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CANCELLED: Midcoast Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Soulful Expressions’ concert Oct. 28
October 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Due to the tragedy affecting the community, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra will not be performing Saturday, Oct. 28 at the Franco Center. Thank you for your understanding. Stay safe.
An important letter from the MSO President:
Dear MSO supporters –
This has truly been a week like no other we have ever experienced in Maine. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Lewiston community and especially those families who have been impacted by the senseless violence on Wednesday night.
As you can imagine, the board of the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra have had some difficult conversations, and have had to make some difficult decisions.
The MSO board met yesterday evening and discussed how best to proceed with Leonard Bernstein’s vision of making more music in the face of violence, and yet making sure that our top priority is the safety of our musician family and our audiences. Given all that has happened over the past few days, we have determined that it would be in everyone’s best interest to cancel our concert at the Franco Center on Saturday night.
Ticket holders for that concert (including subscribers) have several options for how to proceed and will receive an email with more information shortly.
At this time, the Board has not yet made a decision about Sunday’s show at Orion. As you know, the suspect is still at large, so we have to wait and hope for some closure on this horrific episode before much longer. We expect to make a decision about the disposition of the Sunday matinee performance by 5pm on Saturday.
Should you have any questions about our plans, please feel free to call the MSO office at (207) 315-1712 or email info@midcoastsymphony.org.
In the meantime, stay safe. Hug your loved ones even tighter than I know you already do. We will be making music again soon, hopefully as soon as Sunday.
Musically yours,
Tim Kenlan, MSO Board President
Soulful Expressions
Rohan Smith, Conductor
Program:
William Grant Still: Aspiration: Lento, con risoluzione (from Symphony No.1)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
— featuring Anastasia Antonacos, pianist
Dimitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Concerts – Midcoast Symphony Orchestra:
Performances:
Saturday, October 28, 2023 – 7:00 p.m. – Franco Center in Lewiston
Concert length approximately 2 hours including intermission.