Register for the student workshop by emailing administration at info@ellsworthcommunitymusic.org.

Youth ages 6-12 from 3:30-4:30pm

Youth ages 12-18 from 4:45-5:45pm

Register for the Adult Student Workshop with Administration at info@ellsworthcommunitymusic.org

A Unique & fun Trio featuring: Kevin Morse-Guitar, Aija Kante-Cahn- Cello &Will Galison- Harmonica

ECMI sutdents will present a free short recital of compositions from classics such as Beethoven, Massenet and Bach. Join us for an evening of live music as we celebrate these classicaly trained musicians from the Hancock County Area, including many from Mount Desert Island. No registration is required to attend.

Founded in 2013, Ellsworth Community Music Institute (ECMI) is an inclusive 501(c)(3) community music organization. They strive to foster a love of live music in all ages, and provide musical friendships within a supportive community.

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Instrument Petting Zoo hosted by Ellsworth Community Music Institute (ECMI) at Ellsworth Public Library. 

ELLSWORTH - Ellsworth Community Music Institute (ECMI) offers its next Instrument Petting Zoo from 10:00am-12:00pm on March 23rd, at the Ellsworth Public Library. An interactive musical instrument demonstration featuring the cello, violin, piano and guitar. ECMI instructors will be present for the event offering demonstrations, allowing young children 4 and up to touch, play and experience them in person. Join us at the Ellsworth Public Library to hear some music and experience hands-on interactions with our instructors and their instruments.

The Instrument Petting zoo will be held at the Ellsworth Public Library at 20 State Street in Ellsworth, Maine. The series is sponsored by Ellsworth Community Music Institute (ECMI). Admission is free to the public.

SCHERZO \skertsō\
1: an ECMI Adult Chorus for ages 50+
2: a vigorous, light, or playful composition

Start date - February 6 , 2024

12 weeks, Tuesdays 11am-12pm

Class Fee is $130 for full 12 weeks 

Payment options include:

One-time payment of $130

4 payments of $32.50

*Scholarships funding available upon request*

Ages: 50+

Moore Community Center Theater
125 State Street
Ellsworth, ME  04605

The details:

1. Twelve weekly rehearsals, starting February 6th from 11am-12pm and ending May 7st, with no rehearsal on February 20th, or April 16th.

2. Led by Gina Schuh-Turner with piano accompaniment by Kimberly Battaline. Mixed genres will be presented including show tunes, oldies, Americana, etc. No audition required - all voices are welcome.

3. Participants will work toward the Spring Adult Recital on May 11 in the Moore Community Theater. The performance is free and open to the public.

The chorus will be led by Gina Schuh-Turner. Gina holds a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance and has been teaching private voice for more than 20 years. She teaches locally and online to students from Ellsworth to South Korea. Gina is a proud member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional stage performers and stage managers. As a choral conductor and music director, Gina has enjoyed working with both adults and children, most recently as a music director (choir and handbells) at First Christian Church in Loveland, Colorado for 5 years. Performance career highlights include being an original cast member of Denver's longest running musical, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change for 4.5 years (almost 2,000 performances) at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts and performing Off-Broadway in The Fantasticks, working with the show's creators, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Gina's regional performance awards include the Marlowe Award for Best Actress in a Children's show, and she is a two-time recipient of Westward's Best of Denver Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Gina is also a member of the faculty at ECMI.

Please complete a registration form for each singer. You will be invoiced for the full $130 or your first payment of $32.50 via the email provided; payment is due on or before 2/6/24. Please contact ECMI to apply for scholarship funding before 2/2/24.  207-266-7999 or email: info@ellsworthcommunitymusic.org

Offered in collaboration with Friends in Action in Ellsworth, Maine.

Ellsworth Community Music Institute presents our Instrument Petting Zoo. Some of our teachers will be showing off their instruments, allowing young children 4 and up to touch, play and experience them in person. Join us at the Ellsworth Public Library October 7th from 9-11 to hear some music and experience hands-on interactions with our instructors and their instruments.

This Midday Concert @ 1:00 will take place on September 29th in the theater of the Moore Community Center at 125 State Street in Ellsworth, Maine.

Noreen and Phillip Silver bring a wealth of performing experience to their highly regarded partnership. They have an enviable international reputation for chamber music playing of the highest caliber. The Duo, founded when Noreen and Phillip were students at the New England Conservatory of Music, has received accolades and acclaim from appreciative audiences and critics throughout Europe, Israel, the United States, Scandinavia, and the Czech Republic. Their imaginative programming, in which lesser-known works are given exposure alongside established repertoire favorites, has proven very popular and made them much in demand.

Noreen Silver has been described by Michael Tumelty in the Glasgow Herald as “an extraordinarily soulful player” who “demonstrates an uncommon depth of feeling and imagination.” Since 1999 she has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maine, where she directs the Chamber Music program, teaches cello and Music Theory. Noreen also holds the position of Principal Cellist in the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared as soloist with the orchestra on numerous occasions. She grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, studied at the Royal College of Music in London, and at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, MA. She was fortunate to pursue independent study with the great cellists Jacqueline du Pré and Pierre Fournier. Much in demand as a teacher, Noreen has also served on the faculties of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Strathclyde University.

Phillip Silver is an internationally acclaimed solo and collaborative artist who has performed in many of the world’s leading concert halls. The Frankfurter Rundschau described his playing as “virtuosic,” Haaretz commented upon his “...superb technical ability that enthralled the audience with melody, lyricism and poetry,” while the Boston Globe called him “an international collaborative pianist of the first rank,” and the Jerusalem Post described him as “a superb accompanist whose work is marked by sensitivity, felicity of style and an inborn musicianship which unerringly directs him to the most appropriate musical gesture.”

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