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Portland Community Orchestra

Portland Community Orchestra in an ensemble providing performance opportunities for amateur musicians and presenting concerts to the Greater Portland area

04/10/2026

Come join the Portland Community Orchestra on Saturday, May 9th, 7:00pm for its final concert of the 2025-26 season, with music by Borodin, Mozart, Purcell, Grainger, Weber and Beethoven. Featured artists will be sopranos Caroline Hester and Aberdeen Brickett, and clarinetist Christina McCarthy. It will be an exciting performance . . . we hope to see you there!

Date: Saturday, May 9, 2026, 7:00pm
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave, Ptld, ME, 04103
Tickets: $15 (adults) cash, check or Venmo
$5 (college students)
HS, grade school & younger - Free
http://portlandcommunityorchestra.org
[email protected]
207-232-5327

02/17/2026

Come join the Portland Community Orchestra for its Winter 2026 concert, with music by Bach, Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams, Turley, and two amazing youth soloists performing Fauré's Élégie for cello and orchestra and Zelter's Viola Concerto. It will be an exciting performance . . . we hope to see you there!

Date: Saturday, Mar 7, 2026, 7:00pm
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave, Ptld, ME, 04103
Tickets: $15 (adults)
$5 (college students)
HS, grade school & younger - Free
cash, check or Venmo
http://portlandcommunityorchestra.org
[email protected]
207-232-5327

12/13/2025

Come join us tonight for the Portland Community Orchestra's Classical Christmas with music by Handel, Corelli, Guilamant and Saint-Saëns. Featured works are selections from Handel's Messiah, Corelli's Christmas Concerto, and selections from Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio, featuring youth soloists Emma Guite and Rush Morrison, soprano Elizabeth Rollins and tenor Joseph Bates. Happy Holidays and hope to see you there!

Date: Saturday, Dec 13, 2025, 7:00pm
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave, Ptld, ME, 04103
Tickets: $15 (adults); $5 (college students), HS, grade school & younger - Free
Cash, Check, or Venmo
http://portlandcommunityorchestra.org
[email protected]
207-232-5327

11/03/2025

The Portland Community Orchestra presents its first concert of the 2025-26 season with music by Bach, Grieg, Byrd and Haydn. Featured works are Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2, Grieg's Nordic Melody, op. 63, no. 1, and Haydn's Symphony No. 31, "The Hornsignal.” I’m looking forward to seeing you there!

08/01/2025

Join PCO for an open rehearsal (5:30-6:30) and an informal free concert (6:30-7:30). Relax and enjoy the best of summer in Maine! Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave, Portland, ME (207-232-5327)

07/20/2025

PCO just finished up playing at the 2025 Yarmouth Clam Festival. A great day with some great music. Thanks to all who were able to join us! How about some Handel Royal Fireworks Music . . .

03/03/2025

Come join us for the Portland Community Orchestra's Handel Celebration, featuring soloists Davis Balestracci (performing the Organ Concerto No. 6), Margaret Hopkins (performing the Violin Concerto in D minor, HWV 304), a group of talented young soloists, and selections from the ever popular Water Music. Hope you can join us!

Saturday, March 8, 2025, 7:00pm
Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave, Portland, ME, 04103
Tickets: $12 (adults)
$5 (college students) / HS, grade school & younger - Free
Cash, Check, or Venmo
http://portlandcommunityorchestra.org
[email protected]
207-232-5327

12/04/2024

Come join us for the Portland Community Orchestra's Classical Christmas with music by Handel, Corelli, Boismortier, Saint-Saëns and others. Featured works are selections from Handel's Messiah, our Christmas gift of Boismortier's Concerto a cinque for five flutes and orchestra, as well as carols of the season sung by sopranos Emily Greene, Kathleen McCatherin, and alto Vicki Swerdlow. Happy Holidays and hope to see you there!

Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024, 7:00pm
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave, Portland, ME
Tickets: $12 (adults)
$5 (college students) / HS, grade school & younger - Free
Cash or Check only
http://portlandcommunityorchestra.org
[email protected]
207-232-5327

10/21/2024

The Portland Community Orchestra presents its first concert of the 2024-25 season with music by Boyce, Elgar and folksong arrangements by the Danish String Quartet. Featured works are Boyce's Symphony No. 3 and Elgar's Serenade, op. 20. Hope to see you there!

Date: Saturday, November 2, 2024, 7:00pm
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Ave, Portland, ME
Tickets: $12 (adults)
$5 (college students) / HS, grade school & younger - Free
Cash or Check only
http://portlandcommunityorchestra.org/
[email protected]
207-232-5327

05/13/2024

Come join the Portland Community Orchestra for its final concert of the 2023-24 season, with music by Mozart and Vaughan Williams, and featuring Falmouth High School's Charlotte Sustersic in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 2. It will be an exciting performance . . . we hope to see you there!

02/26/2024

Come join us for the Portland Community Orchestra's March concert, "A Children's Album" with music by Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Fuerst, and Ravel. Featured works are selections from Tchaikovsky's and Schumann's Albums for the Young, and Ravel's Mother Goose Suite, featuring talented young pianists Vasily and Enrique Li. It will be an exciting performance . . . we hope to see you there!

Date: Saturday, March 9th, 2024, 7:30pm
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church, 580 Forest Avenue, Portland
Tickets: $12 (adults) / $5 (college students) / HS, grade school & younger - Free
Cash & Check only
http://portlandcommunityorchestra.org/
[email protected]
207-232-5327

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580 Forest Avenue
Portland, ME
04101

Telephone

+12072325327

Website

http://portlandcommunityorchestra.org/

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