Turner Publishing and VillageSoup advanced performances as part of the University of Maine Symphonic Band’s spring tour. The UMaine Symphonic Band will join the Edward Little High School Concert Band for a free concert at 7 p.m. April 3 in the Edward Little gymnasium in Auburn, Turner Publishing reported. The Symphonic Band consists of 55 […]
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The County reported five students from the University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts visited Houlton Elementary School to perform a touring show on March 20. The cast performed “Can You Imagine?” an original play with lots of improvisation, at Houlton Elementary and nine other Maine schools during their spring break. The students — Ethan […]
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The Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel profiled an incoming University of Maine student who plans to enroll in the Division of Music for the upcoming fall semester. Nathanael Batson, a senior at Lawrence High School, is the 2019 Section I recipient of the National High School Heart of the Arts Award, and is eligible to […]
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The Bangor Daily News reviewed the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of the musical “Into the Woods.” With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, the musical premiered on Broadway in 1987. The story “upends the fairy tales’ promise that there always will be a happily-ever-after finale,” the […]
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The University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts brings Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s popular musical “Into the Woods” to Orono for a two-week run beginning March 1 at Hauck Auditorium. Audiences will have seven opportunities to catch the modern classic on the Hauck stage: 7:30 p.m. March 1, 2, 8 and 9; 2 p.m. […]
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Wiscasset Newspaper reported the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s premier male a cappella group, performed Jan. 16 at Wiscasset Middle High School and led a workshop for choral students in grades 4–12. The Steiners, who are mostly nonmusic majors, spoke about performing and demonstrated different techniques, then taught special parts to groups of choral […]
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University of Maine alumnus Scott Horey ’07 will return to the School of Performing Arts to perform a solo concert at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 24 in Minsky Recital Hall. Horey performs nationally and internationally as a solo percussionist and drummer and recently returned from a tour in Poland, Denmark and Greece. The principal percussionist of […]
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The Bangor Daily News mentioned the University of Maine Museum of Art and a University of Maine School of Performing Arts production in the article, “6 ways to survive this cold winter in Greater Bangor.” Two of the article’s recommendations for winter activities beyond watching TV while cooped up in your house are to visit […]
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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 CA/DLS committee accepts applications four times a year. The next application deadline is Jan. 28 for […]
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The Maine Edge reviewed the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of John Patrick’s classic “The Curious Savage.” Directed by Ten Bucks Theatre Company founder and UMaine theatre instructor Julie Arnold Lisnet, the production is staged in Hauck Auditorium and will run through Nov. 18. The show tells the story of Ethel Savage, […]
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