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celebrating Black artistry through music
Strand Theatre’s Family Series continues with Castle Of Our Skins
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:30pm

ROCKLAND — As part of the virtual Strand Family Series, The Boston-based “Castle Of Our Skins” will present a streamed concert of string quartets by Black composers that showcase African American spirituals. This family friendly show contains music, history and more. It will be available from May 1 - 16. Tickets to stream the show are available on the Strand Theatre website, and are “Pay-What-You-Can;” ticket prices are set at $20, $10, $5, or $0, so that cost is not a barrier to attend...
the intricacies of sound and vibration
Zoom with Vose: Elemental Design Instruments with Jim Doble
Thu, 04/22/2021 - 1:00pm

Join “Zoom with Vose Wednesdays at 6pm,” on May 5, as Jim Doble discusses his hand crafted instruments, sound therapy and the effect of sound and vibration. Doble has been creating unique, mostly percussive, musical instruments out of a disparate collection of materials such as wood, steel, glass, aluminum, and stone for about 35 years. In more recent years, he has been focusing most of his instrument building to designs suitable for public spaces, such as playgrounds, children's museums, and...
Singer, frontman for Rustic Overtones, Paranoid Social Club
Dave Gutter goes solo in SoundCheck concert
Tue, 04/20/2021 - 6:00pm

CAMDEN — Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of small, safely distanced performances presents Dave Gutter, Friday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. Sales end at 3:30 p.m. on show day for advance-only tickets, $10 via camdenoperahouse.com and 236-3154. Seats (limited to 45) will be assigned on a first come/first served basis. Singer, songwriter, producer and frontman (Rustic Overtones, Paranoid Social Club) Gutter is an endlessly inventive musician whose work is hard to pigeonhole, according to the...
prize awards, livestreamed concert
Bay Chamber accepting Young Stars of Maine Prize Program 2021 applications
Sat, 04/17/2021 - 5:15pm

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 commitment to their musical studies. Seeking to highlight the dedication and care which these talented artists bring to their instruments, the Young Stars of Maine Prizes represent a diverse array of focus and genre, from classical to jazz, solo to ensemble and instrumental to vocal. Applications are due...
old-time ballads, fiddle tunes, bluegrass, new grass and Americana
Craig Harris to present America’s Musical Roots
Fri, 04/16/2021 - 1:15pm

Craig Harris, music maker and historian, educator, storyteller, and radio host, will present America’s Musical Roots, for the Cushing Public Library, on Wednesday, April 28, at 6:30 p.m., via Zoom. The program is free and open to the public. To register, call Wendy Roberts at 207-691-0833 or email wrobertsmaine63@gmail.com . This program traces America’s roots music from old-time ballads and fiddle tunes of the Appalachian Mountains and the bluegrass of Bill Monroe to the genre-bending sounds...
nicknamed Dissonance; ‘among the greatest quartet compositions in history’
Part 4 of DaPonte Onstage: Mozart String Quartet in C Major
Fri, 04/16/2021 - 1:00pm

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 Opera House in early 2021, the April 24 concert release is a work from 1785 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which was dedicated to Haydn. This quartet in four movements, nicknamed “Dissonance”, is among the greatest quartet compositions in history, according to DSQ, in a news release. The first movement establishes...
in-person tickets sold out, free livestream available
Bok concert opens Camden Opera House doors
Wed, 04/14/2021 - 1:00pm

CAMDEN — For the first time since late fall, Camden Opera House will host a small audience in its SoundCheck series . All seats have already been sold for Gordon Bok’s Friday , April 23 , at 7:30 p.m., performance, but the show will be streamed live on the opera house ’s Facebook page , free to enjoy , no RSVP necessary. Gordon Bok’s music runs deep and wide, as does his mastery of song, multiple instruments, folklore and history. Caretaker of both Northeast maritime heritage and of the music...
Guitarville and Country Music Spoken Here
Martin Gibson to perform live for ‘Zoom with Vose’
Mon, 04/12/2021 - 12:45pm

Vose Library hosts a live performance by Martin Gibson, on April 21 for the “Zoom with Vose Wednesdays at 6pm” event. “Songwriter, guitarist and author, Gibson will thrill us with an evening of fabulous music,” said Vose, in a news release. Martin Gibson has been writing and performing music for as long as he can remember. At age 12 he was rescued from a near pointless life of diagramming sentences, starting an insect and worm rehab clinic, and believing everything he heard from his grandfather...
Friends of Music concert series welcomes Gail Archer, April 18
Fri, 04/09/2021 - 3:30pm

