DownEast New Music is an organization dedicated to bringing dynamic performances of chamber music by living composers to DownEast Maine. DownEast New Music celebrates the exciting and diverse body of music by young American composers.

Community is built around the WORLD PREMIERE of Waldoboro-based composer/pianist Conrad Winslow’s (Homer, AK, b. 1985) new work Made from Stony Ground (2024), written for sextet of clarinet, cimbalom, piano, violin, cello, and double bass. Winslow uses monophonic textures and brings disparate voices together into near unison, reflecting new civic possibilities and the ways communities come together. As we listen to the various lines converging, we are inspired to think about what it means for diverging ideas and voices to join and become a singular whole.

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DownEast New Music

Opera House Arts

The Tell Your Story Fellows perform new, original works inspired by members of the Charleston community. The pieces feature the voices of local Charlestonians sharing their stories alongside sights and sounds of the region. Fellows are chosen by application from alumni of the Festival Orchestra and Chorus, and undertake a 6-month collaboration and oral history interview with a community member. Partners include representatives from We Are Family and Charleston Jewish Federation.

Edward Kass

Events

Upcoming events

May 26, 2026

Tell Your Story · Spoleto Festival USA

Past events

Jul 17, 2024

DownEast New Music · Opera House Arts

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