Paris by Midnight and Beyond
The Steve Washington Trio
Opening Guest Performances for The Steve Washington Trio by:
Vocalist, Anna Bergman & Pianist, Howard Breitbart
Produced by Arts Club Member Cliftine Jones
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
WAITING LIST ONLY
Thursday, October 17, 2024, 6:30 pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Members $49 - Non-Members $60
What About Paris? The Capital of France, Paris is renowned for its gastronomy, haute couture, art, literature, and intellectual community. It is home to iconic Landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Palace of Versailles, and so much more. And then there is the music of Paris-Chanson Françoise: Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Michel Legrand & Gigi’s Maurice Chevalier, and of course, as Casablanca’s Humphrey Bogart to Ingrid Bergman “We’ll always have Paris.”
This event includes a reception with refreshments and full bar.
About the Artists:
Steve Washington has been performing for more than 40 years with earnest beginnings in Princeton University's singing groups and theatrical productions. After Princeton, Steve performed in numerous professional musical and dramatic theatrical productions. A highlight was working under the direction of the world-renowned producer, Cameron Macintosh, in a production of "Hey, Mr. Producer." Shifting focus to music, Steve began cultivating a jazz-infused body of work, including standards, big band, R&B, funk, Latin & Brazilian and has been presenting at the area's most popular venues including Blues Alley, the Atlas Theater, the Carlyle Club, Mr. Henry's Capitol Hill, the Katzen Arts Center, the Woman's National Democratic Club, and the Arts Club of Washington. Along the way, Steve enjoyed more than a decade headlining on the world's finest cruise ships with his one-man shows: "Nat & Sammy Remembered" and "Rhythm, Blues & Broadway." In the last 10 years or so, Steve's focus on jazz has sharpened. In late 2015, Steve released "Right to Love", featuring the Thad Wilson Jazz Orchestra, which still enjoys international airplay and attention. A full-house CD Release concert at the famed Metropolitan Room in NYC followed and resulted in an invitation to present quarterly at the Metropolitan Room the following year. In 2018, appearances beyond the DMV, including a couple of month-long tours in Russia followed. The Russian tours resulted in "Skylark," a 2018 CD recorded in Moscow with the Sergey Vasiliev Trio. In 2020, Steve performed three live-stream concerts, courtesy of Blue House Studio's, "Covid Sessions" series. A CD featuring the standout cuts from those live concerts is pending. In 2023, Steve enjoyed another highlight as the opening artist at the North Carolina Jazz Festival. Steve continues to share his music whenever and wherever possible in the DMV and beyond and looks forward to more discovery and adventure in the enduring and always exciting world of entertainment.
“Smokin pure magic baritone, power, and nuance, brilliant falsetto, joyful….
What a show!”
- - The South Hampton Press (Montauk Community Notes)
Anna Bergman is an internationally acclaimed cross-over artist who enjoys a career in concerts, theater, opera, cabaret, with music festivals, symphony orchestras, on recordings and television. Raised abroad as the daughter of an American diplomat, Anna sings in multiple languages and styles. She has garnered critical acclaim for her solo concerts at the Kennedy Center, Feinstein's 54 Below and Regency Hotel, Music Center at Strathmore, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, and more.
Anna is a graduate and fellow of Vassar College and Aspen Music School. Anna Bergman is an internationally acclaimed cross-over artist who enjoys a career in concerts, theater, opera, cabaret, with music festivals, symphony orchestras, on recordings and television. Raised abroad as the daughter of an American diplomat, Anna sings in multiple languages and styles. She has garnered critical acclaim for her solo concerts at the Kennedy Center, Feinstein's 54 Below and Regency Hotel, Music Center at Strathmore, Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, and more.
Anna is a graduate and fellow of Vassar College and Aspen Music School.
- “Elegant and utterly enjoyable…a wonderful, poignant and breathtaking show that makes classic songs seem vibrant and new.”
-BROADWAY WORLD
Howard Breitbart is a musical director, arranger and pianist, and is a native of Miami. Florida, and has his music degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. Howard has become a renowned and popular musician for many theaters and productions throughout the DMV area and has toured with the political satire troupe "The Capital Steps" for 27 years, until they ended their acclaimed performance run in 2020. Howard has performed at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater, accompanying Norm Lewis, Feinstein's 54 and at the Olney Theater Center, where he was the pianist for "Side by Side by Sondheim." Howard is happy to be reunited with his longtime friend, the delightful and talented Anna Bergman.
6:00 p.m. Doors open
6:30 p.m. Performance
7:45 p.m. Reception with the artists
Dress code: business casual
Discounted parking at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
