Music

fiddle jam, Allegro, small ensembles
Bay Chamber Music School offers group classes
Tue, 09/29/2020 - 5:30pm

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 been taken to ensure the security and comfort of all as we begin to offer a limited number of in-person lessons and small group classes at our Rockport location,” said Bay Chambers, in a news release. Group class size is limited to eight students and all participants including faculty and staff are required to...
Bay Winds North to present last concert of the season Sept. 27
Thu, 09/24/2020 - 1:30pm
Bay Winds North will present their last concert of the season on Sunday, September 27, 3 p.m., at the American Legion Winslow, Holbrook-Merritt Post 1, 335 Limerock Street, Rockland. The free "drive-in" outdoor concert will allow attendees to remain in their vehicles. If leaving the vehicle, please wear a face covering and respect the six feet socal distance. Bay Winds, now concluding its 12th season, is conducted by Marlene Hall. Over the years, the group has presented numerous concerts in the...
sonically cleanse, rejuvenate, rest, and renew
Arts on the Hill: Sound Immersion with Jim Doble
Sun, 09/20/2020 - 10:45am

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 p.m., at Beech Hill Preserve. Using large gongs from all over the world and chimes of his own creation, musical instrument creator and sound therapist Jim Doble will create waves of sound to help participants sonically cleanse, rejuvenate, rest, and renew in a safe environment. “This is best...
‘songs move in an original yet grounding direction’
GoldenOak to play live outdoor concert, Oct. 3
Sat, 09/19/2020 - 4:30pm

OWLS HEAD — The Strand Theatre presents indie soul-folk band GoldenOak in a live outdoor concert taking place Saturday, Oct. 3, at 5 p.m., on the Owls Head Transportation Museum grounds. GoldenOak’s music is rooted by the natural landscape, and their songs move in an original yet grounding direction, according to Strand, in a news release. The Maine based band has built a steady and growing fan base with this kind of energetic intimacy, which is reflected in the success of the group's latest...
With Abigail Nash and Mike Whitehead
SoundCheck: Exploring these times, new work by Luther
Wed, 09/16/2020 - 4:45pm

CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., continues its SoundCheck series of safely distanced 45-seats/one-set-only concerts in the auditorium, Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. Tom Luther’s latest group, The Clockworks Ensemble, will present a program titled “While You Were Out,” performed on strings, brass and computer. “While You Were Out” features music that Luther wrote while his wife, a Physician Assistant, was on a two-week Federal Emergency Deployment to Massachusetts. Luther said he...
Caroline Cotter, Emilia Dahlin and Sara Hallie Richardson
Virtual benefit ‘Songs for Hope’ to air by livestream via Camden Opera House
Wed, 09/09/2020 - 6:45pm

CAMDEN — Camden Opera House has been experimenting with ways to present live performance in these challenging times and will present its first online-only event Friday night, Sept. 18. Songs for Hope, a Maine singer-songwriter showcase, is a virtual benefit for New Hope for Women that will be livestreamed on the opera house’s Facebook page beginning at 7:30 p.m. At the request of New Hope, the Songs For Hope benefit will be an audience-free livestream, so everyone can enjoy the show online for...
Keeping Our Friends and Neighbors Healthy Concert
Rescheduled: Third and final 2020 Belfast Summer Nights to sound from the footbridge
Thu, 09/03/2020 - 5:00pm

BELFAST — Belfast Summer Nights presents its third and final “Keeping Our Friends and Neighbors Healthy Concert” of the 2020 season, Friday, Sept. 4, from 5 - 7 p.m. This is a reschedule due to rain on September 3. The musicians will be set up in the the middle of the footbridge (blocked off to all other foot traffic) and will direct their sounds out into Belfast Harbor. “Bring your canoe, kayak, row boat, or lawn chair (for the land bound folk) and get ready for a rollicking good time,” said...
‘Honest to God music’ to perform for SoundCheck
Wed, 09/02/2020 - 4:30pm

CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., continues its SoundCheck series of safely distanced 45-seats/one-set-only concerts in the auditorium, Friday, Sept. 11, at 7:30 p.m. The “honest to God local music” project Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Soucy will perform as a trio. Garrett Soucy is a preacher, writer and musician. He has been the singer-songwriter for a number of projects including Tree by Leaf, Sunlight in Architecture and, most recently, Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Soucy. They have shared the...
Grammy Award winner Monte Selby leading Vinalhaven School as principal
Mon, 08/31/2020 - 9:45am

