FARMINGTON — The Old South Church Concert Series will welcome Celtic musicians from Prince Edward Island to the stage to kick off the 2019 season. Internationally renowned fiddler and step dancer Richard Wood and guitarist Gordon Belsher will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17. For more than two decades, Wood has been applauded by […]
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49 Franklin to host Nova Scotia Celtic band Coig
RUMFORD — Coig will rock the house to wrap up the 2018 Celtic Cabaret at 49 Franklin with a Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3. The group has a unique mix of talents. Fiddler Chrissy Crowley has touches of world and contemporary music. Pianist Jason Roach has a jazz degree. Darren McMullen, who […]
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Nova Scotia Celtic band perform at ECU Heat Share Christmas concert
FARMINGTON — The audience at the annual ECU Heat Share Benefit Christmas concert slated for Tuesday, Dec. 4, at Old South Congregational Church, 235 Main St., will be in for a very special evening with one of Nova Scotia’s award winning bands, Coig, at the helm. Coig’s music is a unique combination of influences that […]
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Bates to present jazz concert
LEWISTON — Bates College’s Olin Concert Series will present the jazz trio The Bad Plus, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. The Bad Plus made its name in the 2000s with surprising, inventive and energetic takes on cover material like Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” […]
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Oasis of Music features North Indian classical sounds
The sympathetic strings of the Indian sitar will ring at the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31. David Pontbriand, a musician and artist from Portland, has developed an intuitive and emotive approach that is deeply personal, while classical in style. His original and spontaneous compositions for sitar are freely interpretive and […]
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Opus One Big Band to play at UMF
FARMINGTON — ArtsFarmington will present Maine-based Opus One Big Band at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, at the North Dining Hall in the Olsen Student Center, 111 South St., at the University of Maine at Farmington. Dancing will be an option and instruction will be available at 6:30 p.m. by Susan Atwood and Tom Whalen. Seating […]
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Norway man stabbed during concert at State Theatre
Police are looking for a man believed responsible for stabbing another patron inside the State Theatre in Portland following a dispute during a concert Sunday night. The 29-year-old Norway man who was injured is expected to survive, police said. He has not been identified. Officers met with the victim in the Congress Street venue’s lobby, […]
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Oasis of Music continues this week with the Good Enough Band
LEWISTON — The Oasis of Music continues this Wednesday, Oct. 24, with the Good Enough Band, performing from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at Trinity Church, 247 Bates St. This concert will be presented by clients and staff of the Wooster Hill day program for adults with disabilities in Rome. Their mission is to help create a […]
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Digital music concert to conclude Bates College symposium
A public concert concludes a daylong Digital Music Symposium at Bates College with Hiroya Miura, a composer and associate professor of music at Bates College, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26. Emerging composers present works created with handmade instruments, systems using bodily sensations and motions to interact with the computer, and a live interactive video game […]
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Oasis of Music present Mary Murphy this week at Trinity Church
LEWISTON — Mary Murphy will perform at the Oasis of Music from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17. Maine singer/songwriter Mary Murphy, accompanying herself on either piano or guitar, connects with her audience while performing a variety of original music and covers, from classical to blues. Her audiences range from Maine to South Carolina and […]