..read more

The Maine Pops Concert Band is looking to add a new dimension to its repertoire in providing music entertainment to its regional base. The 36-year-old concert band ensemble is forming a swing band – modeled after the classic big bands - with plans to begin local performances during the Maine Pops’ 2024-2025 season. The idea of a Maine Pops Swing Band came from trumpeters Randy Kitano and Peter Flournoy, both recent additions to the Maine Pops Concert Band. Both experienced musicians with big band credentials, Kitano and Flournoy first proposed creating the big band during the February Maine Po ..read more

The 2024 Maine Pops Concert Band spring concert is slated for Saturday, April 27, at 2:30 p.m. inside Scarborough High School’s Winslow Homer Center for the Arts in Scarborough, ME. The title of the concert is “Music at War and Peace” and will feature a variety of musical selections including patriotic compositions, a medley, a variety of symphonic movie soundtracks and both historic and current classical works. Maine Pops Director David Watts has selected music for the 90-minute performance from a variety of composers, which include Brian Balmages, Eric Coates, Ron Goodwin, Richard Rodgers ..read more

..read more

The fall leaves of November are long gone, winter snow is fast approaching Southern Maine, and the temperatures have dropped to the low teens each evening. Yet for the Maine Pops Concert Band, it’s now time to finally finish its 35th anniversary celebration. On Sunday, January 21, the Maine Pops will perform its “Bringer of Jollity” concert inside the Falmouth High School auditorium, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The school is located at 74 Woodville Road, in Falmouth, ME. This concert was originally slated as the band’s November 19 fall performance, but was postponed due to circumstances beyond the ..read more

..read more

The Maine Pops Concert Band – serving communities in the greater Portland area – has announced its concert schedule for the 2023 holiday season. The band will hold its first holiday concert at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13 at the Mountainside Community Church, located at 18 Mountain Road in Falmouth, ME. The event continues a long tradition of holiday concerts between the Maine Pops and the church and proceeds from the Mountainside performance will go to humanitarian efforts in the Portland region. On December 20, the band will return to St. Luke’s Cathedral, located at 143 State Street in ..read more

The Maine Pops Concert Band's 35th Anniversary Fall Concert, slated for Sunday, November 19 at 2:30 p.m. inside the Falmouth High School Auditorium, has been cancelled. The band's final rehearsal for this performance - slated for November 15 at Scarborough High School -has also been cancelled. Officials with the Maine Pops Concert Band are looking at potential dates in the beginning weeks of 2024 to reschedule the performance. Updates will be posted to its web site and social media channels. The band reminds its loyal patrons that the two holiday benefit performances - December 13 at Mountain ..read more

The leaves are past “peak,” and the temperatures have dropped to the low 30s in the evening. It is autumn in Maine, and it is time for the Maine Pops Concert Band to finish its 35th anniversary with the second of two anniversary concerts. On Sunday, November 19, the Maine Pops will perform in the Falmouth High School auditorium, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The school is located at 74 Woodville Road. This is a change in venue from what was previously announced earlier this fall. Originally slated for Scarborough High School, the band had to change locations due to Scarborough High’s Oak Hill Player ..read more

Hurricane Lee has passed us by, cooler temperatures are arriving, and the leaves will begin changing colors soon. It is autumn in Maine – time for fall harvest, pumpkin spice everything and the fall season for the Maine Pops Concert Band. The final phase of the Maine Pops’ 35th Anniversary celebration began September 6 when fall rehearsals started at Scarborough High School. Now two weeks into the season, the Maine Pops is focused on 10 musical selections it will perform at its 2023 fall concert, slated for November 19 at Scarborough High School’s Winslow Homer Center for the Arts, beginning ..read more