A rendering of the new Crewe Center for the Arts on the USM Portland campus

Crewe Center for the Arts

We are excited to announce the construction of the new Crewe Center for the Arts on our Portland Campus. This new home to the Osher School of Music will provide a state-of-the-art learning and performance center, located in the cultural heart of Maine and steps away from a rich music scene.

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Corthell Hall on the USM Gorham campus

Study at the Osher School of Music

We offer a personalized and opportunity-based approach to educating musicians, featuring a faculty of distinguished performers, teachers, scholars, and mentors. Our students benefit from having the vibrant greater Portland arts scene at our doorstep, and we routinely achieve nearly 100% placement of our music education graduates.

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Undergraduate & Graduate Auditions

2025 Admission to the Osher School of Music.

Audition required for all Majors and Minors.

  • Friday, November 22, 2024*
  • Friday, January 31, 2025*
  • Friday, February 7, 2025*
  • Saturday, February 8, 2025*
  • Friday, February 14, 2025*
  • Friday, April 18, 2025

* Scholarship Audition date

Start your application today for Spring or Fall

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Events

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Visiting Artist: Masterclass with Rachel Childers

January 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Gorham

Faculty Concert Series: “Bold as Brass”

January 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Gorham

Valentine’s Day with Laura Kargul and Callie Brennan

February 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Gorham

Faculty Concert Series: Women In Music, The Influencers

February 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Gorham

Student Ensemble Series: Wind Ensemble Chamber Winds & Percussion

February 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Gorham

Visiting Artist: Masterclass with Conrad Tao

March 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Gorham

Youth Opportunities

Youth orchestra at Merrill Auditorium

Portland Youth Ensembles

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Summer Youth Music & Theatre Camps

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All news

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During a tour of the Crewe Center, visitors from Maine Audubon feel the acid-etched markings on the windows, which make the glass visible to birds.

December 6, 2024

Treated glass spares birds from flying blind into Crewe Center windows
In a new production of Puccini's "Gianni Schicchi," the title character (Nick Sutton) hatches his plan to snatch a disputed inheritance for himself.

November 26, 2024

A Jazz Age reinvention of ‘Gianni Schicchi’ is a zoot-suited hoot
Justin Conley-Reyes conducts Stars and Stripes Forever as the closing number of the Osher Wind Ensemble's annual homecoming concert.

October 10, 2024

Homecoming concert builds a musical bridge between students past and present
Alyssa Rojecki Forcier ('15) reviews a photo during a promotion shoot for the Portland Players' upcoming production of "Legally Blonde: The Musical," in which she is playing the lead role of Elle.

September 12, 2024

Lights, camera…Glickman!
Nick Sutton and Hope Poore arrive at Merrill Auditorium in Portland to rehearse for their roles in the chorus of Opera Maine's production of "Aida."

August 10, 2024

As the temperature goes up, so does the curtain for summer theater season
Karoline Brechter (left) and Emma Hall play star-crossed lovers in the spring musical "The Prom."

April 13, 2024

‘The Prom’ doesn’t dance around issues of discrimination

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