The Collins Center for the Arts serves as the anchor for performing arts at UMaine and is a cultural resource for the region, offering a broad and exceptional selection of programming designed to enrich, educate, and entertain. Since 1986, the Collins Center has presented world-class performances in a wide variety of art forms and cultures, appealing to diverse interests and age groups. Each season brings a wide variety of events, including Broadway tours, nationally-known comedians, legendary singers, renown dancers, family shows, live theatre, and everything in between. The 1,435 Hutchins Concert Hall provides the perfect venue to see your favorite events. In addition to presenting some of the world's most exciting live events in its Mainstage Series, the Collins Center presents several concerts in its Chamber Music Series, primarily presented in the intimate Minsky Recital Hall. The Collins Center is home to one of the largest broadcast screens in Maine, where we present two thrilling series: The Met: Live in HD and National Theatre Live. The Metropolitan Opera's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD broadcasts the best of British theatre recorded live from the London stage. The Collins Center for the Arts is proud to be the home of the Bangor Symphony Orchestra, one of the oldest, continually-operating community orchestras in the nation. Each year, the Symphony performs the Nutcracker, and other selections for thousands of fans. The Collins Center is also the perfect place to see arts education in action with symphonic, jazz and vocal concerts performed by music students from the University of Maine School of Performing Arts. Annually, more than 100,000 people visit the Collins Center for the Arts for a variety of events.
