School of Music

SPOTLIGHT Concert Series features faculty, alumni (and one soon to be) in a tribute to the Phillip Jones Brass ensemble and London Brass, Feb 8 » »

This day-long interdisciplinary event will include lectures and discussions examining these two important historical events from the perspectives of music and art »

A quadriennial joint production of the USM School of Music and Department of Theatre, sponsored by Down East Magazine, opening March 8. »

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The USM School of Music, located near the coastal and mountain regions of Maine in the heart of Maine's population center, is a vibrant hub of artistic and educational activity. As the only School of Music in a public university in New England, we have linked the best aspects of a comprehensive school with a personalized and opportunity-based approach to educating 21st-century musicians. Students benefit from having the vibrant greater Portland arts scene at our doorstep.

Scandalous Modernism: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring and the Armory Show in Context

Posted January 28, 2013

To mark the 100th anniversary of the premier of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and the Armory Show the University of Southern Maine arts and humanities faculty will host an interdisciplinary symposium on Saturday, March 2, at Corthell Concert Hall on the USM Gorham campus. The day-long event will include lectures and discussions examining these two events from diverse perspectives and in the context of modernist art—in all its forms—as it was emerging in the early twentieth century.

ETHEL string quartet reads USM student compositions

Posted January 23, 2013

IETHEL string quartetn collaboration with Portland Ovations, the USM School of Music will present the string quartet ETHEL in a public reading of USM music student compositions. The reading session will take place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 30 in Corthell Concert Hall on the USM Gorham campus.

USM Spotlight Concert features musical theatre and Broadway favorites

Posted January 8, 2013

Guest vocalist Marie Pressman and pianist Ed Reichert (School of Music Faculty) will celebrate over twenty years of their unique musical collaborations in a memorable evening of song. This SPOTLIGHT concert will take place on Friday, January 25, 2013 at 8 p.m. in Corthell Concert Hall on the USM Gorham campus (1/26 snow date).

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