Thursday, June 1, 2023 5:30PM | Hannaford Hall Broadway classics you know and love. World-renowned chamber ensembles. Music from all over the world. Stunning dance, family-friendly fun, and so much more! Join Ovations at the 2023-24 Season Announcement on Thursday, June 1st from 5:30 to 7PM at Hannaford Hall on USM’s Portland Campus. This joyful gathering gives… Read more »
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PSO’s Final Concert of the 22-23 Season!
MOZART & BRAHMS Tuesday, May 23, 2023 7:30PM | Merrill Auditorium Join us for the final concert of the Symphony’s 2022-23 Season! Eckart Preu, Music Director Alon Goldstein, piano PROGRAM INFO BRIAN NABORS | Pulse MOZART | Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor BRAHMS | Symphony No. 4 in E minor, op. 98 RUN TIME: 1 hr 45… Read more »
Ugly Duckling
Meet the most unusual duckling the pond has ever seen! In their nest at the edge of a pond, the baby ducklings wait impatiently for Mummy’s enormous egg to hatch. But their new brother doesn’t look like everyone else. He doesn’t even quack like a proper duckling! Teased and called Ugly by his siblings, our… Read more »
Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra Performs!
Around the World with the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra | A Discovery Concert for Families Sunday, March 26, 2023 2:30PM | Merrill Auditorium Eckart Preu, conductor Portland Youth Orchestra Led by Robert Lehmann Buckle your seatbelt and put your tray table in the upright position as the PSO and the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra take you… Read more »
Once Upon a Time… Fairytale Music for Families!
Sunday, February 19, 2023 2:30PM | Merrill Auditorium Michelle di Russo, guest conductor Angelica Michelle, vocalist and actor Spend an afternoon with your PSO traveling through beloved fairy tales and daring adventures! Join your PSO for an afternoon of family-friendly music and fun! Discovery Concerts are designed for families with children ages 4-12, but are… Read more »
Portland Ballet presents Giselle
Portland Ballet opens its season with Giselle, a story of love and betrayal, life and death, vengeance and forgiveness. Follow the story, as passionately told by the dancers of Portland Ballet, of the peasant girl, Giselle, as she falls in love with the nobleman, Albrecht, whose betrayal condemns her to the unearthly realm of the… Read more »
Last Girl WORLD PREMIERE!
Thursday 20th October 2022, 7:00pm | Westbrook Performing Arts Center Contains Mature Content Ovations is honored to share the first full-length staged reading of dee Clarke’s memory play, The Last Girl, based in part on Clarke’s 2014 testimony on sexual trafficking to the Maine Human Rights Commission. The Last Girl tells, in three acts, Clarke’s personal story of… Read more »
PSO’s 2022-23 Season Opens with DANCE!
Portland Symphony Orchestra: Opening Night | DANCE Tuesday, September 20th, 2022 | 7:30pm Eckart Preu, Music Director Inbal Segev, cello Celebrate the start of your PSO’s new season with gorgeous works by William Grant Still, Tchaikovsky, and contemporary composer Anna Clyne’s smash hit DANCE for cello and orchestra (named one of NPR Music’s “Favorite Songs of 2020”)…. Read more »
Violins of Hope come to Maine
Violins of Hope is a collection of restored instruments played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. These instruments, 60 in total, have survived concentration camps, pogroms, and many long journeys to tell remarkable stories of injustice, suffering, resilience, and survival. Owned and restored by father-and-son violin-makers Amnon and Avshi Weinstein, the collection travels to concert… Read more »
PortTIX and Merrill Celebrate 25 Years
PortTIX was founded in February of 1997 and opened as the box office for the newly renovated (and renamed) Merrill Auditorium. The Auditorium (formerly known as City Hall Auditorium) was in desperate need of renovation, struggling with issues such as outdated seating arrangements, no formal box office, and even an issue with pigeons getting backstage… Read more »