The performance, to be conducted by Greg Boardman, is open to the public. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased by calling 207-783-4422 during daytime hours. Matthews’ Double Concerto for solo violin, solo viola and small orchestra, a three-movement work, reflects the heritage of New England and Franco- American fiddling. The piece includes themes based on such well-known fiddle tunes as “Marie’s Wedding” and “Isabeau s’y promene.” Soloists will be violinist Steve Kecskemethy and violist Julia Adams, members of the Portland String Quartet and string instructors at Bates.

AVCO will also perform “The Light Cavalry Overture” by Von Suppe and “Slavonic Dances” by Dvor‡k.

The Lewiston/Auburn Youth Orchestra (LAYO), under the direction of Charles Kadyk, will perform selections from classical composers.

The performances, to be conducted by Matthews, are open to the public at no charge.

Matthews’ double concerto, which reflects the heritage of New England and Franco-American fiddling, will receive its premiere in the two concerts.

Its three movements include themes based on such well-known fiddle tunes as “Marie’s Wedding” and “Isabeau s’y promene.” Soloists will be violinist Steve Kecskemethy and violist Julia Adams, members of the Portland String Quartet and string instructors at Bates.

The Shostakovich symphony, considered by many as the Russian composer’s masterpiece, was written in 1945 to celebrate the end of World War II.

In the symphony, Shostakovich, “surprised his audience by writing a sarcastic and sometimes funny piece, which uses parodies of march music in its first and last movements,” Matthews said.