BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Ogunquit Performing Arts - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Ogunquit Performing Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Ogunquit Performing Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20140309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20141102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20150308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20151101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20160313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20161106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20170312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20171105T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161010 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160919T112203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150855Z UID:10000095-1475798400-1476057599@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival DESCRIPTION:Tenth Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival\nFriday\, Saturday\, & Sunday\, October 7 – 9\, 2016 \n \nThis year’s Festival features the  music of the masters\, as performed by two international artists\, the passionate powerhouse Victor Goldberg on Friday evening\, and the dazzling virtuoso Janice Weber on Saturday evening. \nThe Festival concludes on Sunday afternoon at 3 pm with the Student Piano Recital\,  featuring the area’s best young pianists performing on OPA’s fabled Steinway.   It is here that talented local students have the opportunity to perform on a world-class piano in front of a live audience.  Admission to this performance is free. \nThe Festival honors the memory of Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham\, founder and first chairperson of Ogunquit Performing Arts.  A pianist herself\, Betty studied\, performed and taught piano for most of her life.  She also saw to it that OPA acquired its spectacular Steinway Concert Model C Grand Piano\, which still remains OPA’s greatest treasure. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/10th-annual-piano-festival/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/HP_2016_Piano_Festival2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160919 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160324T005636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150856Z UID:10000094-1472947200-1474243199@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:"Up's the Word" DESCRIPTION:UP’S THE WORD: A CELEBRATION IN JAZZ\, DANCE AND POETRY \nSojoy & the Annex Contemporary Dance Company \nFriday\, September 16\, 2016\, at 8:00 pm\nDunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit \n  \nSojoy and the Annex Contemporary Dance Company combine their creative talents\, and the exciting collaboration results in an exhilarating program of jazz and contemporary dance. \n \nJonny Peiffer leads his 7-piece band Sojoy in an evening of jazz compositions\, mostly his own. Influenced by the big bands of the past\, Peiffer’s music showcases modern arrangements and a variety of instrumentation. With Sojoy\, his sublime\, contemporary swingin’ little “Big Band”\, Peiffer is inspired with the creation of music that instills joyous movement. \n \nKittery’s Annex Contemporary Dance Company joins Sojoy for performances of modern dance intermingled throughout the evening. Director Julie Hebb reflects the jazz influence in her choreography for her seven dancers. Her wide experience in contemporary training that includes Paul Taylor and Rebecca Kelly\, is evident in vibrant performance. \n“Up’s the Word:  A Celebration in Jazz\, Dance\, and Poetry” \nSojoy & the Annex Contemporary Dance Company \nTICKETS are $18 in advance; $20 at the door; $5 student\, and may be purchased on this website.  Tickets are also available at the Dunaway Center\, Ogunquit Camera Shop\, Ogunquit Welcome Center\, and Ogunquit Playhouse Downtown Box Office beginning August 5th  until 24 hours prior to the concert. \nCapriccio Calendar of Events URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/ups-the-word-a-celebration-in-jazz-dance-and-poetry/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/300x300_CAP_UP_2016.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160919 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160324T005436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150856Z UID:10000093-1472947200-1474243199@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo DESCRIPTION:JAZZ GUITARISTS FRANK VIGNOLA AND VINNY RANIOLO \nFriday\, September 9\, 2016\, at 8:00 pm\nDunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit \n\n \nVirtuoso guitarists Frank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo have received international acclaim for their thrilling performances before cheering audiences. \nFrank Vignola is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top musicians\, including Ringo Starr\, Madonna\, Donald Fagen\, Wynton Marsalis\, Tommy Emmanuel\, the Boston Pops\, the New York Pops\, and guitar legend Les Paul\, who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitarists List” for the Wall Street Journal. Vignola’s jaw dropping technique explains why the New York Times deemed him “one of the brightest stars of the guitar”. \nVinny Raniolo is best known for his accompanying skills and is a very high demand rhythm guitarist. His dynamic playing with Frank Vignola has taken him to 14 countries on 3 continents\, in performances in some of the world’s most illustrious venues\, including the Sydney Opera House in Australia\, the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco\, New York’s Lincoln Center\, and the world’s oldest indoor concert hall\, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza\, Italy. \nTICKETS are $18 in advance; $20 at the door; $5 student\, and may be purchased on this website.  Tickets are also available at the Dunaway Center\, Ogunquit Camera Shop\, Ogunquit Welcome Center\, and Ogunquit Playhouse Downtown Box Office beginning August 5th  until 24 hours prior to the concert. \nCapriccio Calendar of Events URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/frank-vignola-with-vinny-raniolo/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/300x300_CAP_JazzGuitar_2016.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160904 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160919 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160324T005246Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150856Z UID:10000092-1472947200-1474243199@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:26th Annual Capriccio\, Festival of the Arts DESCRIPTION:OGUNQUIT’S FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS \n Calendar of Events \nClick on Presenter for Event Details \nSUNDAY\, SEPT 4 @ 7 PM:\nOGUNQUIT BAPTIST CHURCH\nLabor Day Concert  with Various Artists \n  \nWEDNESDAY\, SEPT 7\, & THURSDAY SEPT 8:\nOGUNQUIT PLAYHOUSE\nCapriccio Ticket Discounts for “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” – Buy-One-Get-One-Free!  (Restrictions and limitations apply.  See website for specific information.) \n  \nTHURSDAY\,  SEPT 8 @ 8 pm:\nLEAVITT THEATRE\nMaine Outdoor Film Festival –  A Series of Short Films \n  \nFRIDAY\, SEPT 9 @ 8 PM\, DUNAWAY CENTER:\nOGUNQUIT PERFORMING ARTS\nFrank Vignola and Vinny Raniolo\,  World-renowned Jazz Guitarists \n\nSATURDAY\, SEPT 10\, 9 AM TO 2 PM:\nOGUNQUIT BEACH KITE FESTIVAL \n  \nSATURDAY\, SEPT 10\, 1 TO 5 PM:\nOGUNQUIT HERITAGE MUSEUM\nNative American Exhibition\,  and light refreshments \n  \nSUNDAY\, SEPT 11\, 1 TO 3 PM\, DUNAWAY CENTER:\nWRITERS OF OGUNQUIT\nInteractive Panel Discussion:  Writers –  Up Close and Personal \n  \nTHURSDAY\, SEPT 15 @ 8 pm:\nLEAVITT THEATRE\n“The Winning of Barbara Worth”\,  Silent Film with Live Accompaniment \n  \nFRIDAY\, SEPT 16 @ 8 PM\, DUNAWAY CENTER:\nOGUNQUIT PERFORMING ARTS\n“Up’s the Word:  A Celebration in Jazz\, Dance and Poetry” – Sojoy with Jonny Peiffer and the Annex Contemporary Dance Company \nBuy Tickets \n  \nSATURDAY\, SEPT 17\, 10 AM TO 5 PM:\nOGUNQUIT MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART\nCapriccio Day at the Museum:\nAdmission Discount:  2 for the Price of 1\nGift Shop Discount:  10% Off! \n  \nSATURDAY\, SEPT 17 @ 5:30 PM:\nBARN GALLERY\nReception for Opening of Fall Exhibit \n  \nSATURDAY\, SEPT 17\,  11 AM TO 5 PM:\nTHE ART GALLERIES OF OGUNQUIT\nOpen House and Tours \n* * * * * URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/26th-annual-capriccio-a-town-wide-festival-of-the-arts/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/300x300_Capriccio_General2016.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160617T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160617T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160324T005008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150857Z UID:10000091-1466193600-1466193600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Portland String Quartet DESCRIPTION:The Portland String Quartet’s accolades include “Best Chamber Music Recording” for their ground-breaking cycles of the chamber music of Ernest Bloch\, George Chadwick and Walter Piston. The Quartet was honored in 2013 by Chamber Music America with its Acclaim Award “in recognition of outstanding service and cultural contributions to the community.” \nTheir discography includes over two dozen recordings which span the literature from Bach’s Art of the Fugue to living composers such as Allen Levines and Dr. Peter Ré. Of particular note are their multiple disc recordings of the chamber music of Walter Piston\, George Chadwick and Ernest Bloch for which they received Best Recording accolades from the New York Times and the Boston Globe. They have premiered works by Norman Dello Joio\, Daniel Godfrey\, William Matthews\, Jonathan Hallstrom\, Gerry Bowder and Elliott Schwartz – to name a few. \nThe PSQ’s teamwork skills have been studied by business schools nationwide beginning with a captivating video produced by the Harvard Business School in 1981. In l986 they were proclaimed “Maine treasures” and awarded Honorary Doctor of Music degrees by Colby College where they served as artists in residence for 20 years. Annual workshops bring their depth of experience to aspiring young talent as well as dedicated amateur adult players. Chamber Music By the Sea (Southport Island)\, the Workshop Day at The Maine Festival of American Music (Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village) and The Portland String Quartet Workshop at Saint Joseph’s College offer intensive ensemble study. \nPORTLAND STRING QUARTET \nDean Stein\, Violin \nRonald Lantz\, Violin \nJulia Adams\, Viola \nPatrick Owen\, Cello \nProgram for Ogunquit Performing Arts\, Ogunquit\, ME\nFriday\, June 17\, 2016 at 8:00PM \nString Quartet in F Major\, K. 590                                             Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart \nAllegro moderato\nAndante\nMenuetto: Allegretto\nAllegro \nLyrical Interludes for String Quartet                                                       Norman Dello Joio \nLento/Andante fiero\nLarghetto/Vivo sciolto\nAdagio/Allegretto/Vivace \n– Intermission – \nString Quartet in a Minor\, Op. 132                                                  Ludwig van Beethoven \nAllegro\nAllegro ma non tanto\nMolto Adagio/Andante: “Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit”\nAlla marcia\, assai vivace\nAllegro appassionato; Presto \nPortland String Quartet is managed by: \nJOANNE RILE ARTISTS MANAGEMENT\, INC.