School of Performing Arts

Maine Summer Youth Music camp featured on WABI

WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Maine Summer Youth Music (MSYM) camp at the University of Maine. About 300 high school students from across the state are performing in choirs, jazz ensembles and musical theater productions as part of the intensive camp, according to the report. The students will put on a performance at the […]

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BDN previews Collins Center for the Arts’ 30th anniversary season

The Bangor Daily News published an article about the Collins Center for the Art’s 30th anniversary season. The season kicks off with the CCA’s annual gala featuring “Piano Men: The Music of Elton and Billy with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra” on Sept. 12. “The gala is always a focus for us, this year especially because […]

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Daily Bulldog Advances Renaissance Concert in Farmington

The Daily Bulldog reported the University of Maine singing group Renaissance will perform at 7 p.m. May 19 at Mt. Blue High School in Farmington. Renaissance is a women’s auditioned a cappella vocal ensemble that performs a variety of choral music including contemporary pop vocal styles, according to the article.

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Media Advances Steiners’ Massachusetts Performance

The Cape Cod Times and CapeNews.net reported the Maine Steiners, the University of Maine’s oldest a cappella group, will perform in A Cappella Fest at Falmouth High School in Falmouth, Massachusetts on May 14. The group is scheduled to perform with the high school’s Soulfege and the Bluestockings from Amherst College, according to the reports. […]

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Mikotowicz, Mahon Take Part in MPBN’s ‘Maine Calling’ Book Club

Tom Mikotowicz, a theatre professor at the University of Maine, and John Mahon, the John M. Murphy Chair of International Business Policy and Strategy and professor of management at UMaine, were recent guests on the Maine Public Broadcasting Network’s “Maine Calling” radio program. The show focused on Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” as part […]

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School of Performing Arts to Host Musical Theatre Dance Workshop

The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will host a free musical theatre dance workshop for the public 3 p.m. Friday, April 3. Choreographer and director Raymond Marc Dumond will teach combinations and numbers from “A Chorus Line” and “Chicago” in the Polly Thomas Dance Studio on the second floor of Class of 1944 […]

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Amernet String Quartet, Silver to Collaborate at CCA

The Amernet String Quartet will unite with University of Maine pianist Philip Silver in a concert that features composers affected by the Holocaust at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 29, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Concert selections for Silver and the award-winning quartet — Misha Vitenson (violin), Marcia Littley (violin), Michael Klotz (viola) and […]

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UMaine to Host Salsa-Based Artist Residency

The University of Maine College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host a three-day artist residency on salsa and jazz that will include interactive workshops, classes, a community jam session and a concert. Salsa for Everyone! will feature Bobby Porcelli and his Afro Latin Jazz Group with members of the Arturo-O’Farrill Orchestra. The performers will […]

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Sun Journal Advances University Singers Concert at South Paris School

The Sun Journal reported the University of Maine’s University Singers will perform a free concert at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School on March 13. The concert is one of several shows around central and northern Maine as part of the choir’s annual spring tour. Under the direction of Francis Vogt, a School of Performing Arts […]

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