Projects & CONCERTS
Our performances combine imagery, art, data, and music to cultivate environmental stewardship and raise awareness of the impacts climate change is having on Midcoast Maine. Performances are often designed in collaboration with local partner organizations and the community.
Upcoming performances
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MAINE.MADE.MUSIC
April 11, 2020 | 7:30 PM Camden Opera House, Camden, Maine Halcyon opens for the Oshima Brothers: a Maine-based duo creating a harmony-rich blend of contemporary folk and acoustic pop. Halcyon will share a fusion of classical and folk inspired music. General admission tickets are $14 in advance, $16 day-of-show. More information here. |
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ECOARTS with Artist Anna Dibble
April 18, 2020 | Time TBD Cove Street Arts, Portland, Maine In collaboration with Artist Anna Dibble, we will provide live music to complement a climate change animation. More information forthcoming! |
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HALCYON AT FRONTIER
June 12, 2020 | 8:00 PM Frontier, Brunswick, Maine Join us for an evening of chamber music at Frontier! Our program will feature a multimedia segment showcasing a new commission by artist Jill Pelto that urges us all to reflect on the impact of sea level rise in the Gulf of Maine. Admission $12 in advance, $15 at the door. |
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LANDMARKS Part I
June 13, 2020 | 7:00 PM Broad Bay Church, Waldoboro, Maine Join us for our annual multimedia concert at Broad Bay Church. We'll pair music with aerial film footage that captures a bird's eye perspective of Maine's bold coast, rolling blueberry fields, timber stands, and more. Admission by donation. |
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QUARTET CONCERT
August 2, 2020 | TBD Old South Cushing Baptist Church, Cushing, Maine Join us for a summer afternoon of string quartet music in Cushing, presented by the Cushing Historical Society. Admission by donation. |
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LANDMARKS Part II
August 20, 2020 | 7:00 PM The Waldo, Waldoboro, Maine Join us for part two of annual multimedia concert at The Waldo. We'll pair music with aerial film footage that captures a bird's eye perspective of Maine's bold coast, rolling blueberry fields, timber stands, and more. |
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CHEBEAGUE ISLAND CONCERT
August 22, 2020 | 11 AM & 7:00 PM United Methodist Church, Chebeague Island, Maine We return to the MacBeth Concert Series for an evening of chamber music. The day will kick off with a children's concert at 11 AM. For more information, visit Chebeague Events. Admission by donation. |
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SCHOODIC INSTITUTE
August 23, 2020 | Time TBD Moore Auditorium Schoodic Institute, Winter Harbor, Maine We return to Schoodic Institute for an evening of chamber music in Moore Auditorium. Check back soon for more details about the concert. |
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HALCYON AT SEARSMONT LIBRARY
October 8, 2020 | 7 PM Moore Auditorium Searsmont Town Library, Searsmont, Maine Join us for an evening of chamber music at Searsmont Town Library. Our program will be centered around themes of climate change and environmental sustainability. Check back soon for more information. |
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MUSIC@NOON
October 7, 2020 | 12 PM Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine Join us for Bay Chamber Concert's Music@Noon series. We'll share an hour of string quartet music in an intimate, warm setting. Lunch and admission to the Farnsworth Art Museum are included in your ticket price. Learn more at baychamberconcerts.org. |
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HALCYON JOINS DOWN EAST SINGERS
December 11, 2020 | 7 PM Belfast, Maine December 13, 2020 | 2 PM Rockport Opera House, Rockport, Maine We are thrilled to team up with Down East Singers for a festive program of choral and string music. The program will feature a new commission. Check back soon for more information. |
Past performances
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NEW YEAR'S BY THE BAY
December 31, 2019 | 6 & 8 PM First Baptist Church, Belfast, Maine The 23rd Annual New Year’s By The Bay celebration will take place at venues throughout downtown Belfast, beginning at 2 PM with music and performance events all day and evening and culminating in the midnight bonfire at the Belfast Public Landing. |
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CHEBEAGUE ISLAND CONCERT
September 7, 2019 | 7:00 PM United Methodist Church, Chebeague Island, Maine We'll present the final concert of the season on the MacBeth Concert Series - sharing music by Schubert, Mozart, and more. The program will include a multimedia component combining live music with images that tell the story of Maine's changing climate and its impacts on Chebeague and its working waterfront. The program will feature artwork by Jill Pelto of Glaciogenic Art, as well as photos submitted by local photographers. For more information, visit Chebeague Events. Admission by donation. |
