Bowdoin International Music Festival will welcome violinist Ayano Ninomiya and pianist Pei-Shan Lee to Brunswick to collaborate with David Ying and Phillip Ying on Robert Schumann’s “Piano Quartet in E-flat Major” at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at Dutchman’s at Fort Andross, 14 Maine St. Ninomiya and Lee are longtime members of the festival faculty […]
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Maine cellist to perform at Rockland Public Library
Rockland Public Library will host cellist Robin Lane for a Reading Room Concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27. Lane will perform a mixture of classical music, including many of Johann Sebastian Bach’s cello suites, along with his original compositions. Lane is a cellist, composer, educator, music producer and sound engineer living in Portland. In […]
Griffin William Sherry of The Ghost of Paul Revere to perform in Gardiner
Living somewhere in between modern catharsis and American myth, Griffin William Sherry’s roots continue to grow strong in the ever-evolving genres of folk, Americana and rock ‘n’ roll. Sherry will take the stage at Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14. Sherry’s music is inspired by his New England rural […]
Dueling Pianos duo to take the stage at Lewiston’s Franco Center
Dueling Pianos duo Jim Tyrrell and Amy Thomason will lead an interactive music performance at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Franco Center in Lewiston. Tyrrell and Thomason will play songs from a variety of genres simultaneously on two pianos while taking requests from the audience. The piano players act as “ring masters” responsible […]
From the Chocolate Church: Heating up with array of upbeat performances
The beautiful thing about music is that it is truly borderless. And the musical net we’ve been casting over the last period has been with flavors from the African diaspora to American pop and jazz, and folk from New England to Columbia. In February, I’m delighted to really highlight local traditions and to be presenting […]
Johnson Hall Opera House to present jazz guitar show
Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner will present jazz guitar duet Lambo Law at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1. When Neil Lamb and Dave Lawlor first met, both had been playing mostly solo jazz guitar for many years and studied music at college. They were introduced by mutual friend, guitar virtuoso Mark Kleinhaut, who said, […]
Acoustic guitar duo to perform Valentine’s Eve concert at Bath’s Winter Street Center
Maine-based Americana musicians will perform a Valentine’s Eve concert to raise funds for the Winter Street Church next month.
Rockland library presents art workshop and concert next week
Rockland Public Library will host a mini-workshop, “Folk Art: Finding Balance in Symmetry” led by Center for Maine Contemporary Art arts educator Tara Morin from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. Participants ages 18 and up will look at various world folk art references and discuss how reflective and rotational symmetry are often used to create […]
Midcoast music events on the horizon
Check out these Midcoast performances this month.
Sheepscot Chorus welcomes new members as spring concert rehearsals resume
Sheepscot Chorus is welcoming new members before its April concerts. No audition is required. The group will perform Bob Chilcott’s “A Little Jazz Mass” and arrangements of folk songs by Vaughan Williams, Holst, Grainger and others on April 12 and 13. “A Little Jazz Mass” is an innovative choral work that blends traditional liturgical text […]