Performance history by decade · 1960s 

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.

  • 1959–60

    • Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
      Antal Dorati, conductor
    • Festival Company of Norway
    • Grant Johannsen
    • Rosalind Elias & Nicolai Gedda
    • Lucerne Festival Strings

  • 1960–61

    • Krsmanovich Chorus of Yugoslavia
      Bogdan Babich, conductor
    • Indianapolis Symphony
      Izler Solomon, conductor
    • George Feyer
    • Eric Friedman
    • Morley Meredith

  • 1961–62

    • Eileen Farrell
    • Cornell MacNeil
    • Jorge Bolet
    • Modern Jazz Quartet
    • Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
      Max Rudolf, conductor

  • 1962–63

    • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
      William Steinberg, conductor
    • Berl Senofsk
    • Hans Richter-Haaser
    • Anna Moffo
    • Arthur Gold & Robert Fizdale

  • 1963–64

    • Lili Chookasian
    • New York Brass Quintet
    • Robert Shaw Chorale & Orchestra
    • Philharmonia Hungarica
      Miltiades Caridis, conductor
    • Ronald Turini

  • 1964–65

    • Mantovani Orchestra
      Annunzio Paolo, conductor
    • Dallas Symphony
      Donald Johanos, conductor
      Ivan Davis, piano
    • Lois Marshall
    • David Bar-Illan
    • The Revelers

  • 1965–66

    • Monte Carlo National Orchestra
      Paul Paray, conductor
    • The Helsinki University Chorus
    • Don Shirley Trio
    • Olegna Fuschi
    • Shirley Verrett

  • 1966–67

    • Indianapolis Symphony
      Izler Solomon, conductor
    • Zurich Chamber Orchestra
    • André Watts
    • Frank Guarrera
    • Arthur Whittemore & Jack Lowe

  • 1967–68

    • Robert Merrill
    • Helsinki Philharmonic
      Jorma Panula, conductor
    • The Vienna Boys’ Choir
    • John Browning
    • Music in Maine Orchestra
      Paul Vermel, conductor

  • 1968–69

    • Helen Vanni
    • Richard Tucker
    • Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
      Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, conductor
    • Rudolf Serkin