Area Arts

USM School of Music Student Composers Concert

One of the most creative aspects of music is the writing of it. Seven University of Southern Maine School of Music students will demonstrate their compositional talents in the semi-annual Student Composer's recital held at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 30, 2004, in Corthell Concert Hall on the USM Gorham campus. This program is free and open to the public. For more information call the Music Box Office at 780-5555.

These new works will be performed in various ensembles comprised of the composers' fellow students in the School of Music. This recital -- coordinated by USM resident composer, J. Mark Scearce -- presents the wide and varied talent of its music majors and minors.

Ethan Miller And Kate Boverman To Perform In Peace Concert

Peace Action Maine and the Social Action Committee of the Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church will host a Peace Concert on Wednesday, March 17th, at 7 p.m. at the St. Lawrence Arts and Community Center on Congress Street in Portland. Cost is $10 at the door
FMI: Call Debbie Atwood at 772-0680.

In Concert: International jazz trumpet legend Tiger Okoshi and the Mark Kleinhaut Trio

After tearing down the house and receiving two standing ovations performing with the Mark Kleinhaut Trio at the opening of the 2nd Annual Key Maine Jazz Festival in Portland, world-renowned trumpeter Tiger Okoshi returns to Maine on March 18 to celebrate his continuing collaboration with Mark Kleinhaut (guitar) Jim Lyden, (bass) and Les Harris, Jr. (drums) for an L/A Arts Cabaret Event in Lewiston.

These jazz artists will perform in Lewiston on Thursday, March 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ramada Inn and Convention Center, 490 Pleasant Street, Lewiston. Advance tickets are $18--$15 for kids, students and seniors 60+. Table seating up to 12 can be reserved for $180. Reserve tickets in advance by contacting L/A Arts at 1-800-639-2919 or 782-7228 or purchase tickets on line at L/A Arts website, www.laarts.org.

A Cappella Chorus in concert: The Princeton NASSOONS, the University's oldest all-male a cappella chorus, will present a concert of popular music on Friday, March 19th, at the First Congregational Church in New Gloucester. Seventeen singers, including New Gloucester's own Alex Fiorentino(Gray-New Gloucester, '03), are on a Spring tour to Quebec, and will offer this concert at 7:30 pm.

Formed in 1941, The Nasoons rank among the nation's premiere performance ensembles, touring internationally and appearing as guests on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno, CBS's Early Show with Bryant Gumbel, and at the White House.

Admission to the concert is by donation to defray the Nassoons' travel expenses and support the church's music program. The church is located at 19 Gloucester Hill Road, just off Route 231(Intervale Road) in the Lower Village of New Gloucester. For more information, call the church at 926-3260 and consult the chorus' website at www.nassoons.com.

Early American Quilts From The Smithsonian On View at The Portland Museum Of Art

Calico & Chintz: Early American Quilts from the Smithsonian American Art Museum will be on view at the Portland Museum of Art from April 8, 2004 through June 6, 2004. The exhibition features 22 rare pieced and whole-cloth American quilts made before 1850, selected from the collection donated to the Smithsonian in 1999 by Patricia Smith Melton, a Washington playwright and quilt historian.

These heirloom quilts, dating from about 1810 to 1850, preserve a notable era in textile and quiltmaking artistry. Before the United States developed a textile industry in the 1840s, colonists and citizens imported quality printed cottons from Britain or France. These fabrics were used by affluent quiltmakers along the Eastern Seaboard and on Southern plantations for the sumptuous bedcovers that were an important decorative element in prosperous homes.

The tour is supported in part by the Smithsonian Special Exhibitions Fund.
Casco Bay Concert Band: The Casco Bay Concert Band will present "An American Salute" on Sunday April 4, 2004 at 3:00 pm. at the Performing Arts Center of Gorham High School, 45 Morrill Street, Gorham. The performance includes selections by "All-American" composers. Adults are $7, seniors 62+ are $6, students and children are free. For more information call 892-8812.