The Concerts at Jewett series, sponsored by the Â鶹APP (UMA) College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College, will present Maine-ly Harmony and Back Bay Four in concert on Sunday, March 8, 2020 at 2:00 PM in Jewett Hall.

These twoĚýa capella groups were a hit when they performed in the Concerts at Jewett series in 2018. They return with even more awards to their credit. This will be a feel-good afternoon of skilled harmony and familiar songs by many talented vocalists.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12-and-under free. Tickets may now be .ĚýTickets are also available at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop and at the door. Call 621-3551 or email office@umasc.orgĚýfor more information or for mail order tickets.

»ĚýThe next event in the Concerts at Jewett series will feature The Gawler Family on April 5, 2020 at 2:00 PM in Jewett Hall.

The mission of Senior College is to provide joyful life-long learning and socializing opportunities to persons 50 and older and their spouses/partners. For more information about and its other activities, please call 621-3551 or email at umasc@maine.edu.

Christine Letcher

Christine Letcher’s program will explore the mutual influences and borrowing techniques of French classical composers with American jazz musicians in the early-to-mid 20th century. The first half of the program will feature classical works for voice and piano by French Impressionist and Modernist composers Debussy and Ravel, among others. In the second half of the program, Letcher will sing jazz standards with the band, PUMA.

Letcher is a lecturer in music at the Â鶹APP. She teaches applied lessons in piano and voice, music theory courses, and 20th and 21st-century music history. She is also the director of Â鶹APP newest steel drum ensemble. Letcher is the choir director and organist at the UUCC Church in Winthrop.

PUMA consists of five friends who have been involved in the UMA music program as students and faculty. The music can be called “modern jazz,” consisting of tunes from the 1940s through the present. It is offered in the common jazz format which emphasizes improvisation by the musicians. The performers are Letcher (vocal), Bill Moseley (flute), Andy Moulton (guitar), Dave Briggs (bass) and Andy Schultz (percussion).

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12-and-under free. , at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop, or at the door. Call 621-3551 or email office@umasc.orgĚýfor more information or for mail order tickets.

Media contact:
Kathleen Jameson
570-412-1558
kathleen.sheetz.jameson@gmail.com

The concert has been rescheduled from January 12 to January 26, 2020 at 2PM

The Katahdin Valley Boys will perform at the Fireplace Lounge in UMA Randall Student Center Sunday,ĚýJanuary 26, 2020 at 2:00 PM

The Katahdin Valley Boys

The “” series, sponsored by the Â鶹APP College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College, will feature The Katahdin Valley Boys in concert on Sunday, January 26, 2020, at 2:00 PM. The concert will be held in the Fireplace Lounge in the UMA Randall Student Center of the Augusta Campus.

The Katahdin Valley BoysĚýtake pride in presenting their audiences with top quality, traditional and contemporary bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music featuring tight harmonies and smooth solos. A popular Maine group, they have received awards from the Maine Country Music Association and the Maine Academy of Country Music and were named “Bluegrass Band of the Year” in 2012.

Please note this change in venue during the Jewett Auditorium renovation. This concert is expected to sell out due to the limited seating (125 seats) of the Fireplace Lounge. Those planning to attend are encouraged to arrive early!

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12-and-under free. Tickets are available at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop and at the door. Because of limited seating, there are no online or mail order tickets for this concert. Call 621-3551 or email office@umasc.org for more information.

Media contact:
Kathleen Jameson
570-412-1558
kathleen.sheetz.jameson@gmail.com

Paul Sullivan

Paul Sullivan has enjoyed a richly varied and distinguished career as a composer and a pianist. As a soloist, with his trio, and as a member of the Paul Winter Consort, he has played concert tours in most of the United States and Europe, as well as the Middle East, Central America, and Asia. Sullivan has worked in some of New York’s most prestigious jazz clubs as well, and played with a wide variety of masters. His 18 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. He received a Grammy Award for his work on the Paul Winter Consort CD, Silver Solstice. In the theater world, he has worked as a Musical Director, pianist, and conductor for many Off-Broadway and Broadway shows. Sullivan also received commissions to write two musicals, including “The Last Ferryman” for which he wrote both the music and lyrics. He has worked extensively in the Modern Dance world, playing piano for Merce Cunningham’s classes, and writing music for the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall.

