Lakes Region Weekly reported pianist Laura Artesani, associate professor in the School of Performing Arts at UMaine, would accompany singers Emily Cain, Kelly Caufield and Matthew Small for a concert in the Music with a Mission series hosted by North Windham Union Church. The singers were all members of the University Singers almost 15 years […]
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This summer, UMaine faculty members Nancy Ellen Ogle and Ginger Yang Hwalek will present the first in a series of concerts titled “Dear Darwin,” celebrating their forthcoming CD of this new song cycle on Parma Recordings. Based on a book of poems by Kathleen Lignell Ellis, the 26 songs comprise an “abc-darium,” engaging Darwin’s ideas […]
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Dan Barrett, professor at the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, recently released a book titled “Solo Training for Trombone.” The 66-page book includes exercises for musicians high school age and up. More information about the book and how to purchase it are available online.
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University of Maine Professor of Music Emeritus Curvin “Chip” Farnham was recently inducted into the Maine Music Educators Association Hall of Fame and honored at the association’s conference. Laura Artesani, associate professor in the Division of Music in the School of Performing Arts at UMaine, nominated Farnham for induction. Farnham was UMaine’s director of bands […]
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Beth Wiemann, chairwoman of the Music Division in the University of Maine’s School of Performing Arts, was interviewed by the Portland Press Herald about the upcoming Portland Chamber Music Festival. The festival will include the world premiere of Wiemann’s new piece for string quartet, “Minor Blasts, Some Flurries,” at 8 p.m. May 23 at the […]
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University of Maine artists Noreen and Phillip Silver, also known as the Silver Duo, were mentioned in the Maine Edge article “Highlands Classical Trio embarks on spring tour.” The Silvers listened to the trio perform and offered advice before the group from Dover-Foxcroft and Dexter began their tour.
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Foster’s Daily Democrat reported Renaissance, the University of Maine’s all-female singing group, will perform a free concert May 17 at Berwick United Methodist Church in Berwick.
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present “Promise Versus Prohibition: The Divided Life of Composer Dorothy Smith Dushkin (1903–1992),” a lecture by Kaitlin Briggs, associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, University of Southern Maine, with performances of musical selections composed by Dushkin, at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 21 in Minsky Recital Hall. Dushkin […]
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The Bangor Daily News and Fenceviewer, the community news and information website for Maine’s Hancock County, reviewed the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Antonin Dvorak’s “Stabat Mater” at the Collins Center for the Arts on Sunday. The BSO was joined by more than 100 performers from the University Singers and the UMaine Oratorio Society.
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