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Tuesday Classical Series - Portland Symphony
20 Myrtle Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 842-0800
Apr 06, 2010. Portland Symphony Orchestra's Tuesday Classical Series continues with a concert entitled "Sounds and Light." Schwanter, Chasing Light... (Maine premiere); Beethoven, Symphony No. 8; Masson, Konzertstuck; Duddell, Snowblind; Ravel, Bolero. Concert conversation at 6:15 p.m. Performance at 7:30 p.m. Map + Directions | Report Update
Stefan Jackiw - Merrill Auditorium
20 Myrtle Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 842-0800
Apr 08, 2010. At the age of 24, violinist Stefan Jackiw is already recognized as one of the most significant artists of his generation, capturing audiences with his poetry and purity, combined with impeccable technique. Rising swiftly to acclaim since his 2002 debut with the Baltimore Symphony, violinist Jackiw has also performed with the Boston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic. He will be accompanied by a pianist for this Portland Ovations recital. Map + Directions | Report Update
Peter Mulvey - One Longfellow Square
181 State Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 761-1757
Apr 08, 2010. Singer/Songwriter. 8pm. $15 adv/$18 door. Map + Directions | Report Update
Cherryholmes - Collins Center for the Arts
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
Phone: (207) 581-1755
Apr 09, 2010. As America's new first family of bluegrass, Cherryholmes has stormed to the top of the bluegrass world by winning the 2005 IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) Award for Entertainer of the Year. Debuting at No. 3 on Billboard's Top Bluegrass Albums chart, their self-titled album has received a 2005 Grammy nomination for Best Bluegrass Album of the Year. The Cherryholmes sound is made up of hard-driving instrumental virtuosity and explosive vocal harmonies, featuring a mixture of original songs written by members of the band and carefully chosen classics. Performance at 8 p.m. Map + Directions | Report Update
Jonathan Biss - Camden Opera House
29 Elm Street
Camden, Maine 04843
Phone: (207) 236-2823
Apr 10, 2010. Returning to Bay Chamber Concerts is Andrew Wolf Chamber Music Award winner Jonathan Biss, now one of the top pianists in the international circuit, who recently appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. A special favorite of Bay Chamber Concerts' audiences, Biss will perform Haydn's Sonata in A flat Major, Hob.16/43; Schoenberg's Six Little Pieces, Op. 19; Mendelssohn's Variations Serieuses and a selection from "Songs Without Words," Beethoven's Six Bagatelles, Op. 126 and "Les Adieux" Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat Major, Op. 81a. At the Camden Opera House at 7 p.m. Map + Directions | Report Update
Voices - USM's Hannaford Hall
88 Bedford Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 842-0800
Apr 16, 2010. Innovative composer/musician Philip Hamilton brings us Voices, a dynamic concert of original a cappella music. Best known for his work with acclaimed international jazz and world music artists such as Pat Metheny and Gilberto Gil, Hamilton and his "vocal tribe" draw on vocal stylings, rhythms, and influences from around the world to celebrate the transcendent power of the human voice. They are joined by renowned beat-box artist Kenny "The Human Orchestra" Muhammad, a veteran of performances with the New York Symphony Orchestra, Public Enemy, Vernon Reid, and others. Map + Directions | Report Update
Mozart in Paris - Bangor Symphony
University of Maine
Orono, Maine 04469
Phone: (207) 581-1755
Apr 18, 2010. Mozart loved Paris as much as Parisians loved this work, which opens the program. French delights continue with musical portraits from two of the nation's most celebrated composers. Mozart: Symphony No. 31 (Paris); Poulenc: Gloria; Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3 (Organ Symphony). Performance at 3 p.m. at Collins Center for the Arts. Map + Directions | Report Update
6th Annual Knock on Wood GuitarFest - Waterville Opera House
93 Main Street
Waterville, Maine 04901
Phone: (207) 873-7000
Apr 24, 2010. Join us in welcoming to central Maine some of the world's most accomplished and innovative guitar players. In just five short years, Guitarfest has presented masters of the instrument - G.E. Smith, Ed Gerhard, Duke Robillard, and many others - in performance and workshop settings. Map + Directions | Report Update
PSO Pops - Play that Funky Music
20 Myrtle Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: (207) 842-0800
Apr 24 thru Apr 25, 2010. PSO Pops presents a concert entitled "Play that Funky Music." Conti, Theme from Rocky; Gibb/Dragon, Night Fever, Stayin' Alive; Schonberg, Medley from Miss Saigon; Arr. Ling, ABBA Medley; Beethoven/Murphy-Burden, Symphony 5 / A Fifth of Beethoven; Various 70's; Tribute; Williams, Jaws; Arr., Ice Castles; Arr., Shaft Medley; Arr., The Hustle; Village People, YMCA. Concerts Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinee at 2:30 p.m. Map + Directions | Report Update