FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Collegium, a collection of instrumental ensembles, will present a program featuring performances by the orchestra, band and an unconventional brass quintet on Sunday, Nov. 20.

The performance is at 3:30 p.m. in Nordica Auditorium in Merrill Hall at the University of Maine at Farmington.

The orchestra will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 in D minor, known as “Reformation.” The band will perform “Adagio for Strings” by Samuel Barber, arranged by Calvin Custer, and “Picasso Suite Sketch” by Michel Legrand, arranged by Robert Russell Bennett.

The brass quintet will perform three works of the Renaissance and Baroque eras: “Magnificat Primi Toni” by Jacob Praetorius; Canzon in G “Ach Gott wem soll ichs klagen” by Wolfgang Grefinger; and the Madrigal “Now Let Us Make a Merry Greeting” by Thomas Weelkes, all arranged by Michel Rondeau.

The Collegium Instrumental Ensemble, a musical model that includes band, orchestral and other ensemble works under a single musical performance entity, was launched at UMF in the fall of 2015. This innovative group is led by Eric Thomas, whose commitment to eclecticism is well-suited to the adventurous spirit of music making at UMF and in the larger community.

Thomas was the assistant conductor and mentee of Sarah Caldwell, who appointed him principal conductor of the Opera New England Orchestra. He has had posts as assistant conductor of the Phillips Exeter Academy Orchestra, interim conductor of the Phillips Academy Andover Symphony Orchestra, principal guest conductor of the Longy School of Music Youth String Orchestra, guest conductor of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, the Colby College Symphony Orchestra and the University of Maine Faculty Cadenzato Chamber Ensemble.

Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors, and free for children and UMF students with ID.

This event is sponsored by the UMF Department of Visual and Performing Arts.

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