Essential Opera and Leaf Music Present Etiquette (Halifax/Kjipuktuk, NS) Composer Monica Pearce’s one-act opera Etiquette is being released by Leaf Music and Essential Opera. Etiquette: A Glimpse of 1920s Icons presents a unique musical portrayal of three influential women from the 1920s: author, critic, and satirist Dorothy Parker (known for her wit and wisecracks), author and…
Concert Film of “Lighthouse: Live at the Playhouse” Grej ⎮ Maureen Batt ⎮ Michael Doherty ⎮ Tania Breen Watch the virtual screening of the première performance of Lighthouse. Join us after the concert film for a live YouTube chat with the artists, hosted by Maria Murphy. Tickets for the…
[ngg src=”galleries” ids=”6″ display=”basic_thumbnail” thumbnail_crop=”0″] Crossing Borders: Shifting the Lens Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 8pm AT/ 7pm ET (48-hour replay available, purchase tickets and watch anytime until Friday @ 8pmAT) ~~~~PROGRAM, TEXTS, TRANSLATIONS HERE~~~~ Crossing Borders Shifting the Lens Program Dec 8, 2021 Fabián Arciniegas, tenor Claire Harris, piano Maureen Batt, soprano Tara…
Best of Halifax final round again! MUSIC > BEST CLASSICAL ARTIST/GROUP Wowie! I’ve made it to the final round of The Coast’s Best of Halifax 2019 and I’m in some incredible company! Last year all you lovely people helped me get a Bronze in this music category which felt amazing because I was and…
I am very excited to share that I have been nominated as “Best Classical Artist/Group” in The Coast’s Best of Halifax 2017 contest. Voting ends on September 15! Any anyone with an email address can vote! Here’s how to vote: http://thecoast.secondstreetapp.com/l/Best-of-Halifax-2017/Ballot/Music -click the link above -scroll down to “Best Classical Artist/Group” and click -click on…
ALL INFO IN ONE CLICK! TIME OF TROUBLE – première info
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Hello fellow Freddie Beachers! I am very excited to present this recital with Anne Marie Murphy on piano in Fredericton on Sunday, Dec. 21. The programme will include works by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, and Schumann, and will also feature a few holiday favourites! There will be familiar tunes to all ears–classical buffs or not. I look…
After a wonderfully full month of singing contemporary music and working with living composers, I’m gearing up for one last gig before some vacation. This recital, The Sky’s a Triplet, is part of the Classics by the Bay festival in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. There are concerts all weekend long, but my concert is on Sunday…
Tonight marks the end of a week of Contemporary Performance Studies at the Vancouver International Song Institute. I have had the extreme pleasure of working directly with composers Joseph Glaser, Jake Heggie, and Jeffrey Ryan. I have workshopped works by all three of those composers, as well as works by John Greer and Monica Pearce. After a week of…