Maine’s own Downeast Brass performs in the 2007 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 26, in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college’s Lake Andrews.

Rain site is the adjacent Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Bring a picnic supper and blankets or lawn chairs. Concerts are open to the public free of charge. For more information, please call 207-786-6400.

All starting at 6 p.m., the family-friendly Lakeside concerts take place on Thursdays in July and August. Except for the Aug. 9 program, all are scheduled for the Keigwin Amphitheater.

The popular brings decades of experience and a crowd-pleasing versatility to the stage. The quintet has performed all over northern New England, including the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H., Maine’s famed and the inauguration of Maine Gov. John Baldacci.

Band members have performed with Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow and Yanni, and are integral to such well-known Maine ensembles as the Al Corey Jazz Orchestra, the Casco Bay Concert Band and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra.

Here’s the schedule for the remainder of the series:

Upon her reputation as one of Maine’s most enduring singer-songwriters, (Aug. 2) has built a national following through countless club dates and festival appearances, and glowing reviews in such publications as the folk music magazine Dirty Linen.

Her career honors include a nomination for “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the 2006 Texas Music Awards, two finalist rankings in the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Songwriters’ Competition, and the awards for both female artist and folk artist of the year in Jam Music Magazine’s 2006 readers’ poll. The latest of her six recordings is 2006’s Anni Clark Live. She is also known as one-third of the songwriters’ trio Under The Song Tree, with Dan Merrill and Lynn Deeves.

Since the 1990s,  (Aug. 9) have delighted family audiences with an award-winning mix of fun-filled songs and educational messages for kids. They have toured through the eastern U.S. and Canada, written the children’s books The Streamlined Double Decker Bus and A Pirate’s Life For Me, and been covered by dozens of publications. Brownie Macintosh has been performing since 1965 and has composed songs for the Kingston Trio, the Irish Rovers and others.

Gisele Ganz, a Boston-based actress and singer whose credentials include performances with the Boston Pops, joined the team as “Julie” in 2005. Note location: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ historic Quad, in front of Coram Library, Campus Avenue (rain site: Olin Arts Center Concert Hall).

The Radio Gang, a Maine-based quartet playing classic country music, opens the 2007 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series with a performance at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college’s Lake Andrews.

Rain site is the adjacent Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Bring a picnic supper and blankets or lawn chairs. Concerts are open to the public free of charge. For more information, please call 207-786-6400.

All starting at 6 p.m., the family-friendly Lakeside concerts take place on five Thursdays in July and August. Except for the Aug. 9 program, all are scheduled for the Keigwin Amphitheater.

Here’s the complete schedule:

The Radio Gang performs classic American country music from the 1930s and ’40s. Simple, honest and in many ways innocent, this stylistic forerunner to today’s bluegrass includes lively fiddle and train songs, gospel and ballads of love and heartbreak. , based in York County, is well-known throughout the Northeast and has released 11 albums. Singing and playing diverse acoustic instruments, the members are Mac McHale, also known for his work with Northeast Winds; John Roc; Sally Roc; and Herman McGee.

Born in northern Vermont, Michele Choiniere (July 19) writes and sings songs about nature, romance and Franco-American life. Often backed by a five-piece band, has performed throughout New England, Quebec and France, and appeared on Visions d’Amerique, broadcast worldwide by TV5 International. Her recordings include the solo release Coeur Fragile and a collection of Franco-American songs made with her father, Fabio. She is featured on the 1999 Smithsonian Folkways album Mademoiselle Voulez-Vous Danser: Franco-American Music from the New England Borderlands. Choiniere’s influences also include jazz and international standards.

°Õ³ó±ðÌý±è´Ç±è³Ü±ô²¹°ù Downeast Brass (July 26)  brings decades of experience and a crowd-pleasing versatility to the stage. The has performed all over northern New England, including the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H., Maine’s famed Moxie Festival and the inauguration of Maine Gov. John Baldacci. Bandmembers have performed with Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow and Yanni, and are integral to such well-known Maine ensembles as the Al Corey Jazz Orchestra, the Casco Bay Concert Band and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra.

Upon her reputation as one of Maine’s most enduring singer-songwriters, Anni Clark (Aug. 2) has built a national following through countless club dates and festival appearances, and glowing reviews in such publications as the folk music magazine Dirty Linen. Her career honors include a nomination for “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the 2006 Texas Music Awards, two finalist rankings in the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Songwriters’ Competition, and the awards for both female artist and folk artist of the year in Jam Music Magazine’s 2006 readers’ poll. The latest of her six recordings is 2006’s Anni Clark Live. is also known as one-third of the songwriters’ trio Under The Song Tree, with Dan Merrill and Lynn Deeves.

Since the 1990s, Julie & Brownie (Aug. 9) have delighted family audiences with an award-winning mix of fun-filled songs and educational messages for kids. The has toured through the eastern U.S. and Canada, written the children’s books The Streamlined Double Decker Bus and A Pirate’s Life For Me, and been covered by dozens of publications. Brownie Macintosh has been performing since 1965 and has composed songs for the Kingston Trio, the Irish Rovers and others. Gisele Ganz, a Boston-based actress and singer whose credentials include performances with the Boston Pops, joined the team as “Julie” in 2005. Note location: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ historic Quad, in front of Coram Library, Campus Avenue (rain site: Olin Arts Center Concert Hall).

