Our heartfelt condolences and support go to all victims and families affected by the terrible shooting in Lewiston on October 25.
2023:
Tues, January 10, 7 pm-- Winter MTA HS Chorus Concert
Sun, Jan 15, 2:30 pm--Midcoast Symphony Orchestra concert: Favorite Music for All Ages
Rohan Smith, Conductor. Program: Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust; George Kleinsinger: Tubby the Tuba; -- featuring Douglas Ertman, Tubaist, and Denise Shannon, Narrator; Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2; Morton Gould, arranger: Yankee Doodle
-- featuring Joel Preston, “Conduct the Orchestra” Winner; Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Allegro molto moderato, -- featuring Mesa Schubeck, Pianist, 2022 Judith Elser Concerto Competition Winner; Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
Tickets and info at www.midcoastsymphony.org
(Tues, January 17 Elementary all District band rehearsal 6:00-7:00 pm )
Wed, January 18 Elementary all District band Concert 7 pm
Thurs, January 19 Concert Snow date
Sat, January 28-- District 3 High School Music Festival, concert at 3 pm
(February 4 --Snowdate)
Fri-Sun, March 10-12, Fri/Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3 pm -- Spring MASC Musical
Tuesday, March 14, 7pm MAMS Small Ensemble Bands Night
Snow Date: Thursday, March 16, 7pm
Sun, Mar 19, 2:30 pm -- Midcoast Symphony Orchestra concert: Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew. Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor. Program: Tanner Porter: Propellers in the Sun; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner”; Johannes S. Bach: Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins-- featuring Eva Gruesser and Rohan Smith, Violinists; Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
Tickets and info at www.midcoastsymphony.org
Wed, Mar 22, 6 pm --Elementary Art awards (5:30 pm reception in lobby)
Fri, Mar 31, 6:30 pm--Piano Recital of Alyssa Hawkins’s students
Tues, April 11,7 pm --Spring MTA HS Band Concert
Wed, April 12 and Thurs, April 13— LOBBY--Art show (Secondary)
Fri-Sun, April 28-30, Fri, 7pm, Sat/Sun, 3 pm--MAMS Spring Musical, The Addams Family, Young @ Part
Sat, May 6, 2 pm--Moving Company, Dance Concert
Rehearsals: (Tues, May 9 Elementary band rehearsal 6-7
Thurs, May 11 and Mon, May 15 Elementary chorus rehearsal 6:30-7:30)
Fri, May 12, 6 pm and Sat, May 13, 1 pm--Ampersand Academy, Spring Dance Concert
Tues, May 16 Elementary Band/Chorus concert for grades 3-5, 10-11:30 am
Tues, May 16, 7 pm -- Elementary Band/Chorus concert for the community
Thurs, May 18, 6:30 pm -- MSAD#75 School District Budget Hearing
Sat, May 20, 1 pm and 6 pm --Vicki's Dance School, Spring Dance Concerts (2)
Sun, May 21, 2:30 pm--Midcoast Symphony Orchestra concert: French Impressions. Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor. Program: Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps; Jean-Philippe Rameau/arr Paul Dukas: Les Indes Galantes, Suite No. 1; Maurice Ravel: La Valse; Modest Mussorgsky/orch. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at Exhibition
Tickets and info at www.midcoastsymphony.org
Wednesday, May 24, 7pm -- MAMS Spring Band Concert
Thursday, May 25, 6:30 pm -- Spark Inclusive Arts. Dance Concert
Tuesday, May 30, 7 pm Topsham Town Meeting (also Wed, May 31, if needed)
Thurs, June 1, 2023, 7 pm -- Chorus Concert, MTA HS combined with MAMS
Fri, June 2, all day-- Planetarium for 6th grade
Sat, June 10, 3 pm-- The Ballet School Spring concert
Sun, June 11, 2:30 pm--Midcoast Symphony Concert with Motor Booty Affair: Classical Night Fever. MSO will team up with Motor Booty Affair, Maine’s own 70s disco/funk tribute band. You’ll leave this show with a big smile on your face and a new appreciation for this great era of popular music, where dance music and the symphony collide to create something special. This special concert is not part of MSO's 2022-23 regular Classical Season.
Tickets and info at www.midcoastsymphony.org
Hiroya Miura, conductor
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra Sunday, January 15, 2023 - 2:30 pm
Favorite Music for All Ages Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program: Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust; George Kleinsinger: Tubby the Tuba
-- featuring Douglas Ertman, Tubist; Denise Shannon, Narrator
Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2; Morton Gould, arranger: Yankee Doodle -- featuring Joel Preston, “Conduct the Orchestra” Winner
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Allegro molto moderato -- featuring Mesa Schubeck, Pianist, 2022 Judith Elser Concerto Competition Winner
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
With FREE pre-concert "Meet the Instruments" 1:30-2 p.m. People of all ages are invited to toot, strum, and squawk on a variety of orchestral instruments with MSO musicians. Adults bringing children may qualify for free tickets! Get info here.