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 Selby has been approved as the newest principal at the K-12 island school. Selby was raised in a small Oklahoma town of similar size to Vinalhaven, and where his father held a variety of positions including superintendent and basketball coach, while his mother was a music teacher and performed at countless small...
songs and tunes from England, Ireland and Scotland
SoundCheck features Apollonio traditional music for holiday weekend
Wed, 08/26/2020 - 8:15pm

CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., continues its SoundCheck series of safely distanced 45-seats/one-set-only concerts in the auditorium Friday, Sept. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Luthier and multi-instrumentalist Nikos Apollonio will play and talk about several of the many stringed instruments he has crafted. One of the Midcoast’s musical treasures, Apollonio also is a singer with a huge repertoire of traditional and original songs and tunes from England, Ireland and Scotland, according to...
Kristen Lindquist, Paul Corrigan, Susan Ramsey, Ruth Fogg
The Literary Salon: Poetry with Strings Attached
Fri, 08/21/2020 - 8:45am

CAMDEN — The premiere Literary Salon at the Camden Opera House – Poetry with Strings Attached – will take place Sunday, Aug. 30, at 2 p.m. This hour-long program will feature two Maine poets, Kristen Lindquist and Paul Corrigan, reading original poems that celebrate the people and landscape of Maine, interspersed with related musical pieces performed by violinist/guitarist Susan Ramsey and cellist Ruth Fogg. The program is part of this summer’s series of safely distanced 45-seats/one-set-only...
Camden Opera house
Pianist Peter Dembski to bring variety of genres to SoundCheck series
Thu, 08/20/2020 - 7:15pm

Dembski SoundCheck a rare musical voyage CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., will resume its new SoundCheck series of safely distanced 45-seats/one-set-only concerts, Friday, Aug. 28, at 7:30 p.m., in the auditorium. Pianist Peter Dembski will present an intimate evening of improvisation. Dembski’s playing style ranges from contemporary and free jazz to European impressionism. His rare solo piano concerts are completely improvised and always a unique musical voyage, according to the...
pre-recorded concert filmed exclusively for Rockland Public Library
Portland indie synth-pop band Forget, Forget to share music, virtual conversation
Wed, 08/12/2020 - 7:30pm

The Portland based indie synth-pop band Forget, Forget will join Rockland Public Library's Adult Program Coordinator Shane Billings for a conversation about their music career and creative process. Throughout the interview, which will take place via Zoom on Thursday, August 20, at 6:30 p.m., Forget, Forget will share excerpts from a pre-recorded concert filmed exclusively for Rockland Public Library. The complete concert will be featured on the Library's Facebook page and YouTube channel the...
Camden Summer Sounds
The Right Track to play outdoor concert at Snow Bowl
Wed, 08/12/2020 - 6:30pm

CAMDEN — The Town of Camden and Camden National Bank are sponsoring Camden Summer Sounds, an outdoor concert by The Right Track Band, Sunday afternoon, Aug. 16, at the Camden Snow Bowl, 20 Barnestown Road. Working in accordance with the latest state public safety mandates, the event will offer safely distanced assigned spaces for 100 concertgoers on the hill facing the lodge. The Right Track Band will perform on the deck from 3 to 5 p.m. Attendees should bring their own lawn seating (lawn...
virtual rehearsals and learning sessions, December concert
Down East Singers announce fall 2020 virtual concert plans
Wed, 08/12/2020 - 11:15am

Down East Singers has submitted the following: Down East Singers is up and running but in a very different direction! Our fall semester will begin Tuesday, September 22 and end just before Thanksgiving. We will be using a combination of computer platforms to hold remote rehearsals and learning sessions (My Choral Coach, Rehearsal Live Stream). Some rehearsal activities will be held on Tuesday nights; other work can be done at the singer's convenience. All of it will be virtual...
eclectic collection of jazz-infused performances of standards and new music
Free outdoor jazz concerts scheduled for Camden, Rockland
Tue, 08/04/2020 - 10:00am

CAMDEN and ROCKLAND — Bay Chamber Concerts will host two free outdoor concerts on Saturday, August 15, at 1 p.m., in Camden, and at 5 p.m., in Rockland, weather permitting. “The concerts will feature an eclectic collection of jazz-infused performances of standards and new music featuring two of Maine’s most exciting young musical innovators, joined by prominent musicians from across the state,” said Bay Chambers, in a news release. Guitarist Ryan Blotnick has been called “a vital contemporary...
Bay Winds North to perform free drive-in concert in Rockland
Tue, 08/04/2020 - 10:00am

