Minuet Charron: Accomplishments during a pandemic!

On Sunday, May 2, from 7 - 9 p.m., join Talent Trust recipient Minuet Charron, and others, in a live streamed performance that features choreography performed by members of the House of Eights Training program. Click here for more info.

From Minuet:

'Throughout this year in the training program, we’ve worked on expanding our knowledge and expertise in different commercial styles from contemporary and heels, to popping and waacking. In the past few months we worked on learning choreography for our pieces and then filmed them all. I’m so excited for people to see what myself and the rest of the training program members have been working towards and what we’ve been able to accomplish during a pandemic!'.

About Minuet:

Minuet Charron is a dancer and choreographer currently training at House of Eights, Halifax Dance, and The Conservatory School of Dance. She studies an array of styles from hip hop to ballet.

This past fall, Minuet studied in Bo Park’s online program for choreographers, performers, and leaders in the dance industry.

Her most recent performances include Votive Dance’s “Synced Systems” as part of their Youth Project. She also made an appearance with BreakSpace in collaboration with Unity Charity in their virtual showcase “The Bounce Back”. 

In addition to her two Nova Scotia Talent Trust Scholarships, Minuet received the Sally Brayley Bliss Award for the past two years at the Taking Steps to Fly showcase.

You can keep up to date with Minuet on Instagram @minuetcharron.

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Breagh Isabel: GOLD news for Good News

 

A HUGE congratulations to former Talent Trust scholarship recipient and current Talent Trust Board member Breagh Isabel on her first GOLD Record for Good News, recorded with Classified and O'Sound!!

Breagh is a Canadian recording artist, songwriter, and up-and-coming producer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She has written for Canadian artists including Donovan Woods, Classified, Jocelyn Alice, and Ria Mae.

Breagh was the winner of the Talent Trust's 2013 Chico Berardi Award.

You can visit Breagh's website for more info.

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Talent Trust recipients performing with the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra

 

Congratulations to the current, and past, Talent Trust recipients who are members of this years Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra (NSYO): Abby Hanson (first violin), Indi Tisoy (first violin), Ella Hanson (viola),Priscilla Lee (cello), Sean Sneddon (bass).

The NSYO will be performing The Gaelic Symphony, online, on April 24 at 7pm. Click here for more information.

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Adam Vincent Clarke: Prélude

Photo credit: Julia Ballardt

We are excited to share new work from former Talent Trust recipient, composer Adam Vincent Clarke.

You can view the video for Prélude here.

About Prélude:

Prélude for Violin and Piano was composed for Belgian violinist Nicolas Dupont, and Russian pianist Olga Kirpicheva in Autumn 2020. This performance was recorded in the Concert Hall of the Koninklijjk Conservatorium Brussel in February, 2021.

About Adam Vincent Clarke:

Adam Vincent Clarke (b.1992) is an Antwerp-based sound-artist and composer of contemporary music. From Canada to Germany to Belgium, he is a vagabond of Canada’s east coast.

Adam is a former recipient of two NSTT scholarships and the Kenneth Elloway Award. Thanks to the NSTT Adam was able to attend the Iserlohn International Guitar Festival in 2015 which gave him his compositional start in Europe. 

Adam draws inspiration through storytelling and folk tradition, often composing with a tone of gewaltsame Schönheit (violent beauty). Adam is currently composer-in-residence with Ensemble Silakbo and co-founder of the dance-theatre company Âmok/Âmok. ‘Y Tú’ (2018) & ‘I don’t (we) know‘ are ballet pieces created in tandem with choreographer Daniel Domenech for the Royal Ballet of Flanders. Adam completed his Masters at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen with Wim Henderickx. 

For more about Adam you can visit his Facebook page or his website. 

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Art Exhibition: Ground Rules: Before and After

Running March 1, 2021 through to April 24, 2021 the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design group show: Ground Rules: Before and After, will feature former Talent Trust recipient Letitia Fraser and other well known artists.

Letitia Fraser was the 2018 winner of the RBC Emerging Artist Award.

