Experience world-class string quartet music in the evening glow of flickering candles at the all original 1772 Old Walpole Meetinghouse on Sunday September 10, 2023 at 7:00pm (doors open at 6:30pm).

Tickets are $30 and are available only by pre-purchase, not at the door. Tickets may be purchased on-line through Eventbrite, or by check/cash at Sherman’s Maine Coast Bookstore in Damariscotta and the Walpole Barn in Walpole (Rt. 129). To make other arrangements for tickets, please call 207-882-7744 or e-mail info@oldwalpolemeetinghouse.org.

The Meetinghouse is located 3.5 miles south of Damariscotta on Meetinghouse Road off Route 129 in South Bristol.

The program this year will be Johann Sebastian Bach’s (1685-1750) Aria with Thirty-two Variations (“Goldberg Variations”)

The DaPonte String Quartet has performed at Carnegie Hall, has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning, and toured in France, Scotland, and Canada, as well as in over twenty American states. They have broadcast on nation-wide radio and television both in the United States and Canada, received awards from the NEA, Philadelphia Musical Fund Society, Music Teachers National Association, Chamber Music America, and Maine Arts Commission. 

This year, the Old Walpole Meetinghouse is celebrating its 251th year. It is on the National Register of Historic Places and is considered by historians to be “one of the most beautiful and important historic buildings in Maine”. It is an exquisite example of colonial architecture, including a soaring hand-carved pulpit which is particularly striking by candlelight. The proceeds from this concert will go toward the vital restoration of 28 original 12 over 12 pane windows. Limited open seating is in the original box pews and along the edge of the balcony.

Please bring a cushion to si on and flashlights to guide you to your vehicles after the event.

Tax-deductible contributions toward the window restoration project would be gratefully accepted and should be sent to Old Walpole Meetinghouse, P.O. Box 47, Walpole, Me 04573. Old Walpole Meetinghouse is a non-profit 501©(3) historical and educational organization.