Welcome to Summer 2009!

Thanks to everyone for stopping by my blog on this important day in Wolf Trap's year.

Once again, our President and CEO Terre Jones is currently announcing the bulk of our summer season lineup that will eventually total around 170 performances from May - September. Terre's forum for this announcement is the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in front of a capacity crowd that includes distinguished guests, and special guest speaker, iconic folk artist and activist, Judy Collins.

Before I share summer shows booked thus far, I'd like to announce the winner of my artist trivia contest. He's been a loyal reader for some time now, and although I still don't know his actual name, he blogs under the pseudonym "Hemisphere." He nailed all three answers minutes after I posted the contest. Hemisphere - congratulations! You have won a pair of front orchestra seats for correctly guessing the following three artists.

1) LeAnn Rimes
2) Elvis Costello
3) Crosby, Stills & Nash

Let me know at your convenience which show you'd like to attend, and I'll give you details on how to receive your tickets.


Now onto the main event....

2009 Summer Season Lineup

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor - 5/22 & 5/23

The Pirates of Penzance - 5/29 & 5/30

Three Girls & Their Buddy - 5/31
Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin with Buddy Miller

John Prine - 6/5
Special Guest: Steve Earle

David Byrne - 6/6
The Music of David Byrne & Brian Eno
Special Guest:
DeVotchKa

Road Trip! - 6/6 at The Barns
A Coast-to-Coast Musical Tour of America
An Evening with Steven Blier and the WTOC

Wolf Trap’s 20th Annual Louisiana Swamp Romp - 6/7
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Tab Benoit
Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys
Geno Delafose and French Rockin’ Boogie

Celtic Woman - 6/8

An Evening with Pink Martini - 6/9

Indigo Girls - 6/10

Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes - 6/11

Gipsy Kings - 6/12 & 6/13

The Ultimate Doo-Wop Show - 6/14
Starring:
The Drifters
Jimmy Beaumont & The Skyliners
The Contours featuring Sylvester Potts, Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs
The Clovers featuring Harold Winley
Randy & the Rainbows featuring Randy Safuto, The Marcels, The Edsels, The Blue Suede Orchestra

Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance - 6/15

Diana Krall - 6/17

Huey Lewis & The News - 6/18

RAIN—A Tribute to the Beatles - 6/19 & 6/20

Buddy Guy - 6/21
Susan Tedeschi

Michael McDonald - 6/23
Boz Scaggs

REGENERATION TOUR 2009 - 6/24
ABC
Terri Nunn & Berlin
Wang Chung
Heaven 17
Cutting Crew

Riverdance - 6/26/ - 6/28

Così fan tutte - 6/26, 6/28 & 6/30 at The Barns
The School for Lovers

Tony Bennett - 7/2

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet - 7/7

LeAnn Rimes - 7/9
Emil de Cou, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

Video Games Live! - 7/10
Jack Wall, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

Hamlisch Conducts Hamlisch - 7/11
Vocalists TBD
National Symphony Orchestra

Merce Cunningham Dance Company - 7/14

Joe Cocker - 7/15

42nd Street - 7/17 - 7/19

Jackson Browne - 7/22

Carmina Burana - 7/23
Emil de Cou, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

The Wizard of Oz - 7/24
Emil de Cou, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

The Return of Ulysses - 7/24, 7/26 & 7/28
Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria

The Music of John Williams - 7/25
Erich Kunzel, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

An Evening with Gordon Lightfoot - 7/26

ABBA THE TOUR - 7/28

Tom Jones - 7/29

Sarah Chang, violin - 7/30
Emil de Cou, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

Blue Planet - 7/31
Emil de Cou, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

Broadway ROCKS! - 8/1
Randall Craig Fleischer, conductor
National Symphony Orchestra

The Pursuit of Love - 8/1 at The Barns
An Evening with Steven Blier and the WTOC

Daryl Hall & John Oates - 8/2

Blondie - 8/4
Pat Benatar

Puccini’s La bohème - 8/7
Stephen Lord, conductor
Wolf Trap Opera Company
National Symphony Orchestra

The B-52s - 8/8

Johnny Mathis - 8/9

Hippiefest - 8/11
A Concert for Peace & Love
Featuring:
Mountain featuring Leslie West & Corkie Laing
Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night
Flo & Eddie of The Turtles
Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals
Badfinger featuring Joey Molland

Bill Cosby - 8/13

The Temptations - 8/15
The Four Tops

Bonnie Raitt and her band - 8/16
Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band

Face of America: Glacier National Park - 8/19
Trey McIntyre Project

Steve Miller Band - 8/20

Great Big Sea - 8/21

Peter, Paul & Mary - 8/22

The Beach Boys - 8/23

Loggins & Messina - 8/26
Special Guest:
The Gabe Dixon Trio

The Lord of the Rings - 8/28 & 8/29
The Two Towers
Complete Film in HD!

B.B. King - 8/30

Disney’s High School Musical - 9/1 - 9/6

There it is! More information on each performance can be found on the Wolf Trap website. Tickets go on-sale to the general public on March 28, so mark your calendars. The next round of shows will be announced on April 6 with an on-sale date of April 10, so stay tuned for more to come. We can't wait to see you out here this summer!

later on,

Graham