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CELEBRATE CITIZEN SCIENCE
August 26, 2019 | 5:30-8:30 PM Moore Auditorium Schoodic Institute, Winter Harbor, Maine Join us for an evening of music and imagery celebrating the contributions of the many volunteers who collect and record observations of the natural world at Schoodic Institute. The evening will feature music by Mozart and Dvorak and will portray the many ways every day observations become essential information for understanding our changing climate and its challenges. The work of citizen scientists amplifies research capacity, from monitoring patterns of seabird, hawk, and songbird migration, to evaluating trends in the intertidal zone at the edge of land and sea, to observing the timing of plant flowers, fruits, and seeds. This event is free and open to the public however, space is limited. |
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CAFÉ SCI
July 9, 2019 | 5:30 PM Bigelow Laboratory's Café Sci, East Boothbay, Maine We will kick off this year's Café Sci series with a collaborative program that hightlights the role of the arts in scientific communication. Our performance will be based around imagery from the Bigelow Lab’s 2015 photography exhibit, “Tiny Giants.” The performance will highlight the role marine microbes play in regulating our oceans and ultimately the ecosystems we depend on. |
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MUSIC ON THE MEDOMAK
June 22, 2019 | 7:00 PM Broad Bay Church, Waldoboro Join us for a celebration of the Medomak River and the working waterfront with music and imagery. The evening will feature music by Dvorak and Holst alongside a selection of Danish folk tunes, each paired with photographs and artwork by Midcoast artists. Through imagery, music and story, Music on the Medomak captures the many ways the river supports local fisheries from clamming and lobstering to ice fishing and the alewife run. Admission by donation. |
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ENVISIONING CHANGE
May 6th, 2019 | 1:00 PM High Mountain Hall, Camden, Maine This performance will take audience members on a musical and visual exploration of climate change impacts in Midcoast Maine. The program will combine photography and art with live string quartet music to capture the beauty, resilience, and vulnerability of the world we live in. The performance will open with a panoramic perspective of climate change that begins in the polar ice sheets and gradually zooms in to explore the impacts global changes are having in the Gulf of Maine and our Midcoast communities. Envisioning Change is intended for students and educators, however members of the public are encouraged to intend. The performance is designed to inspire new ways of thinking about and responding to the impacts of climate change by encouraging active stewardship of the places we live. |
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April 20th, 2019 | 6:00 PM
United Farmer's Market, Belfast, Maine Join us at for an evening of beautiful music and delicious food at the Belfast Farmer's Market. The concert will feature Dvorak's rousing "American" Quartet - a piece inspired by Native American and African American folk melodies. The program will be interspersed with traditional fiddle tunes that run the gamut from soulful waltzes to toe-tapping dances and span the globe from Argentina to Sweden. Tickets can be purchased at the door and are available for $10 at belfastmarket.com or by phone at 207.218.7005. A cash bar and food will be available. |
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2016 Six months before the concert, community members were invited to submit photos of the natural world in Midcoast, Maine. The images spanned all four seasons and were projected during a live performance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Musicians shared their own stories and reflections of time spent in Maine throughout the performance. 2017 A Little Night Music was inspired by sunrises and sunsets. The project began with a workshop at Miller Elementary School. Josie and Sophie projected images of Waldoboro skies and played music while third grade students painted their most memorable sunrises and sunsets. The vibrant artwork was projected alongside paintings contributed by local professional artists while musicians played Mozart’s A Little Night Music in candlelight. 2018 Four local farms contributed images capturing the daily rewards and challenges of farm life. The program featured information about each farm and interviews with the farmers about how climate change is affecting their farming practices in rural Maine. Images were projected while musicians performed Tchaikovsky’s beloved Souvenir de Florence—a rousing, rustic, and joyful piece. A strawberry shortcake reception followed with berries donated by three local farms. |
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
WATERSHED SCHOOL |
Glaciogenic ART |
Climate Change Institute |
BIGELOW LABORATORY |
Schoodic Institute
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Header Photo Credit: Larry Pritchett
