Next in the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Midsummer Concert Series will be The Jazz Workshop, a group of talented middle and high school musicians under the direction of Lewiston music teacher Mike McClure, Aug. 6. All concerts are held on the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ quadrangle at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend free of charge.

A program of live music and dance will follow each screening, featuring jigs and reels played by Group de Joie and traditional French and Irish dancing by Cathedral School Folk Troupe, a multinational ensemble of fifth- and sixth-graders from Portland. Montreal dance master and musician Benoit Bourque will perform following the 1 p.m. show.

Organized by the Franco Folk Arts Cooperative and sponsored by the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ College Department of Classical and Romance Languages and Literatures, the film opening is the next event in Lewiston-Auburn’s ongoing Renaissance Series of community cultural events.

The performances, to be conducted by Matthews, are open to the public at no charge.

Matthews’ double concerto, which reflects the heritage of New England and Franco-American fiddling, will receive its premiere in the two concerts.

Its three movements include themes based on such well-known fiddle tunes as “Marie’s Wedding” and “Isabeau s’y promene.” Soloists will be violinist Steve Kecskemethy and violist Julia Adams, members of the Portland String Quartet and string instructors at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½.

The Shostakovich symphony, considered by many as the Russian composer’s masterpiece, was written in 1945 to celebrate the end of World War II.

In the symphony, Shostakovich, “surprised his audience by writing a sarcastic and sometimes funny piece, which uses parodies of march music in its first and last movements,” Matthews said.