Mary Fay Coady wins 2018 Theatre NS Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role (female)

Mary Fay Coady

Mary Fay Coady wins Theatre NS Robert Merritt Award for Outstanding Performance in a Leading Role (female) for her role Chaya in 2b theatre company's production Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story.

Currently the play is running off-Broadway in New York City. It is the musical story of Romanian Jewish immigrants Chaim and Chaya — based on playwright Hannah Moscovitch’s great-grandparents. 

You can read more about Theatre Nova Soctia's Merritt Awards in the Chronicle Herald at http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1556695-old-stock-stocks-up-on-merritt-awards-at-monday-gala#.WrpWP9nIBeI.facebook

Congratulations! Barbara Hannigan winner of the 2018 JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year.

Barbara Hannigan (photo: barbarahannigan.com)

Crazy Girl Crazy, the debut album of Barbara Hannigan as singer and conductor is the winner of the 2018 JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year: Vocal or Choral.

Information from her website:

The JUNO Awards are presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame are also inducted as part of the awards ceremonies.

Crazy Girl Crazy has garnered critical acclaim since its release, receiving a 2018 GRAMMY award for Best Classical Solo Vocal album, as well as the Klara Award (Belgium) for Best International Classical CD.

Crazy Girl Crazy is the first showcase of Barbara’s work as both a soprano and conductor, with the Amsterdam-based orchestra LUDWIG. The album was released on released on 22 September 2017 by Alpha Classics.

Congratulations Olivia MacLean for winning the Pat Richards Award in Choreography!

Olivia MacLean in the middle

Congratulations Olivia MacLean for your success at Taking Steps to Fly!

Olivia MacLean won the Pat Richards Award through Halifax Dance and the Individual Choreography Award for 18+. 

Taking Steps to Fly is a wonderful opportunity for young choreographers of Nova Scotia to showcase their talents. 

It is a joint project by Dance Nova Scotia and Kinetic Studios Halifax. Dance students are encouraged to create a work in any dance form. The work can be choreographed by one person or by a collective, and can be a solo or group performance. 

More information can be found at https://www.dancens.ca/what-we-do/taking-steps-to-fly/about-taking-steps-to-fly/

Congratulations Kieron Harper for winning the Collective Creation Award for choreography through Dance NS!

Kieron Harper in the middle

Congratulations Kieron Harper!

The Collective Creation Award went to Hannah Faith, Kieron Harper, Katie Beaton, Keegan McIntosh, and Jillian MacKenzie

Taking Steps to Fly is a wonderful opportunity for young choreographers of Nova Scotia to showcase their talents. 

It is a joint project by Dance Nova Scotia and Kinetic Studios Halifax. Dance students are encouraged to create a work in any dance form. The work can be choreographed by one person or by a collective, and can be a solo or group performance. 

More information can be found at https://www.dancens.ca/what-we-do/taking-steps-to-fly/about-taking-steps-to-fly/

Scholarship Application Deadline for Fall/Winter Studies in the Arts is May 1, 2018 at 5 p.m.

Call for Talent Trust Scholarship Applications

Deadline May 1, 2018 at 5 p.m. (ADT) for fall/winter studies in the arts.  

More information can be found at nstalenttrust.ca

Our annual scholarships include theatre, film/new media, literary arts, dance, music, voice, circus arts, visual arts, and design.

The Nova Scotia Talent Trust (NSTT) is a registered charity that provides scholarships to Nova Scotians who demonstrate exceptional potential and commitment to become established artists in their chosen fields.

PS: 

• Start your application early to avoid technical problems. 
• Use  Google Chrome as your browser. 
• Get in touch with us if you have questions or can't upload a file. 

Jacqueline Steudler is here to help at scholarship(at)nstalenttrust.ns.ca

Congratulations to Mary Fay Coady, Don Allison, and Jacinte Armstrong for their Theatre NS Merritt Award Nominations

The Theatre Nova Scotia 2018 Robert Merritt Awards will be held 

Monday, March 26, 2018 

the show starts at 8PM

at Casino Nova Scotia, Halifax in the Schooner Room.

Congratulations to all nominees and in particular to former scholarship recipients:

• Mary Fay Coady
• Don Allison
• Jacinte Armstrong 

If you are lucky you can get one of the last tickets at Theatre NS website.

Dance NS and Kinetic Studio present Taking Steps To Fly including dancers Kieron Harper, Anais Grant Church, and Olivia MacLean March 25, 2018

https://www.dancens.ca/events-calendar/event/827/

Taking Steps To Fly
presented by Dance NS and Kinetic Studio features many dancers that have received Talent Trust scholarships in the past. 

Including Kieron Harper, Anaïs Grant Church, and Olivia MacLean. 

Sunday, March 25, 2018
at 7 p.m.

at the McInnis Room in the Dalhousie Student's Union Building in Halifax

For more information and tickets please go to 

https://www.dancens.ca/events-calendar/event/827/