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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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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The team behind USM's new alma mater is Dr. Dan Sonenberg (music) and Dr. Heidi Parker (lyrics).

May 2, 2025

New alma mater unites Huskies in song
Ocean Robbins plays Adele in "Die Fledermaus."

April 28, 2025

USM goes batty for ‘Die Fledermaus’
Jo (Taylor Ciotti) and Beth (Emma Hall) enjoy a respite from their troubles by flying kite in scene from "Little Women."

April 11, 2025

Musical adaptation of ‘Little Women’ is not your average Jo of a show
Tina Davis pauses while practicing a Mozart sonata on a 1780s-era replica fortepiano built by Rod Regier in Freeport. (Courtesy: Tina Davis)

January 15, 2025

Fulbright scholar follows her interest in piano evolution to Germany
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

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