Portland Conservatory of Music

January Recital Week: Recital #6
2026-01-18 15:00 (America/New_York) | Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St, Portland, ME, 04102, United States
See PCM students as they perform for you in this free concert showcasing their hard work and dedication.

January Recital Week: Recital #7
2026-01-18 17:30

January Recital Week: Chamber Ensembles
2026-01-21 18:30

January Recital Week: Jazz Ensembles
2026-01-22 18:30

January Recital Week: Middle Eastern Ensemble
2026-01-23 18:30
See the PCM Middle Eastern Ensemble perform for you in this free concert showcasing their hard work and dedication.

January Recital Week: Cello Choir
2026-01-24 18:30
See the PCM Cello Choir as they perform for you in this free concert showcasing their hard work and dedication.

WMPG's Jazz at the Movies | Music Pictures: New Orleans
2026-01-31 19:00 - 21:30
JAM presents the film”Music Pictures: New Orleans”, Sat., January 31st.
WMPG’s Jazz At The Movies and the Portland Conservatory of Music are pleased to present our first film of the 2026 season, the documentary “Music Pictures: New Orleans”. Beautifully shot and recorded, the film is a loving portrait of four Crescent City jazz, soul, and blues legends, and a celebration of 100 years of New Orleans musical history.
Directed by New Orleans native filmmaker Ben Chace, “Music Pictures: New Orleans” is a vibrant documentary exploring the rich musical heritage of New Orleans. It showcases the city’s diverse musical landscape, from legendary jazz clubs to lively street performances, highlighting the influences of Creole, African American, and French cultures, and how historical events, like Mardi Gras and Hurricane Katrina, have shaped the city’s music scene. Through interviews with local musicians and historians, Music Pictures: New Orleans reveals music's central role in the city’s cultural and social fabric.
The film showcases four New Orleans music legends: Grammy-winning Irma Thomas “The Soul Queen of New Orleans” ; Benny Jones Sr., the leader and drummer of the world renowned Treme’ Brass Band; guitarist Little Freddie King, the “Last King of the Blues”; and the pianist and educator, Ellis Marsalis, Jr., patriarch of the famed jazz family, in what would be his last concert before his death. Music Pictures: New Orleans follows each of the four artists, one by one, as they talk about their lives, rehearse, and record a new album in the studio in early 2020s. By combining vintage footage with live interviews and rare backstage access, this film provides a wonderful snapshot of New Orleans as the home for so much great American music, from soul to brass band to jazz and the blues. What better way to get ready for the Mardi Gras season!
WMPG’s Jazz At The Movies invites you to come join us on Saturday, January 31st, 7PM, at Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal St., Portland, for “ Music Pictures: New Orleans”. Admission is FREE, and donations are gladly accepted. Let the good times roll!

Open Jazz Jam
2026-02-02 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-02-09 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-03-02 18:30 - 20:30, 2026-03-09 18:30 - 20:30
A free open Jazz Jam session. Bring your Real Book and jam with us!
No Registration Necessary

WMPG's Jazz at the Movies | Shhhh....It's Top Secret!
2026-02-21 19:00 - 21:30
Shhhhhhhhh….It’s top secret!!

As part of Black History Month, WMPG’s Jazz At The Movies is excited to present
a film so special we can’t even mention its name! A Sundance Film prize winner featuring
everyone from Stevie Wonder to Sly Stone and Nina Simone – a concert so epic that it’s been called “Harlem’s answer to Woodstock”…
Be ready to see and hear some of the baddest concert footage ever recorded. You won’t want to miss it, and it’s showing by special arrangement right here in Portland – One night only!

Saturday, February 21st, 7:00PM at the Portland Conservatory of Music, 29 Neal St.
Admission is FREE

Admission is FREE, and donations are gladly accepted.

Open Jazz Jam
2026-02-23 18:30 - 20:30
An open Jazz Jam session. Bring your Real Book and jam with us!
No Registration Necessary

240 Strings | Echoes Through Time and Story
2026-03-15 15:00
We explore the expressive voice of the flute as it travels across centuries and styles—from the ornate elegance of Baroque Italy with Vivaldi, through the evocative melodies of 20th-century film music by Nino Rota, to the vivid colors and playful spirit of Jacques Ibert’s modern French repertoire. Each piece invites listeners to experience the flute as a storyteller, painting vivid scenes and emotions with every note. We are thrilled to welcome our guest, Nicole Rabata, flute.
Guest Tim Paek, Cello
Anastasia Antonacos, Piano
Tracey Jasas-Hardel, Violin
Run Time: 90 minutes
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Portland String Quartet | Carried in Song
2026-04-12 14:00
Carried in Song is a reflection on identity, personal voice, and cultural memory through the medium of a string quartet. The program opens with Iranian composer Aftab Darvishi’s Daughters of Sol, a piece that draws on a rich variety of musical traditions. With gentle transitions and delicate shifts in color, the piece evokes cycles of life and the quiet persistence of memory, moving fluidly between light and shadow, dissolution and return.
Boston-based Vartan Aghababian’s Armenian Suite follows as an exploration of heritage and spirituality, drawing from Armenian musical traditions to create a sound world of reverence and reflection. The program closes with Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 2, written during a time of war and displacement. Woven with Jewish musical themes, it speaks with urgency and expressivity, capturing the resilience and traditions of voices passed down through generations.
The PSQ invites audiences to join them on this journey as they explore music as a vessel for what we carry, and for what carries us.
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240 Strings | Bridging Centuries...
2026-05-03 15:00
“Bridging Centuries…” traces a musical journey across three centuries, connecting the voices of Beethoven, Schumann, and contemporary composer Stacy Garrop. Beethoven’s “Archduke” Trio embodies the grandeur and lyricism of the Classical tradition, while Schumann’s passionate Trio in D minor reveals the Romantic spirit in full bloom. Between them, Stacy Garrop’s evocative work for piano trio offers a modern perspective, weaving vivid colors and narratives that speak directly to our time. Together, these works form a bridge of sound and expression, linking past and present in a dialogue that is as timeless as it is immediate.
We are delighted to feature guest cellist Marisa Solomon with the Portland Piano Trio, whose artistry brings added depth and richness to this exploration across centuries.
Marisa Solomon, Cello
Anastasia Antonacos, Piano
Tracey Jasas-Hardel, Violin
Run Time: 90 minutes
