• Heath Kennedy – The Music and Influence of Barbara York

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    The Music and Influence of Barbara York a presentation by MHC Undergraduate Fellow Heath Kennedy Tuesday, December 9, 2025 6:00 PM Minsky Recital Hall University of Maine Orono, ME Heath Kennedy is a Music major and McGillicuddy Humanities Center Undergraduate Fellow whose presentation The Music and Influence of Barbara York provides an analysis of Barbara York’s […]

  • Eve Beglarian

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    On February 22 at 7:30 p.m., the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the UMaine School of Performing Arts will host composer and performer Eve Beglarian. Here's her description of her […]

  • Defiant Requiem: Lecture and Performance

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    On March 29-30, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the School of Performing Arts welcome renowned conductor Murry Sidlin for a film screening and lecture as part of the 2022-23 MHC […]

  • Defiant Requiem: Film Screening

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    On March 29-30, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the School of Performing Arts welcome renowned conductor Murry Sidlin for a film screening and lecture as part of the 2022-23 MHC […]

  • Melissa Bragdon Caron

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    On Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 pm in Minsky Recital Hall, the McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the UMaine School of Performing Arts welcome Melissa Bragdon Caron and her bluegrass band for a live performance. Melissa, a UMaine alum, is a Maine-based fiddler known for playing and teaching many different styles of music. Classically trained, she […]

  • Canción/Canção, a recital of art songs from Cuba, Brazil and Argentina featuring mezzo-soprano Caitlin Felsman,

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    Canción/Canção, a recital of art songs from Cuba, Brazil and Argentina featuring mezzo-soprano Caitlin Felsman, will be held on March 25 at 4:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. Presented by the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, the event is free and open to the public. For decades, political turmoil has limited the cultural exchange of the United […]

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  • Aydrea Walden, “The Oreo Experience”

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    The Rising Tide Center, in collaboration with the Honors College, the Bailey Fund, the Communication and Journalism Department, and the McGillicuddy Humanities Center, presents stand-up comedienne Aydrea Walden performing "a musical one-woman show about a total whitey trapped in a black chick's body." The event will be held in Minsky Recital Hall on December 9, […]

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  • Handel’s Messiah in America

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    "Their sound is gone out": Handel's Messiah in America. Francis John Vogt, Director of Choral Activities and Lecturer in the School of Performing Arts, will give a talk on the performance history of George Frideric Handel’s oratorio Messiah in the United States and the work's enduring influence on classical music performers and  audience. This lecture […]

  • We are the Dead: the Legacy of Loss

    Minsky Recital Hall Collins Center for the Arts, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States

    An evening of vocal music and poetry with EUPHONY, Orono’s chamber choir, conducted by Francis John Vogt, UMaine Director of Choral Activities. The program features choral settings of poetry from World War I and readings by UMaine faculty, students and friends. Reception to follow in Minsky Lobby.