Performance history by decade · 2000s 

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.

  • 1999–2000

    • The King and I, National Tour
    • Annie, National Tour
    • Camelot, National Tour
    • STOMP
    • Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra
    • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
    • Canadian Brass
    • Lydian String Quartet
    • Street Sounds
    • The Magic Flute, London City Opera
    • Big Apple Circus on Stage
    • Lewis & Perry Piano Duo
    • Romeo and Juliet, Ballet de l’Opéra de Bordeaux
    • National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique
    • Gil Shaham

  • 2000–01

    • Emanuel Ax
    • Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight
    • WOFA
    • St. Petersburg String Quartet with Andrew Rangell
    • Godspell, national tour
    • John O’Conor
    • Show Boat, national tour
    • Anonymous 4
    • Carmen, London City Opera
    • Chicago, national tour
    • Mary Black
    • Aida, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • Giselle, Moscow Festival Ballet
    • AEROS
    • Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
    • Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
      Heidi Grant Murphy, soprano
    • Willie Nelson

  • 2001–02

    • Moscow State Symphony
      Pavel Kogan, conductor
      Vladimir Feltsman, piano
    • Tap Dogs
    • Dianne Reeves
    • Ivan Moravec
    • Takács Quartet
    • Emmanuel Pahud
    • The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
      Jeffrey Kahane, conductor
      Thomas Quasthoff, bass-baritone
    • Jane Monheit
    • Titanic, national tour
    • The Merry Widow, London City Opera
    • Judy Collins
    • Ragtime, national tour
    • Swan Lake, Grigorovich Ballet
    • Turandot, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • Cabaret, national tour
    • Ray Charles
    • Eileen Ivers

  • 2002–03

    • Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
    • Rent, national tour
    • Moscow Chamber Orchestra
      Constantine Orbelian, conductor
    • Dee Dee Bridgewater
    • Tamas Erdi
    • STOMP
    • Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott
      Endowment Benefit Performance
    • Sleeping Beauty, St. Petersburg Ballet on Ice
    • Richard Goode
    • Madame Butterfly, London City Opera
    • South Pacific, national tour
    • Philharmonia Quartett Berlin
    • Grieg Piano Trio
    • Il Trovatore, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • Grease, national tour
    • Mary Chapin Carpenter
    • The Capitol Steps

  • 2003–04

    • The Music Man, national tour
    • Herbie Hancock Quartet
    • Porgy and Bess
    • Prague Chamber Orchestra
    • Yamato, drummers of Japan
    • Cats, national tour
    • Piotr Anderszewski
    • Tosca, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • Juilliard String Quartet
    • Saturday Night Fever, national tour
    • The Mikado, Carl Rosa Opera
    • Alisa Weilerstein
    • Preservation Hall Jazz Band
    • THWAK!, The Umbilical Brothers
    • Cinderella, Moscow Festival Ballet
    • Opus Cactus, Momix
    • Krystian Zimerman
    • Natalie MacMaster
    • Bobby McFerrin & Savion Glover
    • Glenn Miller Orchestra

  • 2004–05

    • Regina Carter Quintet
    • Blues Clues Live
    • Mendelssohn String Quartet
    • The Capitol Steps
    • La Traviata, Stanislavsky Opera Company
    • 42nd Street, national tour
    • Freddy Kempf
    • Judy Collins
    • Rent, national tour
    • Christian Tetzlaff
    • Don Giovanni, Mozart Festival Opera
    • Frederic Chiu
    • Deborah Voigt
    • Leahy
    • Romeo and Juliet, St. Petersburg Ballet
    • The Barber of Seville, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain Tonight
    • The Full Monty, national tour
    • Chanticleer
    • Paul Taylor Dance Company

  • 2005–06

    • Miss Saigon, national tour
    • Martha Graham Dance Company
    • Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson trio
    • Yamato, drummers of Japan
    • Arlo Guthrie
    • STOMP
    • Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
      Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
    • Die Fledermaus, Czech Opera Prague
    • Natalie MacMaster
    • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, family series
    • Jonathan Biss
    • Joshua Bell
    • Louis Lortie
    • H.M.S. Pinafore, Carl Rosa Opera
    • Tiempo Libre
    • La Bohème, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • In the Mood
    • Swan Lake, Russian National Ballet
    • Sweet Honey in the Rock
    • Thoroughly Modern Millie, national tour
    • Thumbelina, family series
    • Borromeo String Quartet

  • 2006–07

    • David Sedaris
    • David Finckel & Wu Han
    • The Snow Dragon, family series
    • Rigoletto, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • The Producers, national tour
    • Jeremy Denk
    • Chanticleer
    • Christine Brewer
    • Leipzig String Quartet
    • Hairspray, national tour
    • Madama Butterfly, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • The Pirates of Penzance, Carl Rosa Company
    • Cherryholmes
    • Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, family series
    • Romeo and Juliet, Aquila Theatre
    • Jesus Christ Superstar, national tour
    • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
    • Australian Chamber Orchestra
      Richard Tognetti, leader and violin
      Pieter Wispelwey, cello

  • 2007–08

    • Anúna
    • Emmylou Harris
    • Tosca, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • Matt Haimovitz
    • Ellis Marsalis Trio
    • Solid Blues
      Mavis Staples
      Charlie Musselwhite
      North Mississippi Allstars
      Joe Krown
    • Mayhem Poets, family series
    • Boys of the Lough
    • Swimmy · Frederick · Inch by Inch, family series
    • Lunar Sea, Momix
    • Ingrid Fliter
    • Limón Dance Company
    • La Traviata, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • Pink Martini
    • Blast!, national tour
    • Movin’ Out, national tour
    • Spirit of Uganda
    • Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
    • Moby Dick Rehearsed, The Acting Company
    • Evita, national tour
    • Borromeo String Quartet
    • James Ehnes

  • 2008–09

    • Chicago, national tour
    • The Magic Flute, Mozart Festival Opera
    • Philadanco
    • Cédric Tiberghien
    • The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Eric Carle Stories, family series
    • Aida, Teatro Lirico d’Europa
    • Sweet Honey in the Rock
    • Diavolo
    • Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
    • Yo-Yo Ma
    • Sweeney Todd, national tour
    • Natalie MacMaster
    • The National Acrobats of China
    • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, national tour
    • I Musici de Montréal
    • David Sedaris
    • Ira Glass
    • Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
    • Beakman Live!, family series
    • Toumani Diabaté and the Symmetric Orchestra
    • Paul Lewis
    • Annie, national tour
    • Pink Martini

  • 2009–10

    • Pilobolus
    • Los Lonely Boys & Alejandro Escovedo: The Acoustic Brotherhood Tour
    • Cirque Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory
    • Chris Botti
    • Yamato Drummers of Japan
    • Arlo Guthrie & Family
    • Peter Serkin, piano
    • Stellaluna, Family Series
    • Hairspray, Broadway National Tour
    • Soweto Gospel Choir
    • ScrapArtsMusic
    • Garrison Keillor
    • Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway
    • Maria de Barros
    • Brooklyn Rider
    • Ed Asner as FDR
    • Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème, Teatro Lirico d’Europa Sofia Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
    • St. Lawrence String Quartet
    • Goodnight Moon & The Runaway Bunny, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, Family Series
    • Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
    • “From the Top” Featuring Host Christopher O’Riley
    • Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile
    • George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess
    • Stefan Jackiw, violin
    • Philip Hamilton’s Voices
    • Aspen Santa Fe Ballet