Ellis Yuen Rapati, violist will play with the National Youth Orchestra on July 31, 2017

THE NATIONAL YOUTH

ORCHESTRA LIVE

Monday, July 31, 7:30 pm
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax

Ellis Yuen-Rapati is a 2012 Talent Trust scholarship recipient. 

In celebration of Canada’s 150th, the National Youth Orchestra of Canada returns to Halifax for the first time in over a decade as a part of their Edges of Canada tour!

Hear 92 of the best young musicians in the country perform live alongside indigenous Canadian artists in this thrilling, inspirational concert experience.

Featuring Strauss’ spectacular Death and Transfiguration, Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and The Unsilent Project – a brand-new, youth-oriented response to Truth and Reconciliation.

Reeny Smith performs with Symphony Nova Scotia July 19 - July 26, 2017 at various locations.

Reeny Smith will perform with Symphony Nova Scotia

Photo: Reeny Smith website

Wednesday, July 19, 12:30 and 2:00 pm
Pier 21, Rowe Hall, Halifax

Saturday, July 22, 11:00 am and 12:30 pm
Alderney Landing Theatre, Dartmouth

Tuesday, July 25, 11:00 am and 12:30 pm
Wednesday, July 26, 11:00 am and 12:30 pm
Halifax Central Library O’Regan Hall, Halifax

From the Symphony Nova Scotia website: 

Celebrate Nova Scotia’s vibrant musical landscape in this lively, fun, and free concert experience for the whole family! Featuring Symphony Nova Scotia, singer Reeny Smith, and drummer Trevor Gould, this full-orchestra event brings together Mi’kmaq chants and drumming, African Nova Scotian songs, Acadian fiddling and dancing, and new symphonic music – plus traditional favourites like Stan Rogers’ The Bluenose and Farewell to Nova Scotia. Don’t miss this symphonic celebration of the rich, colourful, and powerful music of our beloved home by the sea.

You can find more information about Reeny Smith at http://www.iamreeny.com/

Gina Burgess and Matt Myer with Gypsophilia at the Halifax Jazz Festival July 16, 8:30pm

Gina Burgess and Matt Myer play with Gypsophilia at the Jazz Festival

photo: Gypsophilia website

Sunday, July 16, 8:30pm
Waterfront Main Stage
With The Mellotones

FREE CONCERT!

Halifax-based Gypsophilia is a group of six performers (including Talent Trust scholarship recipients Matt Myer and Gina Burgess) playing original high-energy jazz that is by turns angular, sweet, nostalgic, modern and raucous. 

In recent years Gypsophilia has become a formidable touring outfit, regularly crisscrossing the continent and playing to sold-out crowds all over Canada and the US. Their killer live shows and danceable, genre-bending sound have made them an audience favourite at major festivals and small clubs alike. With a combination of serious musicianship, humour and showmanship they are capable of enchanting a sit-down crowd one moment, and whipping people into a dancing, clapping, singing frenzy the next.

You can find more information about Gypsophilia at http://www.gypsophilia.org/

Reeny Smith at Halifax Jazz Festival July 15, 2017 at 8:30pm Main Stage

Reeny Smith will be singing for you at the Halifax Jazz Festival 2017

photo: Reeny Smith - Jazz Festival website

Saturday July 15th, 8:30pm

Waterfront Main Stage

With Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals


From the Jazz Festival website: 
Smith’s silky soulful voice—honed as a jazz major at St. F.X.—is undeniable. She’s quickly become a rising R&B/hip-hop artist in just a few years, accomplishing much in a scant amount of time, including an opening slot for Grammy winner Lisa Fischer, winning three African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, and in 2015 being named Artist-in-Residence at Casino Nova Scotia. A sensitive, powerful performer, Smith will transfix you as she lifts you up.

Happy Canada Day!

We are wishing you a Happy Canada Day!

Summer office hours:

Our office will be closed during the summer. 

We will be back on September 5, 2017. 

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