We are excited to announce that Mark Anderson, Bill Durling, and Joe Keefe have joined the PMAC Board of Directors. Anderson is a retired software engineer and architect from Liberty Mutual, Durling became Vice President of Corporate Communications at Blue Cross Blue...
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Congratulations, Class of 2023!
We are so proud of our PMAC students who graduated this spring! Congratulations to everyone on their accomplishments and best wishes for great success and happiness on their journey into the future! Adam P. What did you study at PMAC? Bass and guitar with Nick...
All We Ask is that Art Stirs an Emotion
by Darlene Furbush Ouellett, 2018 I receive a newsletter, “The Painter’s Keys”, in my inbox twice weekly. The newsletter was originally written by Robert Genn, a Canadian artist and genuine human with incredible insight and intuition as well as humor. He was a gifted...
Opportunities that Inspire: PMAC students get VIP treatment at Brandi Carlile Show
by Russ Grazier When Music Hall Executive Director Tina Sawtelle reached out to me a while back, excited to share that Brandi would be coming to play a one-night solo benefit show for TMH, my immediate thought was “this is amazing, how can we get some aspiring...
Teaching in PMAC’s Amazing Community
by Nick Phaneuf There are lots of different environments in which music students and teachers interact: School band programs are amazing places where many students gain their first access and exposure to music. In a public school, students try out instruments along...
From PMAC to Fashion Design
It's no secret that 2022 is a big year for us at Portsmouth Music and Arts Center: our 20th anniversary year! 20 years ago last month, the Seacoast's hub for music and art education was born. Over the past 20 years, we have seen countless students of all ages...
New Grant Funding Expands Music Ensemble Opportunities for Older Adults with Free or Reduced Tuition
By Russ Grazier PMAC (Portsmouth Music and Arts Center) has been awarded a grant from the Foundation for Seacoast Health to expand access to PMAC’s music ensemble programs for older adults in our community. The goal of the project is to combat the all-too-common...
Introducing PMAC’s Newest Teaching Artists – Fall 2022!
The Fall 2022 semester at PMAC is in full swing! I'm thrilled to introduce these professionally trained and experienced teaching artists who have recently joined our faculty or started partway through last year. It's been wonderful to see all our students in the...
Introducing Virginia Macdonald: The First Ever Assistant Director of PMAC’s New Horizons Bands!
We are entering an exciting era with PMAC’s New Horizons Bands: This is our twentieth year of building community through the arts! One way we are celebrating is by adding longtime teaching artist Virginia (Ginna) Macdonald as the first ever Assistant Director! You may...
My TED talk: How Music Can Combat Isolation and Loneliness for Older Adults
PMAC Co-Founder Russ Grazier encourages people to find their creative community, regardless of the artistic medium, because being creative in community, especially later in life, can help us live longer, happier, and healthier lives. In...