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Oasis of Music presentation to showcase clavichord music
Clavichordist Kevin Birch will perform a program of early music at the Oasis of Music from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. According to Wikipedia, the clavichord is a Western European stringed rectangular keyboard instrument that was used largely in the Late Middle Ages through […]
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Folk singer to perform at Oasis of Music
Multi-instrumentalist folk singer Bau Graves will perform at the Oasis of Music, from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 20, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Graves has returned to Maine from Chicago, where he directed the revered establishment of the Old Town School of Folk Music. Prior to that, his career […]
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Chamber music featured at Oasis of Music
A program of chamber music for violin, clarinet and piano will be presented at this week’s Oasis of Music, beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Performers Mary Hunter, Rose Pruiksma and James Parakilas will present the following: Darius Milhaud, Suite (1937) Pauline Viardot, La […]
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Jim Gallant returns to Oasis of Music
Guitar wizard singer-songwriter Jim Gallant returns to the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Gallant will be presenting a program of his original songs from his past four CDs, plus some “new stuff.” Whether performing at a coffeehouse, college concert […]
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Fiddle and piano duo Don and Cindy Roy will perform at the Oasis of Music
Fiddle and piano duo Don and Cindy Roy plan to perform at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept 29, at the Oasis of Music, held in the downstairs chapel of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, at 122 Ash St., Lewiston. The music of the husband-and-wife team is rooted in both the Quebecois and Acadian traditions. […]
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Duo brings music from Middle East to Oasis
Nathan Kolosko and Eric LaPerna bring their music of the Middle East program to the Oasis of Music for the season finale from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 26, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. LaPerna and Kolosko have come together to form a duo performing music which spans from the […]
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Oasis of Music features Denny Breau
Guitar legend Denny Breau will perform a set of instrumental pieces at the Oasis of Music from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, may 19, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Denny Breau’s rhythmically flawless and dazzlingly clear style allows him to do amazing and stunning things with a six-string guitar. He first […]
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Recent Bates graduate bringing fiddle music to Oasis
Fiddler Kyra Bleicher will perform at the Oasis of Music from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 12, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Bleicher, a recent graduate from Bates College and contradance fiddling enthusiast, has thus far chosen to stay in the area post graduation. She is working for a second […]