From the Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design website:

Cape Breton Centre for Craft & Design, in collaboration with Parks Canada, is pleased to announce the opening of Ground Rules: The Before and After, an exciting collaborative exhibition based on an experiential learning residency program in Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

The four-day residency program took place in spring 2019, in the spectacular Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Fourteen Nova Scotia artists with diverse backgrounds explored new ideas inspired by the natural landscapes of the Highlands, while interacting with scientists, park interpreters and creative leaders.

The Ground Rules residency provided participating artists with the opportunity to explore new ideas and ways of working in their medium, connect to their individual heritage and discover how scientific processes shape the natural world.

Other participating artists are:

- Marla Brenton

- Abigail Hann

- Rebecca Hannon

- Wes Johnston

- Laura Kenney

-  Jeighk Koyote

- Frankie MacAulay

- Meghan MacDonald

- Alice MacLean

- Juliana Scherzer

- Alison Uhma

- Kate Ward

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Violinist Marc Djokic: Solo performance with Orchestre classique de Montréal

Join former Talent Trust recipient Marc Djokic as he performs a solo concert with Orchestre classique de Montréal on March 30 at 8.30 p.m. (ADT). You can find more info about the performance here.

Marc was the recipient of the 2002 Raymond Simpson Award and the 2003 Lieutenant Governor's Award.

About the performance:

The concert will begin with an Italian delicacy, Vivaldi’s Concerto Grosso in D minor, under the baton of Xavier Brossard-Ménard, the OCM’s current assistant conductor. Maestro Boris Brott will then take to the podium to lead two songs by Indigenous Canadian composers: Barbara Croall's Zasakwaa (There is a Heavy Frost) for mezzo-soprano and solo flute, and Tomson Highway’s Some Say a Rose. Both pieces will feature the sumptuous voice of internationally renowned Quebec mezzo-soprano, Julie Boulianne.

The heart of the concert will be a celebration of Astor Piazzolla’s 100th birthday, as the OCM presents the composer’s renowned Cuatro estaciones porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires) featuring talented violinist and OCM concertmaster Marc Djokic. To round out the season-themed evening, the OCM will perform La primavera (Spring), the first movement of Vivaldi’s beloved Concerto No. 1 in E major, better known as The Four Seasons.

About Marc (from his website):

Marc Djokic is a Canadian violinist and winner of the 2020 ECMA Classical Recording of the Year, the 2017-2018 Prix Goyer. Among other distinctions, he is a Prix Opus laureate and former Canada Council Instrument Bank recipient. Djokic is concertmaster of l’Orchestre classique de Montreal. His recently released collaborative albums, Andre Mathieu musique de chambre and The Spirit and the Dust, garnered glowing reviews upon their release.

Originally from the Maritimes; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Djokic first and foremost studied with his father Philippe Djokic, one of Canada’s great soloists and a pupil of the master Ivan Galamian. He continued his studies with David Russell, Donald Weilerstein and Jaime Laredo.

In summer 2019 Marc Djokic embarked on his second European tour with solo recitals, chamber music concerts, and masterclasses. From BC Contact to Jeunesses Musicales and Debut Atlantic, Djokic has toured several times throughout Canada as an accomplished chamber musician. As a soloist, Marc Djokic has performed with such prestigious orchestras as the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Quebec Symphony Orchestra.

From 2015 to 2017, Mécénat Musica Videos produced more than 45 music videos featuring Djokic and his collaborations, filmed in unique locations across nine provinces.

Marc Djokic has commissioned several compositions with the support of Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and Mécénat Musica. In 2018 Djokic co-sponsored and launched the inaugural CAMMAC Composers Competition, and is currently Artist-in-Residence at CAMMAC.

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Scholarship Applications for May 1 Deadline Now Accepted

Applications are now being accepted for Nova Scotia Talent Trust scholarships for studies between September 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022. The deadline is May 1 at 5 p.m. ADT.

Apply early so that we can help you improve your application and avoid last minute technical problems. Use Chrome as your browser. 

We advise applicants to read the submission guidelines  carefully and to submit applications early since there are a number of changes for film, music, visual arts, dance, circus arts, literary arts, and theatre this year.

Please let the studying artists in your life know about our scholarship program.

For questions about scholarships and applications please get in touch with our Scholarship Program Coordinator Jackie Dowling at scholarship(at)nstalenttrust.ns.ca.  

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