Fellowship program announced at Bowdoin Festival

BRUNSWICK — The trustees of the Bowdoin International Music Festival announced that they have established the Kaplan Fellowship Program in honor of founding director Lewis Kaplan.

At the invitation of Bowdoin College and the late Robert Beckwith, chair of the Bowdoin College Department of Music, Kaplan brought the Aeolian Chamber Players to the College in 1964 for a summer concert series. The following year, a training program for outstanding students of classical music was established and the contemporary music festival, now known as the Charles E. Gamper Festival, was launched.

The Kaplan fellows, who will be drawn from the most promising students at major conservatories around the world, will receive full fee support — tuition, room, and meals. Each fellow will work with the Kaplan Program director to customize his or her program of instruction with the festival’s renowned faculty.

In the program’s first year, fellowships in strings and piano will be allocated to students of college age or older who have demonstrated musical maturity and excellence on their instrument. Fellows will be selected by a panel of Bowdoin Festival faculty based on application materials, which must include a letter of nomination by a nationally or internationally known musician.

Annual Dinner & Theater Fundraiser in Harpswell

HARPSWELL — Harpswell Community Theater and Merriconeag Grange will hold their annual dinner and theater fundraiser tonight at 6 p.m. at the Grange Hall, Route 123 Harpswell Center.

The evening starts with a homemade pot roast dinner prepared and served by members of the grange followed by family-friendly skits and music performed by members of the Harpswell Community Theater.

Tickets for the dinner and show are $15 and can be purchased by calling 833-2320. Seating is limited.