Favorite Music for All Ages Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program: Hector Berlioz: Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust; George Kleinsinger: Tubby the Tuba
-- featuring Douglas Ertman, Tubist; Denise Shannon, Narrator
Arturo Marquez: Danzon No. 2; Morton Gould, arranger: Yankee Doodle -- featuring Joel Preston, “Conduct the Orchestra” Winner
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Allegro molto moderato -- featuring Mesa Schubeck, Pianist, 2022 Judith Elser Concerto Competition Winner
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
With FREE pre-concert "Meet the Instruments" 1:30-2 p.m. People of all ages are invited to toot, strum, and squawk on a variety of orchestral instruments with MSO musicians. Adults bringing children may qualify for free tickets! Get info here.
Elementary Band Concert Wednesday, January 18, 7 pm
Conducted by Ms. Dawne-Marie Powers
Conducted by Ms. Dawne-Marie Powers
MMEA District 3 High School Music Festival, Band and Chorus Sat., January 28
Rehearsals all day Concert at 3 pm
Rehearsals all day Concert at 3 pm
Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Book by Timothy Allen McDonald
Presented by Mt Ararat Stage Company
Friday, March 10, 7:30 PM Saturday, March 11, 7:30 PM Sunday, March 12, 3:00 PM
Tickets: www.mtastage.weebly.com
When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach – among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities – but, after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.
Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Book by Timothy Allen McDonald
Presented by Mt Ararat Stage Company
Friday, March 10, 7:30 PM Saturday, March 11, 7:30 PM Sunday, March 12, 3:00 PM
Tickets: www.mtastage.weebly.com
When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a magic potion that results in a tremendous peach... and launches a journey of enormous proportions. Suddenly, James finds himself in the center of the gigantic peach – among human-sized insects with equally oversized personalities – but, after it falls from the tree and rolls into the ocean, the group faces hunger, sharks and plenty of disagreements. Thanks to James' quick wit and creative thinking, the residents learn to live and work together as a family. The dangerous voyage is a success, but the adventure takes a whole new twist once they land on the Empire State Building.
Florence Price
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra Sunday, March 19, 2:30 pm
"Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew" NEW Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor
Program Tanner Porter: Propellers in the Sun; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner”
NEW Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 4; Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
We welcome Hiroya Miura of Bates College to the podium to conduct our March concerts. MSO's Music Director, Rohan Smith, will not be conducting this concert as originally planned because of family responsibilities. Miura was already slated as guest conductor for our May concerts. We are sure you will enjoy his musical take on this program.
Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins by Bach, featuring violinists Eva Gruesser and Rohan Smith, was scheduled for the March program, but it has been postponed to a future date. The MSO will perform the lively Concerto Grosso by Corelli instead.
Tickets: www.midcoastsymphonyorchestra.org
"Tried and True, Plus a Newer Crew" NEW Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor
Program Tanner Porter: Propellers in the Sun; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 35 in D major, K. 385, “Haffner”
NEW Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 4; Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
We welcome Hiroya Miura of Bates College to the podium to conduct our March concerts. MSO's Music Director, Rohan Smith, will not be conducting this concert as originally planned because of family responsibilities. Miura was already slated as guest conductor for our May concerts. We are sure you will enjoy his musical take on this program.
Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins by Bach, featuring violinists Eva Gruesser and Rohan Smith, was scheduled for the March program, but it has been postponed to a future date. The MSO will perform the lively Concerto Grosso by Corelli instead.
