School of Performing Arts

CUGR Announces 2014–2015 Research Fellows Assistants

The University of Maine’s Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR) has named the 2014–2015 Research Fellows Assistants. The CUGR Research Fellows Program supports faculty efforts toward improving undergraduate research mentoring skills, expanding curricula to include research and scholarship experiences, and developing proposals for further funding specifically involving undergraduate students. Each student selected as a Research Fellow […]

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Student Production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ Featured on WABI

WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s production of “Little Shop of Horrors” and spoke with several members of the cast who are students in the UMaine School of Performing Arts. “We’ve gotten great reactions and it’s awesome to finally have an audience and have people laughing,” said UMaine student Hope Milne who […]

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Persian Folk Concert Sept. 8

The University of Maine presents “An Evening of Persian Folk Music” with Amir Vahab at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8 in the Minsky Recital Hall on campus. The free concert is co-hosted by UMaine’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Music and Honors College. Vahab is a composer and vocalist of folk music […]

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BDN Previews Collins Center for the Arts Season

The Bangor Daily News published an article about the Collins Center for the Art’s 2014–15 season. Danny Williams, executive director of the CCA, told the BDN his goal is to offer the most varied season possible through world-class dance, theater, classical music and a new partnership with Waterfront Concerts. “We want to offer something for […]

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Hardy Memorial Scheduled for Aug. 9

A celebration of the life of Associate Professor of Theatre Sandra Hardy will be held Saturday, Aug. 9 at 2 p.m., Minsky Recital Hall, Class of 1944 Hall. A reception will follow in Miller’s Café in the Collins Center for the Arts. Hardy unexpectedly passed away June 19 in Connecticut. She was 76. In her […]

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Maine Edge Reporter Remembers Hardy

A Maine Edge reporter and former University of Maine student wrote the feature, “Saying goodbye to a teacher and friend,” about his memories of Sandra Hardy. Hardy, who was an associate professor of theatre at UMaine, taught acting and literature of the theatre, as well as drama in education during her 26-year career. Hardy passed […]

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Hardy Remembered in BDN, WABI Reports

The Bangor Daily News and WABI (Channel 5) reported on the passing of  Sandra Hardy, an associate professor of theatre at the University of Maine. Hardy unexpectedly passed away June 19 in Connecticut. She was 76. In her 26-year career at UMaine, Hardy taught acting and literature of the theatre, as well as drama in […]

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Theatre Professor Sandra Hardy Passes Away

Associate Professor of Theatre Sandra Hardy unexpectedly passed away June 19 in Connecticut. She was 76. Professor Hardy joined the University of Maine community in 1987. In her 26-year career at UMaine, Hardy taught acting and literature of the theatre, as well as drama in education. She directed many theatrical main stage productions at UMaine, […]

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Silver Duo CD Reviewed on MusicWeb International

A CD of Leone Sinigaglia’s chamber music performed by University of Maine artists Noreen Silver, cello, and Phillip Silver, piano, performing with violinist Solomia Soroka, was reviewed on MusicWeb International. Reviewer Jonathan Woolf notes, “these elegant readings set a standard for future Sinigaglia performances, and I truly hope that more will follow the lead of […]

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