Creative Maine 8/15/24

Producer/host: Adina Salmansohn
Other credits: Theme music written and performed by Ariel Chapman.
 
A monthly show exploring Maine‘s culture, art and crafts that enrich our lives and bring us joy.
 
This month:
August 15th at 4 p.m. on Creative Maine we meet Paula Kee of Bucksport’s Wednesdays on Main;  Gabi Montoya-Eyerman of the Maine Fiber Frolic, and several vendors and volunteers on site at the 2024 Maine Fiber Frolic. Some of the other guests include Stacey of Stacey’s Spinning Haven; Jodie Clayton, proprietor and dyer of Maine Yarn and Fiber Supply/One Lupine Fiber Arts; Bristol Ivy, internationally known knitwear designer; Jackie Ottino, of Forage Color natural dyeing, Sarah Perkins, make of goat’s milk soap at Ledgeway Farm; and Lacie Glidden of Maritime Family Fiber.
 
About the Host:
Adina Salmansohn started learning to play the trombone at the age of 8.  Her undergraduate years were at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she studied with Robert F. Boyd of the Cleveland Orchestra.  After returning to her native New York, she played freelance in the NY Metro area, including multiple orchestras, big bands, and a 17 year stint with The Soundview Brass Quintet, which she founded in 1980. In addition, she had a busy career as an arts administrator, directing and teaching in Community Arts schools, light opera companies, and season programming for other non-profit organizations. Adina founded the Hudson School of Creative Arts in inner-city Yonkers, NY.

After her second child was born, she returned to school, and earned a degree in Culinary Arts from the Culinary Institute of America. Her family then moved to the Chicagoland area, where she became Principal Trombone of the Skokie Valley Symphony Orchestra, and also served as a board member and Personnel Manager for many years.  In that time, she also taught Culinary Arts in high school.  She earned a Graduate Certificate in Museum Studies from Northern Illinois University in 2018. Upon retirement, she and her husband moved to Orland, Maine;  she came out of retirement to teach the JMG program at Bucksport High School.  She  joined the Bangor Band in 2018, where she plays euphonium.  She is in her second year as a Board Member at Large for the Bangor Band.

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