Music, Dance, Opera, Theater Return To GMU's Center For The Arts

FAIRFAX, VA — George Mason University's Center for the Arts will be ground zero for musical, dance and artistic entertainment in Fairfax this September and October.

A variety of local and international performers with take the stage, including the Virginia Opera, Malpaso Dance Company, Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Christian McBride and Jeffrey Siegel, who will present the first of four Keyboard Conversations.

As part of ARTS by George! , award-winning actress and singer Renée Elise Goldsberry makes her Center for the Arts debut in a one-night-only performance on Saturday, Sept. 30.

In addition, the talents of students from Mason’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will be spotlighted via these signature events: Film at Mason, Dewberry School of Music, and Mason School of Theater.

Unless otherwise noted, all performances will take place at the Center for the Arts, which is located at 4373 Mason Pond Drive in Fairfax.

Tickets to these performance are on sale to the general public and available for purchase in person at the Center for the Arts Ticket Office, which is open Monday–Friday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. until Aug\ 22; and open Tuesday–Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. after Aug. 22). Tickets may also be purchased by calling 703-993-2787, or through the Center for the Arts website.

Here is the full schedule of performances taking place this September and October at George Mason University's Center for the Arts:

• Film at Mason: Best of Film at Mason Showcase 2023 - Friday, Sept. 1 at 4:30 p.m. Free; registration required Johnson Center Cinema
• Dewberry School of Music: Grand Piano Celebration 2023 - Sunday, September 10 at 3 p.m. $20 General Public, $15 Seniors, $5 Students
• Mason School of Theater: The Originals! - Sept. 15, 16 at 8 p.m. Sept. 16 at 2 p.m. The Sept. 15 performance is ASL-interpreted. $20 General Public; $10 Students, Staff, Seniors, and Groups TheaterSpace
• Dewberry School of Music: Mason Wind Symphony & Symphonic Band Concert #1: “FUSION” - Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. $12 General Public, $8 Seniors, $5 Students
• Arts in Context - Kritikos Anti-Racist Reading Group - Fridays, Sept. 29–Nov. 10 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Online Only.
• 2023 ARTS by George! - Saturday, Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. Tickets start at $350
• Renée Elise Goldsberry in Concert - Saturday, Sept. 30 at 8:30 p.m. $100, $75, $50
• Film at Mason: Best of Film at Mason Showcase at Mason Exhibitions Arlington - Thursday, Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. Free; registration required Mason Exhibitions Arlington
• Virginia Opera: Siegfried - Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. $110, $70, $40; half-price for youth through Grade 12
• Dewberry School of Music - Mason Symphony Orchestra Concert: Fall 2023 - Wednesday, Oct. 11 at 8 p.m. $12 General Public, $8 Seniors, $5 Students
• Film at Mason - Best of Film at Mason Showcase at Washington West Film Festival - Saturday, Oct. 14 at 11 a.m. ShowPlace ICON Theatre at 1667 Silver Hill Drive, McLean, VA 22102
• Dewberry School of Music - JAZZ4JUSTICE: Celebrating the Legacy of Anthony Maiello - Saturday, October 14 at 8 p.m. $20 General Public; $15 Seniors and Students
• Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood LIVE - King for a Day! Sunday, Oct. 15 at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. $50, $40, $25. Following the 5:30 p.m. performance: Add on a Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood LIVE VIP experience for $30.
• Malpaso Dance Company - Friday, Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. $48, $41, $29; half-price for youth through Grade 12
• Mason School of Theater: 9 to 5 The Musical - Oct. 20*, 21, 27, 28 at 8 p.m. Oct. 22, 29** at 2 p.m. *ASL-Interpreted Performance **Audio Described Harris Theatre
• Dewberry School of Music: Fall Choral Invitational: Songs of Unity - Saturday, Oct. 21 at 4 p.m. Free and open to the public
• Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Christian McBride - Jim Carroll, artistic director Saturday, Oct. 28 at 8 p.m. $50, $43, $30; half-price for youth through Grade 12
• Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel - Power and Passion of Beethoven Sunday, Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. $50, $43, $29; half-price for youth through Grade 12
• Dewberry School of Music - Dewberry School of Music Faculty Artist Showcase Fall 2023 - Sunday, Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. Free and open to the public

The following are 2023/2024 Center for the Arts season sponsors and grantmaking Organizations: Sandy Spring Bank, National Endowment for the Arts, The Seeley Foundation, Tom and Evelyn Kiley Fund, The Mather, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Woodleigh Chase, New England Foundation for the Arts, Eloise Stinger, Didlake, and Joyce Grimes.