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Our Annual Meeting is an opportunity to learn more about preserving the historic Winter Street Church and Sagadahoc Preservation Inc.

In Angel’s Wede: Music for Mary, Queen of Scots The dramatic story of Mary, Queen of Scots is presented in a program of music from her life, narrated by radio personality Robert Aubry Davis. The layers of romance, deceit, political maneuvering, and the long Catholic/Protestant feud in the British Isles and France are all told in Mary’s tale. Members of the Baltimore Consort (playing lute, viols, wooden flutes and recorders, cittern and rebec) perform dances and accompany soprano, Danielle Svonavec in songs by the French poet Ronsard and anonymous Scots/English poets.

The Baltimore Consort Mary Anne Ballard, viols and rebec; Mark Cudek, cittern, bass viol; Larry Lipkis, viols, recorders; Ronn McFarlane, lute; Mindy Rosenfeld, winds; Danielle Svonavec, soprano; with Robert Aubry Davis, narrator Founded in 1980 to perform the instrumental music of Shakespeare’s time, the Baltimore Consort has explored early English, Scottish, and French popular music, focusing on the relationship between folk and art song and dance. Their interest in early music of English/Scottish heritage has also led them to delve into the rich trove of traditional music preserved in North America. Recordings on the Dorian label have earned them recognition as Top Classical-Crossover Artist of the Year (Billboard), as well as rave reviews elsewhere. Besides touring in the U.S. and abroad, they often perform on such syndicated radio

broadcasts as St. Paul Sunday, Performance Today, Harmonia and the CBC’s OnStage.

Troubled times often give birth to an outpouring of creative energy in the arts. The Great Depression and the suffering of America’s poor provided fodder for Woody Guthrie. The war in Viet Nam spawned folk and rock songs of protest from Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter Paul & Mary, Country Joe and the Fish and countless others.

Now some of Maine’s best songwriters from around the state are using their craft to illustrate and protest the inequities, injustices, and disturbing political trends of current times – and on July 17 you can hear their new "songs of social justice" in concert at the Winter Street Center in Bath.

Most of performers are long-time members of the Maine, and some are quite well known. They include Stan Davis, Scott Woodruff, Nancy Sferra, Linda Picceri, Peter Blachly, Sylvia Tavaras, Aimé Ducos, Gary Polhemusa, and Peter Carriveau.

Our Annual House, Gallery & Garden Tour - this year featuring Bath’s South End. Advance tickets are $40; day-of tickets are $45. Tour begins at Winter Street Center, 880 Washington Street in Bath. Buy your tickets now.

Brad Terry is a distinguished American jazz clarinetist and whistler renowned for his improvisational prowess. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1937, Brad was encouraged to pursue the clarinet by his neighbor, the legendary Benny Goodman. Throughout his illustrious career, Terry has collaborated with jazz luminaries such as Dizzy Gillespie, Lenny Breau, Roger Kellaway, Red Mitchell, and Buddy Tate. He has also conducted workshops in Poland, nurturing young musical talents.

Terry, who turns 88 on June 9, continues to perform and share his musical insights. He emphasizes the importance of improvisation, stating, "I try to hear something in my head and play it accurately once and then move on.” His discography includes notable recordings such as The Complete Living Room Tapes with guitarist Lenny Breau, showcasing his unique ability to blend clarinet and whistling in jazz, Remember with drummer Steve Grover, All About Spring with pianist Joachim Mencel, and, most recently, The Nashville Sessions (2024 Ear Up Records) which documents Brad’s musical meetings with some of the finest improvising musicians in Music City.

Peter Herman is a Maine based guitarist who graduated from the University of Maine at Augusta music program under the direction of teachers such as Steve Grover, Richard Nelson, and Bob Thompson. Over the years, Peter has shared the stage with many notable local and international acts such as Denny Breau, Brad Terry, George Garzone, Ben Street, and Joe Henry. Peter performs mostly locally now, but in years past has traveled across the country as well as Europe to perform with a variety of groups. Peter has also played and recorded for several local Portland, Maine based songwriters such as Johnny Clay Shanks, Myles Bullen, and Cilla Bonnie, of which music has been released on all media platforms. Peter currently teaches music at the Maine Arts Academy, UMA, and Colby College. 

Michael Gulezian (gu-LAY-ze-in) is one of the most highly acclaimed solo acoustic instrumental guitarists of our time. He’s a phenomenal technical guitarist with the rare ability to transcend his own virtuosity, creating music that touches and moves people at the deepest level – boundary-free, mind-opening, emotionally imbued, horizon-expanding, spiritually inspired, genre-bending, transcendent, soulful, joyful, kickass, exquisitely gorgeous instrumental solo acoustic guitar music – music that quite literally defies description. Fred Kraus, of Minor7th.com recently wrote that Gulezian “might be the most accomplished pure guitarist on the planet.” He’s been called the musical link between John Fahey and Michael Hedges. Michael has an online audience at Pandora of 10,000 monthly listeners, and 16 million cumulative streams. More can be learned about Michael at https://www.timbrelinemusic.com/

If you appreciate art, poetry, mysteries, romance, historical fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and American Gothic Revival-style architecture, come to the fair! The setting will be gothic, but the vibe will be thoroughly modern.

