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Photos from Nanook of the North
Thanks to everyone who came out to support the Sumner McKane Group at our show on Nov 28th. Space was, as always, an excellent host venue, and the art installation on the walls, seen in these photos by Dennis Stein, added such a cool element to the night. Great photos, Dennis! Please see the photos [...]
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Current Affairs, Music
Nationwide Audiences Get Preview of Sumner McKane Group’s “Nanook”
National Public Radio’s “Echoes” program continues its support of the Maine-based Sumner McKane Group by playing several selections from their newly-released score to the classic silent film “Nanook of the North.” Over the end of October and throughout November, Diliberto has played many tracks from “Nanook.” The host of the show and an avowed fan [...]
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“Nanook” Now Available!
So excited that this CD is finished and out! It’s an extremely limited-edition (100 pieces only!) run with each having a unique winter themed photo from our personal collections. http://sumnermckane.com/buy_nanook.html Please consider ordering one, as it is an awesome way to support us and our music. And, of course, please come and join us at [...]
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Events, Uncategorized
Sumner McKane Group Presents “Nanook of the North” 10.8.08
Unbelievable that we are playing this awesome piece of music in such a terrific setting. Please join us for the first show in a string that will take “Nanook” across New England this winter. Show info below: Sumner McKane Group Performance and Screening of “Nanook of the North” Thursday, October 8th, 2009 at 7:30pm Opera [...]
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Events, Uncategorized
Sumner McKane Group on “Echoes”
Please tune in to your local NPR affiliate on Friday July 3 to hear a special holiday performance by the Sumner McKane Group. Sumner, Josh, and myself taped this with host John Diliberto and his producer several months ago, and I’m so happy that it’s making it to the airwaves! John says about our performance [...]
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Events
Sumner McKane Group Reprises “Nanook”
The Sumner McKane Group is making a an extremely rare appearance to play an even more rare piece of music. The group will be performing it’s original score accompanying the silent film “Nanook of the North” on Monday, March 30th at Slates in Hallowell, ME. Long regarded as the first anthroplogical documentary film ever, “Nanook” [...]
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Events, Music
Sumner McKane Group Appears on NPR’s “Echoes”
In October, the Sumner McKane Group taped their third live performance for the “Echoes Living Room Concert” series. This series features performances and interviews by artists in their working environment, with host John Diliberto and his crew traveling to musician’s homes. They had previously visited McKane’s home in Portland in 2005 and again in 2007. [...]
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Events
Sumner McKane Group Feature Story in Portland Press Herald GO!
The Group is honored to be a part of the One Longfellow Square “Local Score/Silent Film” series, matching Portland area bands with classic silent films. We’ve been working furiously over the past month to write and rehearse a score for “Nanook of the North,” widely recognized as the first documentary film. Our efforts culminate next [...]
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Events
Sumner McKane Group Scores Legendary Silent Film
The Sumner McKane Group will be writing and performing a score of original music to the classic groundbreaking documentary silent film “Nanook of the North” as part of the One Longfellow Square “Local Score/Silent Film” series. The group, after spending the entire month of April composing, will perform the newly-written score for the first (and [...]
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Events
Sumner McKane Group at SPACE with Caspian
This show is going to be unreal. I’ve been working on this for what seems to be months, so the fact that it is coming to fruition is unbelievable! Sumner McKane Group will be performing first on the bill, We’re playing some new, new, freshy fresh material that we’ve been working on over the past [...]
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