Conductor and music director Rohan Smith will chat with George Lopez, concert pianist and Bowdoin College’s orchestra director, in an online event with former television news personality Caroline Cornish.

Midcoast Symphony Orchestra (MSO) announces an online “Chat with Two Maestros” to be held live Nov. 8, 1:30 - 2 p.m. on Facebook Live. Maestros Rohan Smith, MSO’s conductor and music director, and George Lopez, concert pianist and MSO soloist, will share insights about classical music, collaborating and their longtime friendship. Cornish, MSO violinist and a former television news anchor and reporter, will host this event.

Smith is in his 17th season with MSO and has led the orchestra to critical acclaim in performances of the major symphonic repertoire. Smith is also director of orchestral and chamber music at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and a professional violinist, having performed orchestral and chamber music in Europe, Australia and the New York City area.

Lopez has been a featured pianist across the globe as recitalist and soloist with orchestras. He has been guest soloist with MSO numerous times and is an audience favorite. He is the Beckwith Artist in Residence at Bowdoin College and conducts the Bowdoin Chamber Orchestra, in addition to being a piano instructor there.

Cornish spent 18 years in broadcast journalism, including nearly 14 years as a reporter and anchor at WCSH-6 (NEWS CENTER Maine), the last four as the co-anchor of "207." She interviewed actors, musicians, sports stars, politicians and ordinary people experiencing unusual events. She left journalism in 2017 and works in communications and public affairs at Maine Medical Center. 

This event is free and open to the public on Facebook. Anyone can view it on MSO’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/midcoastsymphony), and there is no need to register.