BRUNSWICK

Bowdoin festival founder honored by Juilliard

Bowdoin International Music Festival founder Lewis Kaplan, a member of the Juilliard School’s violin and chamber music faculties, has been named the 2011 recipient of the William Schuman Scholar’s Chair. The Schuman Chair is awarded each year by Juilliard’s Literature and Materials of Music Department to a Juilliard faculty member in recognition of outstanding contributions to the school’s artistic and intellectual life.

One of the Schuman Scholar’s responsibilities is to present a pair of lecture-recitals that focus on his or her career and perspective. Kaplan will lecture on Bach on Feb. 23, and on April 5 he will give a retrospective of his accomplishments as the founder and violinist of the Aeolian Chamber Players, his role in creating a repertoire of chamber works heard around the world, and his experience in co-founding the Bowdoin International Music Festival. Both lectures will be at the Juilliard School. 

DAMARISCOTTA

Lincoln County troupe looking for staff for 2011

Lincoln County Community Theater is seeking production staff for its season, which begins with “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.” The rest of the season includes “On Golden Pond,” opening in May, a summer production of “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” and a fall production of “Rabbit Hole.”

The theater invites stage directors, choreographers, music directors, designers and stage managers to submit a statement of interest with any supporting materials, such as a resume, to season@lcct.org. Materials also may be sent to Lincoln County Community Theater, PO Box 237, Damariscotta, ME 04543, Attn: Show Committee. The deadline is March 1.

For information, visit, www.lcct.org or call 563-3424. 

PORTLAND

Telling Room seeks writing for statewide competition

The Telling Room will sponsor a statewide writing contest for middle and high school students beginning this month and ending March 1. The contest is co-sponsored by Maine Magazine and Longfellow Books.

The theme for the contest is “play.” Prizes will be given in three categories: fiction, nonfiction and poetry, with cash prizes and books awarded to the winners. Submissions will be screened by the editorial board of The Telling Room, including groups of young writers in high school.

One winner in each category will have work published in Maine Magazine and be featured at The Telling Room’s celebration of student work in May at the Portland Public Library. Honorable mentions in each category will have work featured at www.tellingroom.org and on the Widgery Wharf Literary Blog. All submissions will be considered for The Telling Room’s fifth annual anthology, to be published in May.

For more information and submission guidelines, visit www.tellingroom.org or call 774-6064.

 

 

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