Registration is open for Maine Summer Youth Music Camp (MSYM) at the University of Maine, continuing a 23-year tradition that attracts some of the state’s most talented middle school and high school musicians and performers. MSYM Junior Camp, July 10–15, and Senior Camp, July 16–24, is offered by UMaine’s School of Performing Arts and features […]
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Ben McNaboe wants performers to be inspired and audiences to be amazed. So the University of Maine graduate student in music education has organized “Astonishing! The Songs and Stories of Broadway’s Best,” to be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. A 50-member […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present its annual Yuletide Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The holiday tradition features all the UMaine choirs including the Oratorio Society, University Singers, Collegiate Chorale and Black Bear Men’s Chorus. This year, the choral ensembles will be […]
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The University of Maine Humanities Center and Collins Center for the Arts invite the public to enjoy and learn about jazz at three related jazz events Thursday, Dec. 3. A 5 p.m. reception will be held in Miller’s Cafe at the CCA before a free 5:30 p.m. demonstration and discussion by UMaine students led by […]
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The Maine Edge published a review of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard.” The play, which mixes comedy and tragedy, portrays an aristocratic Russian family that loses its estate because it can’t pay the mortgage. The actors “exhibit a thoughtful understanding of the story being told […]
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The University of Maine College of Engineering, School of Performing Arts, Winter Session, Maine EPSCoR, Commuter and Nontraditional Student Programs and Classified Employees Advisory Council are the latest programs to upgrade to the university’s new website template. The new UMaine.edu and related pages debuted in late August. For more information on the UMaine website conversion, […]
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Theater performances at the University of Maine were included in the Bangor Daily News roundup “5 Things to do this Weekend.” UMaine’s School of Performing Arts opens the first weekend of its production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” with performances set for Friday, Nov. 7 through Sunday, Nov. 8 at Hauck Auditorium, according to […]
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A cast of 17 will perform Chekhov’s classic drama “The Cherry Orchard” Nov. 6–8 and Nov. 12–15 in a University of Maine School of Performing Arts production. “The Cherry Orchard,” directed by UMaine Associate Professor of Theatre Marcia Douglas, is the story of a Russian aristocratic family at the turn of the century desperate to […]
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Four public concerts featuring contemporary compositions performed by University of Maine faculty and visiting artists will highlight the 2015 Society of Composers Conference on campus, Oct. 22–24. The Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) is a nearly 1,500-member national organization that focuses on new and contemporary music composition and performance. The regional event at UMaine will […]
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An excerpt from “Until the War Is Over,” a chamber opera by composer Beth Wiemann, University of Maine professor of music and chair of the Music Division of the School of Performing Arts, and poet Jennifer Moxley, UMaine professor of English, will be performed at the New in November festival, Nov. 15 in Hartford, Connecticut, […]
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