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Jun 26, 2015

Auditions For MetroPerforms! Are Back

They’ll be held on Tuesday at Metro headquarters.

Jul 18, 2012

Music Coalition Says Metro’s Performance Series Is ‘Killing’ Local Artists

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.

Jul 17, 2012

Local Musicians Don’t Like Metro’s Planned Performance Series

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.

Jul 13, 2012

Metro to Hold Auditions for Hopeful Platform Performers

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…

 
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