Tickets: www.midcoastsymphonyorchestra.org
Elementary Art Awards Ceremony, MSAD#75
Wednesday, March 22
Orion Lobby reception, 5:30 pm
Awards in Orion, 6 pm
Wednesday, March 22
Orion Lobby reception, 5:30 pm
Awards in Orion, 6 pm
Piano Recital
Students of Alyssa Hawkins
Friday, March 31, 6:30 pm
Students of Alyssa Hawkins
Friday, March 31, 6:30 pm
MTA Band Concert Tues, April 11, 7 pm
Conducted by Mr. Ben Cox Public is welcome--free admission
The Addams Family -- Young @ Part Fri, April 28,7 pm Sat, April 29, 3 pm Sun, April 30, 3 pm
Mt. Ararat Middle School Play Performance
Tickets at mtastage.weebly.com or at the door
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Mt. Ararat Middle School Play Performance
Tickets at mtastage.weebly.com or at the door
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5th-Grade Parent Night (for parents of rising 6th-graders) Tuesday, May 2, 6 pm Introduction to Mt Ararat Middle School and Staff Members
(begin in Orion--then go to classrooms)
(begin in Orion--then go to classrooms)
Moving Company The May Dance Show
Saturday, May 6, at 2 pm
Directed by Joanna Patterson
Saturday, May 6, at 2 pm
Directed by Joanna Patterson
Ampersand Dance Academy Spring Dance Concert
"In the Library"
Fri, May 12, 6 pm
Sat, May 13, 1 pm
Rachel Waterbury's dancers
- Elementary Band and Chorus Concerts SAD75 District students Tuesday, May 16 10 am for students of the district Public Concert at 7 pm Free to the community
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MSAD#75 School District Budget Hearing
Thursday, May 18, 6:30 pm
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Thursday, May 18, 6:30 pm
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Vicki's School of Dance Spring Recital "Dancing Around The World"
Saturday, May 20th 1:00 PM 6:00 PM
Join us as we travel around the world, showing you different cultures and their dance history. Tickets $18 Hallowell, Maine (207) 622-4328
vmdance@roadrunner.com
Saturday, May 20th 1:00 PM 6:00 PM
Join us as we travel around the world, showing you different cultures and their dance history. Tickets $18 Hallowell, Maine (207) 622-4328
vmdance@roadrunner.com
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra concert: French Impressions. Sun, May 21, 2:30 pm
Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor. Program: Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps; Jean-Philippe Rameau/arr Paul Dukas: Les Indes Galantes, Suite No. 1; Maurice Ravel: La Valse; Modest Mussorgsky/orch. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at Exhibition
Tickets and info at www.midcoastsymphony.org
Hiroya Miura, Guest Conductor. Program: Lili Boulanger: D'un matin de printemps; Jean-Philippe Rameau/arr Paul Dukas: Les Indes Galantes, Suite No. 1; Maurice Ravel: La Valse; Modest Mussorgsky/orch. Maurice Ravel: Pictures at Exhibition
Tickets and info at www.midcoastsymphony.org
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MAMS Spring Band Concert Wednesday, May 24, 7pm
Free. Conducted by Mr. Josh Hyssong
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MAMS Spring Band Concert Wednesday, May 24, 7pm
Free. Conducted by Mr. Josh Hyssong
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Spark Dance Concert The Art of Being Together Thursday May 25, 6:30 pm
A music and dance performance to benefit Spark Inclusive Arts
This upcoming performance will feature Spark students alongside performers from Portland Youth Dance, The Moving Company, YES Dance Theatre, Drums Alive, BMS Rock Band, and more!
Info at: Spark Dance
A music and dance performance to benefit Spark Inclusive Arts
This upcoming performance will feature Spark students alongside performers from Portland Youth Dance, The Moving Company, YES Dance Theatre, Drums Alive, BMS Rock Band, and more!
Info at: Spark Dance
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Topsham Town Meeting Tuesday, May 30, 7 pm
(Also, Wed, May 30, if needed)
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Topsham Town Meeting Tuesday, May 30, 7 pm
(Also, Wed, May 30, if needed)
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Chorus Concert Mt A High School & Mt A Middle School
Thurs, June 1, 2023, 7 pm
Free
Directed by Ms. Kristen Thomas and Ms. Renovia Marro-Day
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Thurs, June 1, 2023, 7 pm
Free
Directed by Ms. Kristen Thomas and Ms. Renovia Marro-Day
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MTA Sports Awards Ceremony
Mon, June 5, 6:30 pm
Hosted by AD Geoff Godo.
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Ballet School Spring Showcase
Saturday, June 10, 3 pm
Saturday, June 10, 3 pm
"Classical Night Fever" Midcoast Symphony Orchestra with Motor Booty Affair
Sunday, June 11, 2:30 pm
The most exciting concert of the year -- Midcoast's premier symphony along with
Maine's premier disco band!
Tickets, click here (reserved seating)
Sunday, June 11, 2:30 pm
The most exciting concert of the year -- Midcoast's premier symphony along with
Maine's premier disco band!
Tickets, click here (reserved seating)
Haydn's Creation – Topsham Saturday, June 17, 2023: 5 - 6 pm
A Portland Bach Experience Event
Tickets, click here
Celebrate NASA’s new images from 13.5 billion years ago with this trailblazing production of Haydn’s Creation featuring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, GRAMMY-winning soprano Sarah Brailey, and acrobats from the Flying Gravity Circus.
SCHEDULE
4:00 p.m. – Circus Workshop (outdoors, weather permitting)
A Portland Bach Experience Event
Tickets, click here
Celebrate NASA’s new images from 13.5 billion years ago with this trailblazing production of Haydn’s Creation featuring images from the James Webb Space Telescope, GRAMMY-winning soprano Sarah Brailey, and acrobats from the Flying Gravity Circus.