\n93 Old York Road\nJenkintown Commons\, Suite 222\nJenkintown\, PA 19046 \nTelephone: 215-885-6400; Fax: 215-885-9929\nWebsites: www.rile.com; www.portlandstringquartet.org URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/portland-string-quartet/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/300x300_CMF_PSQ.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160610T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160617T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160324T004659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150857Z UID:10000090-1465588800-1466193600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Boston Chamber Music (6/10) DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nThomas Hill\, clarinet\n Aristides Rivas\, cello\n Janice Weber\, piano\n\n\n Sonata in f minor op. 120 #1 for clarinet and piano\nJohannes Brahms\n(1833 – 1897)\n\n\nAllegro appassionato\nAndante un poco Adagio\nAllegretto grazioso\nVivace\n\n\n Sonata in Eb major op. 120 #2 for clainet and piano\n Johannes Brahms\n(1833 – 1897)\n\n\nAllegro amabile\nAppassinato\, ma non troppo\nAllegro\nAndante con moto\n\n\nTrio in Eb major Op. 38 For clarinet\, ‘cello and piano\nLudwig van Beethoven\n(1770-1827)\n\n\nAdagio –- Allegro con brio\nAdagio cantabile\nTempo di Menuetto\nThema – Andante con variazione\nScherzo — Allegro molto e vivace\nAndante con moto alla Marcia — Presto\n\n\n\n  \n    \n  \n \nThomas Hill \n“Hill’s performance was what we’ve come to expect from him –- beautifully controlled\, technically strong\, imaginative and musical.”  —– The Boston Globe \n…”among the best clarinetists anywhere.” —— The Boston Musical Intelligencer \nPrincipal Clarinetist of The Boston Philharmonic from 1992 to 2015\, Mr. Hill has also been clarinetist of the acclaimed Boston Chamber Music Society since 1983. He has appeared on innumerable concert and festival series\, and has been widely engaged as soloist and ensemble performer under a variety of auspices since the beginning his career in New York and Los Angeles. \nMr. Hill is also served as principal clarinetist of The New Haven Symphony\, The Long Beach Symphony\, The Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra of Boston\, The Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra\, The San Diego Symphony\, and The Cascade Festival Orchestra in Oregon. He has appeared with both The Boston Symphony and The Boston Pops. \nHe holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree with Honors from The New England Conservatory. He also attended The Cleveland Institute of Music where he was a member of the class of the venerable Robert Marcellus. \n  \n \nAristides Rivas \nAristides Rivas leads a most versatile musical career. \nThe Venezuelan was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2010 as part of recording of Sounding Point by Julian Lage and featured in the Boston Globe Magazine as one of Boston’s leading international artists. He has an active schedule performing a combination of recitals\, solos with orchestra\, chamber music\, and as an orchestral player. He is the principal cellist of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and is a member of The Boston Phiharmonic. \nAristides has also collaborated with artists such as multi-Grammy winner and jazz legend Paquito D’Rivera and world-renowned guitarist Julian Lage. Mr. Rivas is also a founding member of the world-folk music group Voci Angelica Trio\, which tours internationally promoting cultural understanding and world peace. \nHe has taught extensively both locally and internationally throughout his career through such schools as The New England Conservatory\, The Longy School and as a visiting teacher under such auspices as the Vivace Vilnius International Music Festival in Lithuania\, Skidmore College in New York\, Stanford University in California\, Fundación Musical Simón Bolívar (El Sistema) in Venezuela\, the Sejong Dream Tree Youth Orchestra in Seoul\, South Korea\, and Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes in Mexico\, among others. \nMr. Rivas has has appeared as a performer at a wide variety of venues\, and taight ranging from The New England Conservatory to Carnegie Hall and the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands. \nHe received his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University and a master of music from New England Conservatory. \n  \n \nRandall Hodgkinson\, pianist \nRandall Hodgkinson has achieved recognition as a winner of the International American Music Competition for pianists sponsored by the the Rockefeller Foundation. He has appeared frequently as soloist and chamber music artist in festivals throughout the United States\, and as a featured soloist with major orchestras including those of Philadelphia\, Atlanta\, Buffalo\, the American Symphony\, the Orchestra of Illinois and abroad in Italy and Iceland. His solo debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was presented both in Boston and at Carnegie Hall. \nMr. Hodgkinson studied at The Curtis Institute and the New England Conservatory. He has been an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society since 1983. While a member of Boston Musica Viva\, he performed throughout the U.S. and Europe\, and his recordings on several labels have brought notable acclaim. His solo CD “Petrouschka and Other Prophesies” received a double five-star rating from the BBC magazine. Other recordings include a live performance of the world premiere of the Gardner Read Piano Concerto with the Eastman Philharmonic Orchestra\, and the Morton Gould Concerto with the Albany Symphony. His recently released CD of solo piano music on the Ongaku label has received fervent critical praise. \nMr. Hodgkinson also performs four-hand and two-piano literature in duo recitals with his wife\, Leslie Amper. He is a member of the piano faculty of the New England Conservatory and Wellesley College. \n  \n \nJanice Weber \nBoth a chamber player and a soloist\, Janice Weber enjoys an international career with rave reviews.   “Pianist Janice Weber came to the National Gallery armed with an awesome dexterity\, unshakeable concentration\, and a delightful way with a rubato…To play [the music] effectively requires a certain degree of abandon and a truly expansive imagination. It also requires extraordinary technical facility. Weber had all of this in abundance.” Washington Post \nA summa cum laude graduate of the Eastman School of Music\, Janice Weber has performed at the White House\, Carnegie Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, National Gallery of Art\, and Boston’s Symphony Hall. She has appeared with the Boston Pops\, Chautauqua Symphony\, New Jersey Symphony\, Hilton Head Orchestra\, Sarajevo Philharmonic\, and Syracuse Symphony. She has performed at the Bard\, Newport\, La Gesse\, Husum\, and Monadnock summer festivals and has twice toured China under the auspices of the American Liszt Society. Her interest in the uncommon avenues of the piano literature led to a world premiere recording of Liszt’s 1838 Transcendental Etudes. Time Magazine noted\, “Liszt later simplified these pieces into the still ferociously difficult Transcendental Etudes (1852 version) for fear that no one else could play them. There may now be several fire-eating piano virtuosos who can execute the original notes\, but few can liberate the prophetic music they contain as masterfully as Janice Weber does here.” \nHer recordings include Rachmaninoff’s complete transcriptions; with the Lydian Quartet\, Leo Ornstein’s vast Piano Quintet; flute and piano works of Sigfrid Karg-Elert; and waltz transcriptions of Godowsky\, Rosenthal\, and Friedman. Miss Weber recorded Liszt’s last Hungarian Rhapsody\, one of only two living pianists to be included in a compendium of historic performances by nineteen legendary artists. This disc subsequently won the International Liszt Prize. \nShe is a member of the piano faculty at Boston Conservatory and MIT. \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/boston-chamber-music/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/300x300_CMF_BCM1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160610T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160617T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160324T004436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150857Z UID:10000089-1465588800-1466193600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:22nd Annual Chamber Music Festival DESCRIPTION:Friday\, June 10: Ogunquit’s favorite Boston Chamber Music returns for its 17th year of opening the Festival. Clarinetist and Artistic Director Thomas Hill continues to bring together the finest ensembles especially selected for this concert\, which this year will feature clarinet\, ‘cello and piano\, performing the works of Brahms and Beethoven. \n  \nFriday\, June 17: The acclaimed Portland String Quartet makes a special appearance at Ogunquit Performing Arts\, after many years’ absence.   Garnering rave reviews from The New York Times\, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe\, this fabulous quartet will perform works by Mozart\, Beethoven\, and Dello Joio. \nMore detailed program information will follow soon on this website! \nTICKETS: $15 in advance; $18 at the door; $5 student; $25 series. \nTickets will go onsale beginning May 20\, 2016\, at the Ogunquit Camera Shop\, the Dunaway Center\, the Ogunquit Playhouse Downtown Box Office\, the Ogunquit Welcome Center\, and online through our secure ticket system. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/22nd-annual-chamber-music-festival/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/300x300_CMF_2016.