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A talented piano student performed at the Sacred Heart Church and Bruce advertised it in the local papers. It was so popular that
they soon had to move concerts to the larger Congregational Christian Church. Faculty members give free Wednesday night concerts.

SummerKeys now has 30 professionals on its faculty and, each summer, it attracts about 200 students, some of whom now hail
from as far as Europe and Asia. They can choose from 20 programs to study, including clarinet and Celtic harp, plus voice, theory,
composition and more. Photography workshops, offered since 2008, also have a strong following. Students come for a minimum of
a week but some remain for five. They stay at inns, motels and rentals (many share) in and around Lubec and on the Canadian island
of Campobello just across the international bridge.

The program has proven a good fit with Lubec’s low-key vibe. Lessons and practice are intense but offset by the many friend-
ships formed and chances to hike on breathtakingly beautiful paths along the Bay of Fundy and Passamaquoddy Bay. Over the
years some 30 SummerKeys faculty and students have bought property in the area.
Check out Lubec’s website (visitlubec.com) to see how well this small town has evolved in recent decades. Certainly there have
been many factors in its revival, but none less predictable and more remarkable than SummerKeys. For details about this seaon’s pro-
gram and the free Wednesday evening Mary Potterton Memorial Concerts, visit SummerKeys.com.

Right: Photography workshop on a boat at Head
Harbor, New Brunswick, Canada.

Below: Violist Margret Hjaltested, second from
right, teaching a class in viola at SummerKeys.

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