Another Maine Pops Concert Band spring concert is in the books following its “Let’s Travel” concert held April 27 at Scarborough High School’s Winslow Homer Center for the Arts in Scarborough, ME. A good-sized audience filled the lower portion of the auditorium to hear nine musical selections rehearsed by the band since it began spring concert rehearsals in January.
The 2025 spring program:
1. Travelin’ Music – Robert Sheldon
2. Finlandia – Jean Sebelius
3. Indiana – McDonald and Hanley
4. Fuego del Alma – Carl Strommen
5. The Pathfinder of Panama – John Philip Sousa
6. Star Trek Symphonic Suite – Giacchino, Roddenberry and Courage
7. Three Celtic Dances – Brian Balmages
8. An American in Paris – George Gershwin
9. Galop – Dmitri Shostakovich
With the spring concert complete, the Maine Pops returns to the rehearsal hall on Wednesday, April 30 to begin preparations for its 2025 summer season. The band will pull music from its 2024 fall concert, 2025 spring performance and may add a few works traditionally performed during the summer season. A formal schedule has not been set, but the summer schedule will be published as soon as arrangements are finalized.
The band is also finalizing plans for the rescheduled small ensembles concert cancelled March 29 due to wintry weather. That concert – featuring six of the nine Maine Pops ensembles, will be held Wednesday, May 28 at the First Parish Congregational Church in Saco, beginning at 7 p.m.
