Event Archive
Past events at CAFE:
Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra will conduct a of performances and workshops at the Edmund Burke School. Click here for videos and more!
CAFE high school students will compete against Charles Herbert Flowers HS for their first Maryland State Bar Association Mock Trial Competition. Come out and support our Prince George’s County students as they hone in on their public speaking, comprehension of the legal system, analytical skills and leadership skills!
Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra will team up with Colours performing troupe for a special Black History Month Concert. This Dynamic and exciting program will feature dance, vocal performance, and the full Steel Orchestra. Download you free ticket/flyer here:
CAFE high students will compete against Suitland HS for the second round of their first Maryland State Bar Association Mock Trial Competition. Come out and support our Prince George’s County students as they hone in on their public speaking, comprehension of the legal system, analytical skills and leadership skills!
CAFE high school students will compete against DeMatha HS for their first Maryland State Bar Association Mock Trial Competition. Come out and support our Prince George’s County students as they hone in on their public speaking, comprehension of the legal system, analytical skills and leadership skills!
CAFE high school students will compete against Gwynn Park High School for their first Maryland State Bar Association Mock Trial Competition. Come out and support our Prince George’s County students as they hone in on their public speaking, comprehension of the legal system, analytical skills and leadership skills!
Come out and support our students as they go up against DeMatha Catholic High School for their first match of the 2nd round of the Mock Trial Competition. This is a great honor for our students as this is their first year participating in the competition.
PVYSO will entertain guests at the NEA ESP Conference. For more information visit:
Join Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra for an unforgettable performance at Washington D.C.’s famed Cherry Blossom Festival. The Orchestra will perform an exciting set of Calypso, Classical, Pop and Hip-Hop.
Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrates spring in Washington, DC, the gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan. The Festival produces and coordinates 16 days and 3 spectacular weekends of festivities, primarily free and open to the public. Explore the site to learn more about the Festival and its events, the spectacular gift of trees, and everything you can do to make the most of your visit to the nation’s capital!
Join PVYSO as they help the Siena School celebrate their annual International Night. The Siena School offers a rich educational program for bright, college-bound students who are challenged by language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia. For more information visit http://www.thesienaschool.org/
PVYSO will “edu-tain” students at the prestigious Sidwell Friends School!
Join the Cultural Academy For Excellence and First United Methodist Church of Hyatsville as they present an exciting Gospel Brunch with award-winning vocalist, Rudy Faulkner, and some of today’s greatest contemporary gospel talent.
Rudy Faulkner studied classical music along with Jazz at Norfolk State University and Virginia Commonwealth University. Rudy’s powerful and creamy voice gave him the opportunity to open for the likes of Clarke Terry, Carmen Mcrae, Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter and Rene Marie. Faulkner regularly performs in the Contemporary Jazz Market with FRENS, a Richmond, VA favorite, serving as lead vocalist and percussionist.
Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra will entertain patrons, patients, and staff at the Children’s National Medical Center in Washington D.C. The Cultural Academy For Excellence encourages students to engage in philanthropy through donated performances.
Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra will open for steel pan living-legend Ray Holman and Delaware Steel on Saturday, April 30th at the UD Steel Band Festival.
http://music.udel.edu/percussion/steelbandfestival.html
Enjoy a CAFE-sponsored bus ride to Virginia Beach, VA for the annual VA Beach PANorama and Caribbean Music Fest!
DEPARTS: First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville (limited free parking available)
6201 Belcrest Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782
Saturday, May 7th, 5:00 am
ARRIVES: Virginia Beach, VA
(approximately 24th St and Atlantic Ave)
Saturday, May 7th, 9:00 am
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DEPARTS: Virginia Beach, VA
(approximately 24th St and Atlantic Ave)
Saturday, May 7th, 10:00 pm
ARRIVES: First United Methodist Church of Hyattsville
6201 Belcrest Rd, Hyattsville, MD 20782
Sunday, May 8th, 2:00 am
Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra will provide the ceremonial musical and the entertainment at the prestigious Queen Anne School’s graduation ceremony this year. (This is a private event)
Join us in congratulating our graduating high school seniors as they embark on the next phase of their lives. CAFE’s outstanding students are rewarded with trophies and gifts, and graduating seniors are presented with a scholarship in the form of a laptop computer.
Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra will perform again this year at the very popular Washington Folk Festival!
The Cultural Academy For Excellence presents:
Sounds and Stories:
Music Through a Child’s Mind
Follow the adventures of a young child’s imagination as we embark on a fantastic journey through rhythm, sound, and story. With GRAMMY-Nominated trumpeter, Etienne Charles, GRAMMY-Nominated Hip Hop star Christylez Bacon, jazz superstar Jacques Schwarz-Bart, and the award-winning Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra, this concert experience is sure to leave you breathless! Tickets available only at www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu
Positive Vibrations will offer a public performance and interactive workshop to the community, including the history and science of the steel pan, with an opportunity to try your hand at the instrument!
Positive Vibrations will offer a public performance and interactive workshop to the community, including the history and science of the steel pan, with an opportunity to try your hand at the instrument!
Positive Vibrations will offer a public performance and interactive workshop to the community, including the history and science of the steel pan, with an opportunity to try your hand at the instrument!
Join Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra for an interactive performance and workshop, perfect for the whole family! The Hyattsville Branch of Prince George’s County Library System will host these dynamic performers for an afternoon of great fun and music!
Join us for our annual back to school registration and information session! Pre-register online before August 27 to waive the $50 registration fee!
Pannist Victor Provost will present his Synthesis Quartet for an evening of jazz, coffee-house style, at First United Methodist Church.
www.victorprovost.com
Through a special initiative sponsored by University of Maryland, CAFE will travel overnight to Hampton, VA to hold a special workshop with our Veteran’s at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center. Our students will spend valuable time interacting with our Veterans, conducting interviews and learning about their experience defending our country. The students will then give a short workshop, giving the Veterans an opportunity to play a short melody on the steel pan! Following the workshop, CAFE’s Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra will perform an hour-long concert!
Through a special initiative sponsored by University of Maryland, CAFE will hold a special workshop and Veterans Day Concert at the V.A. Medical Center in Perry Point, MD!
CAFE’s Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra will entertain a V.I.P crowd at a special address and reception by Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker at the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy!
Through a special initiative sponsored by University of Maryland, CAFE will hold a special workshop and Veterans Day Concert at the V.A. Medical Center in Washington, D.C. – featuring “Pershing’s Own” Kevin Gebo on trumpet!
PVYSO will perform for the Bailey Institute’s annual Tree Trimming Fundraiser party, under the auspices of His Excellency, Dr. Neil Parsan, Ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States of America and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States.
Join us for our Annual Holiday Concert at First United Methodist Church. This year we look forward to hosting members of the awesome Georgetown Chorale and four-time Grammy winner John Aler!
Positive Vibrations will make a special guest appearance at the Georgetown Chorale’s annual Christmas Concert! Come get a preview of what is sure to be an exceptional spring benefit concert.
CAFE’s Positive Vibrations Youth Steel Orchestra has the distinct pleasure of performing at the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage series on Wednesday, December 14.
Our next Mandatory Parent Meeting will be Saturday February 18th @ 10:00 a.m. There is much to cover, and it is important that you make every effort to attend and be fully updated/informed.
PVYSO will edu-tain students at the prestigious Sidwell Friends Middle School.
PVYSO will perform at the annual University of Delaware Steel Pan Festival.
CAFE has been graciously selected by the Georgetown Chorale to be the beneficiary of their annual joint-fundraising concert! Read more about the Georgetown Chorale and this wonderful fundraising initiative below!
Service to the Community
Each year the Georgetown Chorale selects a charity to support, and then raises funds for them through concerts and other activities in keeping with our mission to provide Community Service Through Music.
Over the past 20 years, the Chorale has raised more than $165,000 for community groups and supports a $1000 per year young musicians scholarship through the National Association of Pastoral Musician’sDosogne/Rendler-Georgetown Chorale Scholarship.
Some of our local beneficiaries include:
To continue its goal of service to the community, and to honor the requests for benefit concerts by various community groups, the Chorale conducts its annual fund raising campaign. We are asking you, our friends and supporters, to help us in this endeavor. Please consider helping us with an on-line donationhere. Thank you for your support!
