Our phenomenal 2018-2019 season features the extraordinary music and legendary performers you expect to hear at the Nation’s Library. In our splendid concert hall, nestled in the stunning architectural environment of the Thomas Jefferson Building, you can encounter an impressive range of musical experiences, free of charge.

2018 EVENTS

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event (Location)
Wednesday	September 5	10 am	GET TICKETS for 2018 Concerts and Events from Eventbrite Beginning at 10 am, you can get tickets for any 2018 event that is part of Concerts from the Library of Congress. PLEASE NOTE: All films, talks and preconcert events this year are general admission with no ticket required, unless otherwise indicated. You can still register for reminders and updates about those events, but seating will be first-come, first-served.
Thursday	September 6	7:30 pm	HOMEGROWN EVENT: Stepping Back in Time: Storytelling with Connie Regan-Blake and Barbara Freeman (Mumford Room, 6th Floor, James Madison Building)
Wednesday	September 12	7:30 pm	HOMEGROWN CONCERT: John McCutcheon: traditional folk music from the AFC Archives (Coolidge Auditorium)
Thursday	September 20	7:30 pm	HOMEGROWN CONCERT: Archive Challenge Sample Concert (Coolidge Auditorium)
Wednesday	September 26	12 pm	HOMEGROWN CONCERT: Eddie Bond and the New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters: Old-time Appalachian fiddling from Virginia (Coolidge Auditorium)
Saturday	October 6	8 pm	CONCERT: Truls Mørk and Behzod Abduraimov (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation; Postconcert Conversation with the Artists onstage]
Wednesday	October 10	8 pm	CONCERT: Pérez, Cohen, Potter Quintet with Larry Grenadier and Nate Smith (Coolidge Auditorium)
Thursday	October 18	8 pm	CONCERT: Couperin at 350 - Les Talens Lyriques (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Friday	October 19	8 pm	CONCERT: Emerson Quartet with David Finckel (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Tuesday	October 23	7 pm	LECTURE: “Music, Sports & Exercise: How Tracks, Tunes and Playlists Can Improve Your Performance” Costas I. Karageorghis (Mumford Room)
Friday	October 26	6:30pm	FILM: The Wiz (Coolidge Auditorium) [Film preceded by an interview with Tony Walton onstage]
Saturday	October 27	11am	#DECLASSIFIED: “Designing The Wiz” Tony Walton and Solomon HaileSelassie (Coolidge Auditorium stage)
Saturday	October 27	2 pm	FILM: The Wiz, family-friendly screening (Coolidge Auditorium)     [Film introduced by Tony Walton]
Tuesday	October 30	8 pm	CONCERT: Quince and TAK Ensembles (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Friday	November 9	8 pm	CONCERT: Alarm Will Sound (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Thursday	November 15	7 pm	FILM: Howard (Pickford Theater)
Friday	November 16	8 pm	CONCERT: Latvian Radio Choir (Coolidge Auditorium)
Saturday	November 17	11 am	#DECLASSIFIED: “Women Composers Hiding in Plain Sight” Melissa Wertheimer (Whittall Pavilion)
Monday	November 19	8 pm	CONCERT: Alan Menken (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture, Janet McKinney]
Tuesday	November 20	7 pm	AMS LECTURE: “Music in America’s Radio Propaganda in Korea” Hye-Jung Park (Montpelier Room)
Thursday	November 29	6:30 pm	FILM: Artur Schnabel: No Place of Exile (Pickford Theater) [Film introduced by Matthew Mishory and Markus Pawlik]
Friday	November 30	8 pm	CONCERT: Jenny Lin with Marlissa Hudson and Cornelius Dufallo (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Thursday	December 6	7 pm	FILM: 20 Feet from Stardom (Pickford Theater)
Wednesday	December 12	10 am	GET TICKETS for 2019 Concerts and Events from Eventbrite Beginning at 10 am, you can get tickets for any 2019 event that is part of Concerts from the Library of Congress. PLEASE NOTE: All films, talks and preconcert events this year are general admission with no ticket required, unless otherwise indicated. You can still register for reminders and updates about those events, but seating will be first-come, first-served.
Wednesday	December 12	8 pm	CONCERT: Charles Lloyd and the Marvels with special guest Lucinda Williams and featuring Bill Frisell, Reuben Rogers, Eric Harland and Greg Leisz (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Thursday	December 13	6:30 pm	LECTURE/FILM: ‘Round Midnight (Pickford Theater) [Book talk by Maxine Gordon will precede film screening]
Tuesday	December 18	8 pm	CONCERT: Brentano Quartet with Hsin-Yun Huang (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture, Alessandra Barabaschi]

