Fiddlers Frank Ferrel and Greg Boardman will team up at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 26, at The Church at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Both musicians are well-known in the fiddling community of Maine and a bit beyond for their love of traditional downeast and Franco-American fiddling, which they […]
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Folk, indie-pop duo to perform at Oasis of Music
Heather and Sam, a folk and indie-pop music duo, will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 19, at the church at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Heather + Sam is a side project of the World Famous Grassholes, a five-piece bluegrass band that has been performing for more than two decades […]
Internationally acclaimed pianist to perform at the Oasis of Music
Internationally acclaimed pianist Neil Pearlman will bring his unique approach to music to the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday April 12, in The Church at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. The son of world-class Scottish music and dance exponents, Pearlman absorbed this traditional music as a child and came to fuse it […]
Oasis of Music returns to Trinity with jazz program
The original and traditional jazz guitar music of John Smedley and bassist Tim Clough will welcome the Oasis of Music audience back to the newly renovated interior of Trinity Church in Lewiston with a performance beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 5. Smedley, a physics professor at Bates College, is well-versed in American jazz […]
Amy Stacey Curtis will share songs on ukulele at Oasis of Music
Singer Amy Stacey Curtis, accompanying herself on ukulele, will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, at the LA Arts gallery in Lewiston. Curtis is an award-winning visual artist who sings ukulele covers as a way to heal from brain injury. After six years of recovery, during which […]
Flute duo featured at Oasis of Music
The flute duo of Christopher Lansley and Sally Grube will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 22, at the LA Arts Gallery in Lewiston. The duo has chosen as their theme “The Green Hills of Tyrol.” The audience is invited to imagine the Green Hills of Tyrol, as […]
Le Bon Truc brings French folk music to Oasis of Music series
Le Bon Truc will perform at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 15, at the L/A Arts gallery in Lewiston. Le Bon Truc plays French folk dance music: bourrées, branles, mazurkas, laridés, schottisches, valse, and more. This trio’s beautiful dance music reflects more of what is popular in France than […]
Lewiston native to play Celtic fiddle music at Oasis of Music
Rebecca Grube will perform Celtic fiddle music at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, at its temporary location at the LA Arts Gallery in Lewiston. She will be accompanied by Greg Boardman on guitar. Grube will play a selection of tunes from Ireland, Scotland and Quebec. Boardman will join […]
Duo to present Bach program at Oasis of Music
Mary Hunter, violin, and James Parakilas, piano, will perform chamber music at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, at the new LA Arts gallery in Lewiston. Trinity Church, the traditional home of the Oasis of Music, is undergoing some interior renovations, and is planning to host programs again in […]
Portland’s Lisa/Liza featured at Oasis of Music
Singer-songwriter Lisa/Liza will perform original songs at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at Trinity Church in Lewiston. Lisa/Liza is the songwriting project of Portland singer and guitarist Liza Victoria. Throughout her catalogue of songs, she affirms the value of music and songwriting in her life, providing her comfort […]