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Limited edition AMERICA! concert print, available in three formats. Designed to bring a piece of Counterpoint home. Perfect for framing and displaying at home.
Choose from three available sizes:
11 × 17”
Concert art and information, printed on heavyweight 80 lb cover stock.12 × 12”
Concert art only, printed on heavyweight 80 lb cover stock.16 × 24”
Concert art and information, printed on substantial, premium text-weight paper.
Please allow 2–3 weeks for your order to ship.
Official event art by David Plunkert.
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Counterpoint opens Season 3 with AMERICA! The 250th-anniversary program explores migration, resistance and reinvention through the music of composers who came to America.
Composers Lera Auerbach, Bartók, Schoenberg, Rachmaninoff and Tan Dun carried folk traditions, political histories and personal memories across borders as they forged new artistic identities. Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances transform collected Transylvanian melodies for ensembles; Schoenberg’s Ode to Napoleon channels Lord Byron’s text to protest tyranny; nostalgia pulsates through Tan Dun’s Eight Memories in Watercolor and Auerbach’s Piano Trio No. 2 unfolds like a fractured mirror, picking up the pieces between individuality and ensemble, harmony and conflict.
Limited edition Can You Hear Me? concert print, available in three formats. Designed to bring a piece of Counterpoint home. Perfect for framing and displaying at home.
Choose from three available sizes:
11 × 17”
Concert art and information, printed on heavyweight 80 lb cover stock.12 × 12”
Concert art only, printed on heavyweight 80 lb cover stock.16 × 24”
Concert art and information, printed on substantial, premium text-weight paper.
Please allow 2–3 weeks for your order to ship.
Official event art by David Plunkert.
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Percussionist Jeff Stern and pianist Natalia Kazaryan present an immersive program blending acoustic and electronic music with video projections that invites audiences to hear—and see—music in entirely new ways.
The evening features an eclectic mix of works that blur the lines between acoustic and electronic, serious and playful by established and rising composers.
The Powerhouse makes its debut as a vibrant new venue for modern music and visual art in a historic neighborhood.
Limited edition Breaking Counterpoint concert print, available in three formats. Designed to bring a piece of Counterpoint home. Perfect for framing and displaying at home.
Choose from three available sizes:
11 × 17”
Concert art and information, printed on heavyweight 80 lb cover stock.12 × 12”
Concert art only, printed on heavyweight 80 lb cover stock.16 × 24”
Concert art and information, printed on substantial, premium text-weight paper.
Please allow 2–3 weeks for your order to ship.
Official event art by David Plunkert.
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Counterpoint is thrilled to present two evenings of music and dance for our season finale performance.
To cap a season bridging cultures, Counterpoint bridges disciplines. Michael Laurello’s innovative work for acoustic guitar and stereo playback and a live set by producer Wendel Patrick are followed by a reimagining of Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint through electric guitar, live processing, dance and projections.
Created by Zane Forshee — Guitarist & Producer
Directed by Katherine Helen Fisher
Choreography & Performance by Orange Grove Dance
Limited edition Mostly Mahler concert print, available in three formats. Designed to bring a piece of Counterpoint home. Perfect for framing and displaying at home.
Choose from three available sizes:
11 × 17”
Concert art and information, printed on heavyweight 80 lb cover stock.12 × 12”
Concert art only, printed on heavyweight 80 lb cover stock.16 × 24”
Concert art and information, printed on substantial, premium text-weight paper.
Please allow 2–3 weeks for your order to ship.
Official event art by David Plunkert.
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Baritone Robin McGinness returns to the S Street Salon by popular demand, joined by cellist Joseph Gotoff and pianist Natalia Kazaryan for an evening centered around Gustav Mahler’s most cherished song cycles. From the restless yearning of Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) to the inward reflection of Rückert-Lieder (Songs after Rückert), the program traces Mahler’s vast emotional landscape. Lori Laitman’s The Seed of Dream and Clara Schumann’s lyrical Three Romances for cello and piano add intimacy.
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Season 3 mission Statement
For Season 3, Counterpoint is taking a deep dive into how music bridges boundaries across time, space and forms of expression. Immersive concert experiences unfold off the beaten path, from immigrant composers reimagining American identity to collaborative performances bridging DC and Tokyo. Classical tradition meets audiovisual innovation, folklore encounters contemporary storytelling and diverse musical worlds reveal their shared poetry. This is music as dialogue: intimate, exuberant and transformative.
AMERICA!
The nation’s 250th anniversary told through the sounds and stories of composers who made their home in America.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 • DUPONT UNDERGROUND
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