He has also enjoyed a long friendship with the Pilobolus Dance Theater, for whom he has written close to 20 scores. Add to that composing and playing music for films, corporate productions including the IBM Golden Circle Awards, and a very happy three-year stint as the Music Teacher at the Brooklin Maine Elementary, (which has an enrollment of 55 kids from pre-school through 8th grade), and you get the picture: A long, lovely, lucky career, which shows no signs of stopping.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12-and-under free. Purchase tickets , pick them up at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop, or day of the show at the door. Call 621-3551 or email office@umasc.orgĚýfor more information or for mail order tickets.

Media Contact:

Kathleen Jameson
570-412-1558

Every member of this band has a passion to play and preserve Traditional New Orleans Jazz. By capturing the original “Preservation Hall Jazz Band” era of music, John Page, founder and band leader, has brought his love of traditional New Orleans Jazz to the forefront of the music scene since 1987. He has spent most of his musical pursuit studying, playing and working with the most influential New Orleans musicians of his generation.

State Street Traditional Jazz Band

The State Street Traditional Jazz Band pays homage to music born over 100 years past, to its authentic origins at the turn of the 20th century.Ěý These enchanting sounds were heard then in New Orleans and throughout the Louisiana Delta region.Ěý However, following WWI, jazz moved north out of New Orleans, and in the course of the move, it began to change. Yet, many musical greats kept it alive, such as the Original Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong, “Kid” Thomas Valentine, Sweet Emma Barrette, and the Humphrey Brothers, among others.

Sadly, today those music legends have passed, but the State Street Traditional Jazz Band is dedicated to playing, preserving and keeping this music alive.

The members of the band are John Page on Trumpet, Peter Dunphy, Banjo, Bill Thurston on Drums, Barry Daniels, Clarinet, Doug Protsik on Piano, Tom Wilbur, Tuba, and Parker Kenyon, Trombone.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12-and-under free. , at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop, or at the door. Call 621-3551 or email office@umasc.org for more information.

Media contact:
Kathleen Jameson
kathleen.sheetz.jameson@gmail.com
570-412-1558

The Â鶹APP College of Arts and Sciences and announce the 2019-2020 concert schedule for the 17^th season of “Concerts at Jewett” held at Jewett Hall Auditorium.

The series, sponsored by local businesses and private contributions, features talented Maine performers representing a variety of musical forms. Profits are used to subsidize present and future lectures and concerts to benefit the community.

The following artists will perform during the 2019-2020 season:

October 20, 2019, 2PM – State Street Traditional Jazz Band

Led by its founder, John Page, every member of this band has a passion to play and preserve Traditional New Orleans Jazz by capturing the original “Preservation Hall Jazz Band” era of music – a lively afternoon!

November 17, 2019, 2PM – Paul Sullivan

A composer/pianist, Paul has performed on three continents, received a Grammy Award, and teamed with the schoolchildren of Brooklin, Maine to perform with Noel Paul Stookey, Sarah Lee Guthrie, and David Grisman.

» Note: No concert in December due to Jewett Hall Renovations

January 12, 2020, 2PM (snow date Jan. 26) – Katahdin Valley Boys

THIS CONCERT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO JANUARY 26TH DUE TO EXPECTED WEATHER

They take pride in presenting their audiences with top quality, traditional, and contemporary Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel music featuring tight harmonies and smooth solos. This concert will be held in the Randall Student Center, Fireplace Lounge, 2^nd floor, 125 capacity. A sellout is anticipated.

February 9, 2020, 2PM (snow date Feb. 23) – Christine Letcher

Enjoy a classical piano performance before intermission. Then Christine will be the vocalist with Bill Moseley’s PUMA Jazz Quartet, jazz inspired by swing, bebop, Latin America, 1960’s modern jazz, and 1960’s pops.

March 8, 2020, 2PM (snow date Mar. 15) – Maine-ly Harmony and Back Bay Four

These two a capella groups were a hit in 2018 and are returning with more awards to their credit – a feel-good afternoon of skilled harmony and familiar songs by over thirty talented vocalists.

April 5, 2020, 2:00 PM –ĚýThe Gawler Family Band

With vocals, fiddles, banjo, guitar, cello, harmonica, washboard, and other acoustic instruments including their feet, the Gawler Family Band, a longtime mid-coast and central Maine institution, is known for rich, melodic, and happy traditional tunes of Maine.

