Performance history by decade · 1930s 

During our time as the Portland Music Commission, the Portland Concert Association, PCA Great Performances, and Portland Ovations, we have brought many of history’s greatest performing artists to Maine. In this section, we have compiled a list, believed complete, of each season’s artist roster. Use the links below to navigate the list by decade.

  • 1929–30

    • Josef Hofmann

  • 1931–32

    • Robert Goldsand
    • Sophie Braslaue
    • Lawrence Tibbett
    • Mischa Elman
    • Lily Pons

  • 1932–33

    • Lucrezia Bori
    • Harold Bauer
    • Nelson Eddy
    • Nathan Milstein
    • Paul Althouse

  • 1933–34

    • Nelson Eddy
    • Eunice Norton
    • Sylvia Lent

  • 1934–35

    • Toscha Seidel
    • Dalies Frantz
    • Rosemarie Brancato
  • No Community Concerts presented for next three seasons

  • 1938–39

    • Lauritz Melchior & Lotte Lehmann Goya
    • Albert Spalding & Gaspar Cassado
    • Ethel Bartlett & Rae Robertson