Maine Mountain Chamber Concert – Music from Colby

Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF 224 Main Street, Farmington, ME, United States

A special concert by Eleven Colby College Music Department members including Lily Funahashi  on piano.  The concert has been prepared for a September 30th opening of the new Gordon Center for the Creative and Performing Arts. It will be repeated here in Farmington on Sunday, October 1st.  They will be playing the Sextet in C Major by Erno Dohnanyi, a new work by Colby composer, Jose Martinez, and one other piece.

$20

The Gawler Family

A reprise of the successful 2021 outdoor concert.  The multi-talented Gawler family will entertain and delight. Read more here.

$20

ArtsFarmington presents: Maine Mountain Chamber Music- “Music from Colby”

Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF 224 Main Street, Farmington, ME, United States

ArtsFarmington is pleased to sponsor this fall’s concert by Maine Mountain Chamber Music. It is a special concert that we have called: “Music from Colby”. It will be a repeat presentation of their concert given the night before at Colby in celebration of the opening of Colby’s new arts center, the Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts. The concert in Farmington will be on Sunday, Oct. 1st at 3:00 pm in Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, at 224 Main Street.  For this special concert, MMCM founders Yuri Funahashi (piano) and Laurie Kennedy (viola) will be joined by eight outstanding musicians

Free – $20

Vibraphone and piano – Lynn Vartan, and Bridget Convey

Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington

Lynn Vartan, from the west coast, has mesmerized the audience in the past here with her flawless playing on a beautiful wooden marimba.  Her focus now is on playing a vibraphone, and she will be playing both solo and in duet with Bridget Convey on piano.

$20

Christmas Advent Concert

Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF 224 Main Street, Farmington, ME, United States

An Advent Recital by Duo Edelen   In the spirit of Advent, Fred and Christina Edelen will offer a concert of Baroque music for cello and harpsichord on original instruments.  Advent is a time of reflection and anticipation, and their repertoire will reflect the season with pastoral and sacred music from France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Italy.   Sunday, Dec. 10, at 5:00 PM at Nordica Auditorium.   Snow date is Friday, Dec. 15, at 7:00 PM.   Suggested ticket price is $20, less if you can’t, more if you can, all welcome, no one turned away.  Free for 18

$20

ArtsFarmington Presents: An Advent Recital by Duo Edelen

Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF 224 Main Street, Farmington, ME, United States

ArtsFarmington is pleased to present An Advent Recital by Duo Edelen on Sunday, December 10 at 5:00 PM at Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, 224 Main Street, University of Maine at Farmington.  A reception with light refreshments will follow the performance.  (Snowdate is Friday, December 15 at 7:00 PM.) In the spirit of Advent, Fred and Christina Edelen will offer a concert of Baroque music for cello and harpsichord on original instruments.  Advent is a time of reflection and anticipation, and their repertoire will reflect the season with pastoral and sacred music from France, Germany, The Netherlands, and Italy. The suggested

$20

Classic Silent Movie Comedy

Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington

Doug Protsik on "old time piano" accompanying a classic silent movie. The movie's title and principal actor will be announced on our website.

$15

Buster Keaton Silent Movie with Doug Prostik on “old time piano”

Emery Community Arts Center at the University of Maine at Farmington

ArtsFarmington  is pleased to present 2 movies with Buster Keaton: "ONE WEEK" , a short  film, and "SHERLOCK Jr." the main feature.  The movies will be  accompanied by musician Doug Protsik on OLD TIME PIANO. The performance will take place on Saturday, January 27, at 7PM in Emery Community Arts Center, with a snow date of Sunday, February 4, at 7PM. Buster Keaton, a silent movie actor of the early 1900s, is a master of mime, humor and daring stunts. In the short movie a just married couple is putting together, in one week, their first house from a kit, with lots of

$15

Buttonwood Trio

Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF 224 Main Street, Farmington, ME, United States

Sunday, 3/3/24 at 3:00 in Nordica Auditorium.  Phil Carlsen, cello, Mary Hunter, violin and James Parakilas, piano.  Music by Joaquín Turina, Philip Carlsen, and Dmitri Shostakovich.  Adult ticket $20, more if you can, less if you can't. Nobody turned away. FMI: www.artsfarmington.org

Free – $20

ArtsFarmington Presents: Duo Franchini

Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF 224 Main Street, Farmington, ME, United States

Visiting professors of music from Italy will give a concert on violin and piano in conjunction with the UMF Department of Music to start off the UMF Global Education Conference on Thursday, March 28, 7:30pm at the Nordica Auditorium. Free admission. WATER MUSIC for Violin and Piano: A musical walk through the Venetian canals, coasts of Pescara, and the Maine seaside. Playing works by N. Paganini, R. Drigo, C. Dancla, F. Mendelssohn, G. Sgambati, C. Ambrosini, A. D. Cotti, N. Skalkottas, O. Respighi, A. Beach. DUO FRANCHINI: Stefania Franchini, violin, Cecilia Franchini, piano.

Free

4 handed piano concert – DUO MUNDI GEORGE & GULI

Nordica Auditorium, Merrill Hall, UMF 224 Main Street, Farmington, ME, United States

George Lopez, joined on the piano by his partner Guli, will give a 4 hand, one piano concert.  They can be found on U-tube under the name "Duo Mundi George & Guli" This is one not to miss.  More information closer to the time at artsfarmington.org

$20