Past Performances

for Machias Bay Chamber Concerts

Over the years MBCC has showcased some of the most gifted musicians from Maine, New England, the US, and beyond. It has been our great privilege to host these artists and to watch them develop over the years. A handful of these musicians have performed during multiple MBCC seasons.

2024

Gene Nichols with musicians from the Lubec Area

Michelle Cann with Jupiter String Quartet

Viano String Quartet

2023

Big Band Swing Music with the Al Corey Band directed by Brian Nadeau

Anatole Wieck and Kevin Birch

MICHELLE CANN and VERONA QUARTET

GEOFF NUTTALL TRIBUTE CONCERT: ALEXI KENNEY, LIVIA SOHN, NATHAN SCHRAM, ARLEN HLUSKO, ANDREW ROITSTEIN, PEDJA MUZIJEVIC, SOPHIE DAVIS, and COLIN WHEATLEY

2022

Molly Abrams Priest and Gregory Biss

The Mike Levine Trio featuring vocalist Wendy Petersen and special guest Gene Nichols

WANDA HOUSTON and her Jazz Ensemble

PIANIST MICHELLE CANN with the Aeolus String Quartet

William Hagen, Blake Pouliot, Jan Gruning, Joshua Roman, Lizzie Burns

2021

A little light Music - Nuttall, Sohn, Casimir, Hlusko, Balliet, Ruiz

Big Band Swing Music with the Al Corey Band directed by Brian Nadeau

2020

No performances due to precautions around the Covid 19 pandemic.

2019

Jupiter String Quartet

Something Old, Something New

French Impressionism

THE SAINTS OF SWING

2018

Brian Nadeau Big Band - American Big Band Jazz

Trond Saeverud & Gregory Biss Duo - Violin and Piano

Portland Piano Trio - Piano, Violin, Cello

DaPonte String Quartet - Violins, Viola, Cello

Arsentiy Kharitonov - Piano

2017

Paul Sullivan - Piano

Dan Barrett - Bass Trombone & Laura Artesani - Piano

Thea Lobo - Mezzo-Soprano & Sylvia Berry - Piano

Peter & Will Anderson - Saxophones

Trond Saeverud - Violin, Gregory Biss - Piano, Anna Maria Baeza - clarinet, & Joachim Woitun - Cello

Geoff Nuttall - Violin, Christopher Costanza - Cello, James Austin Smith - Oboe, & Pedja Muzijevic - Piano

2016

Masanobu Ikemiya and Friends - Ragtime & Classical Piano

Jonathan & Susan Aceto with Marisa Solomon - Piano Trio

Fred Moyer - Classical & Jazz Piano

The Brian Nadeau Big Band

Creative Ensemble Collective (Jazz)

Trio Cleonice - Piano Trio