Actors and directors at the University of Maine are embracing change as they rehearse for Metamorphoses, a play that explores transformations. Many of their adjustments are because the play takes place in an 18-inch-deep, 30-foot-wide-by-14-foot-long pool filled with 8,500 gallons of water. UMaine Associate Professor of Theatre Marcia Joy Douglas directs the production, in which […]
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The University of Maine University Singers will perform during two concerts, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10 in Minsky Recital Hall on campus. Under the direction of Dennis Cox, the group will sing pieces by a variety of composers, including Leonard Bernstein and Beth Wiemann, UMaine music division chair and […]
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The University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will perform Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall on campus. Under the direction of Karel Lidral, the ensemble will play a variety of jazz literature by composers Theodore Walter “Sonny” Rollins, William “Red” Garland and others. The 12 highly skilled UMaine musicians, who have […]
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A Girl Scout conference will be held at the University of Maine on Saturday, Nov. 2. The event, titled “Transforming Leadership,” will host more than 80 Girl Scouts ranging from grades 6–12 in the cadets, seniors and ambassador levels. More than 40 adult participants also are expected to attend. The activities will begin at 10 […]
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The University of Maine Orchestra will perform Saturday, Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall on campus. Under the direction of Dan Barrett, the UMaine Orchestra will play pieces by Hector Berlioz, Wilhelm Richard Wagner, Franz Peter Schubert, Frederick Delius and Jean Sibelius. The auditioned group of 45 musicians annually performs three concerts […]
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Excerpts from “Until the War is Over,” an opera created by University of Maine music professor Beth Wiemann and English professor Jennifer Moxley, will be performed during the School of Performing Arts’ 17th annual Women Composers concert 7:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 28 in Minsky Recital Hall in Class of 1944 Hall. The concert will also […]
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The Maine Edge advanced the Oct. 27 performance by the University of Maine Symphonic Band and the UMaine Jazz Ensemble at the Collins Center for the Arts. The 45-member Symphonic Band, under the direction of Christopher White, will play pieces by Gustav Theodore Holst, Toshio Iwai, John Philip Sousa, Eric Whitacre and François-Joseph Gossec. The […]
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The Weekly previewed the Oct. 27 performance by the University of Maine Symphonic Band and the UMaine Jazz Ensemble at the Collins Center for the Arts. The 45-member Symphonic Band, under the direction of Christopher White, will play pieces by Gustav Theodore Holst, Toshio Iwai, John Philip Sousa, Eric Whitacre and François-Joseph Gossec. The Jazz […]
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University of Maine Professor of Music Beth Wiemann is a fellow in the Hambidge Creative Residency Program in Dillard, Ga., where she is working on a piece tentatively titled “Before the Snow” for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra’s fall 2014 tour. Residencies at Hambidge, situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, are awarded by […]
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The University of Maine Symphonic Band and the UMaine Jazz Ensemble will both perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Collins Center for the Arts. Under the direction of Christopher White, the University of Maine Symphonic Band will play pieces by Gustav Theodore Holst, Toshio Iwai, John Philip Sousa, Eric Whitacre and François-Joseph […]
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