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15 Concert: The Annual GNG Middle School Spring
Band Concert is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13 in
the gym beginning at 7 p.m. featured performing groups
include the grade six band, seventh/eighth grade concert
band, and the seventh/eighth grade jazz band. Should
weather force a cancellation, the event will be held
on Thursday, April 15. Donations for marching band
shirts will be welcomed at the door.
A Cappella: "Four Shadow, A Cappella with
Infectious Energy" Four Shadow uses no drum machines,
synthesizers, sampling or pre-recorded material. Every
sound, be it singing, percussion, guitar riffs or
thumping bass, is produced live from the mouths of
these young men.
This Minnesota-based group has shared the stage with
Huey Lewis, the Persuasions, Rockapella and performed
live on NBC's "Today" show. For more info
about Four Shadow, check their website at www.fourshadow.com.
Performance on Thursday, April 15 at 7:30 pm at the
Ramada Inn and Convention Center, 490 Pleasant Street,
Lewiston. Tix, $18 ($15 for kids, full-time students
and seniors 60+) -- $2 more at the door. Reserve a
table for the show, seats up to 12 for $180. Group
rates and sponsor discounts are also available. Edward
Little and Lewiston High School students can reserve
their ticket for free with ArtsPass (limited availability).
For more information and tickets contact L/A Arts
at (207) 782-7228 or 1-800-639-2919. Their website
can be found at www.laarts.org where tickets can be
purchased at a secure web site.
USM Concerts: End of Semester Events at the
USM School of Music; All events take place in Corthell
Concert Hall on the USM Gorham campus. Tickets are
$5 for the general public and $3 for students and
seniors. For tickets and more information please call
the Music Box Office at 780-5555.
Monday, April 26th, 7:30 p.m., approximately
ten students will perform "An Aria Night,"
as part of Opera Workshop, directed by Ellen Chickering.
Thursday, April 29th, 7:30 p.m., the USM Chamber
Singers, directed by Robert Russell, will perform
a program entitled, "In Endless Song." The
songs are varied - sacred and secular, popular and
more esoteric.
Saturday, May 1, 8 p.m., the Southern Maine
Symphony Orchestra concert, conducted by Robert Lehmann,
will feature the Biannual Concerto/Aria Competition
winners. The main work on the program, Stravinsky's
"Firebird Suite," will begin the evening.
Next, the winners will take the stage: Daniel Hunter,
tuba, of Westbrook will perform a "Concertino"
by Koetsier; Nicole Rawding, flute, of Gorham will
perform a "Concertino" by Chaminade; and
Sarah Sturdivant, mezzo soprano, of Standish will
perform two songs by Mahler. The evening will conclude
with the world premiere performance of Portland/Windham
composer and student, Donald Pride's, composition,
"One Breath," which will be conducted by
Nat Erde of Gray.
Sunday, May 2, 2 p.m., the USM Wind Ensemble,
conducted by Doug Owens, and Percussion Ensemble,
conducted by Peter Martin, will perform a wide variety
of instrumental works.
Dance: Guest dancers featured in Dance USM!
concerts
Special guest performers will appear each night during
the annual "Dance USM!" concerts directed
by Maria Tzianabos and presented by the University
of Southern Maine Department of Theatre April 29 -
May 2. Professional dancers Jill Eng, Lisa Hicks and
company, Nancy Salmon and Carol Dilley will perform
on different nights.
In addition, the concerts will feature guest choreographers
plus student choreographers and dancers performing
original, energetic pieces in a variety of styles.
Performances will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April
29 through Saturday, May 1, and at 5 p.m. Sunday,
May 2 in Russell Hall on the USM Gorham campus. Tickets
are $10 for the general public, $7 for seniors, and
$5 for students. Call the Theatre Box Office at 780-5151
for
reservations and more information.
Musical: "We're Holier than Thou!"
from Nunsense is the rousing number these women will
be performing in Broadway-LA from the Heart presented
by Community Little Theatre and Central Maine Medical
Center on April 24 and 25 at Lewiston Middle School,
Central Ave. This joint fundraiser will benefit the
theatre's Endowment Fund and the hospital's Cardiac
Care Capital Campaign for Central Maine Vascular Institute.
The two hour event will feature tunes from Broadway
musicals such as Evita, Cabaret, Phantom, Pal Joey,
Anything Goes, My Fair Lady, Damn Yankees, and Chess.
Tickets are $20. and may be reserved by calling 783-0958
or accessing the theatre's website at www.laclt.com
L
to R are Michele Mahon, Cynthia O'Neil, Renee Davis
and Marie Dittmer. Absent are Leslie Chadbourne and
Jaye Churchill. Rachel Morin Photo