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160520T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160520T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160314T093502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150857Z UID:10000088-1463774400-1463774400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:"Sing Me Back Home: 100 Years of Country Duets" DESCRIPTION:Joyce Andersen and Harvey Reid return to Ogunquit Performing Arts\, bringing with them the Knotty Pine Boys All-Star Band to take you on a musical tour of classic American country and folk favorites. \nLocal musical luminaries Joyce Andersen (Vocals/Fiddle) and Harvey Reid (Vocals/Guitar) are known for their wide range of repertoire\, including country\, folk\, blues\, Celtic\, bluegrass\, and ragtime. \nFor this performance\, they are joined by members of the Knotty Pine Boys playng Steel Guitar\, Bass\, and Drums\, a recent combination which has packed in the crowds in local venues. \nJoin us for this rousing evening of family fun and lively\, dynamic music! \nHarvey Reid & Joyce Andersen’s love for classic country music found an outlet when they got together with the Knotty Pine Boys\, a collection of all-star seacoast side-men. Harvey was raised in the south and cut his teeth on the golden oldies of country music and Joyce’s first fiddlin’ gig was with Boston’s late country legend John Lincoln Wright and the Sour Mash Boys which then led her to a year playing country music out of Nashville TN\, riding a tour bus and wearing a cowboy hat. When they get together for a rare Knotty Pine Boys show their love for the music is infectious. \nThey don their western clothing and play hits from the golden era of country music. Songs from Merl Haggard\, Patsy Cline\, George Jones\, Tammy Wynette\, Hank Williams\, Dolly Parton and the like. With their sweet vocal harmonies backed by soaring pedal steel\, spare drums\, bass\, and rockin’ fiddle\, it’s always refreshing to step back in time and spend an evening with this band. \nIf you don’t know Harvey Reid & Joyce Andersen’s music you can ramble around their websites (Joyscream Music & Woodpecker Records) or find them out there on iTunes and the like. They are life long musicians with deeps roots in a wide range of American music. Between the two of them they’ve made over 30 albums ranging from folk & blues to country & Americana and jazz & bluegrass. They have traveled the country and the world playing their original takes on American music as well as their own songs. \nSongwriter\, multi-instrumentalist and music educator Harvey Reid has honed his craft over the last 40 years in countless clubs\, festivals\, streetcorners\, cafes\, schools and concert halls across the nation. He has been called a “giant of the steel strings” and “one of the true treaures of American acoustic music\,” and is considered to be one of the modern masters and innovators of the acoustic guitar\, autoharp and 6-string banjo. He has absorbed a vast repertoire of American contemporary and roots music and woven it into his own colorful\, personal and distinctive style. His 32 recordings on Woodpecker Records showcase his mastery of many instruments and styles of acoustic music\, from hip folk to slashing slide guitar blues to bluegrass\, old-time\, Celtic\, ragtime\, and even classical. \nJoyce Andersen is a veteran musician who has enjoyed a varied 20 year career as side-gal\, session player\, singer-songwriter\, and band leader. Her live shows and recordings showcase her versatility as a vocalist and violinist who thrives on writing and interpreting songs across many genres from old-time\, rock & Americana\, to folk\, pop\, & swing. She started getting critical acclaim and radio play in the folk world with her first full length CD “The Girl I Left Behind” (2000) for it’s songwriting\, breadth of styles and her unique ability to harmonize her vocals with her violin. Her latest CD “SWERVE!” (Oct. 2011)\, marks the invention of her innovative new “violin troubadour” sound which reflects her strengths as an improviser\, and her new found interest in using technology (loops\, effects etc.) to harness new sonic landscapes and launch into extended psychedelic jams. \nTICKETS: $15 in advance; $18 at the door; $5 student. Tickets will go on sale May 1st at the Dunaway Center\, Ogunquit Camera Shop\, Welcome Center\, and Playhouse Downtown Box Office. Tickets also available online through our secure ticket system: \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/sing-me-back-home-100-years-of-country-duets/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Live Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/300x300-Andersen-Harvey.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160501T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160501T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20151019T094840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150858Z UID:10000086-1462111200-1462111200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film: The Last Waltz DESCRIPTION:The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group the Band\, held on American Thanksgiving Day\, November 25\, 1976\, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Members of the Band included Rick Danko\, Levon Helm\, Garth Hudson\, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson. \nThe Last Waltz was advertised as the Band’s “farewell concert appearance\,” and the concert saw the Band joined by more than a dozen special guests\, including Bob Dylan\, Paul Butterfield\, Neil Young\, Emmylou Harris\, Ringo Starr\, Ronnie Hawkins\, Dr. John\, Joni Mitchell\, Van Morrison\, Muddy Waters\, Ronnie Wood\, Neil Diamond\, Bobby Charles\, The Staple Singers\, and Eric Clapton. \nThe event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name\, released in 1978. The film features concert performances\, intermittent song renditions shot on a studio soundstage\, and interviews by Scorsese with members of the Band. \nThe Last Waltz is hailed as one of the greatest concert films ever made. \nThe Band— Rick Danko on bass\, violin and vocals; Levon Helm on drums\, mandolin and vocals; Garth Hudson on keyboards and saxophone; songwriter Richard Manuel on keyboards\, percussion and vocals; and guitarist\, songwriter and occasional vocalist Robbie Robertson—started out in the late 1950s as a rock and roll band led by Ronnie Hawkins\, and Hawkins himself appears as the first guest. The group backed Bob Dylan in the 1960s\, and Dylan performs with the Band toward the end of the concert. The musical director for the concert was the Band’s original record producer\, John Simon. \nThe film begins with the Band performing the last song of the evening\, their cover version of the Marvin Gaye hit “Don’t Do It”. The film then flashes back to the beginning of the concert\, and follows it more or less chronologically. \nThe live songs are interspersed with studio segments and interviews conducted by director Scorsese in which the Band’s members reminisce about the group’s history. Robertson talks about Hudson joining the band on the condition that the other members pay him $10 a week each for music lessons. The classically trained Hudson could then tell his parents that he was a music teacher instead of merely a rock and roll musician. Robertson also describes the surreal experience of playing in a burnt-out nightclub owned by Jack Ruby. \nManuel recalls that some of the early names for the Band included “the Honkies\,” and “the Crackers.” Because they were simply referred to as “the band” by Dylan and their friends and neighbors in Woodstock\, New York\, they figured that was just what they would call themselves. \nA recurring theme brought up in the interviews with Robertson is that the concert marks an end of an era for the Band\, that after 16 years on the road\, it is time for a change. “That’s what The Last Waltz is: sixteen years on the road. The numbers start to scare you\,” Robertson tells Scorsese. “I mean\, I couldn’t live with twenty years on the road. I don’t think I could even discuss it.” \nAdmission\, parking\, and popcorn are free. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-the-last-waltz/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/300x300_Last_Waltz.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160403T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160403T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20151019T094712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150858Z UID:10000084-1459692000-1459692000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film: 12 O’Clock High DESCRIPTION:Twelve O’Clock High is a 1949 American war film about aircrews in the United States Army’s Eighth Air Force who flew daylight bombing missions against Nazi Germany and occupied France\, during the early days of American involvement in World War II.   It stars Gregory Peck\, Dean Jagger\, Gary Merrill\, Hugh Marlowe and Millard Mitchell. \nThe film follows the progress of a young general (Peck) who\, toward the end of 1942\, takes command of a bomber group operating from a base in England\, and elevates it from a bleak combat record and low morale to a peak of aggressiveness and pride by pushing the limits of “maximum effort” and human endurance. \nThe film features actual war footage of attacking fighter planes\, and vividly portrays the terrible tension of bomber crews under fire\, their relief on a safe return\, and their horrendous summoning of enough resolve to fly these missions every day. \n“… one of the first and arguably the greatest of the Hollywood films to examine the pressures of command and psychological toll of making life and death decisions…” Sean Axmaker\, TCM \nTwelve O’Clock High was directed by Henry King and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. It marked a turning away from the optimistic\, morale-boosting style of wartime films and toward a grittier realism that dealt more directly with the human costs of war. \nIt was filmed on Air Force Bases in the United States\, and at the RAF Barford St. John airfield in Oxfordshire\, England. \nThe film is based on the novel by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay\, Jr.\, with screenplay by the authors. Bartlett and Lay drew on their own wartime experiences with Eighth Air Force bomber units. At the Eighth Air Force headquarters\, Bartlett had worked closely with Colonel Armstrong\, who was the primary model for the leading character. The film’s 918th Bomber Group was modeled primarily on the 306th\, because that group remained a significant part of the Eighth Air Force throughout the war in Europe. \nFree Admission\, Parking\, and Popcorn URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-12-oclock-high/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/300x300_Film_12Oclock.