Jun 26, 2015
Auditions For MetroPerforms! Are Back
They’ll be held on Tuesday at Metro headquarters.
That the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s upcoming series of music performances outside Metrorail stations is unfair to the musicians who will participate in it.
Last week, Metro announced it would be holding auditions for its summer music program to take place at the entrances of various Metrorail stations. But some musicians aren’t happy with the way the program is conducted.
Metro is hauling out its MetroPerforms! series, in which local musicians and other performing artists will be hired to attempt to brighten the wait times of people whose trains haven’t arrived.
Apr 22, 2008
MetroPerforms! Auditions Return
MetroPerforms!, the city’s solution to the perceived scourge of subway busking, is once again seeking District of Columbia-based performers for a second year of the program, which hires local singers, dancers, musicians, poets and other performers to show off their talents at select Metro station entrances. Auditions will take place on May 2 and May 3 at Metro headquarters. Currently, auditions are only for those who want to perform in D.C. stations. Metro and the…