School of Performing Arts

Media share Downing performance at Boothbay Harbor Opera House

The Times Record, Boothbay Register and Penobscot Bay Pilot reported that Elizabeth Downing, instructor of flute at the University of Maine, will perform with Grammy-winning composer and pianist Paul Sullivan at the Boothbay Harbor Opera House on Dec. 3 for the first in a series of holiday concerts at the historic venue. 

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Call for proposals for the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series

The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine to enhance the artistic, cultural, and intellectual life of the campus of the University of Maine and to support speaking engagements or lectures at the University of Maine at Machias.    Grants support up to 50% of expenses associated with cultural […]

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BDN shares Wieck performance

The Bangor Daily News noted that Anatole Wieck, professor of upper strings at the University of Maine, performed Oct. 10 as part of the St. John’s Organ Society’s three evenings of organ and chamber music in honor of the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Belgian-born French composer, pianist, organist, and teacher César Franck. The […]

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UMaine hosting Homecoming Oct. 14–16

The University of Maine’s largest and most activity-filled event of the year begins on Friday, Oct. 14 when the UMaine Alumni Association kicks off Homecoming 2022.  The three-day gathering features a wide variety of formal and informal social, recreational and educational activities. They include class reunions, tailgating, campus tours, concerts, lectures, presentations and women’s soccer, […]

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