Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra has received a $25,000 grant from the Bangor Savings Bank Foundation to support the Symphony’s efforts to move their operations to downtown Bangor and launch a mixed-use arts venue, the Bangor Arts Exchange. “As a longtime supporter of cultural programs around the state, Bangor Savings Bank is proud […]
Symphony News
BSO moving to historic building in downtown Bangor
June 21, 2017BSO will utilize three floors of Nichols Block building for rehearsals, special performances, educational activities, and administrative offices Building including grand ballroom will be hub of arts activity downtown known as the Bangor Arts Exchange, with Launchpad and Bangor Ballet sub-leasing from BSO Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra is returning to downtown Bangor. […]
Announcing the 2017-18 Season
April 9, 2017Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra left audiences excited for next fall yesterday with the announcement of its 2017-2018 season, the orchestra’s 122nd. The new season offers the range of programming that audiences have come to expect from the BSO’s Grammy Award-winning Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman: audience favorites and rarely performed masterpieces alongside […]
Weather Update for February 12th Concert
February 11, 2017Update: Saturday, February 11 @ 8PM We are planning to proceed with our Sunday, February 12, 3PM performance of Scheherazade. Snowfall in the Bangor area is not predicted to start until during or slightly after the concert, and heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions are not predicted until later Sunday night and Monday. Ticketing Policy: Refunds or exchanges […]
Rachel Barton Pine Plays Brahms, and More
November 10, 2016Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 season continues on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 3 p.m. with ‘The Romantics,’ a program of masterworks from the Romantic era by Brahms, Schumann and Beethoven. Internationally acclaimed violinist Rachel Barton Pine will perform as soloist in the Brahms Violin Concerto. Led by Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman, […]
New Season to Open with Rhapsody in Blue and a Maine premiere on October 9th
September 29, 2016Bangor, ME — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s 2016-17 season begins on Sunday, October 9, 2016 at 3 p.m. with an all-American program led by Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman at the Collins Center for the Arts. George Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue featuring guest pianist Andrew Staupe will anchor the concert, which also features the […]
Young People’s Concerts Reach New Heights
May 17, 2016Bangor, ME — The Bangor Symphony Orchestra’s annual Young People‘s Concerts took place on Monday, May 16th at the Collins Center for the Arts. For the second year in a row, the educational performances were sold out, with over 2,600 students attending from Milo to Machias and as near as Bangor. The concerts are offered annually […]
Thank you for making La Bohème a smashing success!
April 26, 2016Bangor, ME — On Sunday, April 24, 2016, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra presented its semi-staged production of Puccini’s La Bohème to a sold-out audience at the Collins Center for the Arts. The audience response was instant and prolonged, as the entire cast and creative team received a well-deserved ovation for bringing locally produced opera to the Bangor region in […]
Special Anniversary Production of La Bohème
April 15, 2016Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will present a semi-staged production of Puccini’s La Bohème on Sunday, April 24th to close the Masterworks series of its 120th Like the BSO, La Bohème premiered in 1896. The production features a full cast of operatic talent, with Lucas Richman conducting, Loren Lester directing, costumes by Patricia Hibbert, and projected […]
Cellist Inbal Segev Joins BSO For Tchaikovsky and Related Events
March 1, 2016Bangor, ME – The Bangor Symphony Orchestra presents its next Masterworks concert this Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 3 p.m. at the Collins Center for the Arts. The program is titled “Brahms & Tchaikovsky” and features acclaimed cellist Inbal Segev as guest artist, with BSO Music Director and Conductor Lucas Richman conducting. The concert will […]