Michele Choiniere, a Vermont-based francophone singer-songwriter, performs in the 2007 ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater at the college’s Lake Andrews.

Rain site is the adjacent Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St. Bring a picnic supper and blankets or lawn chairs. Concerts are open to the public free of charge. For more information, please call 207-786-6400.

All starting at 6 p.m., the family-friendly Lakeside concerts take place on Thursdays in July and August. Except for the Aug. 9 program, all are scheduled for the Keigwin Amphitheater.

Born in northern Vermont, writes and sings songs about nature, romance and Franco-American life. Often backed by a five-piece band, she has performed throughout New England, Quebec and France, and appeared on Visions d’Amerique, broadcast worldwide by TV5 International. Her recordings include the solo release Coeur Fragile and a collection of Franco-American songs made with her father, Fabio. She is featured on the 1999 Smithsonian Folkways album Mademoiselle Voulez-Vous Danser: Franco-American Music from the New England Borderlands. Choiniere’s influences also include jazz and international standards.

Here’s the schedule for the remainder of the series:The popular (July 26) brings decades of experience and a crowd-pleasing versatility to the stage. The quintet has performed all over northern New England, including the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, N.H., Maine’s famed Moxie Festival and the inauguration of Maine Gov. John Baldacci. Bandmembers have performed with Frank Sinatra, Barry Manilow and Yanni, and are integral to such well-known Maine ensembles as the Al Corey Jazz Orchestra, the Casco Bay Concert Band and the Bangor Symphony Orchestra.

Upon her reputation as one of Maine’s most enduring singer-songwriters, (Aug. 2) has built a national following through countless club dates and festival appearances, and glowing reviews in such publications as the folk music magazine Dirty Linen.

Her career honors include a nomination for “Female Vocalist of the Year” at the 2006 Texas Music Awards, two finalist rankings in the prestigious Kerrville Folk Festival’s New Folk Songwriters’ Competition, and the awards for both female artist and folk artist of the year in Jam Music Magazine’s 2006 readers’ poll. The latest of her six recordings is 2006’s Anni Clark Live. She is also known as one-third of the songwriters’ trio , with Dan Merrill and Lynn Deeves.

Since the 1990s, (Aug. 9) have delighted family audiences with an award-winning mix of fun-filled songs and educational messages for kids. They have toured through the eastern U.S. and Canada, written the children’s books The Streamlined Double Decker Bus and A Pirate’s Life For Me, and been covered by dozens of publications. Brownie Macintosh has been performing since 1965 and has composed songs for the Kingston Trio, the Irish Rovers and others.

Gisele Ganz, a Boston-based actress and singer whose credentials include performances with the Boston Pops, joined the team as “Julie” in 2005. Note location: ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½’ historic Quad, in front of Coram Library, Campus Avenue (rain site: Olin Arts Center Concert Hall).

The Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian Middle Eastern Ensemble.

A jazz accordionist, a Maine master of the Middle Eastern oud and a favorite folk band from Québec are among the attractions in this summer’s Midsummer Lakeside Concert Series. This string of five concerts in the intimate amphitheater overlooking the college’s Lake Andrews opens at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 17, with Dr. Jeff Grosser and the Razcals Swing Jazz Band.

All held on Thursdays at 6 p.m., the concerts cover a variety of family-friendly musical styles. Concerts are held in the Florence Keigwin Amphitheater, behind the Olin Arts Center, 75 Russell Street, and are open to the public at no cost. (In case of rain, concerts are moved inside to the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall.)

The other artists in this summer’s series are Downeast Brass (July 24), Le Vent du Nord (July 31), the Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian Middle East Ensemble (Aug. 7) and the Saccarappa Boys (Aug. 14).

Dr. Jeff Grosser and the Razcals Swing Jazz Band play tunes from the ’20s to the present, reflecting the tradition of jazz accordionist .

Downeast Brass, featuring ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ applied music faculty member John Furman on trumpet, is a popular Maine quintet that offers a wide range of styles, from classical to Dixieland.

Le Vent du Nord is a Montreal quartet performing traditional Québécois songs and dances. It features the lively Benoit Bourque, well-known in the Lewiston-Auburn thanks to his many performances and workshops.

The Alan Shavarsh Bardezbanian Middle Eastern Ensemble is led by one of Maine’s outstanding world-music players. Also known as Al Gardner, Bardezbanian ’72 is a virtuoso on the ancient stringed instrument called the oud, as well as on clarinet. His band, which also features accordion, violin, guitar, bass and hand drum, performs Armenian, Arabic, Greek and Turkish music from folk and classical traditions.

The Saccarappa Boys, another Maine band, plays folk, country, bluegrass and sing-alongs.

The Florence Keigwin Amphitheater, overlooking Lake Andrews, a pond near Russell Street, is encircled by a tree-shaded path. Concertgoers should bring blankets or lawn chairs and are welcome to carry in non-alcoholic beverages and picnic suppers.

For more information, please call the Office of Special Projects and Summer Programs at (207) 786-6400.