The Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions

The Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions Shaker history, Shaker music, American music, general chamber music Workshop will be Friday, June 29, 2012, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. All concerts begin at 7:00 p.m.

The Festival celebrates a wide variety of musics through the Portland String Quartet including collaborations with Brother Arnold Hadd and guest artists. A Workshop Day for adult and student string players offers coaching sessions and a Master Class - held at the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village. Festival concerts: Wednesday, June 27 features Maine State Historian Earle Shettleworth and the John Kno

wles Paine Quartet in D Major (1855). Thursday, June 28 features Brother Arnold Hadd, Shaker Quick Dance and Shaker fiddle tunes. Master fiddler Gregory Boardman will demonstrate the connections between these tunes and traditional fiddle music, and he and the PSQ will premier Boardman's Quintet for Fiddle and String Quartet. The program for Saturday, June 30th is "Out of the Box!- Women Composers Break Barriers with Original Masterpieces. Pianist Virginia Eskin joins the PSQ for a delightful evening with Amy Beach, Marion Bauer, Rebecca Clarke, Ruth Crawford and Kay Gardner. at the 1794 Meeting House, Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester, ME. 207-926-4597. Tickets $20-25, free for students age 21 and younger.

12/01/2015

Hold the dates June 22 - 25 for the Maine Festival of American Music at Shaker Village. The Portland String Quartet performs June 22, 7:00 p.m., Elder Brackett, Supply Belcher, Tom Myron and Ludwig van Beethoven (Op.132). Workshop day for string quartet players June 24, and another PSQ concert June 25: Mozart, William Grant Still, Norman Dello Joio and Felix Mendelssohn. Concerts take place in the historic 1794 Shaker Meeting House, Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester. Tickets needed in advance! 207-926-4597

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June 27-30, 2012, will be the Festival's 7th season! Always a delightful variety of music from European masters to contemporary American composers. Guest artists join the PSQ for memorable concert experiences in the historic 1794 Shaker Meeting House, Sabbathday Lake, New Gloucester, Maine. Guests for the 2012 season include Maine State Historian, Earle Shettleworth, Brother Arnold Hadd of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community, and internationally renowned pianist Virginia Eskin.
String Quartet Workshop Day is Friday, June 29th, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Contact for further information.

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