The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, will present Gail Archer, organist, for a virtual concert that will premiere on YouTube, Sunday, April 18, at 4 p.m. As a concert organist, Gail Archer has performed and recorded all over the world. She is on the faculty at Vassar, Barnard, and Columbia, and will share masterworks by Bach, Brahms, Boulanger and several contemporary composers performed on a beautiful Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ...
multicultural and eclectic mix of soul, folk-rock and Middle Eastern vibes
Singer-songwriter Natále to play SoundCheck livestream
Thu, 04/08/2021 - 5:00pm

CAMDEN — Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series continues Friday, April 16, with an audience-free, 7:30 p.m., concert by genre-fusing singer-songwriter Natále. Her show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. With home bases in Philadelphia, Tel Aviv and New England, Natále offers a multicultural and eclectic mix of soul, folk-rock and Middle Eastern vibes inspired by the musical revolutions of the 1960s and ‘70s...
Beau Lisy, Mark Tipton, Ryan Blotnick
Tipton jazz to play SoundCheck livestream series
Thu, 04/01/2021 - 2:15pm

Camden Opera House ’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, April 9 , with a 7:30 p.m. concert by the Mark Tipton Trio . The show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. Composer, performer , producer and educator Mark Tipton and his multi-genre quintet, Les Sorciers Perdus, take a contemporary, creative and cross-disciplinary approach to jazz and more. The trio features LSP’s Tipton on...
The Ragged Blade Band
Zoom with Vose presents an hour of live ragtime-era music
Tue, 03/30/2021 - 4:00pm

Join Vose Library for "Zoom with Vose Wednesdays at 6pm" program: an entertaining hour of live ragtime-era music with Isaac Cherry and Jerry Rabushka and The Ragged Blade Band. Recognized as “Cherry & Jerry," Isaac Cherry plays percussion and Jerry Rabushka, piano. Based in St. Louis, the duo is also part of the larger “Ragged Blade Band,” and has toured music of the ragtime era throughout a several state area. “They’ve found this music is great for good times – brewpubs, wineries, markets...
University Singers rescheduled to April 12
Virtual tour brings UMaine music ensembles into schools
Mon, 03/29/2021 - 12:30pm
Each spring, ensembles from the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ Division of Music depart from campus for performance tours around Maine, stopping to play concerts in schools, churches and community centers across the state and beyond. This year, with the COVID-19 pandemic still limiting gatherings and travel, the spring tour will nevertheless go on — albeit virtually, with performance programs by the University Singers, the University of Maine Symphonic Band and the University of...
traditional Maine country dance, songs and silent movie music
Old-Time music program presents uplifting musical fun with Doug Protsik
Fri, 03/26/2021 - 1:15pm
Union Historical Society presents uplifting musical fun with Doug Protsik for its April 7 Zoom program featuring traditional Maine country dance, songs and silent movie music. Protsik accompanies Union’s annual silent movie on piano and also plays fiddle and accordion. A resident of Woolwich, he has toured the world as a musical ambassador for the U.S. State Department and is the director of the Maine Fiddle Camp. “This Zoom presentation will feel like an old-time television show,” said the...
Bay Chamber virtual concert to feature violinist Midori, pianist Jokubaviciute
Thu, 03/25/2021 - 1:00pm

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music presents a free virtual concert featuring violinist Midori and pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute on Friday, April 2, at 7 p.m. The program is offered in partnership with Midori’s foundation, Partners in Performance, and includes two works for violin and piano, Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op.13 by Edvard Grieg and César Franck’s beloved Violin Sonata in A major. Patrons are invited to register in advance and will receive a private link to the online presentation on...
coming up: Gordon Bok, Dave Gutter
Camden Opera House plans late April re-opening
Thu, 03/25/2021 - 1:00pm
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-only tickets for safely distanced, assigned seats. In addition to the familiar SoundCheck seating protocol, masks will be required while in the building. The hour-long shows are one-set only, with an expedited entrance and exit schedule. There are hand sanitizing stations in the lobby; and newly-installed...
writer of Judy Collins’ The Weight of the World
Jud Caswell to perform livestream SoundCheck series
Thu, 03/25/2021 - 12:45pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, April 2, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by songwriter Jud Caswell. The show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. Maine singer/songwriter and instrumentalist Jud Caswell burst on the national scene 15 years ago by winning the legendary Kerrville New Folk competition. His songs have been taught at Berklee College of Music and recorded...
Music transforms and inspires
DaPonte String Quartet Young Strings Workshop accepting applications
Fri, 03/19/2021 - 1:45pm

