BANGOR – Arcady Music Society’s 2002 Summer Festival features U.S. and international performers including the DaPonte String Quartet with clarinetist Thomas Hill; Musica Petropolitana from St. Petersburg, Russia; pianists Steven Lubin and Masanobu Ikemiya teamed up with Indian sitar performer Shafaatullah Khan; The Essex Quartet joined by student performers; The T’ang String Quartet from Singapore; and the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin from Moscow.

This year’s ragtime concerts will include the 14-member New York Ragtime Orchestra, displays of period memorabilia and a silent film presentation.

Many of the concerts will feature special performances by Arcady Youth Competition winners, including Henry Chen, pianist, of South Berwick; Kelsey Hudson, violinist, of Blue Hill; Nina and Clare Monfredo, a violin-cello duo, of Seal Harbor; Molly Nichols, harpist, of Machiasport; Emma Stanley, trumpeter, of Lamoine; and Sarah St. Denis, soprano, Bar Harbor.

Select former Arcady competition winners and student performers soprano Felice Kuan, the GEMS Quartet and the Mannes Senior String Quartet will make guest appearances.

“As an added treat,” said Arcady founder and artistic director Masanobu Ikemiya “most concerts are preceded by a one-hour informational lecture providing insights into the music to be performed and the art of live performance in general.”

Bangor region concerts are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Mondays at the University of Maine’s Minsky Hall, in Orono, including:

. July 22, Daponte String Quartet with Thomas Hill, clarinet; works by Shostakovich, Wolf and Mozart.

. July 29, Musica Petropolitana of St. Petersburg, Russia; baroque music on original instruments.

. Aug. 5, East Meets West; pianists Steven Lubin and Masanobu Ikemiya and Shafaatullah Khan playing sitar, tabla and surbahar; works by Mozart and Gershwin and Indian classical music; preconcert lecture.

. Aug. 12, The Essex Quartet; works by Bach, Dvorak and Beethoven.

. Aug. 19, T’ang String Quartet; works of Sculthorpe, Britten and Brahms; lecture.

. Aug. 26, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin; works by Rossini. Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky; preconcert lecture.

For ticket information, call 288-2141.