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160312T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160312T183000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20160104T234446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150858Z UID:10000087-1457807400-1457807400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:The Stillson School of Irish Dance DESCRIPTION:Returning to Ogunquit for their annual visit\, the acclaimed Stillson School of Irish Dance brings a troupe of more than a dozen dancers garbed in brilliant\, sparkling costumes.   Always a local favorite\, the dancers will perform an array of jigs and reels which have won them prizes at regional and international competitions. \nThe only certified school in the state of Maine\, the Stillson School has been accredited by An Coimisiun\, Dublin\, Ireland\, since 1991. Dancers have placed in the North American Irish Dance Championships\, as well as competed in the All Ireland\, The European \, Great Britain and The World Irish Dance Championships. \nAfter their performance\, the Stillson dancers will invite children and dancers of all ages to join them in trying out a few steps.   A reception with refreshments will follow. Join us for this festive St. Patrick’s celebration! \nTickets are $5 per person at the door. General seating\,   no advance sales. \nThe Stillson School of Irish Dance has an active show team which has performed throughout New England as well as on the Elipse lawn of the White House. They have been featured dancers accompanying such renowned Celtic performers as SOLAS\, CHERISH THE LADIES\, TRINITY IRISH DANCE COMPANY\, LIZ CARROLL\, BILLY MCCOMISKEY and MICK MOLONEY\, NATALIE MACMASTER\, and EILEEN IVERS. \nIn existence for twenty years\, the school is the only certified school of Irish dancing in the state of Maine. The school’s dancers compete all over New England and place in the NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL IRISH DANCING CHAMPIONSHIPS annually. \nThe Stillson School of Irish Dance is under the direction of Carlene Moran Stillson ADCRG / TCRG. She is accredited by An Coimisiun in Dublin\, Ireland and a member of IDTANA. (Irish Dancing Teacher’s Association of North America) and The New England Region teaching organizations. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/the-stillson-school-of-irish-dance/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/300x300_Stillson2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160306T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160306T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204249 CREATED:20151019T094601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150859Z UID:10000082-1457272800-1457272800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film: List of Adrian Messenger DESCRIPTION:This 1963 black and white crime mystery features George C. Scott as a retired British intelligence officer as he\, (together with an old friend\, a World War II counterpart in the French Resistance)\, investigates a series of apparently unrelated deaths and the list that ties these crimes together. Set in the fog-enshrouded streets and estates of England\, the atmospheric film was directed by John Huston from a screenplay by Anthony Veiller\, based on the 1959 novel of the same title by Philip MacDonald. \nThe film also stars Kirk Douglas\, Dana Wynter\, Clive Brook\, Jacques Roux\, and Herbert Marshall. Several of the bit characters are played by famous stars in heavy makeup\, and each of these stars — Burt Lancaster\, Robert Mitchum\, Frank Sinatra\, and Tony Curtis — “unmasks” in the epilogue. \nAdrian Messenger (John Merivale) asks his friend\, British colonel Anthony Gethryn (George C. Scott)\, to check on the whereabouts of the eleven men named on a written list. Not long afterward\, the plane on which Messenger is travelling is deliberately blown up. The mystery killer evidently slipped the bomb on the plane while disguised as a priest\, and we soon learn that the killer adopts a different guise for each of his subsequent murders. \nThe List of Adrian Messenger is a race-against-time thriller in which Colonel Gethryn has to work out who the victims are\, and why\, and identify the killer and stop him. It’s beautifully written and well-portrayed. \nBy the time he wrote The List of Adrian Messenger\, Philip MacDonald was a writer fully in command of his craft with almost half a century of experience\, and it shows in both the book and the film. This is a taut\, expertly plotted thriller with evocative locations\, memorable characters and a compelling villain. \nAdmission\, parking\, and popcorn are free. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-list-of-adrian-messenger/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/300x300_Film_List2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160207T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20151019T094428Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150859Z UID:10000080-1454853600-1454853600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film: Marnie DESCRIPTION:Marnie is a 1964 psychological thriller produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay by Jay Presson Allen was based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Winston Graham. The film stars Tippi Hedren and Sean Connery. \nOne year after she appeared as Melanie Daniels in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller\, The Birds\, actress Tippi Hedren took on another Hitchcock role in this unusual psychological drama. Marnie Edgars (Hedren) is a scheming young woman who repeatedly finds employment as a secretary and then proceeds to rob her employers. \nThough she changes her disguise\, her new boss Mark Rutland (Sean Connery) recognizes her. Mark proves to be a bit unusual himself. Instead of reporting her to the police\, he is intrigued by her criminal behavior–as well as her bizarre aversion to touch. He slowly discovers the events in Marnie’s past that have caused her antisocial behavior. \nAlfred Hitchcock originally wanted Grace Kelly to make her screen comeback in the title role\, but the people of Monaco were not happy with the idea of their princess playing a compulsive thief.   After Grace Kelly turned him down\, Hitchcock considered and then rejected these actresses for the title role of “Marnie”: Eva Marie Saint\, Lee Remick\, Vera Miles\, Claire Griswold\, and Susan Hampshire.   Paul Newman was offered the role of Mark Rutland\, but wasn’t interested. He did star in Hitchcock’s ‘s next film Torn Curtain (1966). \nIn a 1960 article called “Why I Am Afraid of the Dark”\, Hitchcock noted “…it’s because I liked Edgar Allan Poe’s stories so much that I began to make suspense films.” \nHitchcock put Edgar Allan Poe references throughout this film. Marnie’s last name is Edgar. (In the novel\, Marnie’s last name is Elmer.) Like Poe’s characters\, Marnie Edgar is subject to psychological terror. The film takes place in New York (Strutt’s office)\, Virginia (Garrod’s Stables) and Philadelphia (Rutland Publishing and Wickwind). These are the three places that Edgar Allan Poe lived throughout the better part of his life. The film’s climactic scene takes place at Marnie’s mother’s home in Baltimore\, the city where Poe died under mysterious circumstances in 1849. \nAdmission\, parking and popcorn are free. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-marnie/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/300x300_Film_Marnie.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160103T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160103T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20151019T094304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150859Z UID:10000078-1451829600-1451829600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film: Once More\, With Feeling DESCRIPTION:Yul Brynner and Kay Kendall star in this hilarious and successful 1960 cinematic version of the stage comedy by Harry Kurnitz. Brynner is a flamboyant symphony conductor with tremendous talent and ego to match. He spares no one in his relentless pursuit of musical perfection\, while his elegant but giddy wife (Kay Kendall) scampers in his wake\, mending fences with offended musicians\, agents\, orchestra managers\, and donors. \nThis is a capricious romp through the chaotic life of a symphony orchestra\, set against the music of Liszt\, Beethoven\, and Wagner\, and given first class treatment throughout.   A British comedy film\, Once More\, With Feeling is directed and produced by Stanley Donen\, and features brilliant supporting actors Gregory Ratoff and Geoffrey Toone. The screenplay was written by Harry Kurnitz\, based on his play. Costumes for Kay Kendall were designed by Givenchy. \nYul Brynner was already an established star when he made this picture\, bringing to his role both a commanding presence\, impressive theatrical experience\, and musical talent.   In addition to his work as a director and performer\, Brynner was an active photographer and wrote two books. He was also an accomplished guitarist. In his early period in Europe he often played and sang gypsy songs in Parisian nightclubs with Aliosha Dimitrievitch. He sang some of those same songs in the film “The Brothers Karamazov. ” In 1967 he and Dimitrievitch released a record album The Gypsy and I: Yul Brynner Sings Gypsy Songs (Vanguard VSD 79265). \nThe vivacious and witty actress Kay Kendall was most prolific in British films\, but also achieved popularity with American audiences\, winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in the musical-comedy film “Les Girls”(1957). Educated in Wales\, Scotland and London\, she studied ballet for six years in London\, joining a chorus line while still in her early teens. A vibrant and successful film career followed. \nThe play Once More\, With Feeling which was adapted for this film\, opened on Broadway on 21 October 1958 at the National Theatre\, in a production directed by George Axelrod\, designed by George Jenkins\, and starring Joseph Cotten\, Arlene Francis\, and Walter Matthau\, who was nominated for a Tony Award as best featured actor. \nAdmission\, parking\, and popcorn are free URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-once-more-with-feeling/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/300x300_Film_OnceMore.