ROCKLAND — Bay Winds North will present a free “drive-in” outdoor concert Sunday, August 9, at 3 p.m., at the American Legion Winslow, Holbrook- Merrritt Post 1, at 335 Limerock Street, Rockland. Concert goers may remain in their vehicles during the program or bring a lawn chair. If leaving the vehicle, please wear a face covering and respect the 6 feet social distancing. Bay Winds North, now in its 12th season, is conducted by Marlene Hall. Over the years, the group has presented numerous...
Listen from vehicles, sit in truck beds while wearing masks
Blues Drive In to carry a tune in Rockland’s Harbor Park
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 3:15pm

ROCKLAND — Live blues music returns to Rockland on Sunday, Aug. 9, with a Blues Drive In, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., at the public landing, 275 Main St./Harbor Park. North Atlantic Blues Festival co-producer/founder Paul Benjamin was approached by Rockland Harbormaster Matt Ripley about having some live music in the park, according to a news release. “Ripley spoke with the City and the Harbor Committee, came up with a plan and “here it is,” Benjamin said. The drive-in show will be performed by the...
‘Keeping Our Friends and Neighbors Safe’ Series
Belfast Summer Nights to feature The Rugged, Sara Trunzo and Tiffany Williams
Wed, 07/29/2020 - 9:45am

BELFAST — Belfast Summer Nights is planning its second concert in the “Keeping Our Friends and Neighbors Safe” Series for August 6, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. “This novel approach to enjoying live music in the days of Covid-19 has the bands setting up on Belfast’s beautiful footbridge sending tunes out to the harbor, the boaters there and the folks on the shore,” said Summer Nights, in a news release. “With this unique approach there’s no way for the audience to get close to the bands (the...
State revises guidelines, now allowing up to 200 people for outdoor spectator events
Tue, 07/28/2020 - 5:00pm

AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has announced up to 200 people are now allowed to gather for seated outdoor spectator events such as sports or concerts under a set of newly established guidelines. Venues may divide seating into separate areas with up to 50 people each if: There is at least 14 feet of separation between sections, with physical barriers to prevent intermingling between sections There is enough space for six feet of separation between household...
current beneficiary to receive grant, Facebook page to continue
Midcoast Community Chorus suspends operations
Wed, 07/22/2020 - 5:00pm

Midcoast Community Chorus has submitted the following statement: With great sadness, Midcoast Community Chorus (MCC), eleven years a non-auditioned choral group of annually between 100 and 130 singers, will suspend its operations as of July 15. MCC’s Board of Trustees adopted guidance from health and choral experts suggesting that Covid-19 will continue to preclude group singing and concerts for some time. Although we cannot fulfill our mission to “sing as a community for our...
documentary songs co-written with women who have experienced sexual misconduct and domestic violence
Songs of Me-Too movement to stream in concert, Aug. 7
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 11:00am

“Songs of #MeToo—A Prelude of Change” will be performed through a virtual concert, August 7, at 7 p.m. Local names connected to the project include Alisa Amador, Hazel Delehey, Nora Willauer, and Patrisha McLean. This concert benefits the nonprofit Documentary Songwriters. The website for the performance is here: www.songsofmetoo.com/ Songs of #MeToo — A Prelude of Change is a dynamic performance that features six documentary songs co-written with women who have experienced sexual misconduct...
Richman and the DSQ on Zoom
Fri, 07/17/2020 - 8:15am

Join the conversation! Lucas Richman - conductor, composer, music director for Bangor Symphony, and the DaPonte String Quartet talk about life and music during a Happy Hour conversation at 5 p.m. Friday, July 24 on Zoom. This Happy Hour will also feature a recorded excerpt from the Arlan Baillie Steinway Series, performed in February 2020. Grammy award-winning conductor Lucas Richman has served as music director for the Bangor Symphony Orchestra since 2010 and held the position as music...
Keeping our Friends and Neighbors Healthy Concert Series
Belfast Summer Nights to feature Muskeg, Shirt Tail Kin
Thu, 07/09/2020 - 6:45pm

BELFAST — Hear Belfast Summer Night's music at Belfast Harbor, July 16, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. The night’s featured bands will play from the Footbridge and project the sound across the harbor to both east and west shores. Audience is encouraged to bring a boat and float, or listen with your family unit from the shoreline surrounding the harbor. Prizes will be awarded for boats decorated with artwork on the series theme "Keeping Our Friends and Neighbors Healthy". “Please join in the fun spirit...
committed to teaching and performing music throughout the Midcoast area
Davis Duo, of Waldoboro, to perform virtual concert
Wed, 07/08/2020 - 6:00pm

