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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The University Symphonic and Concert bands will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m., April 18 in the Collins Center for the Arts. The concert will feature works of Ryan Nowlin, Harry L. Alford, Johannes Brahms, Frank Ticheli and William Schuman. Admission is $12; free with a student MaineCard. Tickets can be purchased at the Collins […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present a concert featuring the Collegiate Chorale and its Chamber Choir at 7:30 p.m. April 13 in Minsky Recital Hall. Admission is $9; free with a student MaineCard. Tickets can be purchased at the Collins Center for the Arts box office or at the door before […]
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The newest CD of chamber music by UMaine artists Noreen Silver, cello, and Phillip Silver, piano, performing with violinist Solomia Soroka, was reviewed on MusicWeb International. It features the works of little-known Jewish composer Bernhard Sekles who was directing the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt until the Nazi regime came to power. Reviewer Steve Arloff notes […]
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The Bangor Daily News previewed the upcoming Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s annual choral concert featuring 100 performers from the University Singers and the UMaine Oratorio Society. The groups are led by Dennis Cox and Ludlow Hallman, respectively. The show is set for 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14 at the Collins Center for the Arts.
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The public is invited to a series of master classes in April, the first featuring trumpeter Bryan Davis, and others with Mnozil Brass as part of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts season. Davis, a British trumpeter, based in New York City, will perform as a guest artist with the UMaine Jazz Ensemble […]
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The St. John Valley Times advanced the upcoming University of Maine Symphonic Band concerts to be held in Aroostook County. The shows, presented by the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, are free and open to the public. The band will perform at 9 a.m. Friday, April 5 in the Van Buren High School […]
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The 50-member University of Maine Symphonic Band, conducted by Christopher White, will tour Down East and northern Maine April 3–6 with free public performances from Machias to Madawaska at school assemblies during the day and evening community concerts. The 7 p.m. concerts are April 3 with the Machias Town Band at the University of Maine […]
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The University of Maine Chamber Jazz Ensemble will present a program of jazz standards and contemporary works in an April 2 performance on campus. The 12-member student ensemble is directed by Associate Professor of Music Karel Lidral. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. Admission is $9; free with a student MaineCard. […]
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