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“Veterans And The Arts” Event Nov. 11th

WRITTEN BY CLAIRE ALLEN

Mason will be honoring our veterans and military families with special events during Veteran’s Day weekend, including “Veterans and the Arts” at the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas – a full day of interactive visual and performing arts activities.

Veterans and the Arts
FREE EVENT
Friday, November 11, 2016
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Hylton Performing Arts Center
10960 George Mason Circle
Manassas, VA 20110
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The Hylton Performing Arts Center will host “Veterans and the Arts”, an event that honors the veterans in our community and engages with them through the arts. Open to military veterans, their families, and the public, the event will include several interactive arts activities, dance and chamber music performances by community ensembles, movement classes including yoga, a visual art exhibit of works by veterans, and a knowledge center of the resources available to veterans in the area.

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Potomac Arts Academy
is excited to be a part of this special event. Our own Guitar Teaching Artist, Glen McCarthy, will be teaching a beginning guitar class as part of the festivities. No previous experience is required, and all are welcome to participate! Glen has taught adult guitar classes at Potomac Arts Academy since 2015 and has inspired guitar students of all ages during his time in the Fairfax County Public School system and at George Mason University. Guitars will be provided for participants through Potomac Arts Academy’s outreach program Instruments in the Attic, which collects donated instruments from the community, repairs them, and then puts them into the hands of musicians in need.

Additionally, Mason professors Darden Purcell and James Carroll will present a lecture on jazz music titled “Music of the Greatest Generation”. The lecture will preview the 8PM performance (ticketed) of Jazz 4 Justice: Tribute to the Greatest Generation”.

VISIT HYLTON WEBSITE FOR MORE INFO

Opportunities for veterans to engage with the arts will not end on Friday – in the spring, additional guitar workshops with Glen McCarthy, a quilt exhibit, and a Sing-Along with the Manassas Chorale will be offered at the Hylton!

 

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“A Salute to Our Veterans” Concert
Sunday, November 13th, 2PM
GMU Center for the Arts
Mason Fairfax Campus
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
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The George Mason University Center for the Arts will also host a Veterans’ Day concert, featuring Anthony Maiello conducting the American Festival Pops Orchestra in a program of patriotic music and classical favorites by American composers.

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We hope you will be able to join the Mason community to honor our veterans through the arts next weekend!

The Academy will be closed for Spring Break beginning Monday, March 25 and will re-open on Monday, April 1. We will be operating with limited hours. For any urgent requests, please call 703-993-9889.

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