SCHEDULE
4:00 p.m. – Circus Workshop (outdoors, weather permitting)
- 4:30 p.m. – Doors open 5:00 p.m. – Concert
Saturday, Sept. 2, 7 pm
The Filipino American Samahan of Maine will sponsor a musical concert.
The performer will be MARCELITO POMOY - "America's Got Talent" Champion.
Marcelito is a multi-talented performer with both male and female voices. He is unique in that he can sing in both a male tenor and a female soprano voice. Because of this, he's able to perform popular male-female duets without a partner. Not only does he sing both high and low register, but he can switch back and forth between them seamlessly.
The other performers are: PETER ROSALITA- a 10-year-old Filipino singer, "America's Got Talent" - Season 16 Semi-Finalist
Dance sensation
These performers took the heart of Filipino people with their special talents and are touring the US and other countries this year. Maine is the first state to host this Filipino musical concert in the Northeast.
The Filipino American Samahan of Maine will sponsor a musical concert.
The performer will be MARCELITO POMOY - "America's Got Talent" Champion.
Marcelito is a multi-talented performer with both male and female voices. He is unique in that he can sing in both a male tenor and a female soprano voice. Because of this, he's able to perform popular male-female duets without a partner. Not only does he sing both high and low register, but he can switch back and forth between them seamlessly.
The other performers are: PETER ROSALITA- a 10-year-old Filipino singer, "America's Got Talent" - Season 16 Semi-Finalist
Dance sensation
These performers took the heart of Filipino people with their special talents and are touring the US and other countries this year. Maine is the first state to host this Filipino musical concert in the Northeast.
"Circus on Ice" A Magical Show for All Ages Friday, September 15, 6:30 pm
Amazing Circus Acts, Frozen Adventures with your favorite characters, Juggling, Clowns, Jaw-dropping Ice Skaters--all performed on synthetic ice!
Tickets, click HERE
Amazing Circus Acts, Frozen Adventures with your favorite characters, Juggling, Clowns, Jaw-dropping Ice Skaters--all performed on synthetic ice!
Tickets, click HERE
"Crystal Vision"
A Fleetwood Mac Tribute Band
Fundraiser for "Madeline's Mission"--Surviving Child Loss
Saturday, Sept. 16, 3 pm
Midcoast Symphony Orchestra Sunday, October 29, 2:30 pm
"Soulful Expressions"
MSO's first program of the season. “Soulful Expressions” features compositions from William Grant Still, Beethoven, and Shostakovich that showcase the vitality of the human spirit.
Aspiration: Lento, con risoluzione (from Symphony No.1), William Grant Still
Piano Concerto No. 3, Ludwig van Beethoven Anastasia Antonacos, Pianist
Symphony No. 5, Dmitri Shostakovich
FREE Discussion with Our Soloist 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Buy tickets HERE
"Soulful Expressions"
MSO's first program of the season. “Soulful Expressions” features compositions from William Grant Still, Beethoven, and Shostakovich that showcase the vitality of the human spirit.
Aspiration: Lento, con risoluzione (from Symphony No.1), William Grant Still
Piano Concerto No. 3, Ludwig van Beethoven Anastasia Antonacos, Pianist
Symphony No. 5, Dmitri Shostakovich
FREE Discussion with Our Soloist 1:30-2:00 p.m.
Buy tickets HERE
Suzuki Violin Festival and Workshops Saturday, Nov 4--All day
Pre-registration required
Join us for a day of fun and learning--for Suzuki students and teachers.
Complete Info: https://sites.google.com/site/mainesuzukiassociation/
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2, 3-- Fri/Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm Mt Ararat Stage Co. Play
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.
Tickets at: ShowTix4U and also at the door.
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2, 3-- Fri/Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm Mt Ararat Stage Co. Play
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.
Tickets at: ShowTix4U and also at the door.
Air Force Rock Band -- Full Spectrum
Performance for the middle school students only.
Wed, Dec. 6--12:30 pm
WOW!
Performance for the middle school students only.
Wed, Dec. 6--12:30 pm
WOW!
MTA High School Band Concert Thursday, Dec. 7, 7 pm
Choral section, also. Conductor: Mr. Ben Cox
Tickets Free
Choral section, also. Conductor: Mr. Ben Cox
Tickets Free
Ampersand Dance Academy Holiday Concerts Friday, Dec. 8, at 6 pm Saturday, Dec. 9, at 2 pm
Info at https://www.facebook.com/ampersand.dance/
Info at https://www.facebook.com/ampersand.dance/
MAMS Band Concert Tuesday, Dec. 12 7 pm
Conductor, Mr Josh Hyssong Tickets free
Conductor, Mr Josh Hyssong Tickets free