The entrance to the McLean Metro station in Tysons (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Thursday afternoon commutes to and from Tysons are about to get more melodious for transit users.

Throughout the summer, musicians will serenade riders at one of the area’s four Metro stations every week for a free “Metro Musicians” concert series organized by the Tysons Community Alliance (TCA) and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

The concerts will be held every Thursday at 5-6:30 p.m., starting tonight with acoustic soul duo Zach Cutler and Deborah Bond at the McLean Metro station. The series will continue through Aug. 29.

According to the TCA, the series is part of WMATA’s Art in Transit program, where the transit agency collaborates with visual and performing artists around the D.C. region to bring their work to Metro facilities.

The program has introduced murals, sculptures, digital displays and poetry at various Metro stations and buildings. It also ran a contest where students submitted designs for Earth Day-themed bus wraps.

The full Metro Musicians schedule is below:

  • June 6: Zach Cutler & Deborah Bond (McLean Metro station)
  • June 13: Dupont Strings (Tysons Metro station)
  • June 20: Dance Flamenco D.C. (Greensboro Metro station)
  • June 27: Moosejaw Duo (Spring Hill Metro station)
  • July 11: Zach Cutler & Deborah Bond (Tysons)
  • July 18: Dupont Strings (McLean)
  • July 25: Dance Flamenco D.C. (Spring Hill)
  • Aug. 1: Zach Cutler & Deborah Bond (Greensboro)
  • Aug. 8: Dupont Strings (Spring Hill)
  • Aug. 15: Dance Flamenco D.C. (McLean)
  • Aug. 22: Moosejaw Duo (Greensboro)
  • Aug. 29: Moosejaw Duo (Tysons)

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