Department of Music Honors Recital

Performing Arts Department presents "Aunt Dan and Lemon"

April 13,14, 15, 20, 21 & 22

A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

Click HERE to buy tickets or call 314-935-6543

Lemon has a notion that the Nazis were really quite “refreshing” because they were never hypocrites and she articulates her admiration for them with ease, humor and intelligence. Aunt Dan, a former Oxford don, reveres everything Henry Kissinger has ever done, defends the bombing of North Vietnam, and regales Lemon with deadly and salacious tales about her prostitute friend Mindy. “Simply put, this is a play about how literate, civilized societies can drift en masse into beastliness and commit the most obscene acts of history.” (Frank Rich, New York Times). Shawn’s play would have us hear what evil sounds like close up -- how funny, smart and lurid it can be.

Aunt Dan and Lemon is presented by special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Performing Arts Department presents "Aunt Dan and Lemon"

April 13,14, 15, 20, 21 & 22

A.E. Hotchner Studio Theatre

Click HERE to buy tickets or call 314-935-6543

Lemon has a notion that the Nazis were really quite “refreshing” because they were never hypocrites and she articulates her admiration for them with ease, humor and intelligence.  Aunt Dan, a former Oxford don, reveres everything Henry Kissinger has ever done, defends the bombing of North Vietnam, and regales Lemon with deadly and salacious tales about her prostitute friend Mindy. “Simply put, this is a play about how literate, civilized societies can drift en masse into beastliness and commit the most obscene acts of history.” (Frank Rich, New York Times). Shawn’s play would have us hear what evil sounds like close up -- how funny, smart and lurid it can be. 

Aunt Dan and Lemon is presented by special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.

Gioco delle Partí Scenes from Classic Italian Theater in the Original Italian

Jazz Combos Concert

Guitar Gala

Wind Ensemble Concert

Celebrate Five Years of Cortango

Please join us for a very special event to commemorate 5 years of Cortango! The Washington University Department of Music presents Cortango in Concert in the spectacular E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall and Cortango will host a DJ milonga to follow in the ballroom. Complimentary wine and refreshments will be served.

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$20 - General Admission
$15 - Seniors/WU Faculty & Staff
$10 - Youth and Students

Washington University students are free with ID.

Cortango Orquesta is a Tango, Classical and Jazz fusion concert and dance band featuring members of the Saint Louis Symphony. Founded and led by Cally Banham, a trained social Tango dancer, the band is named for her instrument, the "Cor anglais", or "English horn" - the atypical instrument in this otherwise orquesta tipica! Cortango's songbook comes entirely from original arrangements made by members of the ensemble, and by Argentine bandoneon player and Tango arranger, Julian Hasse.

Cortango Orquesta was born from a desire to create a live music experience which would be ideal for social dancers, and has evolved to become a concert ensemble, exploring the vast repertoire of contemporary Tango. The band debuted at the St. Louis Ritz-Carlton's "Nuestra Milonga" in May 2013. Engagements during their first season included a New York City Debut at Cary Hall, and a Festival debut performance at the Midwest Tango Festival. The group has been featured twice in concert at spectacular Powell Symphony Hall, as well as at the Public Media Commons, presented by the Nine Network. As part of the community programs at the St. Louis Symphony, Cortango has performed for patients at Siteman Cancer Center and for veterans at The Jefferson Barracks. To celebrate the great community of Tango dancers in St. Louis, Cortango created the popular annual "Chapel Milonga" event!

Cortango's Debut Album, "Tandas"​, was released in 2015, and is available on iTunes, Amazon, and CD Baby. Their album release was featured on the national PBS show "Arts America". Currently Cortango is a featured collaborator on a new Christmas recording, scheduled for release in November 2018.