celebrate Black Voices at our sister venue, the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, Virginia:
🌟 Dylan Triplett (2/8)
🌟 The Acting Company presents The Comedy of Errors (2/15)
🌟 Chloé Arnold's Syncopated Ladies LIVE (3/22)

View our full performance lineup here: bit.ly/3zFsQAi

“The thing that brings us together is this music and this heartbeat that makes us just nod our head all at the same time...
02/05/2025

“The thing that brings us together is this music and this heartbeat that makes us just nod our head all at the same time, and we're all one for an instant second." - Jackie Lopez (aka Miss Funk)

Join together with Versa-Style Street Dance Company at their February 11 performance, and read more in this article 🖤 bit.ly/4aCoMiu

The 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of differen...
02/04/2025

The 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court ruling struck down state laws banning marriage between individuals of different races. Join us for a discussion panel covering the origins, challenges, and significance of the ruling.

This event is co-presented by the City of Fairfax, and is in support of Virginia Opera’s world premiere production of Loving v. Virginia.

February 6 ⚖️ bit.ly/40Yq3gE

The Peking Acrobats are tumbling back to the Center for the Arts! Their performance had to be canceled last year due to ...
02/03/2025

The Peking Acrobats are tumbling back to the Center for the Arts! Their performance had to be canceled last year due to international travel issues, but we can't wait to welcome them to our stage next month.

So come join these world-class gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists, and tumblers for a gravity-defying spectacle on March 9 🤸 bit.ly/3PYz6I8

If Mike Super’s name sounds familiar to you, chances are you’ve seen him on TV. He was the winner of Phenomenon, NBC’s m...
01/30/2025

If Mike Super’s name sounds familiar to you, chances are you’ve seen him on TV. He was the winner of Phenomenon, NBC’s magician competition series. He was a top finalist on season 9 of America’s Got Talent. He’s appeared on the Penn & Teller: Fool Us series, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and many more programs.

Catch him on our stage performing cutting edge magic and illusions February 2 🪄 Read more in this article: bit.ly/4gLc1EQ

The Acting Company returns to the Center for the Arts with August Wilson’s Tony Award-winning play Two Trains Running. S...
01/29/2025

The Acting Company returns to the Center for the Arts with August Wilson’s Tony Award-winning play Two Trains Running. Set amid the civil rights movement, the drama centers on Memphis Lee, an African American diner owner whose business is set to be demolished. While Lee fights for fairness and dignity, his customers struggle with how gentrification is changing their lives in unpredictable ways.

February 16 🎭 bit.ly/40Oo0fd

Thank you to the National Endowment for the Arts for their support of our performance by the Silkroad Ensemble.
01/28/2025

Thank you to the National Endowment for the Arts for their support of our performance by the Silkroad Ensemble.

Announcing new shows now streaming on Mason Arts Amplified, our on-demand digital venue! Now through February 16, enjoy:...
01/24/2025

Announcing new shows now streaming on Mason Arts Amplified, our on-demand digital venue! Now through February 16, enjoy:

⭐ The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in concert, featuring pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason. The repertoire includes Prokofiev’s popular Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26; Debussy’s Danse (orch. by Ravel); and Rimsky-Korsakov’s beloved Scheherazade

⭐ Cirque Kalabanté, a unique fusion of African arts and European circus traditions. You'll see daring acrobats and dancers perform gravity-defying feats accompanied by the pulsating rhythms of a live Afro jazz ensemble

Read more in this article ⭐ bit.ly/4aDQo71

01/23/2025

Returning for a third year as a Mason Artist-in-Residence, GRAMMY Award-winning music collective Silkroad Ensemble presents a showcase of all-star percussionists and musical storytelling through the exchange of rhythm, pulse, and melody from different musical traditions around the world

January 25. Get your tickets today 🥁 bit.ly/41Y7vOH

In the newest installment of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel, you'll explore the captivating music of Bach, C...
01/22/2025

In the newest installment of Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel, you'll explore the captivating music of Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, and Spanish composers Enrique Granados and Manuel de Falla. This series of concerts with commentary take you into and behind the music.

Join in on January 26 🎹 bit.ly/4jngXBs

“What is jazz? It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually...
01/21/2025

“What is jazz? It's almost like asking, What is French? Jazz is a musical language. It's a musical dialect that actually embodies the spirit of America.”

Don’t miss what’s sure to be an unforgettable concert when GRAMMY Award-winner Branford Marsalis joins the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra on February 1. Read more in this article 🎷 bit.ly/3WsgZxT

01/21/2025

We are sorry to announce that the Czech National Philharmonic has canceled their U.S. tour, including their Feb. 7 performance at the Center for the Arts.

