Masanobu Ikemiya will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at UMA Jewett Auditorium, at 46 University Drive, in Augusta. Ikemiya, a classically trained pianist, became interested in ragtime while volunteering at a homeless shelter in Harlem. He came to Maine in 1972 to join the Zen Buddhist Monastery in Surry, where he was a […]
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Katahdin Valley Boys to perform Vienna concert
Katahdin Valley Boys will return to the Vienna Union Hall at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at 5 Vienna Mountain Road in Vienna. Their repertoire features tight harmonies and smooth solos. They take pride in presenting audiences with top quality traditional and contemporary Bluegrass and Gospel music including numerous original tunes since 1998. Each member […]
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Chocolate Church attracts Three Women and the Truth Sunday
Chocolate Church Arts Center will welcome Eliza Gilkyson, Gretchen Peters and Mary Gauthier as “Three Women and the Truth” Sunday, May 19. The alternative folk supergroup will perform at 7:30 pm, at the theater at 804 Washington St. in Bath. Gilkyson is a twice Grammy-nominated folk singer whose songs have been covered by Joan Baez, […]
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Maine Event Comedy set for May 18 in Gardiner
Maine Event Comedy will present Funniest Comic in New England finalist Kyron Hobdy at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center, Saturday, 280 Water St., in Gardiner. The show also will feature Julie Poulin, David McLaughlin and Jeff Medoff. The show is for ages 21-plus and will contain adult language and […]
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Gardiner’s Music Walk set for Saturday
Jason Goucher and Samanatha Robinson, of Niche Inc., are pulling out all the stops with an afternoon of live music on Water Street.
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Chris Smither to perform March 29
A songwriter, guitarist, bluesman, interpreter and performer Chris Smither will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 29, at Johnson Hall at 280 Water St. in Gardiner. Smither’s new album “Call Me Lucky” is the artist’s first studio recording of brand new originals in six years. At the core of the album are the 10 songs, […]
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Classical review: PSO puts on tight performance of works by tight-knit trio
The program Tuesday at Merrill Auditorium featured pieces by couple Robert and Clara Wieck Schumann and their mentee and friend Johannes Brahms.
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Maine Music Society to present ‘Judas Maccabaeus’
The Maine Music Society Chorale and Orchestra will present a rendition of Handel’s oratorio “Judas Maccabaeus” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 31, at Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St. in Lewiston. Composed in 1746 and written in English, this Baroque masterpiece tells the Old Testament story of Judas […]
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Maine high school jazz fest red hot and cool
Forty high schools from across the state compete at South Portland High School.
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Pianist from Cape Elizabeth wins a prize that ‘all young musicians dream of’
Henry Kramer is one of 5 recipients of the $25,000 Avery Fisher Career Grant.