A Valentine's Assortment @the Atlas

For Immediate Release: For More Information Contact:

January 31, 2007 Jen DeMayo
jdemayo@atlasarts.org
202.399.7993 ext 125

Multiple Musical Offerings coming up at the Atlas!

Three companies offer audiences a musical Valentine’s assortment!

(Washington, DC) The weekend before Valentine’s Day will find the Atlas Performing Arts Center filled with the sweet sounds of melody to delight lovers and music-lovers alike! Sweet being the operative word as Atlas Arts Partners and friends look to the universal theme of love for their programming inspiration.

Congressional Chorus’ newest endeavor, Love, American Style, is a candy-coated evening of American love songs which will premiere at the Atlas Saturday, February 10th at 8pm. Unlike most choir performances this choral confection will delight audiences on all sides of the Hallmark Holiday. The 20 year old choir, now under the direction of David Simmons, will perform love songs in a cabaret setting in the Atlas’ versatile Sprenger Theatre. Audiences will enjoy an array of sweet treats from area bakers along with coffee, tea and punch. Although the Chorus now calls the Atlas home they will continue to bring their uniquely American repertoire to other Washington area venues. The following evening on February 11th at 7pm they will bring the Valentine’s treat to Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in Bethesda, MD.

Tickets are $25.

That same weekend, on both February 9th and 10th at 8pm, will find cabaret sensation Beverly Cosham heating up the Atlas’ Lab Theatre 2 with her phenomenal talent. Ms. Cosham takes to the mike in the first half of the African Continuum Theatre Company’s J’s Jook Joint, a modern day take on the historical “jook joint” experience. The Washington Post proclaimed that Ms. Cosham is a “master at creating a warmly, evocative mood, no matter how familiar the lyric or how common the sentiment.”

Tickets are $15-$20

Audiences can conclude a musical Valentine’s weekend on Sunday February 11th at 3pm with Love You Madly! by Washington Musica Viva. Musica Viva is an ensemble drawn from members of the Washington National Symphony Orchestra, Washington area free-lance musicians, and favorite guest artists from New York, Boston, and elsewhere.

Musica Viva provides monthly performances of classical and contemporary chamber music, often with literary and visual artists. This month’s offerings include the title number by Washington’s own Duke Ellington as well as new works including Emily’s Song for bass singer and trombone by Lawrence Moss (premiere) - a new approach to the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Had Us at Hello for bass singer and piano by Charley Gerard. Text in English, German, and French from newspaper articles about athletes Lance Armstrong and Mark McGwire.

Tickets are $15-$20

Tickets for all performances are available at the Atlas Performing Arts Center Box Office 202.399.7993 or online at www.atlasarts.org

**Patrons coming to Friday and Saturday evening performances are encouraged to take the Atlas District Courtesy Shuttle which will bring patrons to and from Union Station between 7pm and 2am. Call 1.301.751.1802 to arrange for a pickup.


Jen DeMayo

Communications Director
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
office: 202.399.7993 ext 125
mobile: 973.953.9831
email: jdemayo@atlasarts.org