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TraNsfoRmAtiOn
Come to an evening of artwork and poetry by the men in longterm recovery at The Milestone Foundation
Sunday, June 26th, 5-7 PM
Merrill Memorial Library
215 Main Street
Yarmouth, Maine
Exhibition June 26 - August 27, 2011
 Poetry in the Library
with ELIZABETH TIBBETTS and guest Jim Glenn Thatcher
Thursday, April 28th at 7pm
Merrill Memorial Library
215 Main Street
Yarmouth, Maine
 Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days 2011, April 29-30th
The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music presents Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days 2011 on Friday, April 29th and Saturday, April 30th, featuring Maine composers, musicians, educators, artists, and students. These concerts are made possible by a grant from Yarmouth Arts. All events are free and open to the public; donations will be accepted at the door of each event and will go towards funding the Pytheas Center. For more information contact the Pytheas Center at 207-846-6658.
CONCERT I: Sound Art - Explorations in Sound and Music - Friday, April 29, 2011, 7:30 PM, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Rd., Yarmouth. This concert will feature electroacoustic music and musique concrete, as well as live performances by Vinny Fuerst, director of the Pytheas Center. Composers include Pierre Henry, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Delia Derbyshire, Arnold Schoenberg and Arvo Part, among others.
CONCERT II: Ten by Ten - 10 Works by 10 Composers - Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:30 PM, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 396 Gilman Rd., Yarmouth. This concert features performances of ten pieces by ten contemporary composers, presented by local composers and artists. Music by Greg Hall, Robin Jellis, Nathan Koloso, Bill Matthews, Joshua DeScherer, Ross Lee Finney and Philip Glass, among others.
In coordination with Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days 2011 a "10 by 5 New Music Listening Group" has been formed and is open to new listeners throughout the month of April. This adjunct to the festival brings together composers, musicians, and music lovers in an ongoing dialog and exploration of contemporary music via the Center's website, PytheasTalk (the Center's weblog) and Facebook. Join the conversation and take part in Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days 2011.
For more information, visit Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
 Holiday Art Walk
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
5 shops hosting 5 artists with 2 original pieces of artwork for bid at each shop. Shops and artists participating are:
- Evan's Pottery ~ Bobbi Heath, oil on canvas
- Royal River Books ~ Anne Macleod, pastels on paper
- Yarmouth Frame Shop and Gallery ~ John Bowdren, watercolor on paper
- 317 Main ~ Diana Johnson, pastels on paper
- Royal Bean ~ Leslie Hamren, acrylic on paper
Get a passport to be validated by the 5 shops and enter to win a grand prize. The first 50 people will receive a gift bag!!
There will also be an open house at 317 Main and Yarmouth Frame Shop & Gallery as well as an opening reception at Small Works Gallery.
Proceeds will be donated to the Yarmouth Performing Arts Center for a new piano.
 Poetry In The Library
Monday, November 8th at 7PM
In Honor of Veteran’s Day
Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days
Thursday, October 28 - Sunday, October 31, 2010
This October, through a grant from Yarmouth Arts, the Pytheas Center for
Contemporary Music will be presenting "Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days" a
series of events in and around Yarmouth involving local musicians,
educators, artists, and students. Four music events will take place from
Thursday October 28 through Sunday October 31, 2010. Yarmouth Contemporary Music Days combines experiences of contemporary music
with film, visual art, and live performances.
The four events are:
- Day One: Let's Talk Music - Thursday, Oct 28th, 6:30 PM, Bay Square at Yarmouth - will be a 'listening group' (similar to the concept of a 'book group'), open to the public, and focusing on the idea of "moving from hearing to active listening"
- Day Two: Film and Music - Friday, Oct 29th, 7:30 PM, "The Log Cabin", Yarmouth - features film excerpts and music and focuses in on how soundtracks influence our perception of the visual and dramatic experience.
- Day Three: Ten by Ten - Saturday, Oct 30th, 2 PM, North Yarmouth Academy, Higgins Hall - is a performance of 10 pieces by 10 contemporary composers (a good number of them Maine-based), and many of the pieces performed by the composers themselves.
- Day Four: Visual Art and Music: Music as Inspiration - Sunday, Oct 31st, 2 PM, Yarmouth High School Art Room - is a musical gallery walk through art inspired by contemporary music and created by area artists and students. It is the culmination of a project in which Yarmouth High School and Elementary School art students, teachers and area visual artists listened to selections of contemporary music and then created art in reaction to it.
The
musical compositions featured will vary in length from as short as 30
seconds to as long as 10 minutes. Several locations will be selected to host
one or more of the events. Working with area schools and independent music
and art teachers, professional musicians and ensembles, and visual artists,
participating performers will be chosen and scheduled into the Music as
Inspiration and Ten by Ten performances. All events will be free and open to
the public; donations going towards the Pytheas Center will be accepted at the door of each event.
In addition to the four music events, the Pytheas Center's website will present information related to each event, as a
means to extend and expand the cultural experience. Information on each
composer presented will be available, as well as a wide variety of other
resources relating to contemporary music.
The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music is a Maine-based nonprofit that
promotes contemporary concert music. Its mission is to promote the appreciation and
understanding of contemporary art/classical music through contact, education
and live performance.
More information can be found at:
www.pytheasmusic.org/ycmd.html
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