The Frederick Symphony Orchestra (FSO) is a community orchestra composed of professional and…read moreamateur musicians from Central Maryland and surrounding areas. Founded in 1997 as The Frederick Orchestra, the group added "Symphony" to its name to celebrate its 10th Anniversary Season in 2006-2007. The orchestra performs a series of concerts each year which include classical masterworks, music by contemporary composers, pops concerts, and educational programs. Through its affiliation with Frederick Community College (FCC), FSO performs at FCC's Jack B. Kussmaul Theater, and qualified musicians can receive college credit for playing with the orchestra.

From the owner: The Frederick Symphony Orchestra (FSO) is a community orchestra composed of professionally trained…read moremusicians. Founded in 1997, we perform a series of concerts each year which include classical masterworks, music by contemporary composers, pop concerts, and educational programs. Through our affiliation with Frederick Community College, we perform at Jack B Kussmaul Theater, and qualified musicians receive college credit for playing in the ensemble. The FSO is committed to enriching the cultural climate of Frederick, Maryland, and its surrounding communities by providing opportunities for local musicians to perform and further develop their talents. Our combination of education outreach, community involvement, and affordable entertainment has attracted support from many loyal patrons and arts programs, including the Maryland State Arts Council, Frederick Arts Council, local businesses, and generous private donors.

Robert was great, great music, good personality. We'll hire him again this year without a doubt.read more

From the owner: Whether your location is in the DC Metropolitan area, Alexandria, Annapolis, Baltimore, the…read moreShenandoah Valley, or the Blue Ridge Mountains, Robert brings years of experience to each musical performance. He will enhance your wedding ceremony or funeral with solo bagpipe or any combination of Celtic instruments.

Landis plays the best songs to get people dancing and is lively on the mic. A wonderful host, dj…read moreand artist!

As a DJ...Landis brings the hot fire. He can bring any mood to any party you are having. From…read morekaraoke to giant dance parties he keeps things rolling. He did our staff karaoke party and made things fun and not weird. Also seen him rock a party with hundreds of folks. Either way he is reliable and skilled at what he does.

Kia and Farzan were quite literally AMAZING. Probably the #1 thing I am most happy with is going…read morewith y'all for music. Not only did they make me feel comfortable and excited with their presence but Kia also helped with our timeline in a way that made everything go extremely smoothly. When him Conor and I. Had a meeting couple weeks before the wedding. We were struggling with the timeline of everything and how we're going to incorporate the Persian ceremony with American ceremony and Kia was able to explain how it will be done so effortlessly. As for the actual music, we sent a couple ideas what we wanted the night to be like in Kia couldn't be more perfect in his effortless djing and MCing. And Farzan was a tremendous add, I am so happy We have also had him to compliment Kia. Everyone we spoke to after the wedding could not stop raving about both of them. Also both of their extremely positive attitudes was a cherry on top- they were truly a huge part of the night and couldn't have gone as smooth as it did without them. I need Kia to make a playlist on everything he did because OBSESSED. My maid of honor getting married next year also using Kia also said she is now soooo excited to use you guys!

I couldn't recommend Exclusively Entertainment more! They are extremely professional,…read moreaccommodating, personal, and talented! The DJ for our wedding, Maz, executed my vision just perfectly. He was the perfect match for our fusion wedding!

PLEASE READ, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PLANNING EVENTS INCLUDING YOUTH!…read more Crushing Colonialism, a nonprofit based in DC, used Washington Talent Agency (WTA) for two nights full of major international hybrid in-person and livestream events in May and June 2025. They made promises they couldn't keep and the quality of work was awful. They were horrendous at communication. The worst incident that occurred was p0rn being played by some hateful viewers during our live stream because they didn't follow our instructions to deny mic, camera, and chat access for viewers. The person we originally spoke with, Sam, seemed incredibly friendly and excited to support our organization. He said that they could do the work that we required and they worked with our very limited budget. We were so excited to move forward with WTA. We hired them to do photography, videography, and hybrid/live-streaming during two nights of international events. We had many higher level needs that were clearly expressed to them in numerous meetings, emails, and contracts, which included zooming in a couple or speakers, spotlighting ASL interpreters in the live stream, playing films in the zoom livestream as opposed to a camera fixed on the screen in the theater, and ensuring that viewers were easily able to access our language interpreters. They did almost none of this. They were also supposed to give us a high-quality video copy of the events and they didn't. We had to spend a great deal on an editor who could only correct so much. There were plans to use some of the footage for a documentary and WTA knew that. Their volume settings were incorrect in the zoom so people watching the zoom weren't able to hear things properly at the higher quality the in-person audience experienced. The photographer was pretty good, but there were so many photos that weren't taken during one night of performances. Our organization and the communities we serve have been denied an important part of our archival efforts to preserve our culture. The person assigned to our event wouldn't respond to anyone's emails or phone calls, including our language coordinator, who said that the primary reason we had so many problems with language access during the event was because WTA wouldn't respond to emails. As a result, the required coordination between all parties didn't occur. BUT THE WORST is that they didn't set the zoom link to private for the viewing public, despite being told repeatedly that they had to do this for fear of hate speech or other inappropriate and harmful actions occurring. Well, that happened, including people playing p0rn in the livestream. Our events included youth. No one at WTA had the decency to contact anyone at the organization after this happened. I had to contact Sam and tell him everything that went wrong, including his person making some rude and unprofessional comments about our event, including that he told others at WTA to not accept our event. I asked for a 50% refund, which frankly we should've been given a full refund since they didn't meet their contractual obligation and caused significant harm to online event viewers and our organization's reputation. But Sam refused to even ask his boss. Not only did they rip us off and mistreat us, but we're still heartbroken regarding how much our communities lost because of their incompetence, carelessness, and awful behavior.

