The University of Maine School of Performing Arts presents Silver Duo in concert with guest violinist Lydia Forbes on Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall on the Orono campus. UMaine faculty members Phillip Silver, pianist, and Noreen Silver, cellist, form the Silver Duo. The Silvers welcome Forbes for the Homecoming weekend performance. […]
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The Maine Edge previewed the two-day celebration of Jewish culture slated at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. The North American debut of Orchester Jakobsplatz Munich on Oct. 17 will highlight two days of music, lectures and film celebrating Jewish culture and honoring its history. The event begins at 7 […]
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Jack Burt, an associate professor of music at the University of Maine, performed with the European Brass Ensemble in Carinthia, Austria and Merano, Italy earlier this month. Burt, who plays trumpet, also visited the Gustav Mahler Composition Hut on the Wörthersee, where Mahler composed Symphony No. 5 through Symphony No. 9. Professor Thomas Clamor directs […]
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The Penobscot Bay Pilot reported the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ 2013 production of “Spring Awakening” was named a New England Theatre Conference Moss Hart Memorial Award winner. Craig Ouellette, a former UMaine graduate student and current Camden-Rockport Middle School music teacher, was the play’s musical director.
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The Bangor Daily News previewed the two-day celebration of Jewish culture slated at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. The North American debut of Orchester Jakobsplatz Munich on Oct. 17 will highlight two days of music, lectures and film celebrating Jewish culture and honoring its history. The event begins at […]
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The University of Maine’s Collins Center for the Arts and University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor were both cited in a MarketWatch column, titled “Retire here, not there: Maine.” Both facilities were included as affordable and culturally rich benefits of retiring in Maine.
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University of Maine School of Performing Arts dance students present “Emerging Dance” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in Minsky Recital Hall on the Orono campus. The performance will highlight works in progress and feature a variety of dance styles and student choreography. Admission is free. For disability accommodations, contact the School of Performing Arts, 207.581.1781.
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The St. John Valley Times previewed the “Dear Darwin” concert at the University of Maine at Fort Kent performed by UMaine Music Department members Nancy Ellen Ogle and Ginger Yang Hwale. The show is a set of 26 songs composed by Scott Brickman, UMFK music professor, and set to poetry by Kathleen Ellis, a University […]
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On Oct. 8, professor of music Phillip Silver is expected to be interviewed on CIUT-FM 89.5 in Toronto for the radio program “Classical Underground.” Silver will discuss his most recent CD, the chamber music of Bernhard Sekles, that was released on the Toccata Classics label in London. The interview with Philip Conlon, the brother of […]
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The University of Maine Pride of Maine Marching Band will perform during pregame and halftime of Hermon High School’s Sept. 20 football game with Camden Hills Regional High School. The pregame show begins at 6:45 p.m. The host Hawks’ contest with the Windjammers kicks off at 7 p.m. Christopher White directs UMaine’s Pride of Maine […]
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