Joshua Bell has been invited to perform at the White House Music Series created by First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate the arts. The concert will be streamed live on www.whitehouse.gov on November 4th at 1:45 pm eastern and will air on SIRIUS XM Radio’s Symphony Hall channel, SIRIUS channel 80 and XM channel 78 over the following weekend.

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Upcoming Guidance on Next Week's Arts and Education Events: Music Series Celebrating Classical Music & Awards for After School Arts, Humanities Programs

On Wednesday, November 4th at 1:45 PM, First Lady Michelle Obama, the honorary chair of the Presidents Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), will speak about the importance of after-school and out-of-school arts and humanities education by giving the Paths Coming Up Taller Award, the country's highest honor in this field. The award will be given to 15 successful programs across the country that reach underserved children and youth, and 4 international programs from China, Egypt and Mexico. These include programs such as the Shakespeare Remix program at the Epic Theater Ensemble in New York, where inner-city teens adapt and perform Shakespearean texts to reflect their own lives and the Harmony Project in California, which provides free music instruction and instruments to at-risk children in Los Angeles' Central and South neighborhoods. This event held in the State Dining Room will be pooled press.

Also on Wednesday the White House will continue its Music Series which was created by First Lady Michelle Obama to celebrate the arts, demonstrate the importance of arts education and to encourage young people who believe in their talent to create a future for themselves in the arts community be it as a hobby or as a profession. At 2:15 PM in the East Room Mrs. Obama will introduce a Classical Music Student Workshop Concert featuring Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell, Grammy Award-winning guitarist Sharon Isbin, renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein, and acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt. The concert will also include child protégés Sujari Britt and Jason Yoder who will accompany Alisa Weilerstein in duets. Other music workshops will be held in the White House earlier in the afternoon focusing on violin, cello, piano and classical guitar for 120 middle and high school students from across the country.

In the evening, Joshua Bell, Sharon Isbin, Alisa Weilerstein and Awadagin Pratt will perform in the East Room, where President Obama will make remarks. This concert will be streamed live on www.whitehouse.gov and will air on SIRIUS XM Radio's Symphony Hall channel, SIRIUS channel 80 and XM channel 78, over the weekend. These Classical Music Concerts will be pooled press.