"They do not pay their workers" -I was hired as a dancer at their events. First day on the job I…read morewas told I would be in training.The event began at 6pm and was to go on until 10pm. I applied weeks ago and only received one email that I would be hired after a quick phone call interview. I waited for days , never heard from the guy. He goes by MC Tee as seen under the profiles of MCs. I decided to give him a ring since I knew the event was coming up on Saturday the day before Easter even though I was to be out of town for family I was really dedicated to my job and wanted to make a good impression. He picked up and stated that he totally forgot about me and sending me the info to the party. He said call time was at 5pm At this time it was 4:30pm (sheesh) and all the way in Reston Va. I told him I'll do my best and be there at 6pm He said perfect. I arrived at the location 6pm.I texted and called him several times for the room number. Never got it. The hotel staff kindly directed me to the party room. I saw MC Tee on stage and he didn't acknowledge me until almost 7 pm. No training no plan no nothing I just jumped in and started dancing and entertaining. During half-time One of the dancers quit and left home early for reasons unknown to me. They kept that on the low on purpose. I was told by Mc Tee that since he left I would get his tip which was $50 He took it out his wallet handed to Mc Tee and he handed it to me. I was then told I'd be bumped up from trainee at $75 per event to full time which is $150 for that day. So that would mean I would be compensated a total of $200 for the night correct? Wrong. I went all night in high heels all black because I wasn't told what to properly wear at this event. Mc Tee laughed it off while I was in discretionary pain all night. I learned the dance moves on my own and integrated with the kids all night. I was also told by Mc Tee to shut the Vendors down during critical times during the ceremony (which is not my job) He kept yelling at them on the mic. There was so much drama the whole night I stuck it out and completed my services. He did not pay me by end of night So I only went home with a tip. When I woke up next morning I found $$75 in my cashapp wallet. Huh? Wheres my remaining $75. I did this company a solid and all I got was threats insults and name calling from MC Tee refusing to pay me. I will never work for this company again It's rude abusive and they do not pay their workers. I was even told my "tip" was included in compensation lol They are nuts I am highly disappointed after helping them out and will be seeking legal counsel to get my remaining monies.Rude Disgusting and Lazy Do not hire Mc Tee!

I purchased an instrument from this store to gift to my son. I asked the store associate if I could…read morereturn it, if his interests changed between then and a couple of months later, since it was the last one they had. He said I could. About 2 months later I tried to return it and was finally successful after 2 trips and talking to multiple staff in person and on the phone. They said their policy is 30 days, so make sure you are absolutely aware of that before purchasing anything, even if they tell you differently.

I rented an instrument. The store closed. I had no idea how to return the instrument. No one…read morecontacted me - so I assumed the rental was over. 2 years later I get a call from music and arts that they have been happily collecting my money - despite no way to return the instrument. When I asked to speak with a supervisor I was told my call was not worthy of being brought up to a supervisor. NEVER rent from these thieves.

They DJ'd our daughter's Bat Mitzvah, and I think I got as many compliments on the DJ as I did…read moreanything else. They were very sensitive to my worries about loudness and made sure the volume was manageable. They tried to include specific songs my daughter wanted, and to avoid songs she didn't want. The reviewed a timeline with me ahead of time so I could have a good idea of how the day would go. Shannon was great at encouraging shy kids to get up on the floor and dance. The kids loved the games they played. We had 60 kids at our event so it was well worth it to me to have someone who could "manage" the crowd. Thank you Shannon and Adam!

Adam Mason DJ'd my husband's 50th birthday party. He took the time to understand us, our guests…read moreand our music preferences. He emceed, provided beauitful lighting and coordinated the timeline with the caterers. He played fabulous music and the dance floor was packed all night long. He also created a photo video to music. Thanks to Adam, the party was a tremendous success!

Evan is an amazing deejay!! We found him when he deejayed our friend's wedding and we loved the…read moremusic. He did an amazing job: He was so chill and easy to work with leading up to the event, he really got a good sense of our music taste, and he was excellent at reading the room to play the right songs at the right time. He has also a really simple system for sending him songs you like and want to play and was super organized throughout. We got so much positive feedback from our guests about how good the music was--and it showed, because the dance floor was full all night! I cannot recommend Evan enough.

Although a bit late with this review, wanted to make sure to tell the Yelp world how wonderful Evan…read moreis. We contacted him for our wedding in April of this year. He was great at communicating and figuring out what type of music we would want. The best thing is the request list that can be done online. Day of the event went well, from sound system at the wedding site through the reception. I later found out he assisted my sister with putting on a slide show for her toast for the event. Evan is wonderful and we could not recommend him more!

We hired Shewsical Entertainment to DJ our wedding last weekend, and it was amazing!!! We had Al as…read moreour DJ, and he brought all the energy! I had so many guests coming up and asking me where I found this guy, he was such a vibe! Al was also great on the phone during our consultation call before the wedding, thinking of little details even my Type A self hadn't planned out, and just made the whole process so easy. He coordinated so well with our live musicians and officiant for the ceremony too, helping mic them and get speakers ready so everything could run smoothly. For the reception I gave him a list of songs that were our favorites to pull from and told him to add whatever he thought was needed to keep the dancing going, and he rocked it! We love Al!!!! Thanks so much for making our wedding a blast

Matt Shew is amazing! He has now DJ'd for our son's bar mitzvah and our daughter's post-pandemic…read morecombination bat mitzvah/Sweet Sixteen party. The music was great, he kept everything moving, played all our daughter's requests and none of the songs she wanted to avoid, and he readily handled some special requests. On top of that, he is really personable, easy to work with, and his prices are more than fair. We highly recommend him!