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 Quartet Young Strings Workshop” for aspiring high school string players, September 17-19. (Application deadline June 18, 2021). The workshop is offered at no cost to the student. All lodging, food and tuition costs are covered. Notification of students selected by August 1, 2021. The weekend is dedicated to the...
founder of Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and TED talk speaker
DaPonte String Quartet happy hour hosts Benjamin Zander
Thu, 03/18/2021 - 1:45pm

DaPonte String Quartet will host a Happy Hour on Friday, March 26, at 5 p.m., with special guest Benjamin Zander. Zander is the founder of Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and an inspiring speaker (his TED talk has been viewed over 14 million times). For the past 50 years, Benjamin Zander has occupied a unique place as a master teacher, deeply insightful and probing interpreter, and as a profound source of inspiration for audiences, students, professional musicians, corporate leaders, politicians...
New dance company, new ‘Discussion’
SoundCheck free livestream to feature Kea Tesseyman Dance Company
Thu, 03/18/2021 - 1:00pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams for the Kea Tesseyman Dance Company’s “The Discussion, Chapter 1” will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page Thursday, April 1, at 7:30 p.m., and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. This performance was rescheduled from March 19. Written, choreographed and directed by Kea Tesseyman, “The Discussion, Chapter 1” follows five dancers – Leanna Cotton, Isaiah Doble, Nate Levig, Adrian Pierce...
SoundCheck free livestreams to host singer, guitarist Denny Breau
Wed, 03/17/2021 - 1:15pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, March 26, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by singer, songwriter and guitarist Denny Breau. The show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. Breau mixes genres – folk, Delta blues, country and jazz – with ease, according to the Opera House, in a news release. The son of Maine country music players Hal Lone Pine and Betty Cody, Breau...
2021 Friends of Music concert series
Thu, 03/11/2021 - 3:15pm

The Friends of Music Concert Series, an outreach program of The First Congregational Church of Camden, is all queued up for a full year of music, starting with the return of versatile guitarist Aaron Larget Caplan, on Sunday, March 21, at 4 p.m. Because the First Congregational Church remains closed to the public during the COVID pandemic, the first three concerts of the year are being recorded by each of the artists especially for the Friends of Music Series. These presentations will be shared...
illuminating the breadth of influence from artists of color on the contemporary culture and landscape
Bay Chamber offers multi-disciplinary virtual program for Maine students
Wed, 03/10/2021 - 1:15pm

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 throughout music, art, history, literature and culture. This free virtual offering is open to Maine-based middle school and high school students as an alternative to Bay Chamber's annual student matinee offering. Black Voices features the music and writings of musicians, poets and authors from the African...
blends classic rock, lyrical folk and vintage western in her creative expression of the salty North Atlantic
Lauren Crosby plays SoundCheck free livestream
Thu, 03/04/2021 - 6:45pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, March 12, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by singer/songwriter/poet/adventuress Lauren Crosby. The show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. The last time Crosby was at the opera house, it was to see Mary Chapin-Carpenter. “I had just turned 21, and my parents brought me, which was a huge deal because my dad is a commercial...
DaPonte Onstage
DaPonte String Quartet announces part one of 6-part online concert
Wed, 03/03/2021 - 1:15pm

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 Filmed at Rockport Opera House in January 2021, the March 13 concert release is a work by the 20th century Czech composer, Erwin Schulhoff. Schulhoff’s String Quartet No 1 is a powerful piece with elements of jazz influence, dance rhythms, and grotesquely melancholy strains, said DSQ, in a news release...
music coaching, age-appropriate group activities, end-of-week concert
Calling young musicians for summer chamber music workshop
Wed, 03/03/2021 - 12:45pm

