Donna Coleman’s worldwide recognition encompasses award-winning recordings, major prizes in international competitions, concert tours around the globe, and invitations from music schools on four continents for teaching and performance residencies.

Her interest in the 19th century roots of Ives’s music evolved into the "Rags to Riches" series (ABC Classics). In 2010, OutBach® released Don’t Touch Me, the solo piano Danzas Cubanas by Ignacio Cervantes and The Lost Lady [OutBach® CN002] was released in November 2015.

Coleman’s OutBach® project explores relationships between the ancient musical traditions of Australia, Western European art music and the African-inspired styles in the Americas, produced the first collaboration between a pianist and two didgeridoo performers. Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Donna Coleman has held associate professorship positions in three United States universities, and for the past two decades she has nurtured the performance research of the keyboard students in the Victorian College of the Arts and in the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, University of Melbourne, an Australian public research university.

She regularly travels the world giving concerts, lecture-recitals, masterclasses, workshops, and developing new recording projects for her OutBach® label. Her new venture, The Emerson Trio, dedicated to the music of American composers, makes its formal debut in concert at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art which was held on September 4, 2016.

For more information on the exhibit, please contact Sofia Birden at 834-7527.

UMFK students contact Theresa Biggs. UMFK alumni contact the alumni affairs office at 8343-7557.

The event is sponsored by UMFK Student Activities.

Free admission.

For more information contact Theresa Biggs at (207) 834-7850

UMFK students, employees, and alumni are encouraged to participate.

You may watch the parade on the lawn of the Haenssler Honors Center lawn – Refreshments served.

For more information on the parade, contact Susan Tardie at 834-7447.

The ceremony will recognize the following classes: 1936, 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976, 1986, 1996, and 2006.

During the evening, distinguished awards will be presented to the following honorees: Dana A. Saucier Sr. (’68) Outstanding Alumnus; Kim Parent (’02), Outstanding Young Alumna; and Frantzceau Germain (’16) Outstanding Future Alumnus.

We will present the annual James "Pop" Hoyt award and award the Gold cane to the oldest class alumni recipient. For tickets, contact the Alumni Affairs office at 834-7557. Deadline for purchasing tickets is Friday, September 2.