ELLSWORTH — Performing Arts for Children will present live performances in music, dance and theater as it enters its 19th season this fall.

The educational program under the sponsorship of The Grand serves more than 11,000 students in Hancock, Washington, Waldo and Sagadahoc counties. Schools participating in the program choose to send their pupils to attend performances at The Grand in Ellsworth or hold performances at their school.

This year’s series will open with a two-week engagement of the Music Arsenal of Quebec, Oct. 12-22. Reggie Ettore and Lorena Corradi, a comedy duo, will explore electronic and acoustic music with two shows, “The Invisible Man” for 4- to 8-year-olds, and “My Diskette” for 8- to 14-year-olds.

High school students will be entertained by Chic Street Man, Oct. 13-15. The California singer has earned the title of “Music Ambassador for Peace and Human Rights,” in part through appearances at the United Nations General Assembly and his involvement with Peace Child shows.

The one-man comedy show of Robert Post will introduce unpredictable characters to elementary and secondary students Nov. 8-19. Post works with minimal props and costumes, encouraging students to use their imaginations.

Charlotte Blake Alston, a Philadelphia-based, African-American storyteller, singer and actor, will perform for high school students April 6-8. Her performance repertoire includes dramatizations of poets Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Gwendolyn Brooks; and portrayals of historic figures such as Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman and others.

The Green Thumb Theatre for Young People, of Vancouver, British Columbia, will take center stage April 11-15 for kindergarten through grade eight. The Canadian troupe will perform “See Saw,” written by Dennis Foon, Canada’s foremost playwright for young audiences.

Finally, elementary and secondary students will catch an exciting glimpse of life in the South Pacific when Kahurangi, the only professional Maori performing company in New Zealand, performs May 2-3. The program traces the history of the Maori people of New Zealand and their link to the people of Tahiti, Samoa and the Cook Islands.