PLEASANT POINT — The drumbeat and the song called the elder back to her childhood.
Mildred Mitchell Yatroussis swayed to the music and remembered when her people were not allowed to speak…
Music
Keeping a culture alive, one drumbeat at a time
Christmas by the Sea: lunchtime concert with dramatic reading, Craft Fair, handbell concert to be livestreamed
CAMDEN — The First Congregational Church of Camden will host several festive events during “Christmas by the Sea” weekend in Camden, December 3 - 4, 2021.
Following CDC recommendations,…
ROCKLAND - The Strand Theatre in Rockland has added four new films, one broadcast, and two live performances to their upcoming lineup.
FILMS:
Nov. 19: The French Dispatch…
US National Scottish Fiddle Champion and Junior US National Scottish Fiddle Champion
SEARSPORT — Belfast Flying Shoes presents Scottish fiddlers Sean Heely and Owen Kennedy for a special outdoor event on Monday, October 11, at Searsport Shores.
Seán Heely, past US National…
Darlin’ Corey, Frank Ferrel, Youth Fiddlers and More Oct. 15, 16
WALDOBORO — In a celebration of Maine’s music heritage, The Waldo Theatre (916 Main St) is hosting a two-day, multi-venue event, Maine Fall Fiddle Fest, Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16.…
CAMDEN — The SoundCheck series of live performances at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., continues 7:30 p.m., many Fridays through November. Tickets to attend these hour…
PORT CLYDE — DaPonte String Quartet will hold a live concert Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, at 5 p.m., at Ocean View Grange, in Port Clyde. Their performance, “Dissonant and Dissident,” features Mozart…
The Glenn Jenks Ragtime Revue Board voted unanimously last Saturday morning, September 11, 2021, to cancel this year’s Ragtime Revue scheduled for Sunday, October 10, at the Camden Opera House for…
Bay Chamber Music School registration is open for private lessons, group classes and ensembles for their fall semester beginning Monday, September 13 and running through the third week of January…
“A Fine Old Time on Penobscot Bay”
SEARSPORT — This year's Strung Together Music Jam Campout will be held on the coast of Searsport, September 17 - 19, 2021.
The Old Time and Bluegrass Jam weekend begins Friday afternoon…
NO fee for Coast Guard Personnel stationed in Rockland, Knox County teachers and K-12 students, Rockland residents
ROCKLAND — September is Library Card Sign-Up Month.
“It’s a time when the Rockland Public Library joins the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to encourage…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
The summer of 2021 on the Coast of Maine has been a busy one for almost everyone, including the crew at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. While performances will continue year round, as long as…
‘Due to major COVID spike in Waldo County’
Belfast Summer Nights has submitted the following statement:
Due to major COVID spike in Waldo County, Belfast Summer Nights is suspending the remainder of the 2021 concert…
He’s been called “the leading singer/songwriter of the New Folk movement,” by Rolling Stone, and this summer John Gorka will perform at the historic Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. Days later…
DaPonte String Quartet will present seven area concerts of “Dissonant and Dissident” featuring works by Mozart and Shostakovich.
Concert schedule as is follows:
Aug 14, at 7 p.m…
The Lincoln Arts Festival concerts scheduled for Friday, Aug. 6, and Sunday. Aug. 8, at the Congregational Church in Boothbay Harbor,…
guest artist, violinist Geoff Nuttall
ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School will present two free concerts for the community at the Rockport Opera House as part of its annual Envision Chamber Music Workshop.
A…
CAMDEN — Singer Alice Limoges, a Rockport native and Camden resident, released her newest album this month exploring the depths of her struggles with mental illness.
She, in a news…
classical chamber music, new compositions, ensembles and collaborations, film screening with live music, free outdoor community performances
Bay Chamber Concerts pulls back the curtain on another season of live programming beginning August 4 and running through the 22nd. An encompassing series of concerts, Bay Chamber is presenting…
ROCKLAND — Two windjammers with ties to Rockland celebrated 150th anniversaries. The mayor presented the governor with a key to the City. The governor cheered the ending of the pandemic’s State of…
CAMDEN — Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, is welcoming larger audiences, using a choose-your-own ticketing software that inserts a couple of seats either side of each party’s reservation for…
four high school students chosen annually for DaPonte Honors Quartet
The Friends of Daponte String Quartet (FDSQ) announces an exciting new youth ensemble program.
As a major component of the Educational Outreach program of the FDSQ, four students of high…
MIDCOAST — Emma Hallundbaek, an alumna of Camden Hills Regional High School who grew up in Lincolnville, received first place honors in her category at the 2021 Maine NATS Classical Student…
‘distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice’
CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., announces that tickets to its Labor Day weekend show by American folk rock legend Tom Rush will go on sale at 6 a.m. on Memorial Day.
An…
‘dynamic rhythms, forceful and meaningful climaxes, startlingly powerful musicality’
Part 5 of DaPont String Quartet’s “Onstage” six–part concert series premieres May 15 with Stravinsky, Three Pieces for String Quartet. The concert can be viewed at onstage.daponte.org.
