The Maine Pops Concert Band’s 2025 spring season concluded with its April 27 concert at Scarborough High School’s Winslow Homer Center for the Arts. The band will begin summer rehearsal sessions for its busy 2025 summer season on April 30, reviewing fall and spring literature for potential use during the summer months.
The band normally rehearses at Scarborough High School every Wednesday evening from 7 to 9 p.m. until the end of the school year. As always, there will be adjustments to the rehearsal schedule as the local Scarborough schools conduct their own music and theater programs at the high school and middle school levels. The Maine Pops will take all steps necessary to coordinate alternate venues and inform the membership of rehearsal site changes in advance.
The Maine Pops Concert Band continues its recruitment of musicians in Maine and New Hampshire to join or rejoin the band. The band now has over 100 musicians registered. No auditions are required, but the band is now concentrating on filling specific instrumental voids within sections.
2025 Spring/Summer Rehearsal and Performance Schedule (subject to change)
May 9 – Beach Street Big Band Performance, Marcel Drapeau Scholarship Concert, Biddeford High School, Biddeford, 6:30 to 7 p.m.
May 14 – Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Scarborough High School, Scarborough, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 15 – Beach Street Big Band Performance, First Parish Congregational Church, Saco, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 21 – Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Site TBD, 7 to 9 p.m.
May 28 – Maine Pops Small Ensemble Concert, First Parish Congregational Church, Saco, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
June 4 – Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Scarborough High School, Scarborough, 7 to 9 p.m.
June 11 – Maine Pops Concert Band Rehearsal, Site TBD, 7 to 9 p.m.(Scarborough Schools Last Day)
June 12 – Beach Street Big Band Performance (Private)
June 18 – Beach Street Big Band Performance (Private)
June 28 – Maine Pops Concert Band R.B. Hall Festival Performance, Site and Time TBD.
July 2 – Maine Pops Concert Band (Private)
July 16 – Maine Pops Concert Band performance – Heseltine Park/Woodfords Corner, Portland, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
July 17 – Beach Street Big Band Performance (Private)
August 1 – Maine Pops Concert Band Concert, Bath Library Gazebo, Bath, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
August 13 – Maine Pops Concert Band Concert, Cape Elizabeth Town Green, Cape Elizabeth, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
August 15 – Maine Pops Concert Band Concert, Scarborough Summerfest, Memorial Park Gazebo, Scarborough, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
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