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, August 2, 2021 and conclude on Friday, August 6, 2021 with a performance on the final afternoon of the program. The daily schedule is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with an hour break in the middle of the day for lunch. Daily rehearsals and coachings will be balanced with time for other musical workshops and...
Ellen Gawler and her three daughters Molly, Edith, and Elsie
Gawler Sisters, their mom to play Waldo Theater concert
Thu, 02/25/2021 - 12:45pm

WALDOBORO — The Waldo Theatre presents the next in its series of virtual concert performances: the Gawlers, a fun-loving, folk-singing, fiddle-playing family from Maine, broadcast live in real-time from The Waldo stage Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m. The show features Ellen Gawler and her three daughters Molly, Edith, and Elsie. “The Gawler Sisters and their mom bring a unique sound full of heart, toe-tapping fiddle and banjo tunes, songs traditional and original, full of joy,” said The Waldo, in...
free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary
When Particles Collide acoustic show to play SoundCheck
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 1:00pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, March 5, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by genre-bending rock duo When Particles Collide. The show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. Trained jazz drummer and choral vocalist Chris Viner met Sasha Alcott, a self-taught punk rocker and singer/songwriter, when both were cast in a Bangor production of “Hedwig and the Angry Itch.” The...
a celebration of the hard work, flexibility and perseverance
Midcoast Music Academy to release virtual winter recital film: ‘Play on’
Wed, 02/17/2021 - 1:30pm

Midcoast Music Academy, a community music school in Rockport, premieres its virtual winter recital, "Play On," Sunday, Feb. 21, at 3 p.m. Since the start of the school year in 2020, MCMA has offered music lessons and ensembles both virtually and in-person. They have been fortunate to have maintained a robust program despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to MCMA, in a news release. Traditionally, MCMA hosts a large February recital at the Strand Theatre as a...
Juliane Gardner and Christopher Poulin with clarinetist Brad Terry
New Shades of Blue to play SoundCheck livestream
Wed, 02/17/2021 - 1:30pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, Feb. 26, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by New Shades of Blue. The show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. Juliane Gardner (lead vocalist, keyboards) and Christopher Poulin (lead vocals, guitar, flute) began playing together when they met as students in University of Maine’s Jazz and Contemporary Music program. They continued to...
livestream multimedia performance that mirrors coral reef ecosystems
Palaver Strings, Dana Lyn and Kyle Sanna return to Opera House for Coral Suite
Wed, 02/17/2021 - 1:15pm

Bay Chamber Concerts presents the virtual premiere of Coral Suite featuring Palaver Strings, Dana Lyn and Kyle Sanna, airing Thursday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m., on Bay Chamber’s YouTube channel. Coral Suite is an evocative, multimedia performance that mirrors the life cycles and natural processes that occur within coral reef ecosystems. Drawing on the rich vocabulary of Irish melody, and using light boxes and animated projections featuring Dana Lyn’s artwork, Lyn and Sanna create an audiovisual poem...
‘Music has always been a tool for me to express and work through the difficult emotions’
Once at her lowest, Alice Limoges celebrates highest point of career with new song
Mon, 02/15/2021 - 11:00am

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, now feeling she has reached what is, thus far, the most productive point of her musical career. The last time Penobscot Bay Pilot spoke with the Rockport native about her musical career, in 2014, she was 19 and working on her second album, As Close As You Can Be Without Touching...
fiddle, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki and clawhammer banjo
Darlin’ Corey to perform free Camden Opera House livestream
Thu, 02/11/2021 - 1:15pm

Camden Opera House opens its 2021 performance season Friday, Feb 19, with a 7:30 p.m., audience-free livestream of Darlin’ Corey. The SoundCheck show will be streamed from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. Darlin’ Corey is the husband-and-wife duo of Matt Shipman and Erica Brown, who also perform together in Erica Brown & The Bluegrass Connection, Josephine County and Side By Each. Shipman plays guitar, mandolin, bouzouki and...
proceeds to benefit Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
Brunswick church’s Concerts for a Cause presents David Wilcox livestream
Mon, 02/08/2021 - 12:30pm

