Creative Maine 10/17/24

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:
Listeners will learn about how herders raise cashmere in Tajikistan, and where to touch, feel, and use Tajik cashmere in Maine; and what libraries are doing to engage Mainers in learning crafts, and which library to go to to learn crochet.
Guest/s:
Casey Ryder, of Port Fiber and Cashmere People Yarns [email protected] www.portfiber.com
Lisa Ladd, Director, Buck Memorial Library [email protected] www.bucklibrary.org
Jeremy Brothers and Ryan Gaul, “Yourville” Improv show, and “McCurdy Point” horror film Trailer for film Improv All-Stars at Waldo Theatre thewaldotheatre.org
 
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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