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151206T150000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150510T221726Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150859Z UID:10000060-1449414000-1449414000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Portland Ballet: The Victorian Nutcracker DESCRIPTION:As a holiday treat\, dancers from the Portland Ballet will perform excerpts from their production of Tchaikovsky’s beloved ballet. This representation of about a dozen dancers\, will appear in full costume in selections from the Ballet’s complete production of “The Victorian Nutcracker”\, (which opens in the Portland area the following week.) \nThe dancers will also provide an up-close demonstration of their dance classes and barre work with commentary\, as a part of their presentation.   CHILDREN ARE WELCOME\, and may be invited from the audience to chat with the dancers and try out a few dance steps. \nOPA is delighted to welcome Portland Ballet back to Ogunquit! \nFollowing the presentations of his ballets “Swan Lake” and “Sleeping Beauty”\, Tchaikovsky was commissioned by the Direction of the Imperial Opera to compose a double-bill program featuring both an opera and a ballet. Alexandre Dumas Père’s adaptation of the story by E.T.A. Hoffmann was set to music by Tchaikovsky and originally choreographed by Marius Petipa. \nIn the spring of 1891\, while on his way from Moscow to New York – where he was to conduct at the grand opening of Carnegie Hall – Tchaikovsky became acquainted with a new instrument that enchanted him with its “divinely beautiful tone.” Inventd by a noted French instrument maker\, Victor Mustel\, it had been patented as the “celesta” after its heavenly timbre. Tchaikovsky arranged to have one sent to Russia in secret\, for he was afraid other composers “will get hold of it and use its unusual effects before me. I expect this new insrument will produce a colossal sensation.” \nThe first concert presentation of “The Nutcracker” in 1892 was a great success\, although the ballet itself took considerably longer to take hold. Over the years\, however\, the Sugar Plum Fairy\, and the music of the celesta to which she danced\, has ensured “The Nutcracker” as the favorite Christmas presentation of ballet companies around the world. \nSteeped in tradition\, Portland Ballet’s annual production of “The Victorian Nutcracker” recreates the interiors of  Victoria Mansion and interprets Tchaikovsky’s score through the stories of Portland’s nineteenth-century families. This audience favorite is unique among Nutcracker performances across the nation and continues to be a mainstay of Portland’s winter arts season\, presented December 12 and 13 at Westbrook Performing Arts Center\, and December 16 at Merrill Auditorium. \nFMI: www.portlandballet.org \nA reception with refreshments will follow the performance. \nTICKETS are $5 per person at the door.   No advance sales. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/excerpts-from-the-nutcracker-by-the-portland-ballet/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Live Performance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/300x300_Nutcracker.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151205T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151205T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20151013T014205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150859Z UID:10000076-1449324000-1449324000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film: A Child's Christmas in Wales DESCRIPTION:It’s Christmas Eve in Wales. A young boy named Thomas is excited about the holiday\, but he’s also disappointed because it’s raining instead of snowing. His grandfather gives him an old snow globe as an early Christmas present and starts telling colorful\, amusing stories about his childhood Christmases that are shown in flashback. \nThe film is based on A Child’s Christmas in Wales\, a prose work by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Originally emerging from a piece written for radio\, it was recorded by Thomas in 1952. The story is an anecdotal retelling of a Christmas from the view of a young child and is a romanticized version of Christmases past\, portraying a nostalgic and simpler time. It is one of Thomas’s most popular works. \nAn original movie made for PBS and winner of 11 major film awards\, A Child’s Christmas in Wales was called “picture-perfect” by the New York Times\, and “a genuine holiday classic” by the Chicago Tribune.   The film stars Denholm Elliott\, Mathonwy Reeves\, and Glynis Davies. Directed by Don McBrearty\, it was adapted from the Thomas book by Jon Glascoe and Peter Kreutzer. \nIt was filmed on location in Montgomery Wales\, which is probably little changed from when Dylan Thomas was a boy in Swansea. The story is told from the viewpoint of the author recounting a festive season as a young boy in a fictionalized autobiographical style. In the first passage Thomas searches for a nostalgic Western belief in Christmas past with the line\, It was snowing. It was always snowing at Christmas. He furthers the idyllic memory of childhood past by describing the snow as being better and more exciting than the snow that is experienced as an adult. \nThomas recorded the story in 1952. Although the recording sold modestly at first\, it became his most popular prose work in America. It was a 2008 selection for the United States National Recording Registry\, stating it is “credited with launching the audiobook industry in the United States.” \nAdmission\, parking\, and popcorn are free. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-a-childs-christmas-in-wales/ LOCATION:ME CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/300x300_Film_Wales.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151101T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151101T140000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20151013T013952Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150900Z UID:10000074-1446386400-1446386400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film: To Kill A Mockingbird DESCRIPTION:The 1962 American drama film\, To Kill A Mockingbird\, is often considered to be one of the greatest films ever made.   The film is based on the novel by Harper Lee published in 1960.  The book was immediately successful\, winning the Pulitzer Prize\, and has become a classic of modern American literature. The plot and characters are loosely based on the author’s observations of her family and neighbors\, as well as on an event that occurred near her hometown in 1936\, when she was 10 years old. \nTo Kill A Mockingbird was directed by Robert Mulligan\, with screenplay by Horton Foote.   The film is set in a small Alabama town in the Depression-era South in the 1930s. Lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge\, and his children against prejudice.   Finch is a scrupulously honest and highly respected lawyer\, a role Gregory Peck interprets to perfection. The trial and surrounding events are seen through the eyes of Finch’s six-year-old daughter Scout (Mary Badham.) To Kill A Mockingbird carries its audience on an odyssey through the fires of prejudice and injustice in 1932 Alabama\, This process exposes Scout and her brother Jem to the evils of racism and stereotyping. \nThe film’s cast includes child actors Mary Badham and Philip Alford as Scout and Jem\, and John Megna as Dill\, (a character modeled on Harper Lee’s childhood friend\, Truman Capote.) The film also features wonderful performances by Brock Peters\, Rosemary Murphy\, William Windom\, Frank Overton\, and Robert Duvall\, who delivers a stunning performance as the Finch’s ominous neighbor. \nTo Kill a Mockingbird was a huge box office success\, earning more than 10 times its budget and an overwhelmingly positive response from critics. It won three Academy Awards\, including Best Actor for Peck\, and was nominated for a total of eight. Previous to being turned into a film\, the book had been translated into more than 40 languages\, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide\, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by U.S. librarians. \nAdmission\, parking and popcorn are free. \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-to-kill-a-mockingbird/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/300x300_Film_Mockingbird.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151102 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20151013T013757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150900Z UID:10000053-1446336000-1446422399@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:2015 Classic Film Series DESCRIPTION:Ogunquit Performing Arts presents\n15th ANNUAL CLASSIC FILM SERIES\nNovember 2015 through May\, 2016\nDunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit \nOur 15th season of Classic Films will be presented on the wall-size screen at the Dunaway Center\, on the first Sunday of each month at 2 pm\, November through May.   (The exception: December film to be shown on Saturday December 5th at 2pm.)   The Committee has chosen an interesting assortment of films: drama\, comedy\, suspense\, mystery\, war action\, and a musical\, to appeal to all preferences. \nAdmission is free\, there is plenty of free parking\, and popcorn is served\, too! What better way to spend a winter Sunday afternoon? So mark your calendars now for the following dates: \nSunday November 1\, 2015\, 2 pm—To Kill A Mockingbird \nThis 1962 drama starring Gregory Peck is considered by many to be the greatest film ever made. It was a huge box office success\, won three Academy Awards\, and was nominated for a total of eight. In the Depression-era South\, a white lawyer\, Gregory Peck\, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge. The events are seen through the eyes of the lawyer’s six-year old daughter. \nSaturday December 5\, 2015\, 2 pm—A Child’s Christmas in Wales \nIn this prose work by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas\, an old man shares his heartwarming memories of Christmases past with his grandson. \nSunday January 3\, 2016\, 2 pm—Once More\, With Feeling \nIn this 1960 British comedy starring Yul Brynner and Kay Kendall\, a London symphony conductor runs into difficulties with his harpist wife\, and his mistress. The plot thickens amid the chaotic life of a symphony orchestra\, and the music of Franz Liszt\, Ludwig van Beethoven\, and Richard Wagner. \nSunday February 7\, 2016\, 2 pm—Marnie \nThis Alfred Hitchcock suspense film centers around Marnie’s theft of $10\,000 from her employer’s safe\, and her subsequent struggles against her own phobias\, fears\, and blackmail. \nSunday March 6\, 2016\, 2 pm—The List of Adrian Messenger \nThe 1963 crime thriller features George C. Scott