LEWISTON — The jazzy blues sounds of George Gershwin and Cole Porter will echo through The Dolard & Priscilla Gendron Franco Center’s performance hall May 19 and 20.

 

The Maine Music Society Chorale will present “Favorites from the Great American Songbook” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 19, and at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

 

These songs are written for musical theater and movies between the 1920s and 1950s are characterized by witty lyrics and delightfully surprising rhymes. Titles include “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” and “Just One of Those Things” by Cole Porter and “ ’S Wonderful,” “They Can’t Take That Away From Me,” and “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” by George Gershwin.

 

For a preview of what’s in store, listen to John Corrie and Connie Hitchcock  on 105.5’s Breakfast Club Tuesday at 8 a.m. May 15.

 

Advance ticket prices ($2 more at the door) are reserved seating: adult, $20; senior, $18; student, $10; and children younger than 12 free when accompanied by an adult. Group rates: 20 percent off groups of 10 or more

 

For tickets call 207-333-3386, purchase online at www.mainemusicsociety.org, or visit the box office on the second floor of the Gendron Franco Center, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday.

 

For more information visit  www.mainemusicsociety.org or Facebook.