2025 Maine Music Educators Association Conference: Full Schedule

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10:55am EDT

Brunswick High School Honors Wind Ensemble

Friday May 16, 2025 10:55am - 11:55am EDT

Brunswick High School Honors Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Brandon Duras, is a premier ensemble recognized for its exceptional musicianship and innovative programming. Mr. Duras has led the group to multiple high marks in the American Prize Competition and a recent performance at the Northeast Concert Band Festival, a Music for All affiliate. The ensemble is known for its performances of challenging, diverse repertoire and will be recording their first album in 2025. Join them for a performance of some of their favorite music from the upcoming album!

Speakers

Brandon Duras

Director of Instrumental Music, Brunswick High School

Brandon Duras is the Director of Instrumental Music in Brunswick, Maine, where he conducts two jazz bands, Symphonic Band, Honors Wind Ensemble, and teaches piano and music theory. A graduate of the University of New Hampshire (B.M.E. 2017, M.A. 2019), he has earned national and international... Read More →

Performers

Brunswick HS Wind Ensemble

Friday May 16, 2025 10:55am - 11:55am EDT
Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME 04473

Performance

12:00pm EDT

Osher School of Music Jazz Combo

Friday May 16, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME 04473

Listen to the advanced jazz combo from USM as they perform a set of originals and standards

Speakers

Aaron Henry

Band Director, Yarmouth High School

Aaron Henry graduated from the Berklee College of Music Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Music Performance, and received his M.M in Studio Composition from SUNY Purchase College. He leads bands at Yarmouth High School and is the Artist Faculty in Jazz Saxophone at USM.. He performs... Read More →

Performers

Osher School of Music Jazz Combo

Friday May 16, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME 04473

Performance

7:30pm EDT

Friday Evening Concert

Friday May 16, 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT

2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME 04473

Performers

New York Voices

New York Voices was born in the mid-1980s at upstate New York’s Ithaca College. Peter Eldridge, an aspiring jazz pianist who came late to singing; Kim Nazarian, who dreamed of a life on Broadway; and Darmon Meader, a saxophonist and self-described “choral geek,” came together... Read More →

Friday May 16, 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm EDT
Collins Center for the Arts 2 Flagstaff Rd, Orono, ME 04473

Performance