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick has had to cancel eleven of their Concerts for a Cause so far because of Covid-19. “The two concerts already scheduled for September and October are also in danger of being cancelled as well,” said UUCB, in a news release. “This is disheartening because the community is in such a dire need for live music, and the charities that are supported by the concerts are in need of extra donations during this difficult time.” However, David Wilcox, whose...
AJ Croce live stream
Fri, 02/05/2021 - 1:45pm
Thursday, March 18 & 25 Over the past three decades, A.J. Croce has established his reputation as a piano player and serious vocal stylist who pulls from a host of musical traditions and anti-heroes — part New Orleans, part juke joint, part soul. He presents two live stream events this spring at 8:30 p.m. March 18 and 25. Tickets are $15 for 1 or $25 for both, and a portion on all tickets sold through our ticket link will go to benefit the Opera House. Tickets: https://boothbayoperahouse.com
Wolf, Dewing, Jenkins, Gassett, Rockefeller, Liechty, Haynes, Benissan
Bay Chamber Concerts podcast ‘Meet in the Music’ to interview guests from the worlds of food, wine, music
Thu, 02/04/2021 - 7:00am

Join Bay Chamber Concerts, Thursday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m., for the inaugural episode of Meet in the Music, a Bay Chamber Concerts Original Podcast. Hosted by Artistic Director Manuel Bagorro, Meet in the Music explores the role music plays in all our lives, according to Bay Chambers, in a news release. “Drawing from Bay Chamber’s spectacular concert recording archives, the series combines an exquisite selection of performances with interviews from members of our own community as it delves into...
original jazz, blues, rock, fusion
Scott Cleveland Duo plays free livestream SoundCheck concert
Wed, 02/03/2021 - 1:45pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, Feb. 12, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by the Scott Cleveland Duo. The show will be streamed live from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. The Scott Cleveland Duo (Scott Cleveland, piano/voice; Phil Kell, bass/guitar) features Cleveland’s original jazz/blues/rock/fusion. “Viewers can expect Crusaders-like R&B in 7/4 time, searing ballads, Thelonious...
free concerts livestreamed on Facebook
Americana duo plays SoundCheck, Feb. 5
Wed, 01/27/2021 - 10:45pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, Feb. 5, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by John and Rachel Nicholas. The SoundCheck show will be streamed from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. John and Rachel Nicholas relocated to Midcoast Maine in 2012 and have steadily made a name for themselves with their soulful harmonies and stellar songcraft. The couple have forged their own Americana style,...
Wayne DeLano plays free SoundCheck livestream
Wed, 01/20/2021 - 12:45pm

Camden Opera House’s SoundCheck series of audience-free livestreams continues Friday, Jan. 29, with a 7:30 p.m. concert by the Wayne DeLano Duo. The SoundCheck show will be streamed from the opera house stage to its Facebook page and is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. Saxophonist, pianist, arranger and composer Wayne DeLano, of Rockport, has performed with jazz greats Phil Woods, Michael Brecker, Chaka Khan, Freddie Hubbard, James Moody, Bobby Shew and Maynard Fergusson. He is...
featuring locally filmed imagery that captures the intricacy and beauty of Maine landscapes
Halcyon and Friends in multimedia concert, streamed live from Waldo stage
Mon, 01/04/2021 - 1:30pm

The Waldo Theatre’s next virtual concert is a multimedia performance from Halcyon & Friends: “A Winter Celebration,” streamed live from The Waldo stage Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. Halcyon is a Maine-based string quartet dedicated to fostering connection, community, vibrancy, joy, accessibility, and warmth through musical performance. On January 14, Halcyon's Sophie and Josie Davis and Colin Wheatley will collaborate with cellist Nora Willauer and violinist and videographer Luke Fatora. "...
Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Looking back, looking forward
Mon, 01/04/2021 - 11:00am

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 never lived through before since the last one was in 1918-1919. Opera House Executive Director Cathy Sherrill and the board of directors focused on how the shows would, or could, go on. “In brief, it was certainly not the year we had planned for the Opera House,” said Sherrill. “With artists cancelling...
Penobscot Bay Virtual Holiday Concert 2020 to air this week
Mon, 12/21/2020 - 6:00pm

