Portland, ME.   PORTopera is proud to join nearly 100 other opera organizations nationwide to celebrate National Opera Week (October 29 – November 7), organized by OPERA America, the national service organization for opera, with support of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Portland, ME – Fortepianist Sylvia Berry will perform in the chapel at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke (Episcopal), at 143 State Street, Portland, Maine, on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 3:00 pm. Her concert, From the Galant to the Romantic: Music of J.C. Bach, Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven will use the fortepiano which was the instrument of Haydn and Mozart, and on which Beethoven would have played his early keyboard works.

Portland, Maine - Sunday, October 31, 2010, in the first concert of their 2010-11 Portland Concert Series, the PSQ brings back one of their favorite guest artists, clarinetist, Charles Neidich. Neidich, described as one of the most mesmerizing musicians performing before the public today, will perform Brahms' Clarinet Quintet with the PSQ.This work is widely regarded as Brahms's supreme achievement in chamber music.

PORTLAND, Maine (October 4, 2010) -- The Portland Symphony Orchestra (PSO) announced today the appointment of Lisa Dixon as Executive Director. Dixon comes to the PSO from the Memphis Symphony Orchestra (MSO), where she has served as Chief Operating Officer since 2008.