Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Application Deadline Fall/Winter studies in the Arts is May 1 at 5 p.m.

Fall/Winter study May 1 at 5 p.m. Atlantic Daylight Saving Time (ADT). 

We advise applicants to read the submission guidelines carefully and to submit their applications early since there are a number of changes to submission procedures this year. All information can be found at our website by clicking the ‘Apply’ button.

May 1st is a Sunday and the application deadline time is 5 p.m. (ADT) Please submit early to avoid technical difficulties. 

If you have any questions please contact Andrea Dymond our Scholarship Program Coordinator before April 29 at scholarship(at)nstalenttrust.ns.ca

Friday, March 25, 2016

Hannah Mae Cruddas will dance in Sleeping Beauty with Ballet Joergen

Hannah Mae Cruddas
Hannah Mae Cruddas - Sleeping Beauty Ballet Joergen
Hannah Mae Cruddas
Screen Shot from Symphony NS website
(2007 NSTT Lieutenant Governor's Award) will be performing with Ballet Jörgen in Sleeping Beauty on 
April 8 and April 9 
at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. 

To purchase tickets go to Symphony NS website or to learn more at Ballet Jörgen's website.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Lukas Pearse - Media Fusion

Lukas Pearse 
Lukas Pearse @ https://soundcloud.com/lukas-pearse
(2003 NSTT scholarship recipient) is collaborating with Cory Bowles, Tamar Dina, and Lindsay Dobbin in a multimedia project bringing together Hip Hop and Classical music influences. 

Follow this project and join the Centre for Art Tapes for the first installment of Media Fusion on Thursday, March 24th at the North End Memorial Library.


You can find more information at the Centre for Art Tapes website.

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Jennifer Jones, Hilary Brown and Susan Archibald to perform at the Music Room

Wonderful concert with three stunning musicians. 
Jennifer Jones, violin
Hilary Brown, cello (Photo: Blue Engine String Quartet)
Hilary Brown, cello
(Photo: Blue Engine String Quartet) 

Hilary Brown, cello
Susan Archibald, piano

Wednesday, March 9
at 7 p.m.
The Music Room, Halifax


John Ireland Phantasie in A major
Amy Beach Piano Trio Op. 150
Arthur Foot Trio Op. 5 (adagio motto)
Brahms Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87

Jennifer, Hilary and Susan are former NSTT Scholarship recipients. What a pleasure it will be to experience their performance together. Enjoy the concert!


Jennifer Jones, Associate Concertmaster with Symphony Nova Scotia and Hilary Brown, a cellist with SNS, are two of Nova Scotia’s most well known musicians. Susan Archibald, a Nova Scotian who has been first prizewinner in Canadian music competitions and performed chamber music with musicians with leading orchestras such as the Boston and Cleveland orchestra, has also performed on Bavarian Radio, CBC Radio/Radio Canada, and collaborated in recitals in the United States, Canada, and Germany. (Information from their press release.)

Tickets are $25 at the door.

The Music Room at 6181 Lady Hammond Road, Halifax
902- 429-9467

Jennifer and Hilary also perform with the Blue Engine String Quartet.

Donors like you made it possible for the NSTT to support these artists in their formative years. 
Today they enhance our cultural life with their talent and passion. Please consider to donate to the Nova Scotia Talent Trust to help tomorrow's artists today. 
Thank you!