Katie Cochrane, Soprano to perform Pitti-Sing in “The Mikado”

Maritime Concert Opera presents:

Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado

Musical Director: Tara Scott
Chorus Director: Jane Kristenson

Performance Dates:

SUNDAY JUNE 19, 2:30 pm
Lillian Piercey Concert Hall in Halifax

TUESDAY JUNE 21, 7:30 pm
Osprey Arts Centre, Shelburne

THURSDAY JUNE 23, 7:30 pm
King’s Theatre, Annapolis Royal

SATURDAY JUNE 25, 7:30 pm
Central United Church, Lunenburg

Since 2003, MCO has delighted audiences with a huge range of in-concert performances of operatic music, including Carmen, La Traviata, La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Die Fledermaus, The Magic Flute and many, many more - 21 full operas in all, plus some lighter concerts along the way.

The 2016-2017 season will bring Gilbert and Sullivan’s ever-popular The Mikado in June with an almost completely Maritime cast.

2015 and 2016 Nova Scotia Talent Trust scholarship recipient, Katie Cochrane, soprano will be singing the role of Pitti-Sing.

For more information visit:

http://maritimeconcertopera.com/

CHARLEY YOUNG, New Drawings at Studio 21 Fine Art Gallery, Halifax

Art work by Charley Young

Charley Young, 2012 Charlotte Wilson-Hammond/Vans and Lieutenant Governor's Award winner will show New Drawings at Studio 21 Fine Art Gallery

June 10 - July 7, 2016

 Opening Reception  

Friday June 10th, 5–7pm 

All are welcome to attend!
1273 Hollis Street, Halifax, NS
http://www.studio21.ca/young2016.html

In June of 2014 Charley participated in the Arctic Circle Program—an expedition that led to the creation of site based work in the northern territory of Svalbard, Norway. Her new arctic drawings, influenced by this residency, engage with the relationship between landscape and artifact, and the intervention of human touch and visual perception.


This new collection of drawings indexically records unfixed and ancient sites. The Alberta Rockies and the Arctic glaciers of Svalbard are both contingent environments— their histories marked and visible. Mountains are monolithic tombs, their engraved rock faces illustrate their tectonic birth. Glaciers, with layers upon layers of visible accumulation and sedimentation, record travel. Both landscapes intersect in abrasion with one etching into the other. Their histories are presented like the lines of a hand—complex and intricate identifiers.

“As a child, the daughter of mountaineers, I traced the alpine landscape with my feet; traversing summits, glaciers, moraines, and rock faces. My approach to drawing mimics this direct, physical and exploratory interaction with site using frottage, transfers and inventive processes. Through drawn means of erasure, pressure and trace I mimic the reductive nature of the environment and draft tactile impressions of places in flux. “ - Charley Young

Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Charley Young holds an MFA from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine and a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Charley has taught at NSCAD University and Mount Allison University. In June of 2014 Charley participated in the Arctic Circle Program—an expedition that led to the creation of site based work in the northern territory of Svalbard, Norway. Her new arctic drawings, influenced by this residency, engage with the relationship between landscape and artifact, and the intervention of human touch and visual perception.

Previous residencies include: The Banff Centre in Banff, Alberta; The Vermont Studio Centre in Johnson, Vermont; and Spark Box Studios in Picton County, Ontario in 2013. In 2012 Charley was an Artist-in-Residence at the Klondike Institute for Arts and Culture in Dawson City, Yukon Territory.

Charley has been fortunate to receive support from Arts Nova Scotia and has artwork in the collection of the Nova Scotia Art Bank. In 2012 she received the Charlotte Wilson-Hammond/ Visual Arts Nova Scotia Award and the Lieutenants Governor Award presented by the Nova Scotia Talent Trust. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally.
www.charleyyoung.com

Thank you Open Door Property Management for your sponsorship contribution towards the NSTT Scholarship Fund

Thank you 

Lorena MacDonald, Leila Kovacevic, and Parker Deighan of Open Door Property Management. 

Your support of the NSTT Scholarship Fund will help NS emerging artists in their formative years. 

Thank You!

opendoorpropertymanagement.ca

Open Doors Property Management's sponsorship will be matched by the artsVest program.

The Nova Scotia Talent Trust has been approved to be part of the 2016 artsVest matching sponsorship program.  Business sponsorship contributions will be matched through the artsVest program. For more information please contact Jacqueline Steudler, Executive Director at director(at)nstalenttrust.ns.ca

Thank you Open Door Property Management for your support!

Thank you Lorena MacDonald, Leila Kovacevic, and Parker Deighan of Open Door Property Management. 

Your support of the NSTT Scholarship Fund will help NS emerging artists in their formative years. 

Thank You!

opendoorpropertymanagement.ca

The Nova Scotia Talent Trust has been approved to be part of the 2016 artsVest matching sponsorship program.  Business sponsorship contributions will be matched through the artsVest program. For more information please contact Jacqueline Steudler, Executive Director at director(at)nstalenttrust.ns.ca

Help us win an additional $10,000 for our Scholarship Fund through the Great Canadian Giving Challenge

The Great Canadian Giving Challenge is here! For the entire month of June, every $1 you donate to us through canadahelps qualifies us to win $10,000 and counts as an entry into the challenge! The more you give, the more chances for us to win!

Each donation counts! It doesn't matter if it is $3 (just one coffee less this week) or higher amounts. (smile)

Please consider us and donate this month to the Nova Scotia Talent Trust at https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/nova-scotia-talent-trust/

Lilith Richter Stephenson, violin to lead the MCPA Chamber Orchestra Tuesday, May 24

Lilith Richter Stephenson will be leading the MCPA Chamber orchestra and soloing in a performance of Vivaldi's Spring at 7 p.m. at the Lilian Piercey Concert Hall in Halifax.

Congratulations Lilith!

Scotia Festival of Music includes Marc Djokic,Denise Djokic, Peter Allen, David Parker, David Murray and D'Arcy Gray

We are glad to see so many former NSTT scholarship recipients and award winners performing during the 2016 Scotia Festival of Music from May 23 to June 5 in Halifax.

They are

David Parker

Marc Djokic, violin www.marcdjokic.com
Denise Djokic, cello denisedjokic.com
Peter Allen, piano www.peterallenpiano.com
David Parker, french horn symphonynovascotia.ca
David Murray, bass www.butler.edu
D'Arcy Gray, percussion www.dal.ca/faculty

You can find more information about the Scotia Festival of Music at http://www.scotiafestival.ns.ca/