Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts, Colby College

Don’t miss our second orchestral concert of the season, directed by Dr. Jinwook Park. Cellist Elena Ariza will be the soloist in Antonín Dvořák’s Cello Concerto (1894), written during Dvořák’s final year in New York as director of the National Conservatory. The concert also includes Igor Stravinsky’s colorful depiction of a wooden puppet come to […]

Maine Middle Eastern Orchestra and the renowned oud and clarinet virtuoso, Mal Barsamian, have put together a beautiful program of Armenian music from the classical and folk traditions. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended. RESERVE TICKETS

Directed by Dr. Brendan Wilkins, the Colby Wind Ensemble’s fall concert will feature exciting works from a variety of styles. This program includes Dawn by Miyuko Oda, which depicts the ever-changing colors of the sky, and Moving Paths by Kelijah Dunton, inspired by the challenges faced by Nelson Mandela during his imprisonment and the search […]

Choruses have their origins in the theater of Ancient Greece. A Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities theme event, the Choirs at Colby gather to celebrate the fusion of these artistic domains. Directed by Dr. Neviton Barros, this concert will feature pieces from operas, operettas, musical theater, and movie soundtracks. Admission is free, but […]

Based on the classic story by Bram Stoker, Portland Ballet audiences will see Dracula brought to life through the captivating art of ballet. Follow Jonathan Harker’s journey from his home, love and light to Dracula’s ominous dwelling shadowed in mystery, lust and darkness. From the foreboding theme to the evocative choreography, Nell Shipman’s premiere of this […]

Directed by Dr. Brendon Wilkins, this concert will feature student vocalists singing with the Colby Jazz Ensemble, as well as many classics from the jazz big band repertoire. “Cry Me a River” by Arthur Hamilton is widely considered one of the greatest torch songs of all time. This tune will feature the collaboration of jazz […]

We are very excited to bring The Lunder Institute @ series home to Colby College Museum of Art to culminate its inaugural year. Launched in February of 2024, after traveling from California to New York and through Arkansas and Massachusetts, the Lunder Institute @ the Colby College Museum of Art will be hosted at the […]

Cappella Nova Mundi, a specialized choral ensemble based in Dover, New Hampshire will perform renaissance répertoire focused particularly on Pierre de la Rue (ca. 1452 – 1518). Admission is free, but reservations are recommended. RESERVE TICKETS

The Colby Symphony Orchestra highlights two canonical composers for the ensemble’s season opener, Brahms and Poulenc. The concert features two contrasting works by Johannes Brahms: his Academic Festival Overture (1880), which quotes multiple student tavern songs, and his melancholy, rich Symphony No. 4 in E Minor (1885). Pianists Steven Pane and Colby Associate Professor of […]

Conducted by Marshunda Smith, the “Black Azaleas Song Cycle” introduces the group of eco-activists at the core of Post Pardon: The Opera. Featuring local vocalists and musicians, as well as Colby students and faculty, the concert brings this new opera’s musical excitement and drama to audiences as a part of the Maine Literary Festival. In […]

In collaboration with Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance and the Center for the Arts and Humanities’ 2023–2025 “Play” theme, Colby College will be sponsoring the two-day Maine Lit Fest focusing on creativity, graphic writing, and social justice and featuring MacArthur Fellow and the 2024–2025 Kristina Stahl Writer-in-Residence Lynda Barry. Lynda Barry is an award winning […]

Mali Obomsawin is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and a citizen of Odanak First Nation (W8banaki). She is a bassist, composer, and vocalist whose work spans from jazz and roots music to film scoring, teaching, and indie-shoegaze. Obomsawin is an international touring artist with her own projects and as an accompanist. Obomsawin’s performance is part of […]

Testimony- A Journey in Jazz and Afro-Latin Jazz Rhythm Saturday, Sept. 21, 7:30 p.m. (Funded by the Robert J. Strider Concert Fund) An unforgettable musical journey, blending the elegance of jazz with the rhythmic vibrancy of Afro-Latin influences and delivering a fusion of sophistication and soul. CLICK FOR FREE RESERVATION

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Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. Her most recent book of poetry, The Hurting Kind, was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. She is the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States, the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, and […]