as a retired British intelligence officer investigating a series of apparently unrelated deaths and the list that ties these crimes together. Suspects include half a dozen Hollywood stars made up to be unrecognizable. \nSunday April 3\, 2016\, 2 pm—12 O’Clock High \nStarring Gregory Peck\, Hugh Marlowe\, Gary Merrill\, Millard Mitchell\, and Dean Jagger\, this exciting 1949 American war film is about aircrews in the United States Army’s Eighth Air Division who flew daylight bombing missions over Germany and France. \nSunday May 1\, 2016\, 2 pm—The Last Waltz \nMartin Scorsese chronicles the most legendary night in rock history\, a concert by the Canadian-American rock group\, The Band\, on Thanksgiving Day 1976 at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Advertised as the Band’s “farewell concert appearance” the band was joined by more than a dozen special guests\, including Bob Dylan\, Ringo Starr\, Neil Diamond\, and Eric Clapton. \nWe’ll see you at the movies! URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-series/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/300x300_ClassicFilm3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151011T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151011T110000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150510T221216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150900Z UID:10000059-1444561200-1444561200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:9th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Memorial Piano Festival: Student Piano Recital DESCRIPTION:Student Piano Recital\, showcasing the best of the area’s young pianists.  More details to come! \nTickets are $15 in advance\, $18 at the door\, $5 Students\, and may be purchased at the Dunaway Center\, Ogunquit Camera Shop and Ogunquit Welcome Center. \n(This performance is part of the 9th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Memorial Piano Festival) URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/9th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-memorial-piano-festival-student-piano-recital/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151010T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151010T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150510T220855Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150900Z UID:10000058-1444507200-1444507200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Piano Festival: Irina Nuzova DESCRIPTION:Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME \n“A genuinely poetic performance\, from a pianist of uncommon gifts” The Washington Post \nBorn in Moscow and a soloist with the Omsk Philharmonic at age 14\, Irina subsequently moved to the United States and continued her studies at the Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard. She is now an international soloist in the U.S\, South America\, and across Europe. \nIn this concert\, Irina plays the composers of her native Russia Rachmaninov\, Scriabin\, Prokofiev\, with “lyric passion and effortless virtuosity” WFMT.   In the same program her treatment of French composers Ravel and Fauré is both elegant and evocative. \nTICKETS are $15 in advance\, $18 at the door $5 student. SERIES TICKET $25. Tickets may be purchased at the Ogunquit Camera Shop\, Ogunquit Welcome Center\, Dunaway Center\, and the Art Ogunquit Box Office\, 102 Main Street\, beginning September 21st. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ogunquit.org/shop.php \n(This performance is part of the 9th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Memorial Piano Festival) URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/9th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-memorial-piano-festival-irina-nuzova/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/300x300_IrinaNuzova.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151009T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20151009T200000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150510T220335Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150901Z UID:10000057-1444420800-1444420800@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Piano Festival: George Lopez DESCRIPTION:Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME \nIn this thrilling concert\, George Lopez celebrates the music of Cuba\, executing the exotic rhythms and fiery tempos of such composers as Cervantes\, LeCuona\, and Touzet with virtuosity and “kaleidoscopic colors”.   L. A. Times \nBorn in Brooklyn and raised in Belize to Mayan parents\, George graduated with honors from the Hartt School of Music\, and completed his Masters Degree in Amsterdam cum laude. \nHe has appeared across the globe as recitalist\, soloist with orchestra\, and collaborator. He is the Beckwith Artist-in-Residence at Bowdoin College. \nTICKETS are $15 in advance\, $18 at the door $5 student. SERIES TICKET $25. Tickets may be purchased at the Ogunquit Camera Shop\, Ogunquit Welcome Center\, Dunaway Center\, and the Art Ogunquit Box Office\, 102 Main Street\, beginning September 21st. Tickets may be purchased online at www.ogunquit.org/shop.php. \n(This performance is part of the 9th Annual Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Memorial Piano Festival) URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/9th-annual-elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-memorial-piano-festival-george-lopez/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/300x300_GeorgeLopez.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20151009 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20151012 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150913T215031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150901Z UID:10000042-1444348800-1444607999@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Memorial Piano Festival DESCRIPTION:This year’s Festival features the colorful\, passionate and romantic music of Cuba\, Russia and France\, as performed by two international artists\, George Lopez on Friday evening\, and Irina Nuzova on Saturday evening. \nThe Festival concludes on Sunday afternoon with the Student Piano Recital\, featuring the area’s best young pianists performing on OPA’s Steinway Concert Grand. Admission to this performance is free. \nThe Festival honors the memory of Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham\, founder and first chairperson of Ogunquit Performing Arts. A pianist herself\, Betty studied\, performed and taught piano for most of her life. She also saw to it that OPA acquired its spectacular Steinway Concert Model C Grand Piano\, which still remains OPA’ greatest treasure. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/elizabeth-dunaway-burnham-memorial-piano-festival/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Elizabeth Dunaway Burnham Piano Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/300x300_PianoFestival.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150912T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150912T160000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150510T215400Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150901Z UID:10000056-1442073600-1442073600@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:25th Annual Capriccio: Paul Sullivan DESCRIPTION: This is the featured 2nd night event for the Ogunquit Performing Art’s 25th Annual Capriccio\, a two-week long ‘Celebration of the Arts’ in Ogunquit\, Maine. \nGrammy Award winner Paul Sullivan has enjoyed a richly varied and distinguished career as a composer and a pianist. \nAccording to Sullivan “I was nominated as part of the Paul Winter Consort for our CD\, “Silver Solstice”\, which was one of the finalists for the “Best New Age Album” category. “Silver Solstice” is a collection of recordings made during our Winter Solstice concerts in New York over…several years. As a member of the band\, I played on most of the songs\, and was lucky enough to be featured in a solo performance of my own song\, “The Rising Moon”. \nIn his solo performances\, he creates a relaxed and intimate feeling with his audience through his pleasant and quirky observations about music and life. His warm and inviting personality\, coupled with his world-class musicianship\, wins over new listeners immediately and usually makes them life-long fans. \nAs a soloist\, with his trio\, and as a member of the Paul Winter Consort\, he’s played concert tours in most of the US and Europe as well as Croatia\, Israel\, Costa Rica\, and Japan. He’s performed among the dunes of the Negev Desert\, in Leonard Bernstein’s living room and on the stages of many of the world’s finest concert halls. He has also performed with some legendary orchestras\, such as the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy\, the Boston Pops under both Arthur Fiedler and Keith Lockhardt and several regional orchestras. \nAs a jazz player he has worked in some of New York’s most prestigious clubs\, including Sweet Basil\, The Village Vanguard\, and Bradley’s. He has played with a wide variety of jazz masters from Benny Goodman to Tommy Flanagan\, as well as Red Mitchell\, Lou Donaldson\, George Mraz\, Gerry Hemingway and many other luminaries. His 15 CDs have sold over 300 thousand copies and have won 3 Indie Awards. His music has been broadcast internationally\, as well as on all the major American networks\, including National Public Radio. \nIn the theater Sullivan has worked as a musical director\, pianist\, and conductor for many Off-Broadway and Broadway shows. He played keyboards and shared the conducting duties for the original production of the musical Nine\, which won a Tony Award for Best Musical. \nSullivan has also worked extensively in the dance world\, playing piano for Merce Cunningham’s classes\, writing music for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall and has enjoyed a long friendship with the Pilobolus Dance Theater\, writing over 15 scores for them. \nTickets are $15 when purchased in advance\, $18 at the door and $5 for students\, and are available at: Ogunquit Welcome Center\, Ogunquit Camera Shop\, and the Dunaway Center. \nOnline Tickets available at: www.ogunquit.org/shop.php  \nBack to Capriccio Calendar of Events URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/25th-annual-capriccio-paul-sullivan/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/300x300_CAP_PaulSullivan.