View the complete schedules for the Center for the Arts and the Hylton Performing Arts Center.
Visiting Filmmakers Series: Unapologetic with Filmmaker Ashley O’Shay
Thursday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m.
Johnson Center Cinema
Join us for a screening and discussion of Unapologetic with filmmaker Ashley O’Shay. After two police killings, Black millennial organizers challenge a Chicago administration complicit in state violence against its Black residents. Told through the lens of Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionist leaders, Unapologetic is a deep look into the Movement for Black Lives, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
Fall Choral Festival Concert
Dewberry School of Music
Saturday, Oct. 15, at 4 p.m.
Center for the Arts
George Mason University choirs are under the direction of Lisa Billingham. The choral ensembles perform a wide variety of music each semester, ranging from classical styles to multicultural works and popular music.
Faculty Artist Showcase
Dewberry School of Music
Sunday, Oct. 16, at 3 p.m.
Harris Theatre
Come attend this annual showcase recital of performances by Mason’s stellar Dewberry School of Music faculty, including vocal, instrumental, and piano artists.
Mason Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band
Dewberry School of Music
Monday, Oct. 17, at 8 p.m.
The Mason Wind Symphony and Symphonic Band open the 2022–23 concert cycle with a shared concert titled Exclamations! Works performed by both ensembles are written by composers whose artistic voices, both past and present, celebrate the power of music and music-making. This inaugural concert with Mason’s newly appointed Director of Bands William L. Lake Jr. will include a pre-concert performance and talk back of Richard Strauss’ “Serenade for 13 Winds.”
Mason Jazz Ensemble: Fall Concert
Wednesday, Oct. 19, at 8 p.m.
Harris Theatre
The Mason Jazz Ensemble, directed by Jim Carroll, performs their fall concert. This concert will feature outstanding soloists and pay tribute to the great big bands of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones, and Rob McConnell.
Visual Voices Lecture with Silas Munro
Mason Exhibitions and School of Art
Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7:30 p.m.
Hosted on Zoom
Silas Munro engages multi-modal practices that inspire people to be the best versions of themselves in order to effect positive change on society as a whole.
Mason Opera Scenes
Dewberry School of Music
Friday, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m.
Harris Theatre
Come see highlights from standard operas featuring all your favorite characters singing the maestro’s brilliant arias and ensembles in a condensed staging with piano accompaniment, performed by Mason vocal students.
Mummenschanz: 50 Years
Sunday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m.
Hylton Performing Arts Center
Spectacular large-scale masks, clever puppetry, and inventive use of shadow and light delight the whole family in Mummenschanz’s 50 Years. Mummenschanz became a household name in the 1970s thanks to special appearances on The Muppet Show, Johnny Carson Show, and Sesame Street. Beloved by people of all ages around the globe, Mummenschanz sparks the imagination with its manipulation of everyday objects while offering lighthearted and universal insights into the human condition. This performance is appropriate for all ages.