Music on the Medomak

Waldoboro

Once again Sophie and Josie Davis and friends Colin Wheatley and JY Lee will provide a summer concert that feature photos and artwork of the Midcoast area. This one, called “Music on the Medomak” will celebrate the Medomak River’s working waterfront – we hope it will capture the resilience and beauty of the river alongside it’s utilitarianism and the work it provides for so many people in the Waldoboro area. That concert will be at 7:00 p.m., June 22 at the Broad Bay Church in Waldoboro. More details about this concert on their newly created website!

Halcyon Quartet

Belfast United Farmer’s Market

Sophie and Josie Davis and friends Colin Wheatley and JY Lee will be performing April 20, 6:00 p.m., Belfast United Farmer’s Market. Tickets $10. It promises to be a fun evening with food, drinks, and lots of music. They’ll be playing Dvorak’s “American,” Quartet and a slew of folk tunes from around the world. You can find tickets and more information HERE!

The Little Fir Tree

Support the local theatre

The Waldo Theatre is presenting a family-friendly benefit concert at 4:30 PM on Saturday, December 8th at the Broad Bay Congregational Church in downtown Waldoboro. The concert will celebrate winter and the holiday season through a reading of Margaret Wise Brown’s beloved children’s book, “The Little Fir Tree.”

The reading will be accompanied by projections of Barbara Cooney’s award-winning illustrations and live music performed by Josie and Sophie Davis, Colin Wheatley, and Ju-Young Lee. Local actress Devin Fletcher will narrate the story.

A reception with cookies and hot drinks provided by Laura Cabot Catering will follow the performance. Admission is by a suggested donation of $12 for adults and children are admitted for free. Proceeds from the event will benefit the renovation and restoration of the historic Waldo theatre – one of Waldoboro’s most treasured gathering places. For more information, email info@thewaldotheatre.org, or visit www.waldotheatre.org.

Davis Sisters

Community performance

Sophie and Josie Davis are planning their concert “Farm to Fiddle” on Friday, July 6 at 7 p.m. in Waldoboro. Their wonderful friends Nathan Lesser, Jaime Feldman, Colin Wheatley, and JY Lee will join them in a performance that celebrates beautiful music and local farms in the Midcoast area. The concert at the Broad Bay Church in Waldoboro.

 

This is part of Sophie and Josie’s ongoing effort to draw connections between the arts and the natural world. “We strive to use music to connect people to the environment and landscape and to establish a sense of place and an appreciation for the agricultural tradition that defines so many aspects of our community. The concert will feature projected images capturing life on local farms while we play Tchaikovsky’s rousing Souvenir de Florence (and some folk music too!)”.

A Little Night Music

A Little Night Music – A Celebration of Music, Art, and the Evening Sky

On Friday, June 23rd at 7 PM, the Solstice String Quartet will present a multimedia performance pairing two classical masterworks with artwork created by Miller School 3rd graders and professional artists from the Midcoast. The performance will take place at the Broad Bay Congregational United Church of Christ in Waldoboro and will feature violinists Josie and Sophie Davis of Waldoboro, violist Colin Wheatley, and cellist Jaime Feldman. The musicians graduated from Oberlin Conservatory and have since pursued further study in the New England area. Collectively the group has studied, performed, and taught around the world from China and India to Jordan and Amsterdam.

Through a partnership with Miller Elementary School and local artists, the concert will provide an opportunity for community members to reflect on the beauty of the Midcoast through music and artwork themed around skyscapes–the sunrises, sunsets, night skies, storms, and winter evenings that are such a defining part of the rural landscape. The performance will feature Mozart’s beloved Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (A Little Night Music) and Schubert’s Rosamunde String Quartet.

Admission is by donation. For more information, call 832-6898 or email waldoucc@midcoast.com. The Broad Bay Congregational United Church of Christ is located at 941 Main St. in Waldoboro.