Join us for an intimate acoustic concert with Lisa Redfern & Matt Newberg as a part of our Maine Singer-Songwriters series. Suggested $15 donation to benefit Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc. Donate now and reserve your spot.

Rescheduled! Katie Daggett and Ed DesJardins will perform on Thursday, March 27th at 7pm. The duo combine soulful organic vocal harmonies with spare yet powerful musicianship that never fails to connect them to a wide range of diverse audiences. Doors open at 6:30. $15 dollar recommended donation at the door, or donate online now: https://www.sagadahocpreservation.org/shop/p/concert

Join us at the Winter Street Center for the next concert in our series! Secure your spot and make your suggested donation now.

As a part of our Singer-Songwriter series, joins us for back-to-back performances on Thursday, December 19 at 7pm by Maine Singer-Songwriters, Kat Logan and Lauren Crosby. Admission is by suggested minimum donation of $15. The concert series is raising funds for the restoration of the main chapel of the historic Winter Street Church. Doors open at 6:30pm.

Winter Street Center Hosts Jud Caswell in Tribute to Jim Croce

The Winter Street Center in Bath is pleased to announce that Jud Caswell, one of Maine’s most respected and beloved singer-songwriters, will be performing an acoustic concert on Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 PM in the intimate setting of the center’s event hall.  Cry along with “Time in a Bottle” and “Operator (That’s Not the Way it Feels)” and stomp your feet to “Bad Bad Leroy Brown.” We’ll be visiting “Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)” and the “Roller Derby Queen,” and flipping through our “Photographs & Memories.” Singing along isn’t required, but we’re not sure how you could know and love these tunes and not want to!

Jud is an award-winning songwriter and exceptionally fine multi-instrumentalist who has been performing in his native state of Maine and beyond for more than 25 years. In 2006 he made a splash on the national scene, winning the legendary Kerrville New Folk competition. He’s had his songs taught at Berklee, recorded by Judy Collins, and named “#4 Song of the Decade” by New York’s WFUV. His record “Live at the Seagull Shop” was the number 1 album on the Folk Alliance International radio charts in March of 2020. Jud is currently releasing a series of albums of music that he recorded during the early months of the pandemic.

All SPI members and the public are invited to attend our annual meeting. The program will include a presentation on Women’s History as seen through the lives of women who lived in Bath’s Historic District from 1850-1920.

Join us for a solo acoustic concert with guitarist and singer-songwriter Peter M. Blachly, a benefit for the restoration of Winter Street Church. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Minimum suggested donation is $15 pp.

19”x95”x3/4” old-growth White Oak (2 pieces glued edge to edge) and 19”x95”x3/4” old-growth Pine (1 piece) boards from church pews. Donation amount determined by board feet.

A very special concert and you are invited! On Friday, June 14th at 7pm (pre-concert talk at 6:30pm) to a special concert to benefit Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc. "Songs to the Lute & Viol: Courtly Ayres, Songs from Shakespeare, Historic Ballads, Fancies & Dances." Admission is FREE but a donation toward the ongoing preservation of the Winter Street buildings is encouraged!

More about the event: Go back in time in the beautiful Winter Street Parish Hall, with music from the world of Queen Elizabeth I and William Shakespeare, including popular continental favorites—French courtly airs and Italian dances, as well as traditional Appalachian ballads rooted in the British Isles. Works of John Dowland, Pierre de Ronsard, Clément Janequin, Shakespeare himself, and the always fascinating “Anonymous.”

Featuring SPI's friends and neighbors Ronn McFarlane, lute; Danielle Svonavec, soprano; and Mary Anne Ballard, viola da gamba. This will be a night to remember! Please join us for a musical event to so fitting for our space, and for our City of Ships.

Continuing the tradition! Our 2024 spring fundraiser invites you to "Tea with Gussie Donnell & Friends" - a historically rich event. Go back in time with us for a lively and enlightening conversation between the women of some of 19th century Bath, Maine’s most prominent shipbuilding families. Tickets available now!

Sagadahoc Preservation Inc.’s Annual Meeting will be Thursday, October 19th at 5:30pm at the Winter Street Center, 880 Washington Street, Bath, Maine.

Join Sagadahoc Preservation, Inc. for our spring fundraising event - Tea with Sarah Sampson for an afternoon of tea and stories about Bath’s heroic Civil War nurse. Tickets $22 adults, $15 for children 10 and under. Buy tickets.