“This fall season is an excellent representation of the range of USM’s faculty and Maine’s home grown talent; it is breathtaking,” said Alan Kaschub, interim director of the USM School of Music. “Edgy musical theater, profound Mahler song, virtuosic piano, swinging jazz and even an outdoor band concert all will happen in one semester.” Kaschub […]
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USM Department of Theatre announces 2014-15 season offerings
GORHAM — The University of Southern Maine Department of Theatre will present an innovative and enlightening six-show season for 2014-2015, replete with skirt-chasing dames, lonely love-torn souls, original dance, a production at the Portland Stage Studio Theater featuring a satirical southern belle and her hypochondriac son, followed by a pistol-packing nun, and the Maine premiere […]
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‘Circus’ theme of orchestra concerts at Harrison venue
The program opens with a familiar work of Mozart, his Quartet in F Major, K370, for Oboe and strings. This work is playful for the most part, but includes a soulful adagio movement. The oboist performing virtuoso tricks, is every bit as impressive and exciting as the tightrope walker on the high wire. Featured is […]
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Concerts continue in Harrison music festival with ‘Classics’
“Classics” is a program that presents a sampling of the greatest classical chamber music. The works of two geniuses, Mozart and Mendelssohn, and a towering giant, Beethoven, represent three of the standard chamber groupings: the string quartet, the piano quartet, and the piano trio. Leading off is Mozart’s String Quartet in D Major, an amazingly […]
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Night life calendar for the week of May 25
Some events require tickets or are subject to other limitations. If in doubt, we recommend you contact the venue. Night Life listings must be e-mailed to [email protected] and received no later than Monday. Tonight Film: Tim’s Vermeer, 6 and 8 p.m., Frontier, Brunswick Sunday Night Dance Party with Steve Colella, 8 p.m., Mixers, Sabattus Open […]
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Inventive Press Gang playing Stratton, Skye
CARTHAGE — New England Celtic Arts will present Portland-based trio The Press Gang at Route 27 Arts in Stratton on Tuesday, May 20, and at Skye Theatre Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, May 21. Showtime is 7 p.m. with a jam session kicking off at 6:15 p.m on Wednesday at Skye Theatre. The Press Gang […]
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Some Bangor residents call on Waterfront Concerts to ‘turn it down’
BANGOR — Some Bangor residents want the city to tone down the Waterfront Concerts, arguing their quality of life and right to peace and quiet on summer nights are being disrupted. Others defend the concerts as a boon to the city’s growth and diversity, and argue that organizers and artists are simply catering to the […]