Ensembles in residence at the Hill Center provide top tier music performance coupled with children's programming. The aim of the series is to bring the city's rich musical environment to Capitol Hill and the wider Washington, DC community.

2012/13 roster
2013/14 roster

		Toy Pianist Margaret Leng Tan Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014 TICKETS Margaret Leng Tan, the "queen of the toy piano" (The New York Times), returns to Washington D.C. to perform CLANGOR!, a diminutive music-theater of nostalgia and humor performed exclusively on toy pianos and all manner of toy instruments, from bicycle bells to a hand-cranked music box. Who would have thought toys had such potential? Margaret treats them as real instruments, in keeping with the French avant-garde artist Marcel Duchamp’s statement, “poor tools require better skills.” She also fulfills her mentor John Cage’s long-standing conviction that one can make music on just about any object capable of producing sound. Suitable for ages 8 to 108 Watch Margaret Leng Tan live on Youtube
		Hill Center Jazz Ensemble Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 TICKETS The electrifying young drummer Sanah Kadoura leads the ensemble this year. Sanah has quickly become a mainstay of the New York jazz scene where she leads the Sanah Kadoura Quarchestra. She appeared recently at the Harlem Stage, Saratoga Jazz Festival, Burlington Jazz Festival, and is frequently heard at Smalls and Fat Cat in NYC. Now in its third year, the Hill Center Jazz Ensemble has featured numerous Washington jazz luminaries and prominent guests from New York City.
		Blues guitarist Tom Principato Wednesday, January 21, 2015 TICKETS Tom Principato regularly tours North America and Europe, including Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, France, Slovenia, Finland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkey. He is the recipient of 22 Washington Area Music Awards, has recorded extensively, and is widely recognized as one of the top blues guitarists of his generation. He has over a dozen recordings to his name which have received wide acclaim in the U.S. and Europe alike. “projects ease of delivery and gives shape and logic to even his most fierce playing” Downbeat Magazine Listen to Tom: In the Middle of the Night
		Love and All It's Symptoms Valentine's Day Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015 TICKETS The Washington, DC based jazz vocalist and cabaret artist Debra Tidwell reconvenes her annual one-woman Valentine’s Day show, a perennial sellout. Ms. Tidwell has performed on both national and international stages, including the Kennedy Center, the San Remo Jazz Festival, and the Congressial Black Caucus Awards, and Blues Alley. For her portrayal of Billie Holiday in Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill, Ms. Tidwell received a Helen Hayes Award Nomination for Best Actress in a Musical and was awarded the Mayor's Arts Award as Outstanding Emerging Artist. Listen to Debra Tidwell live: Music of Duke Ellington Music of Irving Berlin
		Washington Women in Jazz Festival Wednesday, March 18, 2015 TICKETS Washington Women in Jazz Festival, Amy K Bormet, Director: For the third straight year, the Hill Center Concert Series hosts this singular festival devoted to female jazz musicians based in Washington, DC, as well as their colleagues throughout the country. With links to the New York jazz scene and prominent institutions that include the Smithsonian Institution, the Festival casts a bright light on the role of women in jazz and jazz education.
		Hill Center Jazz Ensemble Wednesday, April 8, 2015 TICKETS The electrifying young drummer Sanah Kadoura leads the ensemble this year. Sanah has quickly become a mainstay of the New York jazz scene where she leads the Sanah Kadoura Quarchestra. She appeared recently at the Harlem Stage, Saratoga Jazz Festival, Burlington Jazz Festival, and is frequently heard at Smalls and Fat Cat in NYC. Now in its third year, the Hill Center Jazz Ensemble has featured numerous Washington jazz luminaries and prominent guests from New York City.
		Shanghai Jazz vocalist Le Zhang Wednesday, May 6, 2015 TICKETS Now a star of the Shanghai Restoration Project, Shanghai native Le Zhang presents music from the Shanghai Jazz Era, that period of Chinese history from 1930 to the mid-40’s. Ms. Zhang includes ageless Chinese folk music integrated with progressive and modern musical styles and instrumentation. Lauded by Oscar-winning composer Tan Dun (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)as "a rising young star with a remarkable gift" for their collaboration on the Zen Shaolin Project, jazz singer and composer Le Zhang leads the wave of Chinese artists who bring the power of traditional Chinese musical arts to the home of American jazz. Listen to Le Zhang: Tan Dun's Zen Shaolin
		Bandoneon Virtuoso JP Jofre Wednesday,June 3, 2015 TICKETS Argentina native JP Jofre has placed his own personal stamp on tango tradition, is frequently featured in the New York Times and has been a headliner in countless concerts throughout the U.S., Europe, South America, and Taiwan. J.P. has been praised as one of today's leading musical artists by Great Performers at Lincoln Center. A recipient of the National Prize of the Arts grant in Argentina, Mr. Jofre has taken his form of contemporary tango to many of the most important concert venues around the globe. He has collaborated with accomplished performers in a wide range of musical styles,from Paquito D'Rivera, Kathryn Stott, and Gloria Estefan, to the New York City Ballet and National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina. Watch JP Jofre: In Concert