Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Join India Gailey live online on May 6, 2020


Talent Trust alumna India Gailey

will be live online with her cello on Wednesday, May 6 at 9 p.m. (ADT)
In 2017, she won the Yue Lih and Marion Kuo Award through the Nova Scotia Talent Trust. Don't miss it.

India Gailey is an award-winning cellist who draws from many eras and genres. Originally from Halifax, things she has been up to recently include: releasing her first solo album, "Lucid"; earning her Master of Music degree under the tutelage of Matt Haimovitz at McGill’s Schulich School of Music; working with Philip Glass at Scotia Festival; receiving a Graduate Mobility Award from McGill to perform in Germany; and holding a fellowship at Garth Newel Music Center in Virginia. India also tours regularly with the acclaimed environmental improvisation quartet New Hermitage. https://indiayeshe.com/

Link to performance website: 
https://www.livingroomlive.ca/live-stream?fbclid=IwAR2OTSoGZO_l-oKqJRQOWQ3uXrrhUCbSWm6rcMniKWIIqbHlqLIFey-9OM0


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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Pianist Vlad Chiriac wins Debut Atlantic's Award for Musical Excellence

Vlad Chiriac - photo Debut Atlantic website
Congratulations to former scholarship recipient Vlad Chiriac for winning the Debut Atlantic's Award for Musical Excellence!

From Debut Atlantic's website:

Vlad Chiriac is a grade 12 student at Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, NS, where he attends the International Baccalaureate French Immersion Program. 

He has completed the level 10 practical examination with the Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program and is currently preparing for the ARCT exam.

Vlad started studying the piano at the age of seven, and will be continuing his piano studies at Dalhousie University in Halifax, NS. He is honored to be the recipient for this year’s Debut Atlantic award, and stated that he is “very grateful that there are avenues like these to give hardworking musicians the chance to excel, piano performance is and will stay my passion.”

Read more on the Debut Atlantic website at 
https://www.debutatlantic.ca/debut/nova-scotian-pianist-vlad-chiriac-wins-debut-atlantics-award-for-musical-excellence


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