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150911T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150911T160000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150510T214503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150902Z UID:10000052-1441987200-1441987200@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:25th Annual Capriccio: Tim Sample DESCRIPTION:The Maine Sunday Telegram referred to Tim as “Maine’s high prince of comedy…a one-man humor factory!” A concert by Tim Sample always guarantees a refreshing evening of laughter and fun for all ages. \nTim Sample\, the noted Maine humorist\, recorded his first comedy album in 1979. Since that start he has released many more albums and videos\, written/and or illustrated over a dozen books\, and brought Maine and his own brand of humor to the country at large through his 11 years as a regular correspondent on CBS Sunday Morning. “Yep” you might say “but what’s he done lately?” \nOn July 1st\, 2015 Stephen King announced in the New York Times the exclusive release of his new Audiobook “Drunken Fireworks” which Tim narrated in a “flawless Yankee accent” with regionalisms like “rud” for “road” and “pitcher” for “picture”…“I can hear that voice in my head because I’ve been listening to it my whole life\,” according to King. \nThroughout the summer Tim will be very busy promoting and signing the audiobook along with his ever on-going performance schedule. \nTim’s weekly column “Stories I Never Told You” turned out to be an excellent creative outlet for him and In 2013 it earned a First Place award from the Maine Press Association and in 2014 a collection of columns entitled “Answers to Questions Nobody was Askin’” was published by Down East Books. The audiobook version is in the works. \nTo quote The Reporter of North Conway\, NH: “Humorists such as Tim Sample…are doctors of the human soul. These are the ones…who keep our world whole.” \nFor more information on Tim visit his web-site: www.timsample.com \nTickets are $15 when purchased in advance\, $18 at the door\, and $5 for students\, available at: Ogunquit Welcome Center\, Ogunquit Camera Shop\, and the Dunaway Center. \nOnline Tickets available at: www.ogunquit.org/shop.php \nOPA is a not-for-profit\, tax exempt\, all-volunteer committee of the Town of Ogunquit\, Maine \nBack to Capriccio Calendar of Events URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/25th-annual-capriccio-tim-sample/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Capriccio ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/300x300_CAP_TimSample.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150906 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150921 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150627T103958Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150902Z UID:10000062-1441569600-1442779199@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:25th Annual Capriccio Festival of the Arts DESCRIPTION:Capriccio: “a musical composition in free form\, usually lively in tempo and brilliant in style.” The word also represents Ogunquit’s town-wide Festival of the Arts\, this year celebrating its 25th anniversary. \nCoordinated by Ogunquit Performing Arts\, an expanded Festival is planned\, occurring September 7th through September 20th\, throughout Ogunquit. Participants will include the major arts organizations in town\, churches\, art galleries\, service organizations and local businesses. Events will include concerts\, new exhibits and receptions\, historical look-backs\, special tours of theatres and art galleries\, and the art of kite-flying. \nCapriccio Calendar of Events:\nSunday\, Sept. 6: \n7:00 pm: LABOR DAY CONCERT\, Ogunquit Baptist Church\, various artists \nFriday\, Sept. 11: \n8:00 pm: Humorist TIM SAMPLE\, Ogunquit Performing Arts\, Dunaway Center \nSaturday\, Sept 12: \n9 am to 2 pm\, CAPRICCIO FESTIVAL OF KITES\, Ogunquit Beach\n presented by  Ogunquit Camera Shop\, Ogunquit Rotary Club\, Kennebunk Savings Bank\, Town of   Ogunquit \n2 – 4 pm HISTORIC AFTERNOON TEA\, Ogunquit Heritage Museum \n5 – 7:30 pm FALL EXHIBITIONS GALA RECEPTION\, Barn Gallery \n8:00 pm Jazz pianist PAUL SULLIVAN\, Ogunquit Performing Arts\, Dunaway Center \nTuesday\, Sept. 15: \nMILLION DOLLAR QUARTET\, Special $25 ticket price for Capriccio’s 25th\, Ogunquit Playhouse\n (Restrictions and limitations apply. See website for specific information.) \nBackstage Playhouse Tours Available: Friday\, Sept 11 at 11 am; Sunday\, Sept 13 at 10:30 am; Friday\, Sept 18 at 11 am. \nThursday\, Sept. 17: \n8 pm:   HARRY LANGDON SILENT COMEDY\, Leavitt Theatre  \nTours of the Leavitt available Friday\, Sept 18 at 6:30 pm \nSaturday\, Sept 19: \n10 am – 5 pm: CAPRICCIO DAY AT THE MUSEUM\, Ogunquit Museum of American Art\,\n Special Admission Discount\, 2 for the price of 1 \n11 am to 5 pm: OPEN HOUSE AT THE GALLERIES\, maps available at any art gallery URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/25th-annual-capriccio-festival-of-the-arts/ LOCATION:ME CATEGORIES:Capriccio ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/300x300_Capriccio_General.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150606T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150606T160000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150224T040940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150902Z UID:10000048-1433606400-1433606400@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:The Cascabel Piano Trio DESCRIPTION:21st ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL\nThe Ogunquit Performing Arts 21st Annual Chamber Music Festival includes Boston Chamber Music on Friday\, June 5 and The Cascabel Piano Trio on Saturday\, June 6 \nSaturday\, June 6: Several years ago\, on a winter evening over a few glasses of wine\, three wildly overbooked Boston musicians formed CASCABEL TRIO. Naming themselves after a notoriously hot pepper seemed fitting\, and they have been warming audiences ever since with their lyricism\, virtuosity\, and heat. \nConcert pianist Janice Weber thrilled Ogunquit audiences with her stunning solo concert performance in November 2014. She returns on June 6th to Ogunquit with violinist Piotr Buczek and ‘cellist Timothy Roberts. \nTHE PROGRAM: \nMozart’s Trio No 4 in C Major\, K548;\nMendelssohn’ Trio No 1 in d minor\, Op 40;\nArvo Pärt’s “Fratres”; and Paul Schoenfield’s “Café Music”. \nJANICE WEBER is a summa cum laude graduate of the Eastman School of Music. Following graduation she was twice a fellowship student at Tanglewood. She has appeared with the American Composers Orchestra\, Boston Pops\, Chautauqua Symphony\, Hilton Head Symphony\, New Hampshire Symphony\, Sarajevo Philharmonic\, Syracuse Symphony\, and the Shenzhen Philharmonic. Her solo performances have been at the White House\, Carnegie Hall\, Wigmore Hall\, Weill Hall\, National Gallery of Art\, Boston’s Symphony Hall\, and the 92nd Street Y. \n “Ms. Weber is a concert pianist of cliffhanging panache and daredevil brilliance.” The Washington Post \nA member of the Boston Conservatory piano faculty\, Miss Weber is Artistic Director of the South Coast Chamber Players\, an ensemble based in New Bedford\, Massachusetts. She is the author of eight novels. \nPIOTR BUCZEK was born in Chorzow\, Poland.  He began violin studies at the age of eight and graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music\, receiving a Diploma of Art with special distinction. \nHe was a founding member of the Penderecki String Quartet\, with whom he has made eleven recordings. Mr. Buczek was assistant to Ralph Evans of the Fine Arts Quartet in Milwaukee and has worked with Pinchas Zukerman\, Yo Yo Ma\, Ursula Oppens\, and Shlomo Mintz. While at the University of Maryland\, he worked with Arnold Steinhardt and John Daley of the Guarneri Quartet. He has performed throughout Europe\, Asia\, and the Americas. Mr. Buczek appears regularly with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the South Coast Chamber Players. He teaches at the Rivers School in Weston. \nTIMOTHY ROBERTS is an active chamber musician\, teacher\, and orchestral player who tours nationally and internationally in addition to his numerous appearances throughout New England. He has performed with the Smithsonian Chamber Players in New York and Washington DC and recorded with them for Deutsche Harmonia Mundi. He has toured with the Brandenburg Ensemble\, with the contemporary group Alea III to Greece\, and with the New England Ragtime Ensemble under Gunther Schuller. \nHe has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra\, the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra\, the Florida Orchestra\, Rhode Island Philharmonic\, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra\, Portland Symphony\, New Hampshire Symphony\, and many years as a member of the Opera Company of Boston. He plays a Gabrielli cello from Florence\, made in 1751. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/opas-21st-annual-chamber-music-festival-the-cascabel-piano-trio/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/300x300_CMF_Cascabel1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150605T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150605T160000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150224T040818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150902Z UID:10000072-1433520000-1433520000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Boston Chamber Music DESCRIPTION:  \n21st ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL\nThe Ogunquit Performing Arts 21st Annual Chamber Music Festival includes Boston Chamber Music on Friday\, June 5 and The Cascabel Piano Trio on Saturday\, June 6 \nFriday\, June 5: Ogunquit’s favorite Boston Chamber Music returns for its 16th year of opening the Festival. Clarinetist and Artistic Director Thomas Hill continues to bring together the finest ensembles for this concert\, this year featuring mezzo-soprano\, flute\, and piano performing the works of Mozart\, Heiss\, Trimble\, Ravel\, and Saint-Saëns. \nSince the inception of Ogunquit Performing Art’s Chamber Music Festival in June of 1998\, there have been\, in all but two of the intervening years\, appearances of an ensemble offered under the rubric Boston Chamber Music. In reality\, the only annual consistent artist-members of that ‘ensemble’ have been pianist\, Randall Hodgkinson and clarinetist Thomas Hill — who has acted as the artistic director of the presentations.    