Arts

UMaine Intermedia Arts and Humanities in Medicine graduate certificate program accepting applications

The University of Maine Intermedia Arts and Humanities in Medicine graduate certificate program is accepting applications for fall 2022. The program, offered in partnership with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, brings together arts and humanities graduate students with medical practitioners to explore approaches to health and well-being. The 15-credit program, designed to be completed […]

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Media promote renowned Ukrainian violinist performing at UMaine

The Ellsworth American, Mount Desert Islander and WABI shared information about renowned Ukrainian violinist Solomia Soroka performing in a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. March 26, in Minsky Recital Hall. The program will include works by Ukrainian composers Mykola Lysenko, Yevhen Stankovych and Vasyl Barvinsky. 

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UMaine Arts Initiative seed grant awardees announced

The UMaine Arts Initiative (UMAI) is pleased to announce winners of a new competitive seed grant program, created to encourage innovative and interdisciplinary collaborations that seek to build a diverse, inclusive, sustainable and equitable community of art researchers, practitioners, supporters and promoters.  The University of Maine Arts Initiative, launched in 2021 by the Office of […]

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Media features Maine Science Festival headliner performance at UMaine

The Bangor Daily News reported on the long-awaited full premiere of Lucas Richman’s symphonic work “The Warming Sea,” the festival’s commission from the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, which will take place on Saturday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts. WGME shared the BDN report. For more information and a full […]

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Renowned Ukrainian violinist to perform at UMaine on March 26

Renowned Ukrainian violinist Solomia Soroka will perform in a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. March 26 in Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. Soroka’s performance, hosted by the UMaine School of Performing Arts, will feature music faculty members Phillip Silver, professor of piano and musicology, and Noreen Silver, instructor of cello and […]

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Concert for a Cause on March 8 at Collins Center for the Arts

The University of Maine School of Performing Arts presents its annual Concert for a Cause at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 8 at the Collins Center for the Arts.  This year, the concert brings together the University of Maine Concert Band, directed by Philip Edelman, with the Leonard Middle School Symphonic Band, directed by Shianne Priest, […]

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UMaine Jazz Ensemble presents big band concert March 4 in Machias

The UMaine Jazz Ensemble will present a concert of big band music on Friday, March 4 at 6:30 p.m. at Powers Hall in the University of Maine at Machias Performing Arts Center.  The Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of School of Performing Arts lecturer Dan Barrett, is UMaine’s premiere auditioned big band, performing on campus […]

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WVII reports on International Dance Festival

WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 2022 International Dance Festival at the University of Maine. The festival is a student-led initiative started in 2005 that showcases traditional music, dance and costumes from around the world, represented by the diverse student body at UMaine.

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UMaine International Dance Festival returns Feb. 26

After a year’s hiatus due to COVID-19, the 2022 International Dance Festival (IDF) — one of the biggest and most anticipated events on campus and in the greater Bangor community — is back. The International Dance Festival (IDF) is a student-led initiative started in 2005 that showcases traditional music, dance and costumes from around the […]

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