Brick Church for the Performing Arts

Lovell, Maine

The Brick Church for the Performing Arts

2023 Calendar of Events

Unless otherwise noted, programs begin at 7 PM and take place on Thursdays.

Admission: $10 adult, $5 children 15 and under. Tickets are available at the door.

Refreshments will be available at intermission. Airconditioned!

June

June 8, 2023

Da Capo

Da Capo is a local choral group directed by Mary Bastoni and John Waldie. Da Capo performs a variety of musical genres, from pop, to jazz to Broadway. This concert will feature music from Burt Bacharach, Bill Withers, Tito Puente, Queen, Crosby, Stills and Nash and many more. This group is full of energy and is sure to entertain audiences of all ages.

Da Capo

June 8, 2023

Mary Bastoni to present an evening of The Songs of Barbara Streisand on Thursday, June 22nd at 7:00 pm. Mary will be joined by pianist John Waldie for an evening of well-known songs Barbara recorded from musicals and her radio hits from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. This promises to be an entertaining evening of Barbara Streisand hits sung by the Valley’s own versatile and talented vocalist, Mary Bastoni.

Mary is a seasoned performer who has done sold out shows such as Always Patsy Cline, the Songs of Burt Bacharach, and Barbara Streisand. Mary has performed both classical and contemporary music. She has performed in professional and community theater, musical theater productions, opera and as a featured vocalist. She has been on the stage throughout Maine and New Hampshire. Mary is a vocal teacher at the University of Southern Maine, Mountain Top Music Center and in her own private studio. She has acted in and directed numerous theater productions throughout the Mount Washington Valley and beyond.

July

Don Roy and Friends

July 6, 2023

Jungle Book

Mary Bastoni's Summer Theater Camp

July 15, 2023

Teresa will present a show entitled the Queens of Country Music, featuring hit songs by traditional female country artists such as Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Kitty Wells, Emmy Lou Harris and more. Songs will include Coal Miner’s Daughter, Stand By Your Man, Back in Baby’s Arms, and It Wasn’t God Who Made Honkey Tonk Angels. Teresa will be supported by musicians under the direction of John Waldie. A few special guests will round out the performance taking part in solos, duets and harmonies.

Teresa Dyer has been recognized by both the Pine Tree Country Music Association and the Maine Country Music Association in the categories of vocal performance and entertainer of traditional country music. This concert promises to be an entertaining evening of country music right in the heart of Western Maine.

August

LC Williams and the Driver

August 10, 2023

Alex Roche

August 11, 2023

Dave Kobrenski

August 24, 2023

September

The Bradley Jazz Collective

The Brick Church for the Performing Arts proudly presents the Bradley Jazz Collective on Thursday, September 7, 2023. The Bradley Jazz Collective was founded in 2015 to perform the inaugural concert for Bradley Backstage concert series at the Leura-Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. The Bradley Jazz Collective prioritizes musical interaction and spontaneity in its fresh interpretations of the jazz repertoire. This year’s program at the Lovell Brick Church for the Performing Arts features the music of Billy Strayhorn. Beginning in 1939, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn collaborated in the creation of hundreds of jazz classics. Their ability to co-compose is unmatched in the history of jazz. Despite their close work together, Strayhorn’s compositions contain their own unique sound that is full of colorful harmonies and poignant melodies. Bradley Jazz Collective members include Tom Robinson, piano, Mike Sakash, saxophone, Al Hospers bass, and Craig Byan Jr., drums.

Thanks for a great season!

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