Arts & Culture
The GW Community is rich with art and culture. Six on-campus main stage theater productions each year, various dance productions, numerous University-sponsored music performances, student-run a capella groups and local professional ensembles provide a range of outlets for artistic expression on and around campus.
Lisner Auditorium on the Foggy Bottom campus is the second largest performance venue in the District of Columbia. It presents acts ranging from Patrick Bruel to Sarah Geronimo in Motion, and from Rita and Her Band to CNN’s “A Presidential Forum on Faith, Values, and Poverty.” GW students also are fortunate to have the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Corcoran Gallery just a few blocks from campus, and a vibrant local arts scene with countless opportunities across the fine and performing arts.
On Campus Performance Venues
- Lisner Auditorium
- Lisner Downstage
- Betts Theatre
- Hand Chapel
Art Galleries
- Dimock Gallery
- Luther W. Brady Art Gallery
Voice Ensembles
- University Singers
- GW Troubadours
- GW Vibes
- The Sirens
- The Pitches
- Sons of Pitch
- GW Geet
- Emocapella
Improv Groups
- ReceSs
Theater Groups
- Generic Theatre Company
- Forbidden Planet Productions
- Fourteenth Grade Players
Dance Groups
- Balance
- Dance Performance Project
- GW Ballroom
- GW Bhangra
- Tap Tap Revolution
- Blazen
Instrumental Ensembles
- King James & The Serfs of Swing
- Los Gringos
- Brickhouse
- University Symphonic Band
- University Symphony Orchestra
- University Wind Ensemble
- Pep Band
The GW Community is Alive with Arts and Culture
There are six on-campus theater and dance main-stage productions each year as well as numerous University-sponsored music performances.
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