Keywords: orchestra
Item 6181
Portland Municipal Orchestra, ca. 1928
Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: circa 1928 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 96822
Schatzer's Concert Orchestra of Boothbay Harbor, ca. 1915
Contributed by: Boothbay Region Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Boothbay Harbor Media: Photographic print
Item 151580
Winthrop Library, Winthrop, 1916
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1916 Location: Winthrop Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages
"Opera, Orchestras and Stages Click to learn more about Maine's Opera Houses Many Maine towns in the 19th and early 20th centuries had an…"
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Site Page
Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farewell appearance of Lillian Nordica, London, ca. 1913
"1914. Her performance with the London Symphony Orchestra is an indication of the high regard in which she was held."
Site Page
New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village
"Mercurias Orchestra was next, followed by Foss' Dance Orchestra, then came the Fine Black Aces. New Portland seems to have a rich musical history."
Story
Keeping Dance and Music Alive
by Cindy Larock
Cindy Larock's involvement in the traditional music and dance scene in Maine for over 40 years.
Story
Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile
Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home