2019 EVENTS

Day	Date	Time	Artist/Event (Location)
Thursday	January 10	7 pm	FILM: All That Jazz (Pickford Theater)
Thursday	January 17	7 pm	FILM: Gold Diggers of 1933 (Pickford Theater)
Thursday	January 24	7 pm	FILM: Staying Alive (Pickford Theater)
Thursday	January 31	7 pm	FILM: Stepping Out (Pickford Theater)
Thursday	February 7	7 pm	FILM: The Sea Hawk (Pickford Theater)
Saturday	February 9	11 am	#DECLASSIFIED: “Acquired Tastes: Recent Manuscript Acquisitions,” with David Plylar (Coolidge Auditorium stage)
Thursday	February 14	7 pm	FILM: Kings Row (Pickford Theater)
Friday	February 15	8 pm	CONCERT: Mnozil Brass (Coolidge Auditorium)
Tuesday	February 19	8 pm	CONCERT: Renaud Capuçon and Guillaume Bellom [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Saturday	February 23	11 am	#DECLASSIFIED: “ In Search of Korngold” Paul Sommerfeld (Pickford Theater)
Saturday	February 23	12 pm	FILM: Double Feature: Captain Blood and The Goonies (Pickford Theater)
Thursday	February 28	7 pm	FILM: The Sea Wolf (Pickford Theater)
Saturday	March 2	11 am	#DECLASSIFIED: “Rebecca Clarke: The Viola Sonata at 100” Cait Miller with Katherine Murdock and Audrey Andrist (Coolidge Auditorium stage)
Friday	March 8	8 pm	CONCERT: Paul Lewis (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture, David Plylar]
Saturday	March 9	2 pm	CONCERT: Jean Rondeau (Coolidge Auditorium) [12:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Friday	March 15	8 pm	CONCERT: Ensemble Signal with Rachel Calloway (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Friday	March 22	8 pm	CONCERT: Borodin Quartet (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture, Kevin Bartig]
Saturday	March 23	8 pm	CONCERT: Aaron Diehl (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture, James Wintle]
Thursday	April 4	7 pm	FILM: Reformat the Planet (Pickford Theater)
Friday	April 5	12 pm	PANEL: “Copyrighting a Cartridge” (Whittall Pavilion)
Friday	April 5	8 pm	SPECIAL EVENT: “Hi, Score! Introducing a Game to its Music” (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Saturday	April 6	11 am	#DECLASSIFIED: “Processing and Preserving Video Games” David Gibson and Amanda May (Whittall Pavilion)
Saturday	April 6	2 pm	PANEL: “Composition, Sound and Video Games” (Coolidge Auditorium)
Friday	April 12	8 pm	CONCERT: Jerusalem Quartet (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Tuesday	April 16	7 pm	AMS LECTURE: “Americans’ Forgotten Love Affair with Opera” Katherine Preston (Montpelier Room)
Thursday	April 18	8 pm	CONCERT: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]
Friday	April 19	8 pm	SPECIAL EVENT: “The Legacy of the New Dance Group” (Coolidge Auditorium)
Saturday	April 20	8 pm	CONCERT: Jazzmeia Horn Quintet (Coolidge Auditorium)
Saturday	April 27	2 pm	LECTURE/CONCERT: Franz Liszt’s Sardanapalo (Coolidge Auditorium) [12:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture, David Rosen]
Saturday	May 4	8 pm	CONCERT: Tetzlaff-Tetzlaff-Vogt Trio (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Lecture, David Plylar]
Thursday	May 16	7 pm	SPECIAL EVENT: A Conversation with Jessye Norman (Coolidge Auditorium)
Saturday	June 1	8 pm	CONCERT: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with Jan Lisiecki (Coolidge Auditorium) [6:30 pm, Whittall Pavilion, Preconcert Conversation]