MUSICIAN OF THE MONTH: LUKAS PEARSE
What better way to kick of a new year than getting to know a new Musician of the Month? We know you’ll be as excited as we are to learn more about bassist and composer Lukas Pearse.
Lukas Pearse is a bassist was born, raised and lives in central Halifax Nova Scotia, with his wife Melissa Andrew (also a bassist in the PEI Symphony), their children Zella and Lila, and two rambunctious cats.…
Read MoreMUSICIAN OF THE MONTH: JACK CHEN
December is by nature a busy month, which means our final Musician of the Month for 2017 is being introduced to you a little bit late (our apologies!). We’ve heard that most good things are worth waiting for, though, and this is no exception – our December MOTM is none other than Halifax favourite Jack Chen!…
Read MoreMUSICIAN OF THE MONTH: JEFF REILLY
Been wondering who you’d see as our November Musician of the Month? Well, wonder no more: We couldn’t be happier to introduce you to clarinetist-composer-conductor Jeff Reilly.
Jeff Reilly leads a multifaceted life as a bass clarinetist, composer, conductor, a CBC radio music producer, and as a radio documentary maker. A recording artist for the prestigious German label ECM and the Montreal based label ATMA Classique, he has performed with choirs, orchestras and chamber groups, in music festivals, cathedrals and concert halls around the world – with his trio Sanctuary he has performed in Shanghai, Paris, London, New York, St Petersburg, Moscow, Riga, Sochi, Toronto, Montreal and more. …
Read MoreTo Dream of Silence Video Released
“Jeff Reilly’s music surges from a river so deep, so real and so strong it will carry you with it. To Dream of Silence is the culmination of a lifetime navigating that river and it is a beautiful journey.” (Tom Allen, writer/storyteller and host of Shift on CBC Radio 2)…
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By Measha Brueggergosman
Harper Avenue, 310 pages
Measha Brueggergosman’s cross-country book tour comes to Halifax on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 7 p.m. at Chapters Halifax in Bayers Lake Business Park, 188 Chain Lake Dr.
If confession is good for the soul, Maritimes soprano Measha Brueggergosman is earning rich dividends with her new memoir Something Is Always on Fire: My Life So Far.
CD Release: To Dream of Silence
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Release Date: September 22nd, 2017
Title: To Dream of Silence
Label: Sanctuary Concerts
Format: CD/Digital
Artists: Jeff Reilly, Rinde Eckert (narrator), Jerry Granelli (percussion), Peter-Anthony Togni (organ), John Little (sound sculptures), the Blue Engine String Quartet, the Sanctuary String Orchestra, and the 13 strings chamber orchestra conducted by Kevin Mallon
Produced by: Jeff Reilly and Rod Sneddon
Listen to Eighty Steps from To Dream in Silence here.
MUSICIAN OF THE MONTH: MAUREEN BATT
Three days into October and our newest Musician of the Month is here: We are thrilled to have Maureen Batt on the site this month.
Maureen Batt is celebrated for her “rich, warm sound and masterful acting” (Opera Canada). Recently, Maureen’s solo career has focused on promoting Canadian classical contemporary repertoire by collaborating with established and emerging composers to commission, première, and re-perform their works.…
Read MoreThe Music Room Chamber Players’ Series – Sixth Season Opening
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.…
MUSICIAN OF THE MONTH: BERNHARD GUELLER
September’s Musician of the Month is the Maestro himself – we are pleased to introduce you to the one and only Bernhard Gueller.
Since 2002 Bernhard Gueller has been music director of SNS. During this time, variously, he was also Music Director in Nuremberg, Germany, principal conductor of the Johannesburg Philharmonic, and principal guest conductor of the Victoria Symphony.…
Read MoreAeolian Singers 2017-2018 Season Debuts New Artistic Director
(Halifax, NS) The Aeolian Singers (www.aeoliansingers.ca) have announced an exciting 2017-18 season under the new artistic leadership of rising Canadian choral conductor, Heather Fraser. With a focus on what it really means to “come from away,” and through folk, contemporary and classical music from the Maritimes, the rest of Canada and beyond, the season explores ideas surrounding home – the celebration of it, the journey we are all on to find it, and the part we can play in being a welcoming community.…
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