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Midcoast Music Academy Recital

Midcoast Music Academy in Rockland recently held a virtual recital, called “Connected.” The recital, filmed and produced by local filmmaker Scott Sell, with sound by Justin Milliken, features individual and group performances ...
Young Stars of Maine Prizewinners Selected

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School has selected seven Young Stars of Maine prizewinners. Each was awarded a $1,000 cash prize to further their musical studies. Though a live performance is not possible at this time ...
Portland Museum of Art Films

The Portland Museum of Art is offering PMA Films at Home, a selection of films that can be rented through their website. Partnering with exhibitors and distributors, they are renting first-run content to the public; a portion of proceeds ...
Bay Chamber Concerts from the Archives

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School will offer Summer Masterworks, online mini-concerts streamed on Bay Chamber’s YouTube channel, every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. from July 9 through August 13. Concerts will be drawn ...
Opera House Plans SoundCheck Concerts

The Camden Opera House is planning a new series of Friday night concerts for very small live audiences that will also stream online. The SoundCheck series will begin in August. As state guidelines are expected to limit in-house ...
‘Strand on the Air’ Offered Monthly

Rock- land’s Strand Theatre will present “Strand on the Air” the last Sunday of every month for the duration of the pandemic. “We knew people enjoyed the live broadcasts we’ve done on a twice-a-year basis from the theater stage ...
Bay Chamber Concerts Summer Season Update

Bay Chamber Concerts’ planned summer season has been canceled, following guidance from public health authorities and state officials. Instead, Bay Chamber will offer the following musical events this summer ...
Salt Bay Chamberfest Cancels Festival

Salt Bay Chamberfest has canceled this year’s summer festival in deference to the governor’s guidelines regarding COVID-19. In its 26th year of bringing chamber music performances to concertgoers, the Damariscotta-based Salt ...
Notes@Noon Starts May 15

Bay Chamber Concerts and Music School faculty are creating Notes@Noon, a new collection of video recordings to be released in lieu of the school’s annual faculty concert, which cannot be held due to the coronavirus pandemic....
Blues Fest Artists to Air on Kiss-FM

Maine Kiss-FM radio stations will broadcast the music by performers from this year’s canceled North Atlantic Blues Festival at 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12.?The live music festival is expected to return in 2021....
Another Sign of the Times —

While many of the performances at the Boothbay Opera House have been canceled or postponed, now is our time to shine in the spotlight.
Jazz in June Moves to November Concert

Jazz in June, originally planned as a four-day festival, will now take place at the Camden Opera House on Saturday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. The Brubeck Brothers Quartet will headline the show with a celebration of ...
DaPonte String Quartet Online Offerings

The DaPonte String Quartet is canceling their scheduled spring concerts, the DSQ Institute in June, and their June concert at Bowdoin’s Studzinski Hall due to the pandemic. The group intends to reschedule the canceled concerts ...
Midcoast Music Academy Online

Midcoast Music Academy in Rockland has adopted an online platform and is offering distance music lessons for the duration of the pandemic. The school has expanded its tuition assistance and distributed musical instruments ...
Maine Lobster Festival Seeks Maine Bands for Festival Stage —

The Maine Lobster Festival entertain- ment committee is looking for Maine-based bands to perform live at the festival, to be held July 29 through August 2. Music of all genres is welcome. Band representatives may apply by visiting the ...
Camden Shakespeare Festival Plans

Camden Shakespeare Festival will present the comedies The Two Gentlemen of Verona and The Winter’s Tale July 22 through August 9. Those interested in being involved, on or off stage, or by hosting an actor ...
Tickets on Sale for Camden’s Jazz in June

The Jazz in June festival will return to Camden June 11 to 14, 2020. All-access passes are now on sale at camdenoperahouse.com for $80. Tickets for individual events will go on sale February 1. Opening with a dance at the Camden Snow ...

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