Symphony News

Announcing the 2018-19 Season

Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra has announced plans for its 123rd season. In Lucas Richman’s ninth season as Music Director and Conductor, the Symphony is presenting a varied program anchored in a celebration of the famed American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein’s 100th birthday. In addition to exploring Bernstein’s popular and lesser-known work with […]

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Meet the Mozart Soloists

Bangor, Maine — On Sunday, April 8th at 3 p.m., the Bangor Symphony Orchestra will present a program featuring works by two masters: Mozart and Beethoven. The program opens with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1, and closes with Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, a glorious work for orchestra and chorus. We are pleased to announce that our […]

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Meet the Guest Artists of Oz

Bangor, ME — On Sunday, March 18th at 4pm, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra presents The Wonderful Music of Oz. This unique concert event will feature music from Wicked, The Wizard of Oz, The Wiz, and more, all brought to life by a stellar cast of guest vocalists. Learn more about the singers below! Tickets are available online and by […]

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Five Questions for Pianist Orli Shaham

Bangor, ME — On Sunday, February 25th, pianist Orli Shaham will join the Bangor Symphony Orchestra to perform Bartok’s Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The program will also feature Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 and Smetana’s Overture to The Bartered Bride. Ms. Shaham is an accomplished artist, with the New York Times calling her […]

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BSO Highlights Its Own Members At January 28th Concert

Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra will feature five of its own members as soloists in its next Masterworks concert on Sunday, January 28, 3 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono. The program led by Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman will offer audiences a diverse menu of works by […]

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BSO moving to historic building in downtown Bangor

BSO will utilize three floors of Nichols Block building for rehearsals, special performances, educational activities, and administrative offices Building including grand ballroom will be hub of arts activity downtown known as the Bangor Arts Exchange, with Launchpad and Bangor Ballet sub-leasing from BSO Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra is returning to downtown Bangor. […]

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Announcing the 2017-18 Season

Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra left audiences excited for next fall yesterday with the announcement of its 2017-2018 season, the orchestra’s 122nd. The new season offers the range of programming that audiences have come to expect from the BSO’s Grammy Award-winning Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman: audience favorites and rarely performed masterpieces alongside […]

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Weather Update for February 12th Concert

Update: Saturday, February 11 @ 8PM We are planning to proceed with our Sunday, February 12, 3PM performance of Scheherazade. Snowfall in the Bangor area is not predicted to start until during or slightly after the concert, and heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions are not predicted until later Sunday night and Monday. Ticketing Policy: Refunds or exchanges […]

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Rachel Barton Pine Plays Brahms, and More

Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 season continues on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 3 p.m. with ‘The Romantics,’ a program of masterworks from the Romantic era by Brahms, Schumann and Beethoven. Internationally acclaimed violinist Rachel Barton Pine will perform as soloist in the Brahms Violin Concerto. Led by Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman, […]

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