For fifteen years, we’ve pursued our Wildly Ambitious programming – first nomadically, and now as Ensemble-in-Residence at the Washington National Cathedral. Since our first concert in 2003, PCE has grown to include our Cathedral series, Immersion Experiences, a film series at the National Gallery of Art, our radio podcast on WWFM, and AMERICAN ROOTS our educational series. On Tuesday, [...]

In 2018, the classical music community celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein. PCE’s Joe Horowitz has been writing on Bernstein’s life and legacy in his blog The Unanswered Question. LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100: An American Archetype Leonard Bernstein prophesied an American classical music; his disillusionment and disappointments mirrored the nation’s. In 1980, at the age of […]

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) is America’s most iconic poet, a beacon of American democracy both at home and abroad. His years as a Civil War nurse were spent in DC, where he worked at the Patent Office Building. PostClassical Ensemble celebrates the Whitman Bicentennial with three programs of music, readings, film – and a classic 1944 [...]