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Fall - Winter, 2002 Newsletter
Volume 8 Issue 2
Back to the River: Discovering
Bangor’s Roots
The
Bangor Symphony Orchestra (BSO), collaborating with other
cultural groups from the area, has announced that Bangor has been
selected as the site for the Continental Harmony project for Maine.
The American Composers Forum staff in St. Paul, MN, will work with
representatives from the BSO, the Maine Folklife Center, Bangor
Region Arts & Cultural Council, Bangor Public Library, Robinson
Ballet, the Oratorio Society, Bangor Band and others in selecting a
composer who will spend a six week residency in the Bangor region to
compose a piece of music for the BSO to perform. This orchestral
work will be based on the theme, Back to the River: Discovering
Bangor’s Roots, and is targeted for a world premier in the late
summer/early fall of 2004, possibly in the new waterfront
Amphitheater.
Twenty-nine composers from across
the country have applied and a committee from the cultural
organizations will choose their top three choices by years’ end.
More information will be made available as plans develop and the
composer is named, as well as an announcement from the national
level sometime in the near future. To learn more, visit:
www.continentalharmony.org
or call the Bangor Symphony Orchestra at:
(207) 942-5555.
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