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The Arts Institute of Western Maine 
N E W   A D D R E S S
P.O. Box 325 Farmington, ME 04938

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Maine Mountain Chamber Music
featuring
Joseph Swensen, violin        Victoria Eisen, horn
Tom Kraines, cello        Eric Thomas, clarinet
Laurie Kennedy, viola        Yuri Funahashi, piano

Sunday, September 26, 2010, 3:00 p.m. Nordica Auditorium at UMF
$9 adult / $7 seniors / free for under 16 & UMF students

      Since 2002, MMCM has presented innovative chamber music programs to audiences in western Maine. The diverse programs have included world premieres by Fernando Otero and Tom Kraines, along with contemporary works by Stephen Hartke, Gyorgy Ligeti, and Bright Sheng, in addition to many works from the traditional repertoire. The acclaimed performers on the series include members of the Brentano String Quartet, Muir Quartet, Formosa String Quartet, Meliora String Quartet, The Chicago Chamber Players, Mistral, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and the New York City Opera Orchestra. Several concerts from the series have been broadcast on MaineStage on Maine Public Radio.

      For the fall 2010 concert, MMCM will have the rare opportunity to feature guest artist Joseph Swensen on violin. Mr. Swensen is principal conductor of the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and Malmö Opera of Sweden and is conductor emeritus of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Before devoting his time to conducting, Mr. Swensen enjoyed international success as a violin soloist. He has recorded the concertos of Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev, Mendelssohn and Sibelius with the Royal Phil harmonic, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.

      The roster for the fall 2010 program will also include Victoria Eisen on horn (member, Music from Marlborough, Orpheus), cellist Tom Kraines (member, Mistral), clarinetist Eric Thomas of Colby College, and MMCM co-directors, Laurie Kennedy (viola) and Yuri Funahashi (piano). The program will feature the Dohnanyi Sextet among other works.

Codirectors of Maine Mountain Chamber Music

Laurie Kennedy
Yuri Funahashi

 

Rock My Soul
"Unless you're from the South or attend a church with a bangin' choir,
you're not likely to hear bona fide gospel tunes sung the way Rock My Soul performs them." Jon Nolan, The Wire
Saturday, October 23. Nordica Auditorium at UMF
$8 adult / $7 seniors / free for under 16 & UMF students

 

Doug Protsik
performing live piano accompaniment to
The Camera Man, starting Buster Keaton
Sunday, October 24, 7:30 p.m. Learning Center 131 at UMF
$8 adult / $7 seniors / free for under 16 & UMF students

 

Inanna
Sisters in Rhythm
a percussion and vocal ensemble that explores the heritage and rhythms of West Africa
Saturday, November 13. Nordica Auditorium at UMF
$9 adult / $7 seniors / free for under 16 & UMF students

 

The Arts Institute of Western Maine is a non-profit organization which sponsors public performances of music - chamber, classical; vocal from folk to German lieder to opera arias to broadway show tunes. Occasionally jazz, dance, mime.

The Arts Institute welcomes donations. If you would like to support us, please send a check to
AIWM   P.O. Box 325    Farmington, ME   04938
membership options are:
senior citizen: $5         individual: $8         family: $12
sponsor: $25         patron: $100         business: $50

Arts Institute business contributors:
Bangor Savings Bank; City Lights North; Foothills Management; Franklin Chrysler, Inc.; Franklin Savings Bank; Inernational Paper, Kyes Insurance; Marni Lawson, Watercolors; Northern Eye Care, Robert Nicholson, MD; Pam Prodan, ESQ; Sandy River Acupuncture, TD Banknorth; The Calico Patch; Twice-Sold Tales; Camden National Bank (formerly UnitedKingfield Bank); and York Hill Surveying.

The Arts Institute is affiliated with the University of Maine at Farmington.

 

Comments and questions about the Arts Institute may be sent to:
Diane Kruchkow, President, Arts Institute of Western Maine
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September 2, 2010