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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Maine humorist Tim Sample will be at the University of Maine for two appearances as part of UMaine’s 150th anniversary celebration Saturday, Oct. 17, during Homecoming Weekend. At 7 p.m., Sample, will read passages from Stephen King’s new short story “Drunken Fireworks.” Sample, who narrated the recently released audiobook, also will talk about his career […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Mount Desert Islander published a news release advancing a concert in Southwest Harbor by The Silver Duo, chamber musicians and University of Maine music professors Noreen and Phillip Silver. Acadia Family Center will present the concert at the home of Dr. Dick Dimond at 2:30 pm Saturday, Oct. 3. Seating […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing the School of Performing Arts’ fall 2015 season. The school is staging 29 distinct theater, music and dance shows totaling 40 performances in three campus venues from September through December. The season began in September with a Faculty Jazz Recital and will end Dec. […]
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An invitation to “Find Yourself in the Arts” headlines the inside of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts fall 2015 brochure. The SPA is providing numerous opportunities for people to do just that. It’s staging 29 distinct theater, music and dance shows totaling 40 performances in three campus venues from September through December. […]
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University of Maine alumnus and chair of the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Religion at Rockford University in Illinois will deliver lectures and host a poetry program at UMaine in September. John Burns, an associate professor of Spanish who teaches Latin American literature, will give the lecture “Behind The Savage Detectives: The Infrarrealist […]
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The Maine Edge reported the Maine Folklife Area at the American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront will celebrate the University of Maine’s 150th anniversary with programming provided by students, faculty and staff from several campus departments. The narrative stage in the folklife area will feature student performances on violin, fiddle, mandolin and guitar, as […]
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