• Choral Masterwork: Verdi Requiem

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Two Performances: Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 3:00 Directed by Dr. Jinwook Park, the Colby Symphony Orchestra, the Choirs at Colby, and invited soloists celebrate the close of Colby's concert season by performing Giuseppi Verdi’s operatic, epic Requiem. The program also includes Franz Schubert’s Overture “In the Italian Style,” in D major, D. 26, […]

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  • Choral Masterwork: Verdi Requiem

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Two Performances: Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 3:00 Directed by Dr. Jinwook Park, the Colby Symphony Orchestra, the Choirs at Colby, and invited soloists celebrate the close of Colby's concert season by performing Giuseppi Verdi’s operatic, epic Requiem. The program also includes Franz Schubert’s Overture “In the Italian Style,” in D major, D. 26, […]

    Free
  • Sagittarius Ponderosa

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Three Performances: Thursday – Saturday, April 30 – May 2, 7:30 Archer (still Angela to his family) doesn’t want to move back to his childhood home in eastern Oregon when his father falls ill. But at night under the oldest Ponderosa Pine, he meets a stranger who knows the history of the forests and the […]

    Free
  • Sagittarius Ponderosa

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Three Performances: Thursday – Saturday, April 30 – May 2, 7:30 Archer (still Angela to his family) doesn’t want to move back to his childhood home in eastern Oregon when his father falls ill. But at night under the oldest Ponderosa Pine, he meets a stranger who knows the history of the forests and the […]

    Free
  • Sagittarius Ponderosa

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Three Performances: Thursday – Saturday, April 30 – May 2, 7:30 Archer (still Angela to his family) doesn’t want to move back to his childhood home in eastern Oregon when his father falls ill. But at night under the oldest Ponderosa Pine, he meets a stranger who knows the history of the forests and the […]

    Free
  • Colby Collegium: The Four Seasons

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Join the Colby Collegium on a journey through the turning of the seasons, exploring nature’s cycles of growth, rest, and renewal. Across cultures and centuries, the seasons have offered composers a rich palette for exploring not only the beauty of the natural world but also themes of change, transformation, and migration. The colorful program will […]

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  • Colby Wind Ensemble: Across the United States

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    The Colby Wind Ensemble’s spring concert guides the listener on a journey through the United States. Frank Duarte incorporates 19th century folk songs in his composition “From Atlanta to the Sea” to create this military style march. “New York from a Distance” by Daniel Dade takes the audience on a sonic tour through New York […]

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  • SPLICE Festival

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Dates: March 5–7, 2026 Organization: Colby Music Venue: Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Free Coming to Colby from March 5 to March 7, 2026, SPLICE Festival VII is a three-day festival that blends engaging live performances with new technologies. Composers, performers, and composer/performers gather for a weekend of concerts and presentations […]

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  • Our Song: Broadway in Concert

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    This concert is a powerful gathering of voices, rising in courage, passion, and shared resolve. Drawn from Broadway’s most enduring works, these songs move from quiet beginnings to bold expression, illuminating what becomes possible when stories are sung aloud. Featuring Colby College students alongside some of Waterville’s finest Community Creatives and presented by the Colby […]

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  • Jazz Improv Performance

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Students of Dr. Brendon Wilkins Jazz Improv Jan Plan will present their final performance. Jazz combos from the course explore the art of jazz improvisation, showcasing their experience over the last month. Don’t miss this exciting celebration of music, learning, and spontaneity. Reservations are recommended but not required! RESERVE TICKETS

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  • Colby Symphony Orchestra: Stories in Sound

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Directed by Dr. Jinwook Park, this concert will be a wonderful experience for adults and children alike. Maurice Ravel’s orchestral suite Le Tombeau de Couperin will fill the hall with neoclassical orchestral color, and animals will spring to life in Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Colby’s own John Ervin. The vibrant Concerto […]

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  • Choirs at Colby Sing Noël

    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Maine with the Choirs at Colby in a festive program celebrating French and Canadian choral traditions. Featuring works by Francis Poulenc, Nathaniel Dett, Eleanor Daley, and others, the evening traces cultural connections that have shaped Maine’s history. The performance will culminate in Camille Saint-Saëns’s Christmas Oratorio, a warm and […]

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  • Break, Burn, Build

    Break, Burn, Build
    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Three Performances: Friday, November 14, 7:30 and Saturday, November 15, 2:00 & 7:30 These productions encouraged student artists to BREAK with familiar patterns, find the sparks of new ideas, let them BURN, and then BUILD new work. The concert features student work from TD355: Applied Choreography, the annual faculty-directed First-Year dance piece, and special guests! […]

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  • Break, Burn, Build

    Break, Burn, Build
    Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville

    Three Performances: Friday, November 14, 7:30 and Saturday, November 15, 2:00 & 7:30 These productions encouraged student artists to BREAK with familiar patterns, find the sparks of new ideas, let them BURN, and then BUILD new work. The concert features student work from TD355: Applied Choreography, the annual faculty-directed First-Year dance piece, and special guests! […]

    Free