May 17, 2020, 2:00 PM – Sarah Geller

A classical violinist and a Farmington native who now lives in New York City. Beloved by audiences from coast to coast, Sarah draws audiences with her rich sound and palette of tone colors.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12 and under free. Tickets are available at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop and at the door. Subscriptions (seven or more concerts) at reduced rates are available by mail. For further information call 621-3551, email: office@umasc.org, or check the .

Kathleen D. Jameson • 570-412-1558 • kathleen.sheetz.jameson@gmail.com

Classical pianist, Masanobu Ikemiya to perform at UMA on May 19, 2019

The “” Series sponsored by Â鶹APP College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College will feature Masanobu Ikemiya, classical pianist, ragtime aficionado, peace activist, organic farmer, in “Classics to Ragtime” on Sunday, May 19, 2019, 2PM at UMA Jewett Hall Auditorium.

Masanobu, a classically trained pianist, became interested in ragtime while volunteering at a homeless shelter in Harlem.Ěý Founder and leader of the New York Ragtime Orchestra, he has also toured with members of the New York Philharmonic.Ěý He has been the recipient of an award from the United Nations for promoting world peace through music.Ěý Masanobu came to Maine in 1972 to join the Zen Buddhist Monastery in Surry, where he was a practicing monk for 10 years.Ěý In 1980 he founded the Arcady Music Festival and was its artistic director for 24 years.Ěý He and his wife live on an organic farm on Mt. Desert Island.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12 & under free.Ěý Tickets are available at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop and at the door.Ěý Call 621-3551, or email umasc@maine.edu for more information or for mail order tickets.

Castlebay, Julia Lane and Fred Gosbee.

Julia Lane on Celtic harp and Fred Gosbee on 12-string guitar, fiddle and woodwinds will treat the audience to music collected across the state from coastal seafaring communities to woodland logging camps. Recently Julia has transcribed about 150 nautical songs from field recordings collected in Maine (1925-1945) from the Helen Hartness Flanders Collection at Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont and the program will include some of these songs.Ěý Castlebay tours the US east coast as well as Ireland, Scotland, and England.Ěý “Concerts at Jewett” is pleased to host this accomplished duo once again at Jewett Auditorium.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12 & under free.Ěý Tickets are available at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop and at the door.Ěý Call 621-3551, or email umasc@maine.edu for more information or for mail order tickets.

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The next concert is Sunday, May 19, 2018, 2PM – Masanobu Ikemiya, Classical and ragtime pianist.

The “” Series sponsored by Â鶹APP College of Arts and Sciences and UMA Senior College will feature the Sandy River Ramblers on Sunday, March 10, 2019, 2PM at UMA Jewett Auditorium. (Snow date: March 24th)

The Sandy River Ramblers, Maine’s most popular and accomplished bluegrass band, is known for its hot picking, stunning lead and harmony singing, and original songs about Maine. The Ramblers are Stan Keach, guitar; Julie Davenport, bass; Bud Godsoe, banjo; Dan Simmons, mandolin; Dana Reynolds, percussion; Finn Woodruff, fiddle.

Guitarist Stan Keach is a nationally-known bluegrass songwriter. The Ramblers’ 2012 CD, Cry of the Loon, has songs such as “Slow Down (You’ll Hit a Moose),”Ěý“Donn Fendler” and “Boots From L. L. Bean.” Their new CD, Home in the Heart of Maine, will be released early this spring.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12 & under free. Tickets are available at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop and at the door. Call 621-3551, or email umasc@maine.edu for more information or for mail order tickets.

The next concert is Sunday, April 7, 2019, 2PM – Castlebay

Media contact:
Irene Forster
445-5227
iforster@fairpoint.net

The Boneheads are made up of Bob Colwell (keyboards, vocals), Scott Eliot (bass, guitar, vocals), Dickie-Doo Hollis (drums, vocals), and Steve Jones (guitar, vocals). Based in southern Maine, this popular group’s unique blend of roots music includes folk, rock, blues, country, Cajun and soul.

They have a full complement of original material in addition to an extensive playlist of covers and enjoy mixing things up and surprising the audience. The Boneheads date from 1991 and have put out a number of albums that have been consistently praised by major publications. They have been described as a band of honest musicians doing what they love.

Tickets are $10, students $5, 12 & under free. Tickets are available at Dave’s Appliance in Winthrop and at the door. Call 621-3551, or email umasc@maine.edu for more information or for mail order tickets.

The next concert will be Sunday, March 10, 2019, 2PM – The Sandy River Ramblers (Snow date: March 24th).

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