The Eastport Strings Summer Intensive program will take place from 3-6 pm, June 19-22, at Eastport Arts Center. A fun and educational program for youth and adult string players, the program will be led by the Strings’ summer director, Dan Allcott. Participants will enjoy a week of theater, dance, art and musical activities culminating in a public concert of selected works based on Don Quixote on Thursday June 22 at 7pm. Admission to the concert will be by $10 suggested donation.

Allcott is Professor of Music at Tennessee Tech University and conductor of Tennessee’s Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra and Bryan Symphony Orchestra. He has also conducted the Dallas Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, and the Danish Radio Orchestra. In addition, as guest conductor of the Asheville Lyric Opera, he has led performances of such operas as Tosca and The Marriage of Figaro.

For more information about the program or to preregister (required), please contact Eastport Strings by email at alice@schuth.com. There is a $50 fee for the full week of activity. The Eastport Arts Center is at 36 Washington Street, Eastport, and at www.eastportartscenter.org, and is handicapped-accessible.