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Producer/Hosts: Ron Beard and Liz Graves Theme music for Talk of the Towns Theme music for Talk of the Towns is a medley from Coronach, on a Balnain House Highland Music recording. Talk of the Towns: Local Community concerns and opportunities This month: Profiles of three community music organizations: Bagaduce Music, Ellsworth Community Music Institute, and Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Maine. – Signature programs of each organization? How has each organization evolved? – Make up of “faculty” and creative leaders? Target participants and audiences? – What is your organization’s mix of teaching and performance? – What is your mix of local talent and inspiring musicians from away? – How does making music benefit those involved? – How does making music build community? (examples of collaboration?) – How is each organization led and funded? – Where might listeners learn more about your organizations and how to get involved? Guest/s: Bennett Konesni, Executive Direc
ROCKPORT Coastal Mountains Land Trust’s Arts on the Hill program brings Bennett Konesni to Beech Hill Preserve on Thursday, Sept. 28, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. You’ve heard of “whistle while you work,” but did you know there is a long history of folks.