Poetic Muses
Music inspired by the poetry of Petrarch, Dorothy Parker and Anna Akhmatova
featuring Suzanne Farrin’s corpo di terra, Sarah Gibson’s The Boys are There, and Sir John Tavener’s Akhmatova Songs
Wednesday July 10 at 6:30 pm / Jesup Memorial Library / Bar Harbor
Friday July 12 at 7:30 pm / St. Mary’s by-the-sea / Northeast Harbor
Community Center
Works by young American composers reflecting on community
featuring a world premiere for strings, clarinet, cimbalom and piano by Maine composer Conrad Winslow
and music by Carlos Simon, inti figgis-vizueta, and Gabriella Smith
Wednesday July 17 at 7:00 pm / Stonington Opera House / Stonington
Friday July 19 at 7:30 pm / St. Mary’s by-the-sea / Northeast Harbor
Sunday July 21 at 7:30 pm / Waldo Theater / Waldoboro
Season 1 Concerts
Isolation/Togetherness
featuring Caroline Shaw’s in manus tuas, Mikhail Johnson “Evil's Peak,” György Kurtág’s “Scenes from a Novel,” and Jessie Montgomery’s Duo for violin and cello
Friday July 7 at 7:30 pm / St. Mary’s Church / Northeast Harbor
Saturday July 8 at 7:30 pm / Blue Hill Congregational Church / Blue Hill
Celestial Bodies
featuring Brett Dean’s “Voices of Angels,” Stephen Hartke’s “King of the Sun,” Libby Larsen’s “Up, Where the Air Gets Thin,” and a world premiere by DownEast New Music pianist Danny Holt
Friday July 14 at 7:30 pm / Blue Hill Congregational Church / Blue Hill
Saturday July 15 at 3:30 pm / Jesup Memorial Library / Bar Harbor*