Helios Vocal Ensemble presents An Illuminated Christmas
on
Saturday, Dec 17, 7:30 pm
at
St. George's Round Church,
2222 Brunswick St, Halifax.
Admission is by donation.
"An Illuminated Christmas" offers an evening of beauty and calm within the busy holiday season, in the warm, bright acoustics of Saint George's Round Church. This year’s programme will feature Renaissance polyphony by Byrd, Gabrieli, Praetorius and others, as well as carols ancient and modern from the Old and New Worlds.
Founded in 2015, Helios Vocal Ensemble is Atlantic Canada’s premier vocal ensemble, performing sacred and secular music from the Renaissance and beyond. Its members include Eszter Horvath, former music director at All Saints Cathedral, Halifax; Elisabeth Stones, National Youth Choir alumna; Andrew Pickett, former lay clerk at Manchester Cathedral; Garth MacPhee, music director at St George’s Round Church, Halifax; and John Mark Dawson, former boy chorister at Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa. They made their Indian River Festival début in 2016, and will perform for Cecilia Concerts and the Three Churches Festival in 2017.
Eszter Horvath is the 2016 Kenneth Elloway Award winner.
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Thursday, December 15, 2016
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
NSTT awards over $31,000 to 2016 Special Award Recipients
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
You are Invited to the NSTT's Special Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, Dec 13 at 2 p.m.
The Nova Scotia Talent Trust (NSTT) will recognize the 2016 Scholarship and Special Award recipients at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13 at Halifax Central Library in a ceremony attended by His Honour Brigadier-General the Honourable J.J. Grant, CMM, ONS, CD (Ret’d), Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and Honourary Chair of the NSTT.
This year’s Special Award winners were chosen from a field of 46 individual scholarship recipients representing the artistic disciplines of music, literary arts, visual arts, video/new media, dance, and theatre.
The Special Awards Ceremony will be held at the Paul O'Regan Hall at the Central Library. “We are looking forward to host the ceremony in a space that is open to the public and to celebrate the recipient's achievements with all Nova Scotians,” states Jacqueline Steudler, NSTT Executive Director.
For the last 72 years the NSTT has continued to support emerging Nova Scotian artists as they pursue their studies towards the ultimate goal of establishing professional careers in the arts.
The NSTT has two deadline dates coming up in 2017: March 1st for Spring/Summer study and May 1st for Fall/Winter study. For more information, please visit their website at www.nstalenttrust.ns.ca.
This year’s Special Award winners were chosen from a field of 46 individual scholarship recipients representing the artistic disciplines of music, literary arts, visual arts, video/new media, dance, and theatre.
The Special Awards Ceremony will be held at the Paul O'Regan Hall at the Central Library. “We are looking forward to host the ceremony in a space that is open to the public and to celebrate the recipient's achievements with all Nova Scotians,” states Jacqueline Steudler, NSTT Executive Director.
For the last 72 years the NSTT has continued to support emerging Nova Scotian artists as they pursue their studies towards the ultimate goal of establishing professional careers in the arts.
The NSTT has two deadline dates coming up in 2017: March 1st for Spring/Summer study and May 1st for Fall/Winter study. For more information, please visit their website at www.nstalenttrust.ns.ca.
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Ballet dancer Hannah Mae Cruddas is performing in The Nutcracker Dec 9-18, 2016
Hannah Mae Cruddas (Screen Shot: Symphony NS website) |
December 9 - 18
at the
Rebbeca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax
Featuring
Bernhard Gueller, conductor
Halifax Dance
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia
Dancers from Ballet Jörgen:
- Junior Gaspar Caballero
- Hannah Mae Cruddas (winner of the 2007 NSTT/Lieutenant Governor's Award)
- Adrián Ramírez Juarez
- Ayva Rossouw-Holland
Featuring
Bernhard Gueller, conductor
Halifax Dance
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia
Dancers from Ballet Jörgen:
- Junior Gaspar Caballero
- Hannah Mae Cruddas (winner of the 2007 NSTT/Lieutenant Governor's Award)
- Adrián Ramírez Juarez
- Ayva Rossouw-Holland
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
You can purchase tickets at https://symphonynovascotia.ca/concerts-and-tickets/concerts/2016-2017/the-nutcracker-2/
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Dancers Georgia Skinner and Vivika Ballard at the Bus Stop Theatre, Dec 2-3, 2016
B-SIDE
Friday Dec 2 at 8 p.m.
Saturday Dec 3 at 2 + 8 p.m.
at Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax
at Bus Stop Theatre, Halifax
From their website:
B Side is a new, cutting edge urban and contemporary dance show performed and choreographed by Georgia Skinner, Olivia Aubrecht, and Vivika Ballard featuring choreography by the Coast's Best Of 2016 gold winning choreographer Alexis Cormier and sound by Jacob Ballard. Filled with powerful imagery, creative exploration, and commitment to the craft, the artists featured in this performance invite you to attend an evening of exciting new work!
B Side is a new, cutting edge urban and contemporary dance show performed and choreographed by Georgia Skinner, Olivia Aubrecht, and Vivika Ballard featuring choreography by the Coast's Best Of 2016 gold winning choreographer Alexis Cormier and sound by Jacob Ballard. Filled with powerful imagery, creative exploration, and commitment to the craft, the artists featured in this performance invite you to attend an evening of exciting new work!
Georgia Skinner and Vivika Ballard are former NSTT Scholarship recipients.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Whole Lives Holiday Afternoon of Celebration with India Gailey, Katie Cochrane and NSTT Chair Adrian Hoffman
Chautauqua Atlantic has invited the Nova Scotia Talent Trust to be a part of their launch at the Whole Lives Holiday - An Afternoon of Celebration
An Afternoon of Celebration
will happen on
November 26, 2016
from 1- 5 p.m. at the
Bella Rose Arts Centre, Halifax
Adrian Hoffman, Chair NSTT will give a talk at 2 p.m. and
NSTT Scholarship recipients India Gailey, cello and Katie Cochrane, musical theatre will perform.
We thank Chautauqua Atlantic for including us in their celebration.
This afternoon will the the launch of their project for 2017:
Chautauqua Atlantic and Bedford Players have partnered in joining others commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Halifax Explosion. Local award winning playwright, Karen Waterfield, brings her play “Isabella” to life through the Bedford Players in presenting a series of 5 additional Mini-Dramas during 2017 through the Chautauqua Talks and Entertainment program.
This afternoon will the the launch of their project for 2017:
Chautauqua Atlantic and Bedford Players have partnered in joining others commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Halifax Explosion. Local award winning playwright, Karen Waterfield, brings her play “Isabella” to life through the Bedford Players in presenting a series of 5 additional Mini-Dramas during 2017 through the Chautauqua Talks and Entertainment program.