Music

The DaPonte String Quartet will present a six-part series of online concerts March through June. Part one: “Beethoven - String Quartet No. 5 in A Major,”  is now available at onstage.daponte.org.…

VentiCordi Chamber Music returns to the Lincoln Theater, Sunday, March 7 at 1 p.m. to perform a live-streamed concert. Please join VentiCordi’s Artistic Directors, oboist Kathleen McNerney and…

Join us for a virtual concert broadcast live from inside the historic Waldo Theatre Thursday, March 11 at 7 p.m. featuring The Gawlers, a fun-loving, folk-singing, fiddle-playing family from Maine…

Hope truly does spring eternal, even during a pandemic. Here is a short list of some of the state’s summer events whose organizers have boldly announced 2021 dates. Hopefully more will be added…

Are you a choral music fan and are wondering what to do this winter and spring? Sheepscot Chorus and St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will be offering virtual sessions every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. from…

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…

The Waldo Theater

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.

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…

New dreams, new hopes, new experiences and new joys come with the dawning of the new year as musicians, songwriters, storytellers and a bit of fundraising converge from the safety of our homes at…

Salt Bay Chamberfest

While the pandemic meant the cancellation of Salt Bay Chamberfest’s 2020 summer season, the wonderful music for which the organization is known could not be silenced. Four videos that pair solo…

Heartwood Theater presents a free online event, celebrating the arts, winter and Christmas, with 30 performers from both near and far.  No tickets, no fees, no registration.  Simply click “A…

On Nov. 14, eight voice students from the voice studio of Beth Preston participated in the Maine NATS (National Association of Teachers of Singing) Musical Theater Auditions.

In the…

Join the DaPonte String Quartet for Happy Hour Fridays! Every Friday at 5 p.m. the Quartet gather together (virtually) to chat about music, listen to each other’s plans, or discuss upcoming events…

Maine Chapter of NATS
On Saturday, Nov. 21, the Maine Chapter of NATS - the National Association of Teachers of Singing - concluded its annual Musical Theater Festival.
 
Traditionally held…

Bay Chamber Concerts, in partnership with Down East Singers, will premiere a free virtual concert on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. conducted by Anthony Antolini, featuring members of Down East Singers…

BCO Conductor Geirge Lopez

Conductor and music director Rohan Smith will chat with George Lopez, concert pianist and Bowdoin College’s orchestra director, in an online event with former television news personality Caroline…

Palaver

The Waldo Theatre in Waldoboro, which has been closed since 2014 and under renovations for the past three years, celebrates a virtual reopening Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m., with a Palaver Strings…

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra announces that violinist Anne McKee, a recent graduate of Bowdoin College, is the winner of the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra’s Judith Elser Concerto…

Boothbay Harbor’s Opera House crew will be sweeping out the Halloween spirits to make way for the Celtic spirit of Hanneke Cassel’s fiddle and Yann Falquest’s guitar. The duo brings their music to…

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…

Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO) will not be performing its annual October concerts in Topsham and Lewiston.

During August and…

Paul D’Alessio

Ocean Point Inn and Resort (OPI) will wrap up its 2020 season this week with musicians, Paul D’Alessio and Kat Logan.

D’Alessio will perform this Tuesday, Oct. 6 and Thursday, Oct. 8 from…

The Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington Street in Bath, has announced two outdoor performances from Yellow Brick Road, a Tribute to Elton John on Saturday, Oct. 17. The shows, at 1 and…

After one of the most unusual summers in Maine State Music Theatre's (MSMT)  history, and with the help of their patrons, donors,  sponsors, and advertisers, the…

The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC) , at 804 Washington Street in Bath, announces September concerts: Pat Colwell and the Soul Sensations on Sept. 12: The Mallett Brothers Band Sept. 20 and…

Dave Rowe

As the summer of 2020 winds down, the music continues to heat up at the Opera House in Boothbay Harbor. With audience sizes limited to 50 due to Covid-19 precautions, and well-spaced seats, the…

Are you a choral music fan and are wondering what to do this fall? Sheepscot Chorus and St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will be offering virtual sessions every week starting the week of Sept. 13.

Friends of Colonial Pemaquid
Castlebay

Because Governor Mills has extended Maine's state of civil emergency due to COVID-19…

Henry Lowe, director of music emeritus at Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore, Maryland, has served parishes in Baltimore, New York City, Hamilton, Massachusetts and Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2016,…

Opera House at Boothbay Harbor
Don Campbell Band

Mark Farrington sings of log trucks and snowmobile trails as the lead vocalist for Cattle Call, while Don Campbell brings memories of Dan Fogelberg to the stage this summer. Both musicians, and…

Bob Milne

This summer’s altered concert schedule at the Opera House of  Boothbay Harbor has been met with enthusiasm from both audience members and performers. Upcoming performances include rockabilly,…

Chocolate Church Arts Center
Scott Moreau

The Chocolate Church Arts Center, at 804 Washington Street in Bath, has announced additional concerts as part of its CCAC Real Outdoor Concert Series (CCAC ROCS). On Saturday, Aug. 29 and Sunday,…

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…

Lucas Richman

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.…

Jud Caswell

The Chocolate Church Arts Center (CCAC) at 804 Washington St. in Bath has announced a series of small concerts to be held at various remote locations around the Midcoast area. Audiences at CCAC…

Where It’s At

Here it is July and  .... No North Atlantic Blues Festival. What’s a blues lover to do? Well I’ll tell ya. Thanks to festival organizer Paul Benjamin, KISS-FM  will be broadcasting and streaming (…

The music of 1972 wafted off the stage July 3 and requests were honored as The Boneheads shared they were “learning to play all over again” after the four-month hiatus.

The sellout crowd…

Seth Warner

Wide open spaces around everyone, but the music bringing us together in spirit this summer. The Opera House in Boothbay Harbor “reopens” in July after several dark, quiet, lonely months…

Stage lights will be coming up again at the Opera House of Boothbay Harbor the night of July 3 when The Boneheads return to the peninsula’s musical arts center for a 7:30 show. It will be the…

The Lincoln Arts Festival Board of Directors regrets to announce it will not be holding its scheduled events for July and August 2020. The July events scheduled at the Congregational Church of…

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…

Building on the momentum established with his debut record “For The Times,”

Let Magical Strings, Philip and Pam Boulding, take you on a Mother's Day journey to Ireland, Hawaii, Magic Hill and places of the heart. With harps, dulcimers, concertina, button accordion,…

Chocolate Church Arts Center
Kat Logan

With events postponed at their theater at 804 Washington St. in Bath, the Chocolate Church Arts Center has been presenting “Live from Home,”  a series of concerts performed by regional musicians…

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…

Chocolate Church Arts Center

With events postponed at their theater at 804 Washington Street in Bath, The Chocolate Church Arts Center has been presenting Live from Home, a series of concerts performed by regional musicians…

DaPonte String Quartet

Acknowledging the concerns over the spread of COVID-19, DaPonte’s spring concerts have been canceled, as well as the DSQ Institute in June and the Gala June concert at Bowdoin’s Studzinski Hall.…

After much consideration and taking direction from the federal CDC, Maine CDC, Bowdoin College, and the Town of Brunswick in regard to the Covid-19 crisis, Maine State Music Theatre (MSMT) is…

Chocolate Church Arts Center

With events postponed at their theater at 804 Washington Street in Bath, The Chocolate Church Arts Center has been presenting Live from Home, a series of concerts performed by regional musicians…