Campus Currents: Bangor Symphony Orchestra
Amy Brooks for The Maine Campus
The Bangor Symphony Orchestra performs in February, 2009 with Lucas Richman conducting.
The Bangor Symphony Orchestra is one of two professional orchestras in Maine and the oldest continually operating community orchestra in the country. The orchestra puts on about a dozen concerts each year, including performances of The Nutcracker with the Robinson Ballet Company and at least one pops concert in the summer. The orchestra performs in the Collins Center for the Arts on the UMaine campus.
Articles about Bangor Symphony Orchestra:
Thursday, October 1st, 2009, 1:05 am’09-’10 season means big things for CCA
By Kegan Zema
Throughout the Collins Center for the Arts, there are people hard at work putting the finishing touches on the venue’s renovations. LED lights are being placed throughout the glass façade. Fluffy, green sod is being put …
Sunday, May 17th, 2009, 2:27 pmBangor arts adapt to stay afloat in sinking economy
By Zach Dionne
As the economy worsens, organizations like the Penobscot Theater, the University of Maine Museum of Art and the 113-year-old Bangor Symphony Orchestra are adapting to survive the recession. Thursday, November 13th, 2008, 12:00 am
From the MCA to the CCA
By Zach Dionne
The Maine Center for the Arts isn’t being renovated; it’s being reborn. An $11 million re-imagining of the University of Maine’s cultural center will reach completion in the first week of 2009. A name change to the Collins Center for the Arts (CCA) will come in honor of a $5 million donation from UMaine graduates Richard and Anne Collins. Monday, December 4th, 2006, 12:00 am
Holiday cheer begins at MCA with BSO and the Nutcracker
By Zach Dionne
Few traditions – songs, films, foods, any items customarily associated with December – have the power to evoke holiday spirit as strongly as “The Nutcracker” did this weekend at the Maine Center for the Arts. Featuring the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and Robinson Ballet, the production was one of accessible grandeur, beautiful in all respects. Thursday, November 30th, 2006, 12:00 am
‘Nutcracker’ returns to MCA for holiday
By Zach Dionne
“The Nutcracker” returns to the Maine Center for the Arts this weekend, and his friends in the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and Robinson Ballet are coming with him. Peter Tchaikovsky’s 1891 composition has become synonymous with the holiday season as the foremost Christmas ballet. Thursday, November 9th, 2006, 12:00 am
University Singers
By Zach Dionne
After many weeks of practice, The University Singers will host perform for the second time this season on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. in Minsky Recital Hall. “We had our first ‘runout’ concert last Friday at the Orono Methodist Church,” said Lee Hunter, president of the University Singers.
Thursday, April 13th, 2006, 12:00 amBeers tabbed as UMaine’s new vice president of development
By Tony Reaves
The University of Maine recently named Barbara Beers the school’s new vice president of development. Beers, a UMaine graduate and Maine native, has decades of fundraising experience at Maine Public Broadcasting Network and Husson College as well as Beers Associates, Consultants in Philanthropy, her own consulting business that she started in 1992.
Monday, December 8th, 2003, 12:00 amA Suite Success
By Julia Hall
For those who are not familiar with the Robinson Ballet and what it’s all about, this weekend’s performances of the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker,” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, at the Maine Center for the Arts would have been a disappointment. But considering the production featured all local dancers, including students from River City Dance Center in Bangor and Ellsworth, Thomas School of Dance in Bangor, and the University of Maine, and further considering the MCA stage is not large enough to perfectly execute a production as grand as “The Nutcracker,” the Robinson Ballet did a fair job.
Monday, September 22nd, 2003, 12:00 amBangor Symphony plays to success
By Gina Reppucci
Ever hear that classical music makes you more focused, more able to study, and generally smarter? I’m not sure if that’s true or not, but after enjoying the Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s first performance in their 2003-2004 Classical Concert series, I certainly don’t see how it couldn’t be.
Monday, December 3rd, 2001, 12:00 amBringing a Christmas tradition to life on stage
By Jessica Bishop
Still weeks away from Christmas, this weekend brought the Maine Center for the Arts an annual tradition. The Bangor Symphony Orchestra and the Robinson Ballet Company, with some assistance from the Bangor Children’s Choir, performed the holiday classic “The Nutcracker” for three nearly sold out crowds.
