National Building Museum
 

BEACH Late Night


Summer block party 2015

The Museum will remain open until 9 pm Wednesday evenings throughout the summer. Enjoy extended hours to visit exhibitions, experience the BEACH, and snack on treats and drinks from Union Kitchen. Beach games and special tours will also be available.

Ticket sales end at 7 pm on Wednesday and are first comes, first served.

Live steel pan music provided by the Victor Provost Quartet, presented in partnership with Washington Performing Arts.

Victor Provost is widely regarded as one of the young masters of the unique and often misunderstood instrument, the steel pan.  With appearances at concert halls and stages throughout the world, he has been meticulously developing a reputation as a “dazzling” soloist, crafting an improvisational voice and style to be reckoned with.  With a strong foundation in Bebop, a contemporary sensibility, and deep roots in Caribbean music, he works in countless genres and musical styles.  

Besides being an adjunct professor of music at George Mason University, where he founded the Mason Steel Pan Ensemble, Victor has conducted residencies and master classes throughout the United States and the Caribbean at Universities and Schools such as Berklee College of Music in Boston, University of Akron, Miami University, and Northern Illinois University.  He is an Art Ambassador to his hometown of the U.S. Virgin Islands, which honored him with a Special Congressional Recognition in 2014, and returns frequently to perform and teach as part of Dion Parson’s community-based arts initiative, the United Jazz Foundation.

For more than four decades, Washington Performing Arts has created profound opportunities for connecting the community to artists, in both education and performance. The organization’s inherent belief in the complete spectrum of the arts is revealed in performances of the highest quality, including classical music, jazz, gospel, contemporary dance, international music and art forms, and works that bend genres in provocative ways. 

Join us for future late night events: 

Wednesday, August 19
Wednesday, August 26
Wednesday, September 2

Visit the Admissions Desk to purchase tickets on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets may sell out prior to 5 pm.

Date:
Time: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

This event does not require an RSVP. Registered users can request event reminders.
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