Rockland Public Library will host a virtual concert by Davis Duo on Thursday, July 23, at 2 p.m. The concert will be held via the Zoom platform. Josie and Sophie Davis will perform a violin concert, featuring a range of styles including classical, jazz and folk. The Davis sisters grew up in Waldoboro and have recently returned to Maine where they are committed to teaching and performing music throughout the Midcoast area, both as a duo and as members of Halcyon, a Maine-based string quartet...
‘Although we couldn't see each other, there was always a warm applause (and some bravos too) between pieces.’
Music breezes inward as Bay Chamber Music School performs at Quarry Hill
Wed, 07/08/2020 - 12:15pm

CAMDEN — These difficult days can be especially hard on residents of retirement homes and eldercare facilities of all sorts who are both at greatest risk from the disease and have often suffered greatly from the isolation and separation from family and friends that goes with trying to avoid it, according to Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School, in a news release. Bay Chamber Music School faculty and students – themselves having had to give up most live performance and navigate online...
a melting pot of music that will also be streamed live on facebook
Acoustic Malletts to perform at Camden Opera House
Mon, 07/06/2020 - 6:30pm

CAMDEN — Tickets have gone on sale for an intimate acoustic performance by Luke and Will Mallett, of the Mallett Brothers Band, at the Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street. The MaineMadeMusic show is set for Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m. for the safely distanced 40-seats/one-set-only concert in the opera house’s auditorium. Safety protocols will be in place, according to the Opera House, in a news release; face coverings are required. Advance tickets are $25 (...
safe-distancing in auditorium, livestream options
Camden Opera House to reopen with concerts, literary salon
Wed, 07/01/2020 - 4:30pm

CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House is re-opening in August, with option for viewing via internet Facebook, with donations to COH’s Community Arts Fund encouraged. Friday, Aug. 7 SoundCheck: Gentle Temper 7:30 p.m. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., re-opens with safely distanced 45-seats/one-set-only concert series in the auditorium. Show features Gentle Temper, Maine indie folk duo nominated for Boston Music Awards’ New Artist and Folk Artist of the Year. Doors open 7 p.m., safety...
individual and group performances filmed in iconic Rockland locations
Midcoast Music Academy to host virtual recital: Connected
Thu, 06/25/2020 - 9:45am

Midcoast Music Academy, a community music school on Main Street in Rockland, announces the premiere of their virtual recital, "Connected" Sunday, June 28. Since March 17, MCMA has offered all of its lessons and ensembles online. 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 June recital at the Strand Theatre as a culmination of a semester of hard work...
Rockport graduate joins the Young Stars of Maine ranks, as announced by Bay Chamber Concerts
Mon, 06/15/2020 - 10:15am

ROCKPORT — Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School has announced its 2020 Young Stars of Maine Prizewinners. This rigorous annual competition awards cash prizes of $1,000 in seven categories for vocalists and instrumentalists. Due to current safety guidelines, this year’s auditions were evaluated by video submission only. Though a public performance is not possible at this time, plans for a holiday concert that features all of the prizewinners are being considered. In the meantime, Bay Chamber...
Gentle Temper: Chris Ross; MMCM; Nikos Apollonio; Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Soucy
Camden Opera House plans Friday night concert series ‘SoundCheck’
Mon, 06/01/2020 - 10:45am

CAMDEN — The Camden Opera House is planning a new series of Friday night concerts for very small live audiences and larger online enjoyment. The SoundCheck series will begin in August. “This series is the evolution of the beloved Blue Café,” said COH manager Dave Morrison, in a news release. “We’ve been working hard to come up with a way to live up to our mission of delivering the very best of arts and entertainment to the folks of the Midcoast in these uncertain times, and SoundCheck is it...
Sounds of a brass ensemble fill the woods of Rockport
Tue, 05/26/2020 - 7:15pm

ROCKPORT — This past weekend, the woods of Rockport filled with the music of horns. Marti Stone heard the brass filtering through the trees. Curious, the professional photographer grabbed her camera and went to find the source. “It turned out to be five students from the Camden Hills Regional High School Brass Ensemble, who were practicing outside (separated well enough) at my neighbor’s,” she said. They were preparing a piece for possible use at the school’s virtual graduation and fine arts...
celebrating its 60th anniversary in creative ways
Bay Chamber Concerts revises summer season
Thu, 05/21/2020 - 10:00am

