Concert News

No more worrying about what to do Wednesday nights! The twenty-one concerts in The Music Room Chamber Players’ sixth series are wonderfully eclectic with tangos, tabla and harp, Jasmin Lacasse-Roy (solo guitar), Sageev Oore accompanying silent film and with percussion, clarinet and piano.
 
But the series also is loaded with standard repertoire:  piano recitals by Walter Delahunt, Peter Allen (The Goldberg Variations) and Lucas Porter, string quartet concerts with the Blue Engine String Quartet and the Djokic Quartet, a voice recital with beloved soprano Suzie LeBlanc, violin recitals by Robert Uchida and Mark Leeand a piano trio concert with Lala Lee and friends.…

Attention, fellow music-lovers: We’ve paired up with our friends over at Taro PR to bring you the chance to attend an advanced screening of Judd Apatow’s new film, The Big Sick!

Entering is simple: Just like our Facebook page and share the contest post. Winner will be announced by 9AM, June 28, 2017.

Screening Details:

Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Time: 7:00pm

Location: Cineplex Cinemas Dartmouth Crossing (145 Shubie Dr, Dartmouth, NS B3B 0C3)

CAST STARRING: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano

DIRECTOR: Michael Showalter

SYNOPSIS: Based on the real-life courtship between Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V.…

Mabel Bell: Celebrating a Life & Legacy of Outstanding
Nova Scotia Achievements in Art & Science

Baddeck, N.S. – Mabel Bell: Celebrating a Life & Legacy of Outstanding Nova Scotia Achievements in Art & Science celebrates unique achievements and contributions through a series of activities hosted and delivered by Nova Scotians in historically significant communities and places.

We have assembled an accomplished group of Nova Scotians who, with the support and engagement of Dr.…

Piano soloist Barbara Pritchard plays as much Canadian music as she possibly can.

“There’s a huge variety of styles, everything from traditional to experimental,” she says.

“There’s so much good Canadian music out there, that I want to do my bit.”

For example, her upcoming Musikon concert, Fantastic, on May 8 at Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, is a recital of piano fantasies featuring “a beautiful arrangement of an Irish love song by Paul McIntyre” and a wacky piece by Peter Hatch which begins with chopsticks and includes Gertrude Stein recitations.…