Guest Artists

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Students can attend many sorts and levels of professional concerts at Bowdoin. The Music Department sponsors a series of about a dozen concerts annually, most related in some way or other to the curriculum. 

Recent visiting artists have included Brad Mehldau, the SYOTOS Latin jazz band, the Triple Helix piano trio, the new music ensemble Flexible Music and the Sharq Arabic music ensemble. Please see our calendar listing of upcoming concerts.

The Campus Activities Board also sponsors an annual series of "big name" concerts on campus: artists like Taj Mahal and events like the religious chanting of a group of Tibetan Buddhist monks are normal features of this series.

Music in Portland

Interested students can also find excellent music in Portland, a mere half-hour's drive away from Brunswick. The Portland Symphony, and a series of world-class visiting artists make this city a lively place for classical music, and both the performing arts series and several lively blues clubs provide frequent and high-class musical entertainment. Music classes at Bowdoin often include a visit to a concert in Portland.

Bowdoin College Department of Music
Guest Artists

Fall 2001
D'Anna Fortunato Classical US
Renee Rosnes Quartet Jazz US
California E.A.R. Unit New California
     
Spring 2002
    
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra Jazz New Hampshire
Norumbega Brass Quintet Classical Maine
     
Fall 2002
    
Mark O'Connor, L. Shankar, and Gingger Ecletic/South Indian South India
KaBoom! Jazz Maine
Krysia Tripp, flute & Keith Crook, guitar Classical Maine
     
Spring 2003
    
Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio* Jazz US
Bridget Convey, piano New Maine
Richard Roberts, piano Classical Maine
USM Chamber Singers Choral Maine
Ensemble Alternance New Paris
Yoko Hiraoka, koto & shamisen* Ethnic: Japanese Colorado
Daniel Steppner, violin Classical/Baroque (Modern & Period Instruments) Massachusetts
Three Generations of Maine Fiddlers with Lissa Schneckenburger Ethnic: Maine/Québecois Maine
     
Fall 2003
    
Cosmas Magaya with Vakasara Mbira* Ethnic Zimbabwe
Ensemble Chaconne with Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano Elizabethan (Period Instruments) Massachusetts
Brad Mehldau Trio Jazz US
Zygmunt Krauze, piano New Poland
The Publick Musick Baroque US
Martin Perry, piano Classical Maine
     
Spring 2004
    
Tamara Poddubnaya, piano* Classical Russia
Thomas Meglioranza, baritone* Classical & Broadway US
Portland String Quartet Classical & New Maine
George Rochberg 85th Birthday Celebration Concert New US
Music from the Time of Anne Frank Classical The Netherlands
Andrey Tchekmazov, cello & Irina Nuzova, piano Classical US
Steve Grover Jazz Trio Jazz Maine
Orchestra of the University of Tübingen Classical Germany
Dino Ghezzo, piano New US
Suga Kyokoko, biwa* Ethnic Japan
Strings Across the Border Ethnic Cape Breton
Contrasts Quartet New US
Cuarteto Millenium* Classical Venezuela
     
Fall 2004
    
Ensemble ISIS New England
Peter Dickinson, piano New England
Cassatt String Quartet Classical US
Longfellow's Musical World Classical Massachusetts
Maciej Walczak Electronic Poland
Edmund Battersby, fortepiano* Classical (Period Instruments) US
Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum Choral Massachusetts
     
Spring 2005     
Gamelan Galak Tika Ethnic: Balinese Massachusetts
Christina Astrachan, soprano, John Corrie, baritone & Frank Glazer, piano Classical Maine
Walden Chamber Players* Classical US
Myles Jordan, ‘cello & Martin Perry, fortepiano Classical (Period Instruments) Maine
Trio PianOVo New Germany
Talking Drums Ethnic US
Richard Nelson Quintet Jazz Maine
Ecclesia Ensemble Baroque (Period Instruments) US
     
Fall 2005
    
Radnofsky Saxophone Quartet New US
Sylvia Smith Percussion Duo New US
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra Classical China
The Legend of Farinelli with Derek Lee Ragin, countertenor Baroque (Period Instruments) US
Michelle Makarski, violin & Lydia Artimiw, piano* Classical US
Aniruddha Knight & Ensemble* Ethnic South India
John Pizzarelli Quartet Jazz US
     
Spring 2006
    
Mozart's Birthday Faculty Concert Classical Maine
Gary Wittner, guitar & Howard Johnson, tuba Jazz US
Vogler String Quartet* Classical Germany
Toshiko Akiyoshi Quartet featuring Lew Tabackin* Jazz US/Japan
Doulce Mémoire Renaissance (Period Instruments) France
Flexible Music* New/Eclectic US
     
     
Fall 2006
    
LaRiche & Company*  Baroque
 Massachusetts
"Follow the Lieder"
 Clasical
 Maine
Lynn Vartan, percussion & Bridget Convey, piano  New
 US
Blair McMillen, piano
 New
 England
Triple Helix
 Classical
 US
Libby van Cleve '80, oboe
 New
 US
     
Spring 2007     
Istanpitta Medieval
 Texas
Borealis Wind Quintet*
 Classical
 US
George Ruckert, sarod with Jerry Leake, tabla (Indian) Ethnic
 US
Titus Abbott Collective  Jazz
 Maine
Nevsky Vocal Ensemble
 Classical
 Russia
Eroica Trio  Classical
 US
     
Fall 2007     
Harlequine
 Classical
 Maine
Chris Washburn and the SYOTOS Band  Latin Jazz
 New York
Mateusz Kolokowski, piano* Jazz
 Poland
Duncan Cumming, piano  Classical
 US
The Diaz Trio
 Classical
 US
"Orfeo" presented by the University of Southern Maine  Baroque
 Maine
Joyce Moulton, piano  Classical
 Maine
     
Spring 2008
    
Meliora String Quartet
 Classical
 Maine
Hopkinson Smith, lute*  Renaissance
 Switzerland
Curtis on Tour
 Classical
 Pennsylvania
Ann Tedards, soprano & Marva Duerksen, piano*
 Classical
 US
Portland Chamber Orchestra
 Classical
 Maine
Anastasia Antonacos, piano  Classical
 Maine
Flexible Music* New
 New York
Ying Quartet
 Classical
 US
     
Fall 2008
Portland Chamber Orchestra Classical Maine
Portland String Quartet Classical Maine
Esperanza Spaulding, jazz bass & vocal Jazz US
Martin Perry, piano Classical Maine
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir Renaissance Massachusetts
Adrienne Watkinson, violin Classical Maine
Ronald Barron, trombone Classical Massachusetts
 *Guest artist has given a lecture or masterclass