Latest Past Events

Jordan Ramos – Athletes of the Rake: A Tribute to the People Who Do the Work of a Shrinking Harvest in the Wild Blueberry Fields of Maine

IMRC 104 – The Fernald Adaptive Presentation & Performance Environment IMRC Center, 5 Hilltop Road, Orono

Athletes of the Rake: A Tribute to the People Who Do the Work of a Shrinking Harvest in the Wild Blueberry Fields of Maine a presentation by MHC Undergraduate Fellow Jordan Ramos Monday, November 24, 2025 5:00 PM IMRC Center 104 Fernald Adaptive Presentation and Performance Environment University of Maine, Orono, ME Jordan Ramos is a student […]

Pre-Event Talk for DhakaBrakha with Leah Batstone and Alex Tyutyunnyk

Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Road, Orono

Leah Batstone (Assistant Professor of Music History at Montclair State University and founder and Creative Director of the Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival in New York City) and Alex Tyutyunnyk (Instructor of Russian at UMaine) will engage in a pre-event discussion prior to DhakaBrakha’s performance at the Collins Center for the Arts. The pre-event discussion is free […]

Leah Batstone – Tradition & Innovation: A Listener’s Guide to Ukraine

IMRC 104 – The Fernald Adaptive Presentation & Performance Environment IMRC Center, 5 Hilltop Road, Orono

Musicologist and concert programmer Leah Batstone leads a guided listening session through Ukrainian musical history. From “white voiced” folk singing to choral polyphony, experimental composition, and electronic music, discover the wide variety of genres and styles that define Ukraine musically. Prof. Batstone will introduce and explain several examplars of Ukrainian music by way of a short overview of Ukrainian music history. […]