We are seeking help

Are you a professional artist interested

Applications can be viewed online in the comfort of your home.

in helping to shape Nova Scotia’s cultural future? 

We are currently seeking volunteer jury members to join the Nova Scotia Talent Trust’s Scholarship Selection Committee. 

If this possibility speaks to you please send a letter of interest and a short bio together with your résumé to Andrea Dymond, Scholarship Program Coordinator, at scholarship(at)nstalenttrust.ns.ca. by September 17.

For more information about the jury position, please visit the following link: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=7e601a017fc3bcd978a8b3388&id=85bb9a675e

Thank you for considering to help emerging artists today. 

The Impressment Gang Launch Party

Join Pearl Chan, writer (2014 NSTT scholarship recipient) and her Impressment Gang Team for their Launch Party on 

August 29 at 8 p.m. at 

The Nook in Halifax.

For more information:

http://theimpressmentgang.squarespace.com

Vocalypse presents: Opera From Scratch!

Janice Jackson, 

Vocalypse Director, Soprano and 1986 NSTT Portia White Award winner 

“A life-changing experience!”

“I reconnected to my singing soul at Opera From Scratch.”

“...to witness a work moving from the page to the stage was extraordinary.”

6 Composers + 8 Singers + 8 Mentors = 6 New Mini Operas

Public Events Include:

Writing Opera: Naked and Afraid

Opera: From the Dramaturge Perspective

Contemporary Opera: Off the Hook

For the full line up CLICK HERE

YOU ALSO DON'T WANT TO MISS:

Opera From Scratch Gala Concert

Sunday, August 24, 2014, at 3:00 PM

Saint Matthew’s United Church

1479 Barrington St., Halifax

Admission by Donation

Six Brand New Mini-Operas Featuring Nova Scotian Themes

Composers and Singers from Nova Scotia, Canada and the USA

Read about Opera From Scratch here

Follow OFS on Facebook: here

Read about our participants here

Breagh Mackinnon at the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival

Breagh Mackinnon, singer and songwriter (2013 NSTT Chico Berardi Award winner) will performe at the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival on August 8.

Friday, August 8, 2014 Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival @ Lunenburg Folk Harbor Festival 125 Montague Street, Lunenburg, NS (Canada) - Map  Set: 2:00 PM All Ages

Friday, August 8, 2014

Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival-Songwriters Circle @ St. John's Anglican Church Townsend St, Lunenburg, NS (Canada) - Map

Set: 3:00 PM All Ages

More about Breagh and her upcoming shows can be found at her website: http://breaghmackinnon.com/

Janice Jackson performs in Salsa Barocca

A Nova Scotian tour in Wolfville, Annapolis Royal, Truro presented by Musique Royale and

Mahone Bay presented by Music At The Three Churches

Janice Jackson at the 2012 Portia White Gala Concert 

Janice Jackson, soprano (1986 NSTT Portia White Award winner)

Sylvie Proulx, guitar (Baroque *gut string* and classical)

SALSA BAROCCA presents repertoire which is rarely found together in a concert program, full of latin passion and Baroque flare.   This unique and exciting program is a mix Latin American folk music with Spanish and South American baroque repertoire, from Spain, Bolivia, Peru, and beyond.  Selections feature voice and guitar arrangements, ranging from chanonas to tangos, and reflect the African, indigenous and European influences that define Latin American music. 

~A not to be missed program, SALSA BAROCCA - moving and thrilling.~

• Tuesday, August 5, 7:30 p.m., at Manning Memorial Chapel, Wolfville

• Wednesday, August 6, 7:30 p.m., at King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal

• Thursday, August 7, 7:30 p.m., at St. John’s Anglican Church, Truro

• Friday, August 8, 8 p.m., at Trinity United Church, Mahone Bay

In Wolfville and Truro, tickets are $20, $10 student, at the Musique Royale box office, 634-9994 or stjartsalliance@eastlink.ca.

In Annapolis Royal, tickets are $20, $18 in advance, $5 student, at King’s Theatre box office, 532-7704.

In Mahone Bay, tickets are $20, at 634-4280, or threechurches9@gmail.com.

Tickets are also at the door.

JANICE JACKSON / Artistic Director, Vocalypse Productions, Singer / Vocal Instructor

www.janicejackson.ca / www.vocalypse.ca