SEASON 3 July 24-31 2025

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Season 3 celebrates American 20th-century milestones and considers their legacies today with two programs: Shaker Loops and Voice of the Whale.

Shaker Loops features John Adams’ seminal string septet, a piano trio of Danish composer Per Nørgård, a bass and piano duo by Andrew Norman, a string trio composed by Alyssa Weinberg, and a recent string quartet of returning violinist-composer Michelle Barzel Ross.

featuring Michelle Ross, Robert Anemone, Lilit Hartunian, Tanner Menees, Aaron Wolff, along with Clare Monfredo, Edward Kass, and Conrad Winslow

Voice of the Whale features George Crumb’s theatrical trio for three masked players (flute, cello, and piano), Katherine Balch’s flute and piano duet, another for flute and cello by Reena Esmail, György Kurtág’s flute, double bass, and piano trio, duets for cello and double bass by Alfred Schnittke and Sam Suggs, and a trio for cello, double bass, and piano by Conrad Winslow.

featuring renowned Maine-raised flutist Roberta Michel, along with Clare Monfredo, Edward Kass, and Conrad Winslow

SEASON 3 TICKETS

Shaker Loops

Thursday, July 24, 7:30 PM
St. Mary’s by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor

Friday, July 25, 7:30 PM
The Waldo Theatre, Waldoboro

Voice of the Whale

Wednesday, July 30, 6:30 PM
The Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor

Thursday, July 31, 7:30 PM
St. Mary’s by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor

PAST SEASONS

  • Works by young American composers reflecting on community dynamics, spaces, and practices, 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, 2024 at 7:00 pm / Stonington Opera House, Stonington

    Thursday July 18, 2024 at 7:30 pm / St. Mary’s by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor

    Sunday July 21, 2024 at 7:30 pm / Waldo Theater, Waldoboro

  • 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, 2024 at 6:30 pm / Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor

    Thursday July 11, 2024 at 7:30 pm / St. Mary’s by-the-Sea, Northeast Harbor

  • 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, 2023 at 7:30 pm / Blue Hill Congregational Church, Blue Hill

    Saturday July 15, 2023 at 3:30 pm / Jesup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor

  • 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, 2023 at 7:30 pm / St. Mary’s Church, Northeast Harbor

    Saturday July 8, 2023 at 7:30 pm / Blue Hill Congregational Church, Blue Hill