Student activities

  Buckle your seatbelt and put your tray table in the upright position as the PSO and the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra take you around the world! Join your PSO and the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra for an afternoon of … Read More

  The students in Ed Reichert's musical theatre studio will be featured in their second Showcase this semester.  They have shaken the winter blues away and are ready to knock more tunes outta the ballpark for you. These are the … Read More

  In this concert entitled “Piano Alchemy: Sky, Earth, Water. . . Joy!,” pianist Anastasia Antonacos will perform Gliese 581c by Emily Doolittle, based on a planet orbiting within the Gliese system (the sky element). Representing Earth are works by … Read More

  RABBIT RABBIT!  In the mood for some foolishness, fun, and frivolity?  Come see the festive and final installment of Musical Theatre Madness this semester as the students in Ed Reichert's Studio strutt their stuff in Corthell Hall...with some special … Read More

The annual Honors Recital showcases the School of Music’s most accomplished undergraduate soloists and composers, who are selected by audition before an outside jury of professional musicians. The audience will be treated to a varied mix of instruments, voices, and styles of music, ranging from classical to musical theater to jazz. The names of the winners will be engraved on the permanent plaque hanging in Corthell Hall that lists all Honors Recitalists since the inception of the event in 1978.

  The Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra together with the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra present their Spring concert at WPAC etc……. The program will open with highlights from Edvard Grieg’s Incidental music to “Peer Gynt” (known for its famous ‘Morning Mood’ … Read More

The USM Jazz Combo concert will consist of performances by USM’s instrumental jazz combos and vocal jazz ensemble. This concert will be stylistically diverse and will feature some of the strongest jazz musicians at the Osher School of Music at the University of Southern Maine.

Celebrate music through the ages at this performance featuring themes of royalty, renaissance, romance, and folklore. All are welcome, prince or pauper, jester or noble. Ollie and Jack hope you enjoy!

  The Osher School of Music is pleased to welcome Grammy-nominated pianist Andrius Žlabys who has received international acclaim for his appearances with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including The New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Rotterdam … Read More

  This studio recital features the voice students of Mary Bastoni.  This event is free and open to the public. You may enter $0 or enter any other amount to make a donation. This live performance takes place at Corthell … Read More

Directed by Dan Sonenberg, the Composers Ensemble begins each semester with a different mix of instruments and no music. Throughout the semester, the student composers in the group write and the players rehearse, and the composers edit, and again and again throughout the semester a full concert of original works is developed and finally performed in this concert.

Corthell Concert Hall   A joint student voice recital from the Wheatley and Haslett studios tickle your eardrums in this springtime recital.  Free, open to the public, high, fast, and loud. This event is free and open to the public, … Read More

  The Osher School of Music is pleased to welcome Tina and Phil Burns for a Master Class for vocalists. The master class is free and open to the public at Corthell Concert Hall on the Gorham Campus on Saturday, … Read More

The OSOM Jazz Ensemble will be performing an eclectic concert of big band literature featuring music from the libraries of the Artie Shaw Orchestra, the Buddy Rich Big Band, the Duke Ellington Orchestra as well as music written by jazz luminaries such as Bill Holman, Mike Stern, Ellen Rowe and Craig Skeffington.

This concert will feature a variety of choral and instrumental works on the theme of weather and climate. The centerpiece of the program is the Maine premier performance of Rollo Dilworth's masterwork Weather based on Claudia Rankine's poem of the same title featuring the Osher Concert Band conducted by William Kinne, and the Osher Choral Ensembles conducted by Nicolás Alberto Dosman.

The Portland Youth Ensembles, Portland's outstanding regional youth music performance program, will perform its annual Spring instrumental concert at Merrill Auditorium. Presented by the Osher School of Music, the concert will include: the Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Lehmann, OSOM director of string studies and orchestral activities; the Portland Youth Wind Ensemble, conducted by Will Kinne, OSOM director of bands; the Portland Young People's String Consort, conducted by Hanna Flewelling, and the Portland Youth Junior Orchestra, conducted by Ferdinand Liva, violin artist faculty member.

Join USM Vocal Jazz for an evening of swingin’ music with performances from our larger group, The Sharp Elevens, our chamber sextet, and a variety of soloists! Tickets are $10 general, $5 students, seniors, USM employees and alumni.  This live … Read More

of M   The Osher School of Music is pleased to welcome Tina and Phil Burns for a master class for vocalists. The master class is free and open to the public at Corthell Concert Hall on the Gorham Campus … Read More

The "Portland Piano Extravaganza,” features pianists from the studio of Laura Kargul, will be held at St. Luke’s Cathedral at 143 State Street in Portland on Sunday, April 30 at 3 p.m. The program will include solo works by Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Ravel and Prokofiev.