The concert offers orchestral music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Pietro Mascagni, and Johann Strauss, Jr., along with chamber works performed without conductor that feature members of the orchestra, including Matthias Durst’s Adagio for Four Violas. Two of Shostakovich’s best known works will be heard, including the final movement of his Fifth Symphony and his Second Waltz. Mascagni’s beautiful Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana and the Blue Danube Waltz of Johann Strauss, Jr. will complete the program. This free concert will last about one hour.

The concert offers orchestral music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Pietro Mascagni, and Johann Strauss, Jr., along with chamber works performed without conductor that feature members of the orchestra, including Matthias Durst’s Adagio for Four Violas. Two of Shostakovich’s best known works will be heard, including the final movement of his Fifth Symphony and his Second Waltz. Mascagni’s beautiful Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana and the Blue Danube Waltz of Johann Strauss, Jr. will complete the program. This free concert will last about one hour.

The Penobscot Bay Orchestra will host an OPEN REHEARSAL at John St. United Methodist Church, 98 John St. in Camden, Maine on Tuesday, September 19 from 6-8 PM.  

We invite orchestral musicians from around the Penobscot region to join us in an open rehearsal to read through Schubert’s 8th Symphony in b minor (the Unfinished). Interested players should contact Penobscot Bay Orchestra at penobscotbayorchestra@gmail.com to acquire music in advance.

The Penobscot Bay Orchestra is launching its 3nd season, following an impressive start in 2021. The orchestra uses the arts to stimulate and advance compassionate involvement in significant social issues, and has given over $1,500 in audience donations to the United Midcoast Charities, The Landing Place - Knox County Homeless Coalition, Healthy Lincoln County, and the Camden Area Christian Food Pantry.

The orchestra's upcoming season will include music of Schubert, Borodin, and Stravinsky.

photo credit: Amy Levine

at the John St. United Methodist Church in Camden, ME.

This Summer's Pops Concert features 2 major works: excerpts from Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story, and two of George Gershwin’s Piano Preludes, arranged for orchestra. Other works include Paul Desmond’s Take 5, Gershwin’s Summertime from Porgy and Bess, and Harold Arlen’s Over The Rainbow, from the Wizard of Oz. As is customary with our concerts, members of the orchestra will be performing solo or chamber works on the program, as well.

Would you like to join a mid-coast orchestra?
Penobscot Bay Orchestra is holding open rehearsal for the upcoming season on January 17 at John St. Methodist Church in Camden. Intermediate and advanced musicians welcome.

For more information:
Email penobscotbayorchestra at gmail.com

Performing Elgar’s Nimrod, Smetana’s The Moldau, Jay Ungar’s Asokan Farewell, Carl Jenkins’ Palladio, selections from Bach’s 2nd Orchestral Suite, and a few seasonal favorites. “We chose the winter solstice, the longest night of the year, for our first performance, to offer warmth and joy in the midst of cold and darkness.,” said Artistic Director Deirdre McClure.

John St. Church, Camden ME