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It was supposed to be a moment of celebration: Vice President JD Vance was attending a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Thursday evening for the first time since President Trump\u2019s stunning takeover<\/a> of the institution.<\/p>\n Instead, as Mr. Vance took his seat in the box tier with the second lady, Usha Vance, loud boos broke out in the auditorium, lasting roughly 30 seconds, according to audience members and a video posted on social media. Mr. Vance was shown in the video waving to the audience as he settled into his seat.<\/p>\n The incident put on display the outcry over Mr. Trump\u2019s decision<\/a> last month to purge the Kennedy Center\u2019s once-bipartisan board of its Biden appointees and have himself elected its chairman. (The president, who broke with tradition during his first term by not attending the Kennedy Center Honors after some of the artists being celebrated criticized him, complained that the center had become too \u201cwokey.\u201d)<\/p>\n Mr. Vance attended Thursday\u2019s performance<\/a> by the National Symphony Orchestra, one of the Kennedy Center\u2019s flagship groups. The ensemble, under the baton of its music director, Gianandrea Noseda, performed Shostakovich\u2019s Violin Concerto No. 2, with Leonidas Kavakos as the soloist. After an intermission, the orchestra played Stravinsky\u2019s \u201cPetrushka.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The Vances stayed for the entire concert, audience members said. Ms. Vance was recently appointed by Mr. Trump to serve as a board member at the Kennedy Center, alongside other Trump allies like Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff; and Laura Ingraham, the Fox News host.<\/p>\n The concert started about 20 minutes late because of added security measures, audience members said.<\/p>\n Roma Daravi, a spokeswoman for the Kennedy Center, said she had no comment on the episode.<\/p>\n A White House spokesman did not immediately return a request for comment.<\/p>\n In February, President Trump ousted the Kennedy Center\u2019s longtime chairman, the financier David M. Rubenstein, the center\u2019s largest donor. His new board of loyalists elected him chairman and fired Deborah F. Rutter<\/a>, the center\u2019s president for more than a decade. At least three other top staff members were also dismissed.<\/p>\n Performers, including the actress Issa Rae and the musician Rhiannon Giddens, have dropped out<\/a> in protest amid fears that Mr. Trump\u2019s calls to rid the center of \u201cwoke\u201d influences, drag shows and \u201canti-American propaganda\u201d would result in a reshaping of programming. The musical \u201cHamilton\u201d recently scrapped a planned tour there next year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n While Mr. Trump has not yet articulated his vision for the center, his appointees have provided some hints. Richard Grenell, whom Mr. Trump named as the center\u2019s new president, recently said<\/a> that the center planned \u201ca big, huge celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n