…
A Little Light Music, Candlelit Baroque, Jazz on the Water, Screen Door Festival
On Tuesday, May 11, tickets for Bay Chamber Concerts’ 60th Summer Concert Season will be for sale online at baychamber.org.
The season is comprised of two opening weeks of virtual…
promoting music through performance, education and scholarships
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School has received a major gift in support of an annual Young Stars of Maine Prize in honor of beloved musician, composer, raconteur and educator, Glenn Jenks. The…
prize awards, livestreamed concert
For over 50 years Bay Chamber has sought to encourage the growth and talent of Maine musicians through the Young Stars of Maine Prize Program, which awards students who have made a significant…
nicknamed Dissonance; ‘among the greatest quartet compositions in history’
Part four of the DaPont String Quartet’s “Onstage” six–part concert series premieres on April 24, with Mozart String Quartet in C Major, at onstage.daponte.org.
Filmed at the Rockport…
coming up: Gordon Bok, Dave Gutter
CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House, which has been producing weekly livestream-only shows for many months, plans to welcome audiences again beginning April 23. Shows will be limited to 45 advance-…
Music transforms and inspires
Music transforms and inspires
In the secluded and relaxed lakeside setting of historic Camp Kieve’s Wavus campus, the DaPonte String Quartet will hold a weekend-long “DaPonte String…
illuminating the breadth of influence from artists of color on the contemporary culture and landscape
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is offering Black Voices – a multi-disciplinary virtual program presented by Warp Trio which aims to celebrate the diversity of experience and perspective…
DaPonte Onstage
DaPonte String Quartet is releasing videos in increments of a concert filmed earlier this year.
Part one: Beethoven String Quartet No.5 in A Major, is now available at onstage.daponte.org…
music coaching, age-appropriate group activities, end-of-week concert
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is accepting applications for the Envision Chamber Music Workshop, a week-long music camp for young musicians ages 8-18. This year’s program will begin Monday…
‘Music has always been a tool for me to express and work through the difficult emotions’
ROCKPORT — Following mental health battles and after a move back to the Midcoast from fast-paced New York City, singer-songwriter Alice Limoges has transitioned into the next chapter of her life,…
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
It was one sold out event after another at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor in 2020 – mind you, last year an audience of 50 equaled a sell out show. It was the year of a pandemic most of us had…
interview with Baez, virtual tour of the show, and other festivities and ‘mischief’
Tickets are on sale now for iconic singer-songwriter Joan Baez’s livestream event “An intimate evening with the artist in celebration of her 80th Birthday” on Saturday, Jan. 9, at 8:30 p.m.…
supporting the musical instrument lending library
SEARSPORT — Carver Memorial Library is auctioning a very special guitar donated by James Hyland, of the Makers Guild of Maine, according to the Library, in a news release.
The guitar is a…
THORNDIKE — The Mount View Chamber Singers, a 20 member ensemble of students from Mount View High School, announced Sunday on its…
She’s just a Grrl In This World making small-batch products and thrashing out
NORTH HAVEN—Whoever said punk is dead hasn’t been to North Haven in awhile. Not exactly considered the gritty underground mecca for the post-punk scene, this…
An upright piano is the newest addition to the Thomaston Grammar School Common Ground Garden and Outdoor Classroom. A local citizen donated her personal piano and Knowlton Movers of Warren gave…
candy canes, streamers, wreath displays, carols, ice carving, tree lighting
WISCASSET — The Wiscasset Holiday Marketfest tradition continues in 2020. Visitors can expect a delightful shopping experience with added seasonal activities to bolster Christmas cheer, according…
Celebration of Hip-Hop Culture and Consciousness
This November, University of Maine at Augusta will host five BreakBeat Poets for four engaging events to promote the diverse voices and experiences as well as anti-racist tactics that the worlds…
bolstering morale
BELFAST — Two local nonprofits, Belfast Flying Shoes and Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County, have teamed up to bring live music to residents and staff at Tall Pines, in Belfast.
“It has…
The Maine Jewish Film Festival is pleased to announce its first virtual festival, to be held Nov. 7-22. Featuring 15 feature and documentary films and related programs, the 2020 virtual MJFF will…
On Oct. 30, Midcoast Maine musician Lauren Crosby teams with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Maine, to release “Sheepscot Valley Enchantress,” a nine-track solo-acoustic vinyl EP…
family games, art activity, bring your own picnic
THOMASTON — Pack a picnic lunch and head to the Green! Everyone in Thomaston is invited to a picnic gathering on the Thomaston Green (former Maine State Prison site) with live music on Saturday,…
fiddle jam, Allegro, small ensembles
ROCKPORT — Registration is open at Bay Chamber Music School for group classes and ensembles.
“The health and safety of our students and staff is of the utmost priority, and measures have…
sonically cleanse, rejuvenate, rest, and renew
ROCKPORT — Enjoy the end of summer with the relaxing and transformative sound of gongs and chimes as part of Coastal Mountains Land Trust's "Arts on the Hill" program, Sunday, Sept. 27, from 2 – 3…
VINALHAVEN — The Vinalhaven School has a new principal in place for the upcoming school year with a remarkable bevy of accomplishments, highlighted by a Grammy Award in 2012.
Dr. Monte…
