The Bangor Symphony Orchestra will provide live musical introductions before two Friday evening public programs in February at the University of Maine’s Emera Astronomy Center. Feb. 3 and Feb. 24, BSO musicians will perform works from Star Wars movies to open the center’s public program “Stars,” narrated by the actor Mark Hamill. The program explores […]
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WVII (Channel 7) and the Bangor Daily News reported on the winter exhibits currently on display at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. Brenton Hamilton: 20 years is a midcareer retrospective of the Maine-based photographer’s work, which uses old-fashioned techniques to create pictures with an antique and contemporary feel. “There’s now […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s Jan. 22 concert at the Collins Center for the Arts. Noreen Silver, instructor of cello and chamber music at the University of Maine, performed as a soloist during F.J. Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major. The program also included music by Bach and Handel. […]
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The latest art installation by Samantha Jones, an adjunct professor of art and Honors College preceptor at the University of Maine, is currently on display at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Seacoast Online reported. Jones recruited art students from Blue Hill Harbor School, a small alternative high school, to work with her on the […]
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A quartet celebrated for its wit, joy of making music and technical and interpretive talents will perform at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 29 at Minsky Recital Hall at the University of Maine. The award-winning and popular Danish String Quartet will play a wide range of music, including Beethoven’s No. 8, Op. 59 No. 2, as […]
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The University of Maine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center will showcase visiting artists of various mediums, faculty presentations, and performances as part of its spring 2017 artist lecture series. The Tuesdays at the IMRC series provides the university community an opportunity to meet and learn from artists of differing backgrounds who will perform, […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Ellsworth American reported Noreen Silver, instructor of cello and chamber music at the University of Maine, will perform as a soloist during the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s Jan. 22 concert at the Collins Center for the Arts. Silver’s performance of F.J. Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major with the […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported University of Maine folklorist Edward “Sandy” Ives, who founded the Maine Folklife Center, inspired the Mallett Brothers Band’s latest CD, “The Falling of the Pine: Songs from the Maine Woods.” Will and Luke Mallett’s father, folk singer David Mallett, is an obvious musical influence, but their mother, Jayne Lello, also […]
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Several University of Maine faculty members and programs were mentioned in the Bangor Daily News article, “Local writers make collective effort to build Bangor-area literary scene.” In recent years, the number of arts and cultural events in Bangor has grown, and UMaine has had longstanding literary programming with its New Writing Series, according to the […]
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The Republican Journal reports the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor is putting on three winter shows. “Brenton Hamilton: 20 Years” features the photography of Rockport’s Brenton Hamilton, who uses 19th century processes to produce his work. In “Jared Cowan: The Life of David,” Cowan, a Midcoast sculptor, video and installation artist, has […]
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