UMF Visiting Writer Series and Emery Community Arts Center present StarWound—collaborative poetry and music performance, Oct. 16

FARMINGTON, ME  (October 2, 2025)—The UMF Visiting Writer Series and Emery Community Arts Center are excited to present sophisti-pop trio, StarWound, to UMF in a collaborative performance melding poetry and music. StarWound will perform their collaborative work in the Emery Performance Space on the University of Maine at Farmington campus on Thursday, Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public.

StarWound

StarWound is a sophisti-pop trio based in Athens, Greece. Their music fuses a cabaret ambience with elements of EDM and synth rock genres. Their latest project, under the title “Interiors,” brings them to the U.S. where they are collaborating with contemporary poets and performing at distinguished universities across the country.

Their lyrics, which arise from the philosophical and social concerns of modern man, are characterized both by realism and poetry. They have released three albums: Miles to Walk (2015), So Wrong (2018) and What Do You See? (2024).

Their visit to UMF is part of a tour that also includes the University of Maine and will feature poetry by UMF’s own acclaimed poet and UMF professor of creative writing, Jeffrey Thomson and his poetry students.

“I am particularly excited that StarWound is coming to UMF.  Collaboration is at the heart of what we do here, and working with artists across disciplines is one of the joys of a creative life. I am excited to see what they bring to the classroom and the stage,” said Thomson.

 The Visiting Writer Series is sponsored by the UMF Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program.

 More Information on the UMF Creative Writing Program

As the only Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program in the state of Maine and one of only two in all of New England, the UMF program invites students to work with faculty, who are practicing writers, in workshop-style classes to discover and develop their writing strengths in the genres of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. Small classes, an emphasis on individual conferencing, and the development of a writing portfolio allow students to see themselves as artists and refine their writing under the guidance of accomplished and published faculty mentors.

Students can pursue internships to gain real-world writing and publishing experience by working on campus with The Sandy River Review, a student-run literary magazine; or The Farmington Flyer, a university newspaper.

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Media Contact: Amy Neswald, UMF professor of creative writing, at amy.neswald@maine.edu.

 EDITOR’S NOTE:

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Photo Caption: StarWound
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