In addition to the regular five-concert series at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, Tuesday evenings, July 17 through Aug. 14, the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival’s board of trustees announces an expansion of the festival’s Community Outreach Program.
These community concerts are different and sometimes shorter, with an emphasis on education or healing. Concerts are free to dedicated audiences or by donation only. The festival will hold community concerts in Auburn, Bridgton, Falmouth, Norway and South Paris, and will continue its annual repeat concert on Chebeague Island.
For the first time, the festival will be partnering with the Bridgton Historical Society in celebrating Bridgton’s 250th anniversary, at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15, at Historic Farmstead Temperance Barn at Narramissic in South Bridgton. This program is sponsored by the Maine Humanities Council, the Maine Arts Commission and Davis Family Foundation.
Other programs include:
Discover the Joys of Classical Music — 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 18, Auburn United Methodist Church; 4 p.m. Sunday, July 29, at Temple Shalom Synagogue Center in Auburn; and 7 p.m. Sunday, July 29, at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Bridgton.
Healing through Music — 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, at Foreside Harbor in Falmouth; Wednesday, Aug. 1, from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation, 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. at Cancer Resource Center of Western Maine at McLaughlin Gardens in South Paris, and 6 to 6:45 p.m. at Bridgton Health and Residential Care Center.
Chebeague Concert — 7 p.m. Thursday, July 26, at United Methodist Church in Chebeague Island. This annual repeat concert is sponsored by the Chebeague Friends of Music since 2000.
For more information about these programs and the Festival Series at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, check their website www.sllmf.org.
Mihae Lee, music director and pianist of the Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival.
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