Arts

Jessica Cunney

Social media spotlight: Jessica Cunney

Hometown: Brewer, Maine She studies music education and performance. I love music, I always have. I think being in bands helped me to be able to talk with people after I was homeschooled. I want to pass that passion and encouragement to others and watch them grow as people. I like to go out with […]

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Maine Edge interviews Maine Science Festival director ahead of event

The Maine Edge published an interview with Kate Dickerson, director of the Maine Science Festival, ahead of the fourth annual event that will be held throughout downtown Bangor and Orono March 15–18. The University of Maine is one of the major event sponsors. Several members of the UMaine community will lead workshops and participate in […]

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University Singers to begin 2018 spring tour

The University Singers, a 60-voice choral ensemble under the direction of Francis John Vogt at the University of Maine, will embark on its annual spring tour March 13–15. The group will travel throughout Maine and Vermont, performing each day at high school assemblies, as well as offering choral workshops with high school singers. Evening concerts […]

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Call for proposals to support cultural events

The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine community. Grants support up to 50 percent of expenses associated with cultural events that enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of UMaine. The next application deadline is March 26 for projects starting on or after April 23. Proposals must […]

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Williams visits WABI to discuss upcoming CCA shows

Danny Williams, executive director of the the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine, visited the WABI (Channel 5) studio to speak about upcoming CCA shows. Events in March, April and May include Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live, Cirque Éloize’s “Saloon,” The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s “The Bible (abridged),” “Gentleman’s Guide to Love and […]

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BDN reviews SPA production of ‘Stupid F##king Bird’

The Bangor Daily News published a review of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts production of “Stupid F##king Bird,” Aaron Posner’s “sort of” adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull.” “The cast and crew of this production have spread their wings and soared in ways and in different directions than they most likely have […]

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UMaine community members participating in fourth annual Maine Science Festival

The fourth annual Maine Science Festival will be held throughout downtown Bangor and Orono March 15–18. The University of Maine is one of the major event sponsors. Several members of the UMaine community will lead workshops and participate in the program that draws science, innovation and creative achievement enthusiasts of all ages. A list of […]

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Gwendelyn Hill

Gwendelyn Hill: Music education major hoping to inspire youth

Gwendelyn Hill of Saco, Maine, knew she wanted to join University Singers, the advanced concert choir of the University of Maine, before she even graduated high school. “I had seen them perform multiple times at my high school and in my hometown while they were on their annual spring tour, and I was blown away […]

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Phillip and Noreen Silver to perform in Amsterdam

University of Maine music professors Phillip and Noreen Silver will perform the works of James Simon (1880–1944) in a Uilenburg Concert, sponsored by the Leo Smit Foundation, March 12 in Theatre Splendor, Amsterdam. More information about the program is online. Simon, a Berlin-born composer and pianist who fled to the Netherlands in 1933 and was […]

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