Forêt Endormie: Neoclassical & Folk Francophone Music

“Extended suites that shift between dissonance and resolution so organically that it’s like they’re following the lunar cycle.”

-The Bollard

combines disparate influences, exploring early European classical music (Renaissance and prior), "continuous music" (Lubomyr Melnyk), and avant-garde jazz (Alice Coltrane), while incorporating electronic/synthesized elements drawn from trip-hop and ambient and folk influences from Acadian traditional music, Americana, and neofolk. 

Their most recent album, Le désespoir utopique (English: Utopian Despair), was released in November 2023, with The Sound Projector calling it “a wistful and complex meditation on human displacement”, and Distorted Sound Magazine said the album is "an exquisite piece of work, one that rewards paying attention to its intricacies."

Scene Point Blank said that “They do not appear to be bound or confined to an enclosed space, and instead roam freely through this magical world they have created.” In 2024, Forêt Endormie received a Sonic Visions grant for Mot disparu de la carte (English: Word Disappeared from the Map), a song cycle built from Acadian poetry. The project's culmination was an event at SPACE Gallery in February 2025 that paired performances of the song cycle with traditional Acadian music and examined Acadian identity and influence on the history of Maine.

Thursday, February 13, at 7:00 PM, doors open to the public at 6:30 PM, approximately 75 minutes.

$10 for Mechanics’ Hall Members, $15 for general admission; there is a $5 surcharge on the day of the show.

ABOUT THE BAND

Jordan Guerette - guitar, vocals, keyboards

Molly Harmon - vocals

Emmett Harrity - keyboards

Dylan Kumnick - drums

Sarah Mueller - violin

Maria Wagner - clarinet

David Yearwood - double bass

PARKING & TRANSPORTATION

The Greater Portland Metro’s Congress & Casco Street Stop is directly in front of our building, served by routes 1, 7, 8, and 9B.

Parking is available at the Arts District Garage, which has entrances on Casco and Brown Street, with a rate of $5 per hour. Metered street parking is available on Congress, Casco, Cumberland, Free Street, and other nearby streets. Free hourly street parking is available between Parris and Alder Street.

ACCESSIBILITY

To enter our building, patrons will need to navigate a single step. There is a wheelchair-accessible elevator and a modular ramp available.

If you need accessibility accommodations/questions, please contact us at cHJvZ3JhbW1pbmcgfCBtYWluZW1lY2hhbmljcyAhIG9yZw== or 207-773-8396.

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