Delight & DespairPrepare to be moved by a celebration of the Carnival season, the tragedy of a love story, and every emotion in between.

Saturday, October 19, 2019 • 7:00 p.m.Gendron Franco Center, Lewiston

Sunday, October 20, 2019 • 2:30 p.m.Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham

Carnival Overture, Antonin DvořákRomeo and Juliet, Suite 2, Sergei ProkofievSymphony No. 5, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Children’s Tales and Cartoon Classics

All ages will enjoy this timeless music written for kids or featured in classic cartoons. Our narrators are MSO’s own Caroline Cornish (formerly of WCSH television’s “207”) and daughter Eleanor Kmack (below).

Saturday, January 11, 2020 • 7:00 p.m.Gendron Franco Center, Lewiston

Sunday, January 12, 2020 • 2:30 p.m.Orion Performing Arts Center, Topsham

Overture to William Tell, Gioachino Rossini

Peter and the Wolf, Sergei Prokofiev, Caroline Cornish, Narrator Ride of the Valkyries (“Kill the Wabbit”), Richard Wagner Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (“Rhapsody Rabbit”), Franz Liszt The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Eleanor Kmack, Junior Narrator

For more information call 207-846-5378, e-mail info@midcoastsymphony.org, or visit MidcoastSymphony.org

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Our Education and Community Engagement Events

Join us for our free pre-concert events on Concert Sundays at the

Orion Performing Arts Center.

Two Great 5ths You are invited to experience symphonies of great contrast. The briefer, light-hearted Schubert work is a fine pairing with Mahler’s highly dramatic expression.

Saturday, March 14 • 7:00 p.m. Gendron Franco Center, Lewiston

Sunday, March 15 • 2:30 p.m.Orion Performing Arts Ctr., Topsham

Jinwook Park, Guest Conductor

Symphony No. 5, Franz Schubert

Symphony No. 5, Gustav Mahler

Remembering Old RussiaMSO favorite George Lopez will ignite the stage with music by Russian composer Rachmaninoff. Also, a new work reminisces a nation changed forever, and an older work walks us through a virtual museum of Russian artwork.

Saturday, May 16 • 7:00 p.m. Gendron Franco Center, Lewiston

Sunday, May 17 • 2:30 p.m.Orion Performing Arts Ctr., Topsham

To the Lost World, Liliya Ugay

Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Sergei RachmaninoffGeorge Lopez, Guest Pianist

Pictures at an Exhibition, Modest Mussorgsky/Maurice Ravel

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Judith Elser Concerto CompetitionMay 20, 2020 • 7:00 p.m. Gendron Franco Center, Lewiston

Students at Maine colleges and universities compete to perform with MSO on the October 2020 concert. Finalists will perform for judges and an audience, and the winner will be announced that night! The event is free and open to the public.

Sunday, October 20, 20191:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Inside the Orchestra: What We’re All Doing Up There

Mary Hunter, Professor of Music Emerita, Bowdoin College

and MSO Musician

Sunday, January 11, 20201:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Meet the Instruments

Wannabe musicians of all ages are invited to toot, strum, and squawk on a variety of orchestral instruments

with MSO musicians.

Sunday, March 15, 20201:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Youth Performers

The next generation of musicians from our community steps into the spotlight.

Sunday, May 17, 20201:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Two Maestros Chat

Rohan Smith, Conductor & Music Director and

George Lopez, Guest Pianist

These long-time friends share thoughts about the music and collaborating.

At Gendron Franco Center, Saturdays, October 19, 2019,

January 10, March 14, May 16, 2020

Enjoy your intermission refreshments to the sound of local youth music groups.

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