The Center for the Arts Ticket Office has been in touch with ticketholders by email to assist with options. If you are a ticketholder to this concert and have not heard from the Ticket Office yet, please contact them directly at [email protected] or 703-993-2787.

Cozy up your winter at the Center for the Arts! Join us for these January performances:🌟Silkroad Ensemble (1/25)🌟Keyboar...
01/13/2025

Cozy up your winter at the Center for the Arts! Join us for these January performances:

🌟Silkroad Ensemble (1/25)
🌟Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Dances for the Ears (1/26)
🌟Mason Cabaret 2025 (1/31-2/2)

Explore our full calendar of performances here 🌟 bit.ly/3zFsQAi

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Join us this week with engaging activities and performances from Mason Artist-in-Residence Versa-Style Dance Company! View the full list of activities here 🎶 bit.ly/3CTDEfZ

We are thrilled to announce the Give Voice initiative, a $35M fundraising effort to renovate and modernize the Center for the Arts. This project will enhance our concert hall, remodel the lobby, expand teaching spaces, and elevate the arts at George Mason University. Be part of this transformative journey and help us support the next generation of artists! Learn more: cfa.gmu.edu/givevoice #GiveVoice #MasonArts

Returning for a third year as a Mason Artist-in-Residence, GRAMMY Award-winning music collective Silkroad Ensemble presents a showcase of all-star percussionists and musical storytelling through the exchange of rhythm, pulse, and melody from different musical traditions around the world January 25. Get your tickets today 🥁 bit.ly/41Y7vOH

Don't miss Silkroad Ensemble's return to the Center for the Arts! The GRAMMY Award-winning music collective Silkroad Ensemble presents Percussion All-Stars, a showcase of rhythm and musical storytelling from musical traditions around the world. January 25. Get your tickets today 🥁 bit.ly/41Y7vOH

Put a little swing into the holiday season with platinum-selling jazz-rock band Squirrel Nut Zippers! It's the boisterous sounds of their Christmas Caravan concert. December 7 🎄 bit.ly/4ikDGNT

Listen, if Quincy Jones calls them the “baddest vocal cats on the planet,” you know you don't want to miss this concert! Close out Thanksgiving weekend with the most awarded a cappella group in history, the 10 time GRAMMY Award-winners Take 6! December 1 🎶 bit.ly/4i81V1S

Warm up with some holiday cheer at the Center for the Arts and a vibrant lineup of festive performances! 🎁 Canadian Brass (11/30) 🎁 Take 6 (12/1) 🎁 Squirrel Nut Zippers (12/7) 🎁 American Festival Pops Orchestra presents Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season (12/14) Get your tickets today at bit.ly/4fqFljk

Bold, uninhibited, and strong-willed, Carmen lives life on her own terms. She is brave, beautiful, and independent. She does what she wants. She falls in and out of love. She is a power to behold until her obsessed ex violently and tragically rejects her choice to move on. Don't miss Virginia Opera's production of Carmen by Georges Bizet, November 16&17 🌹bit.ly/4eZM2Zd @vaopera

The George Mason School of Theater presents 110 in the Shade, a musical based on the hit play and movie The Rainmaker. The show visits Three Point, a hot and drought-stricken town in the southwest. Lizzie, a local spinster, is having an equally onerous drought in her love life. A mysterious stranger Starbuck arrives on the scene, who might be able to bring on the rain in both. Join in October 31 - November 3 🌧️ bit.ly/3Udq4d2 @_mason_arts @theateratmason

Mark Morris is "the most successful and influential choreographer alive, and indisputably the most musical.” - The New York Times Don't miss the Mark Morris Dance Group's return to the Center for the Arts on October 19, presenting a program of audience favorites and rare gems. Tickets on sale now 🎟️ bit.ly/3AEiUHG @markmorrisdance

Wondering what audiences think of Ballet Hispánico's vibrant dance performances? Look no further, and make sure you're in the audience for this Mason Artist-in-Residence's beautiful and sculptural performance. October 5 💫 bit.ly/4e6Y42r

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Mason’s Center for the Arts

The Center for the Arts is the centerpiece of performing arts on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. Each year, the Center welcomes hundreds of thousands of community members into its 2,000-seat Concert Hall for performances by renowned professional artists, accomplished faculty, and emerging student artists. Great Performances at Mason, an annual season of national and international artists, features the best of classical music, opera, jazz, world music, dance, theater, global music and dance, and more. As a part of George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Center hosts many student and faculty performances presented by the Schools of Music, Theater, and Dance. The Center for the Arts is also the performing home for the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra.

For more information, please visit cfa.gmu.edu.