The Maine Pops Concert Band has a full summer of musical engagements that will take the Scarborough-based concert band to locations ranging from Bath to Kennebunk. The 100-member concert band – under the direction of David Watts — will begin public performances on most Wednesday evenings between late June and the middle of August.
The next scheduled concert – slated for May 28 at First Parish Congregational Church in Saco – will feature six of the band’s nine small ensembles in a concert that was cancelled last March due to a late-season winter storm. Groups may include “Polished Brass” (an 11-member brass ensemble), the “Clarinet Chromatics” (clarinet ensemble), The Uniquehorns (French horn ensemble), “Tubby Tones” (tuba and euphonium ensemble), the Maine Pops Flute Choir, and “Quince” the band’s woodwind quintet. The concert begins at 7 p.m. A donation of $15 is recommended and all students are admitted free of charge.
The full Maine Pops Concert Band also has a busy summer planned with the following public engagements scheduled:
June 25 – Outdoor concert at St. David’s Episcopal Church in Kennebunk, Maine, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
June 28 – Robert Browne Hall Day Massed Band performance, Site and time to be determined.
July 16 – Outdoor concert at Heseltine Park, Woodfords Corner neighbor, Portland, Maine, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
August 1 – Outdoor concert at Bath Library Gazebo, Bath, Maine, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
August 13 – Outdoor concert at Cape Elizabeth Village Green, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
August 15 – Outdoor concert at Scarborough Memorial Park Gazebo Amphitheater, Scarborough Summerfest, Scarborough, ME, 5 to 6:30 p.m.
