UMaine Senior to Direct a Benefit Production Featuring 90 Musicians and Vocalists
UMaine senior to direct a benefit production featuring 90 musicians and vocalists.
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Three UMaine professors wrapped up in ‘One Blue Tarp’
Two University of Maine theater instructors will star in a UMaine English teacher’s award-winning comedic play set to premiere at Penobscot Theatre in Bangor. Boston-born Travis Baker teaches English courses at the university and earned a master’s in English at UMaine in 2006. He penned “One Blue Tarp” after he heard a comment on a […]
Read moreWVII Reports on UMaine Concert Held in Memory of Newtown Victims
WVII (Channel 7) covered a concert at the University of Maine that was held in remembrance of the victims of last year’s Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. About 70 students, adults and professional musicians from around the state performed during the concert. UMaine student Olivia Bean said it was a great opportunity […]
Read moreUniversity Singers to Perform at Bangor Mall, Starbucks
The University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ University Singers will perform at two Bangor retail locations on Saturday and Sunday Dec. 14–15. The group will sing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at J.C. Penney court in the Bangor Mall and 1–2 p.m. at Starbucks. Members of the choir come from a variety of […]
Read moreMaine Edge Previews Oratorio Society Concert Dedicated to Sandy Hook Victims
The Maine Edge advanced the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ presentation of “Ein deutsches Requiem” by Johannes Brahms on Dec. 15 in Hampden. The Oratorio Society, along with the University Orchestra, are dedicating the performance to the memory of victims of the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.
Read moreOratorio Society Concert Dedicated to Memory of Sandy Hook Victims
The University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ presentation of “Ein deutsches Requiem” by Johannes Brahms on Dec. 15, conducted by retiring Professor Ludlow Hallman, is dedicated to the memory of those killed during the December 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. The Oratorio Society Concert will be presented with the […]
Read moreUMaine, Community Celebrate with Songs of Season
Six University of Maine choral groups will ring in the holiday season at the Yuletide Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the Collins Center for the Arts. The University Singers, Collegiate Chorale, Oratorio Society, Athena Consort, Black Bear Men’s Chorus and Euphony will all take part in the UMaine School of Performing Arts’ […]
Read morePercussion Ensemble Incorporates Fire Engine Siren, Car Brake Drums
The University of Maine School of Performing Arts presents the fall Percussion Ensemble concert Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. Under the direction of Thomas Martin Wubbenhorst, the ensemble will perform compositions that incorporate unique sounds, including those of an antique fire engine siren and a theremin — an old electronic […]
Read moreUMaine Singers to Entertain at Margaret Chase Smith Event
Renaissance, a University of Maine female a cappella group, will sing at the Margaret Chase Smith Library Annual Community Appreciation Day 2–4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at 56 Norridgewock Ave., Skowhegan. There will be cake and refreshments at the celebration, which will also honor what would have been Smith’s 116th birthday. The former U.S. Senator […]
Read moreThe Edge, Fill The Steins Review Metamorphoses
The Maine Edge and Fill The Steins reviewed the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of Metamorphoses, which runs through Nov. 24 in Hauck Auditorium. Metamorphoses, directed by UMaine Associate Professor of Theatre Marcia Joy Douglas, takes place in an 18-inch-deep, 30-foot-wide-by-14-foot-long pool filled with 8,500 gallons of water. “Metamorphoses is not your […]
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