The concerts’ participants\, however\, have been drawn heavily (though not exclusively) from guest-artist forces derived from the acclaimed Boston Chamber Music Society (of which Mr. Hodgkinson and Mr. Hill were founding members) and also members of the Boston Philharmonic of which Mr. Hill is principal clarinetist. \nThis year’s ensemble will include Mr. Hill\, Mr. Hodgkinson\, Kathleen Boyd\, flutist\, and D’Anna Fortunato\, Mezzo-soprano. \nTHE PROGRAM: \nParto parto ma tu ben mio soprano from La Clemenza di Tito by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart;\nLa Flûte Enchantée for soprano\, flute and piano by Maurice Ravel;\nUne Flûte Invisible for soprano\, flute and piano by Camille Saint-Saëns;\nSonata in g minor for flute and keyboard by Johann Sebastian Bach;\nFour Fragments from the Canterbury Tales for soprano\, flute\, clarinet and keyboard by Lester Trimble;\nFive Songs from James Joyce by James Joyce for soprano\, clarinet and piano by the eminent Boston composer\, John Heiss. Mr. Heiss expected to be present in the audience.\nSonata for Clarinet and Piano by Leonard Bernstein \nPrincipal Clarinetist of The Boston Philharmonic since 1992\, THOMAS HILL was also founding clarinetist of the acclaimed Boston Chamber Music Society and a member of that ensemble from 1983 until 2010. He has appeared on innumerable concert and festival series\, and has been widely engaged as soloist and ensemble performer under a variety of auspices since the beginning of his career in New York and Los Angeles. \nMr. Hill has also served as principal clarinetist of The New Haven Symphony\, The Long Beach Symphony\, The Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra of Boston\, The Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra\, The San Diego Symphony\, and The Cascade Festival Orchestra in Oregon. He has appeared with both The Boston Symphony and The Boston Pops. \n“Hill’s performance was what we’ve come to expect from him –- beautifully controlled\, technically strong\, imaginative and musical.” The Boston Globe. \n…”among the best clarinetists anywhere.”   The Boston Musical Intelligencer \nRANDALL HODGKINSON\, pianist\, has achieved recognition as a winner of the International American Music Competition for pianists sponsored by the the Rockefeller Foundation. He has appeared frequently as soloist and chamber music artist in festivals throughout the United States\, and as a featured soloist with major orchestras including those of Philadelphia\, Atlanta\, Buffalo\, the American Symphony\, the Orchestra of Illinois and abroad in Italy and Iceland. His solo debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra was presented both in Boston and at Carnegie Hall. \nMr. Hodgkinson studied at The Curtis Institute and the New England Conservatory. He has been an artist member of the Boston Chamber Music Society since 1983. While a member of Boston Musica Viva\, he performed throughout the U.S. and Europe. \nFlutist KATHLEEN BOYD performs actively in Boston and throughout New England. She is the principal flutist of the Boston Philharmonic and Symphony New Hampshire. In addition\, she is a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic\, and has performed frequently and toured nationally with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. \nPerformances include the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras\, Portland Symphony\, Alea III\, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra\, Landmarks Orchestra\, Emmanuel Music\, Cantata Singers\, New Hampshire\, Albany\, Granite State orchestras and others. She has participated in the Festivals at Tanglewood\, Bach Aria\, Grand Teton\, Sandpoint\, Monadnock\, Operafestival di Roma\, Newport\, RI\, VentiCordi in Kennebunkport\, ME and the Bach Festival in North Conway\, NH.\nGrammy nominated mezzo soprano\, D’ANNA FORTUNATO\, is widely considered to be one of America’s premier Concert/Oratorio singers\, while having established herself as a respected Operatic Artist as well. She has been a repeat soloist with North America’s finest Choral Organizations and Bach Festivals (Bach Aria Group member for 12 years and the Mezzo-Soprano Annual Soloist with the American Schubert Institute from 1991-2005).   She has appeared as a soloist in concerts with top major symphony orchestras\, including the New York Philharmonic\, The Boston Symphony\, the Philadelphia Orchestra\, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra\, the San Francisco Symphony\, the New Japan Philharmonic\, Ottawa’s National Arts Center Orchestra\, and the orchestras of Dallas\, Houston\, Minnesota\, Cleveland\, Rochester\, and New Jersey. \n  \n\n\nFAMOUS COMPOSER TO ATTEND OPA OPENING NIGHT (Read More…)  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/opas-21st-annual-chamber-music-festival-the-boston-chamber-music-players/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/300x300_CMF_BCM1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150604 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150607 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150521T003427Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150903Z UID:10000061-1433448000-1433620799@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:21st Annual Chamber Music Festival DESCRIPTION:Chamber Music is often defined as a group of musicians small enough to perform without a conductor\, who in earlier times performed in the salons and homes of the rich and famous. On Friday June 5 and Saturday June 6\, Ogunquit Performing Arts invites you to join them at their home\, the Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street in Ogunquit\, for the opportunity to hear two very special chamber ensembles. \nBoston Chamber Music on June 5\, is a returning favorite\, known for their imaginative approach and superb musicality.   The Cascabel Trio on June 6 is led by dazzling pianist Janice Weber\, and offers exciting virtuosity and passion in their program. \nBoth performances begin at 8 pm. Receptions to meet the artists will follow the performances. \n  \n  URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/21st-annual-chamber-music-festival/ LOCATION:ME CATEGORIES:Ogunquit Chamber Music Festival ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/300x300_CMF_General.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150516T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150516T160000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150224T040517Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150903Z UID:10000050-1431792000-1431792000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Live Jazz: Matt DeChamplain DESCRIPTION:“Matt DeChamplain plays with amazing dexterity and superb taste while covering the history of jazz piano from ragtime and stride to modern.” Hartford Jazz Society \nMatt DeChamplain returns for a solo appearance in Ogunquit following his brilliant performance here in 2013 with the Jason Anick Trio. He is a favorite performer in the jazz clubs of Hartford and Southington\, Connecticut\, with occasional gigs in Boston and New York.  Hear Matt play at www.mattdechamplain.com \nTickets are $15 in advance\, $18 at the door\, $5 students\, and may be purchased at the Dunaway Center\, Ogunquit Camera Shop\, and Ogunquit Welcome Center. Tickets may be purchased online at  http://ogunquit.org/shop.php. \nMatt’s love of classic jazz inspires him to pursue a thorough musicianship that fuses traditional elements with modern jazz concepts. His performance is rooted in that of the early jazz masters. \nMatt obtained his Bachelors Degree from the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt School in 2010 and his Masters from the University of Toledo in Ohio in 2012. Matt has had the privilege of studying under jazz luminaries such as Jimmy Green\, Andy LaVerne\, Steve Davis\, Nat Reeves\, Jon Hendricks\, Barry Harris\, Dr. Billy Taylor\, Nathan Davis and Curtis Fuller. \nWhile maintaining an active performance schedule\, Matt continues to teach and compose. Matt currently teaches at the Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz at the Hartt School of music in CT. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/live-jazz-matt-de-champlain/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Live Jazz ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/300x300_HP_Matt_de_Champlain.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150510T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150510T100000 DTSTAMP:20260407T204250 CREATED:20150224T040204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240219T150903Z UID:10000049-1431252000-1431252000@ogunquitperformingarts.org SUMMARY:Classic Film: In Harm’s Way DESCRIPTION:In Harm’s Way is a 1965 American epic naval war film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring John Wayne\, Kirk Douglas\, Patricia Neal\, Tom Tryon\, Paula Prentiss\, Stanley Holloway\, Burgess Meredith\, Brandon DeWilde\, Jill Haworth\, Dana Andrews\, and Henry Fonda. The screenplay was based on the novel Harm’s Way by James Bassett. \nThe film recounts the lives of several US naval officers and their wives or lovers while based in Hawaii as the US involvement in World War II begins. The title of the film comes from a quote from American Revolutionary naval hero John Paul Jones: “I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast\, for I intend to go in harm’s way.” \nAdmission\, parking\, and popcorn are free. \nThe book\, Harm’s Way\, is the definitive Admiral’s novel. The author\, James Bassett\, was a Public Affairs officer on Admiral “Bull” Halsey’s staff during WWII and his observations of that period are the basis for this novel. \nThe film presents a relatively unromanticized and realistic picture of the American Navy and its officers in the period before and shortly after the start of World War II\, complete with bureaucratic infighting among the brass and sometimes disreputable private acts by individuals. \nIn Harm’s Way\, was indeed an epic undertaking and Preminger was able to count on the US Defense Department for practically everything he needed in order to recreate the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and other combat scenes. The U.S. Navy “supplied him with the USS St. Paul\, a cruiser\, and sailed the entire cast and crew from Seattle to Hawaii. On the way Preminger shot a number of the onboard scenes\, ordering the St. Paul’s captain and crew around as if they were employees. The naval base at Pearl Harbor became a Preminger set…” (Jeff Stafford for TCM) \nIn Harm’s Way\, starring John Wayne\, Kirk Douglas\, Patricia Neal\, and Henry Fonda.  Free Admission. URL:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/event/classic-film-in-harms-way/ LOCATION:S. Judson Dunaway Center\, 23 School Street\, Ogunquit\, ME\, 03907\, United States CATEGORIES:Classic Film Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ogunquitperformingarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/300x300_Film_In_Harms_Way.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR