Bangor Daily News January 30, 2025, by Judy Harrison An innovative 21st century violist and an 18th century giant of classical music wove an intricate tapestry of sound using electronics and traditional stringed instruments in a Bangor Symphony Orchestra program Sunday that sent concertgoers home rethinking their assumptions about just what is symphonic music. That questioning […]
Ellis Ludwig-Leone Named Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Composer Award Recipient Rockland, Maine – The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation is pleased to announce our 2024 Composer awardee, Ellis Ludwig-Leone. Each year the Foundation awards a $50,000.00 grant to a composer through a nation wide call for submissions. Three diverse jurors, experts in the field select the awardee who then submit […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 12, 2024 The Nutcracker Returns to the Collins Center for the Arts with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra December 21-22, 2024 Bangor, ME – This holiday season, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra brings The Nutcracker back to the Collins Center for the Arts. Featuring the Robinson Ballet and the Bangor Area Youth […]
by Judy Harrison Lun Li performed Tchaikovsky’s demanding Violin Concerto in D major with passion and precision Sunday with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra at the Collins Center for the Arts. Credit: Courtesy of Kevin Condon Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky wrote just one violin concerto. Written in 1878, it was considered too difficult to perform because of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 07, 2024 Bangor Symphony Orchestra Presents Masterworks II Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with Rising Star Violinist Lun Li BANGOR, Maine – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra will be presenting the second concert in their Masterworks series featuring rising star violinist Lun Li performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D major on November 17 at […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 18, 2024 Bangor Symphony Orchestra loans Grand Piano to Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness The Yamaha Grand will be used by the center for performances BANGOR, Maine – A beautiful collaboration is blossoming between the Bangor Symphony Orchestra and Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness in downtown Bangor. On October 16, 2024, […]
by Judy Harrison Bangor Daily News September 24, 2024 Piano soloist Jon Kimura Parker wowed the audience Sunday in a performance of Beethoven’s Piano Concert No. 5 with the Bangor Symphony Orchestra at the Collins Center for the Arts. Parker surprised and delighted concertgoers with an encore of Elton John’s song “Bennie and the Jets.” Credit: Courtesy […]
Bangor Symphony Orchestra Composer Lucas Richman and Mitchell Newman, violinist and concertmaster for the BSO, play classical music at the Columbia Street Baptist Church on Thursday. Richman and Newman launched a project called Paths to Dignity aimed at building a bridge between classical music and homelessness. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN Bangor composer is […]
News Center Maine Author: Christian Harsa Published: 6:39 PM EDT September 17, 2024 Updated: 7:26 PM EDT September 17, 2024 BANGOR, Maine — For a decade, musicians from the Bangor Symphony Orchestra have been filling the halls of Bangor area hospitals as part of its “Music and Wellness” program. Patients are not the only ones to enjoy the program according […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2024 Bangor Symphony Orchestra Kicks Off 129th Season BANGOR, Maine – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra (BSO) is set to kick off the 2024-2025 Season with a weekend of events. A Season-Opening Dinner will officially get the 129th season underway on Saturday, Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at the Bangor Arts […]