The Penobscot Bay Virtual Holiday Concert 2020 will air performances on Belfast Community Television (BC TV - 1301) on December 23, at 7 p.m., and December 24, at 6 p.m.; in addition to other viewing and listening opportunities. The program may be viewed online: https://vimeo.com/485509807 . Additional Information: Everyone has a favorite Christmas carol: a song from your favorite Christmas movie, one you sang in church every year growing up or a carol that reminds you of Christmas Eve at your...
scriptures and carols
First Church in Belfast to air ‘Christmas in Story and Song’ service
Sun, 12/20/2020 - 6:15pm
The First Church in Belfast, United Church of Christ will present “Christmas in Story and Song,” a service of scriptures and carols, portrayed by the children and members of the First Church. The program will air on the local access stations in Belfast (BCTV) and Searsport (SCTV) on Spectrum cable channel 2, on Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., and on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. The program will also be available beginning Christmas Eve on...
interview with Baez, virtual tour of the show, and other festivities and ‘mischief’
Strand presents Joan Baez livestream celebration: Mischief Makers 2
Tue, 12/15/2020 - 3:30pm

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. Tickets are available at the Strand Theatre website: www.RocklandStrand.com . The event is a celebration of Mischief Makers 2, the second solo show by the folksinger, activist and artist, showcasing her portraits of people making the world a better place. The show opens January 6 and runs through February 14...
supporting the musical instrument lending library
Searsport library fundraiser to auction Gibson guitar
Fri, 12/11/2020 - 2:00pm

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 1969 Gibson B-25N, which for a great many aspiring folk singers in the 1960s was the first “real” guitar they would own. Some players stuck with the B-25 for life, and many others wish they had. “Here is the chance to reconnect to the Gibson B-25,” said the Library. “Aged to perfection and tone to spare.” All...
merriment and music of a bygone time
Castlebay’s New England Christmas concert to air free courtesy Camden Opera House
Wed, 12/02/2020 - 4:15pm

The downtown Camden Opera House wraps up 2020 with “’Tis Winter Now-Christmas in New England,” a holiday treat performed by Castlebay (Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee). The SoundCheck show will be streamed live from the COH stage to its Facebook page Friday, Dec. 11, at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free to enjoy, no tickets or RSVP necessary. Seasoned with heritage and humor, Castlebay’s program features both Colonial and contemporary music, poetry and stories of winter in New England. Songs and...
Mount View Chamber Singers announces cancellation of 2020 Carols in the Round
Mon, 11/30/2020 - 9:15am

THORNDIKE — The Mount View Chamber Singers, a 20 member ensemble of students from Mount View High School, announced Sunday on its Facebook page its 2020 Carols in the Round season has been canceled amid the pandemic. The 2020 season was slated to be 30th annual edition of the Carols in the Round series. “We are still hoping to post some recordings of us singing Carols outdoors,” the post noted. “We thank you for your kindness and support throughout the years and hope you have...
filmed in a Cushing hayfield
Anthony Antolini to lead Down East Singers, Midcoast Brass, others in free livestream concert
Wed, 11/25/2020 - 5:30pm

Bay Chamber Concerts, in partnership with Down East Singers, will premiere a free virtual concert on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 2 p.m. The concert will be conducted by Anthony Antolini, featuring members of Down East Singers, Bowdoin Chorus, and other choral ensembles, and accompanied by keyboardist Jennifer McIvor and members of the Midcoast Brass Quintet. The program will feature performances of Schubert’s German Mass, Bortniansky’s Lord’s Prayer, the African American hymn “Lift Every Voice and Sing...
Happy Hour Fridays with DaPonte String Quartet, special guests
Tue, 11/24/2020 - 5:45pm

Join DaPonte String Quartet for Happy Hour Fridays. Every Friday at 5 p.m. the group gathers together (virtually) to chat about music, listen to each other’s plans, or discuss upcoming events. They often welcome special guests to their Happy Hour discussions, according to DSQ, in a news release. “It could be an old friend, or a special guest artist who is working with us to reschedule 2021,” said DSQ. “Make sure you are on our email list to get info about these Zoom Happy Hours.” December 4 -...
Brothers, musicians, poets, Mainers
Oshima Brothers return to Waldo Theatre stage for livestream concert
Fri, 11/20/2020 - 4:15pm

The Waldo Theatre, which has been closed since 2014 and under renovations for the past three years, presents its second virtual concert, streamed live from The Waldo’s Stage, with the Oshima Brothers, Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. “Brothers, musicians, poets, Mainers – the Oshima’s magnetic sibling sound and contagious joy result from a lifetime of making music together,” said The Waldo, in a news release. Raised in a musical family in rural Maine, the brothers have honed a harmony-rich blend of...

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