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In this free preview of Home Delivery Plus, the adventurous and energizing D.C.-based trio The String Queens take the stage at Sixth & I in a festive mix of holiday favorites and pop classics. Our Mars Arts D.C. Ensemble-in-Residence, the Queens are celebrated for a repertoire ranging from the Baroque to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard “Hot 100.” Their members have collaborated with the likes of Ledisi, Solange, Leslie Odom Jr., Janelle Monáe, Jennifer Hudson, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, Common, and the late Aretha Franklin. All three are also frequent “collaborators” with dozens of local students, as music teachers in Washington, D.C. schools.
Featuring a Headline Artist performance plus:
- Soundcheck: All-new TSQ video mini-medley of spirituals recorded at the WPA offices; instructional videos by TSQ's members on the art of improvisation, and more!
- Linger Longer: The Queens discuss how they arrange music for string trio, focusing on a particular work in their repertoire.
Single-Event Price: FREE
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Thanks for visiting. The streaming period for The String Queens' performance has now concluded. We invite you to join us from January 29–February 4, when Home Delivery Plus continues with pianist Jenny Lin.
Welcome to Soundcheck, where you can "tune up" in advance of a Home Delivery Plus event. Here, you'll find resources like pre-recorded performance or interview videos (some debuting in this space), program notes, links to artists' websites and media coverage, playlists or links for advance listening, and more. Each Soundcheck is customized to its event—and some will be updated regularly, so please check back often. All Soundchecks are offered free to the public.
- Artist website: The String Queens
- Program Notes
- DCist: D.C. Trio The String Queens Wants To Change The Face Of Classical Music, One Pop Cover At A Time
- The Black Wall Street Times: Meet the String Queens, Three Black Women Changing the Face of Classical Music
Mars Arts D.C. is a partnership of Mars, Incorporated and Washington Performing Arts, with support from Jacqueline Badger Mars.
This performance is made possible through the generous support of Gary and Silvia Yacoubian and SVS Home Audio, Daimler, and an anonymous donor.
Home Delivery Plus performances recorded at Sixth & I are made possible in part through the generous support of the Galena-Yorktown Foundation.
Washington Performing Arts also extends gratitude to Judith Alison Lee for support of The String Queens’ residency.
Thank you to the following lead supporters of Washington Performing Arts’s mission-driven work in 2020/21, including presentation of Home Delivery Plus: Jacqueline Badger Mars and Mars, Incorporated; D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities; Betsy and Robert Feinberg; Dr. Gary Mather and Ms. Christina Co Mather; the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs Program and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts; Tom Gallagher; The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation; and the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts.