Bay Chamber Concerts has submitted the following statement: Bay Chamber Concerts announces that in the interest of the health and safety of our patrons, artists and community, plans cannot go ahead with the summer season as originally envisioned. The Summer Concert Series and Screen Door Festival, hallmarks of the summer season over the past 10 years will return in 2021. In the meantime, Bay Chamber is excited to celebrate its 60th anniversary in a number of creative ways, harkening...
Salt Bay Chamberfest cancels summer festival due to pandemic; plans online concerts, programs
Wed, 05/13/2020 - 12:15pm

DAMARISCOTTA — Salt Bay Chamberfest has announced the cancellation of its 2020 summer festival, following Governor Janet Mills’ guidelines regarding COVID-19. The organization says it is striving to help ensure the health and safety of the local community, as so many other performing arts organizations across the nation have also done. “Being here on Maine’s wondrous coast is to experience what is sublime in nature and what is fleeting in life,” said Artistic and Executive Director Wilhelmina...
an eclectic mix of music, featuring classic jazz favorites and originals
New Shades of Blue to give virtual concert
Mon, 05/11/2020 - 6:15pm

On Thursday, May 21, at 6:30 p.m., the jazz duo New Shades of Blue will perform a virtual concert for Rockland Public Library. New Shades of Blue has enjoyed playing up and down the coast of Maine and throughout New England, according to the Library, in a news release. “They please audiences with an eclectic mix of music, featuring classic jazz favorites and originals, as well as blues and some reggae,” said the Library. The core of the band is Juliane Gardner – lead vocalist and keyboards, and...
prizes in seven categories
Young Stars of Maine Prize Program accepting applicants
Mon, 05/04/2020 - 2:30pm
Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School is accepting applications for the 2020 Young Stars of Maine Prize Program. For over 50 years Bay Chamber Concerts has awarded prizes to Maine students who have made a significant commitment to their musical studies. Young Stars of Maine prizewinners have gone on to careers at the Metropolitan Opera as well as major symphonies and conservatories throughout the world. Due to social distancing guidelines, video recordings of soloists will be the only format...
North Atlantic Blues Festival canceled amid pandemic
Tue, 04/28/2020 - 4:15pm

ROCKLAND — Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 North Atlantic Blues Festival slated to be held in mid-July in Rockland has been canceled. “This is something that we gave alot of thought and decided that this is the right thing to do,” said Paul Benjamin, who co-produces the annual music festival. The festival looks forward to returning in 2021 on Saturday, July 10 and Sunday, July 11. “We will have the same artists playing the festival that were booked for this year,” Benjamin said of...
Expires May 28: films, documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles
Kanopy video streaming free trial available for Rockland Library cardholders
Tue, 04/28/2020 - 3:45pm
Rockland Public Library has submitted the following offer for cardholders: Rockland Public Library is pleased to announce a free trial of Kanopy video streaming service for Rockland Library cardholders through midnight on Thursday, May 28. Cardholders can access Kanopy and sign up to begin streaming films instantly by visiting https://rocklandmaine.kanopy.com/ . The Library will also link to the trial from the Rockland Public Library website. Please do be aware that, due to budgetary...
digital content wednesdays, Happy Hour Fridays
DaPonte String Quartet adds weekly online engagements
Fri, 04/24/2020 - 8:15am

While their concert schedule has been postponed, DaPonte String Quartet is now offering weekly postings online. On Wednesday evenings, at 7 p.m., the Quartet posts digital content on its youtube channel. Sometimes a member of the Quartet will post a short film highlighting a piece that they are working on, or playing a piece they have longed to revisit. Some weeks will highlight filmed excerpts from a past concert. “Every Wednesday is sure to be a treat!” said DSQ, in a news release. Also...
Open Mic, Saturday, April 18, on Facebook, Instagram
Midcoast Music Academy transitions to online sessions
Fri, 04/17/2020 - 10:30am

Midcoast Music Academy has submitted the following statement: In the course of a weekend, MCMA transitioned completely to online lessons for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. The faculty and staff would like to express their gratitude to the community for their adaptability to receiving online lessons. By adopting an online platform, MCMA has been able to expand its student base, reaching students outside the local community. Musicians from all over are encouraged to take lessons...
one-day celebration with Brubeck Brothers Quartet, Les Sorciers Perdus featuring Mark Tipton
Jazz in June moves to … November
Thu, 04/16/2020 - 8:45am

CAMDEN — In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Camden’s Jazz in June has re-tooled its four-day festival in favor of a one-day celebration in November. Headliners the Brubeck Brothers Quartet will present their celebration of Dave Brubeck’s Centennial on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. “We had a terrific team that worked for months to put together a wonderful festival … unfortunately, this terrible pandemic changed our plans,” said fest organizer Matt Brown, in a news release. “The good news is...