Performance Venues

Times: 3 P.M.
Admission: $5-$25
Join the ASO for the return of Ellington’s incredibly inventive jazz-band arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker Suite.”

Address: 1635 Trap Road, Vienna, VA
Times: 7:30 pm
Phone: 1877WOLFTRAP
Admission: See website for ticket prices
From Gershwin to Porter, this long-time Wolf Trap favorite and local jazz pianist presents popular American songs with entertaining observations and interpretations. Buy the entire John Eaton series and SAVE! Just $66 for all three performances, a savings of nearly 15%. Purchase the series. November 27: The Roaring ’20s Join this local pianist in a salute to the heroes of The Jazz Age—George Gershwin, Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, and more—and their timeless music featuring “Stardust,” “Rhapsody in Blue,” and “Tea for Two,” among others. January 29: The Swinging ’30s The 1930s were musically one of America’s most unforgettable decades, with Porgy and Bess, the big bands of Benny Goodman and Count Basie, Cole Porter’s Night and Day, and the great songs from Fred Astaire’s Hollywood musicals. March 5: The Fabulous ’40s Joined by legendary jazz bassist Tommy Cecil, Eaton pays tribute to a rich ’40s playlist by Duke Ellington, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Glenn Miller, Jule Styne, and Frank Loesser. Program includes “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” “Blues in the Night,” “How High the Moon,” “Tenderly,” and many more. * Eaton has recorded 5 albums with Wolf Trap Recordings produced live at The Barns. The most recent CD, John Eaton presents…Hooray for Hollywood—The Music of Harry Warren, was released in the spring of 2010. * Click here to purchase any albums in the series. A sixth Wolf Trap Recording is currently in the works.