Collins Center for the Arts’ 30th anniversary season previewed in Maine Edge

The Maine Edge reported the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine is set to kick off its 30th anniversary season. “The 30th season — it’s hard to believe, but it really is very exciting,” said Danny Williams, executive director of the CCA. “For us as an organization, for the university, and for the community, this was an experiment that was put in place 30 years ago, that I think by any measure and all measures has been a success and that has led to other successful performing arts endeavors in our community.” The season’s opening gala performance, “Piano Men: The Music of Elton and Billy,” is slated for 8 p.m. Sept. 12 and will feature the Bangor Symphony Orchestra. “Our gala is definitely a nod to the anniversary by including the BSO,” Williams said. “The BSO opened the hall back in September of 1986 with Isaac Stern and Yo-Yo Ma, and now 30 years later we are so excited to be starting off the anniversary season with [the BSO].”