Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… they billed Blauvelt as, “America’s favorite Concert Prima Donna Soprano.” Opera gloves were a standard accessory for eveningwear and attending the…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… it coincided with other big changes in the rock concert world: national concert promoters, electronic ticket sales, and even the music was changing."

Music in Maine - Music Education

"The original stage, benches, and chairs are in use by the New England Music Camp as of 2024. Walter Damrosch Walter Damrosch conducting at…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"Sometimes Grange halls served as town library and offered adult education. Leeds Grange Hall stage, 1975Leeds Historical Society The Grange…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"Married in 1940, Rita used the anglicized stage name Betty Cody. They performed and recorded music on RCA records with a band called the Lone Pine…"

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… Clouthier department store, and played vaudeville stages in New York. Franco Bands Alphonse Cote, Lewiston, 1918Franco-American Collection…"

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… it became part of his signature style on and off stage. Chronic health problems forced Curless to take frequent breaks from the music business…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… he and his wife Emma performed on vaudeville stages including in New York, Boston, Washington DC and Philadelphia."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… in the hall on Sundays, the theater group 'The Hockamock Players' and the annual Sweet Chariot Festival uses the stage for their summer concerts."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… century and the Building of the Arts Era when concerts, festivals, dance and theatre were abundant."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"However, a peek inside Walter Nowick’s “concert barn” on a Sunday evening in August during the 1990s would have revealed Mainers, Russians, and…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… two day anniversary lists athletic events, band concerts, ample public feeds, a “living flag” by Lubec’s children, and a celebratory townwide…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"On Sunday afternoons, band concerts were performed by the Bangor Band or the Ladies Orchestra conducted by Lena Howe."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Tuscan Opera House Stage, Right Backboard, Dixfield, ca. 1955Dixfield Historical Society The Opera House was once again hit by fire in 1938."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… films as well as a variety of local and touring concerts, theater and special events. Much of the original interior detail survives."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… were exclusive ($15 for the series) and the concerts were hugely successful. A year later Schelling composed a violin concerto for Kreisler, which…"

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