Katharine sings "America the Beautiful" and "Somewhere" at Memorial Day Concert

Katharine McPhee contributed to yesterday's 20th Annual National Memorial Day Concert, which was broadcast live on PBS from the steps of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. The concert, which also featured performances by Trace Adkins and Denyce Graves, was hosted by actors Gary Sinise of CSI: NY and Joe Mantegna of Criminal Minds, both of which air on CBS.

Watch Katharine perform "America the Beautiful" with pianist Lang Lang below:

Katharine also sang "Somewhere" following an emotional vignette by Dianne Wiest and Katie Holmes in which the story of a mother and daughter caring for their son/brother named Jose was told after the Staff Sargent was wounded in Iraq. Watch her perform "Somewhere" below:



This is not Katharine's first foray into lending her talents to national holiday concerts, as she took part in 2008's Macy's Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular, which aired on NBC.

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Katharine to perform at National Memorial Day Concert

Katharine McPhee will be performing at the 2009 National Memorial Day Concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building on Sun., May 24. The event will be broadcast live on PBS at 8 p.m. ET. If anyone is planning on attending the concert in person, a few tips have been posted on PBS's Web site:

General Admission gates will open at 5:00PM. The public will not be admitted to the West Lawn of the Capitol before that time. Checkpoints will be set up for search of bags and parcels. Guests will be required to enter through a metal detector. Access is at the Southwest corner of the Capitol grounds.

Fans can RSVP to the event via an event page created for the concert on Facebook. It will be hosted by CSI: New York's Gary Sinise.

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Kat on the set of 'CSI: NY'

It looks like Katharine McPhee has already filmed her guest role on the upcoming episode of CBS' CSI: NY, as made apparent by the photo of her with the hit crime drama show's main star, Gary Sinise. People.com reports the following:

Katharine McPhee guest stars on an upcoming episode of CSI: NY playing – what else – a singer, and PEOPLE has an exclusive sneak peek. The American Idol Season 5 runner-up is pictured alongside the show's star, Gary Sinise, at the Feb. 18 shoot on the CBS Radford Lot in Studio City, Calif. McPhee, 24, takes on the role of a crime victim who resorts to murder as revenge. The episode is set to air in mid-April on CBS. – Marisa Laudadio

Katharine filmed her scenes for the episode on Wed., Feb. 18. Word is she will in fact be the murderer for this episode. Talk about going against the grain!

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