The New Music Ensemble (NME) at Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts (FSPA) defies categorization by traditional standards. The NME blurs…

Chance Variations by Pierre-Yves Martel, composed in September 2023, incorporates chance operations and explores repetition through superimposed…

A reception celebrating the start of another fabulous Open Waters Festival. An opportunity to meet the artists that make the Open Waters Festival the…

Featuring: Karl Hirzer, conductor (Vancouver) Soloists: Geordie Haley, Matthias McIntire, and Shanti Sivarulrasa. Symphony Nova Scotia Nova Scotia…

Tom Roach’s new project, The Between Times, features compositions inspired by his many visits to Havana, Cuba, and Paris, France. The Havana Suite is…

A rare and rarified meeting of accomplished musical explorers who each make a practice of straying far beyond the bounds of expectation. Sara…

Sahara Jane is a vocalist, songwriter, and sarangi player. Ken Shorley is a multi-instrumentalist who plays tabla, percussion, guitar and electronics…

Exploratory improvised performance and discussion facilitated by Upstream’s Artistic Director, Lukas Pearse, and featuring five OWF 2025 musicians who…

Pianist Jennifer King will perform two newly commissioned works written for her by composers John Plant “…and then we saw the stars” and Carmen Braden…

Come and hear a new generation of composers — new contemporary chamber works by Dalhousie Composition students for marimba, piano, string ensemble…

In this triple bill, Nadia Francavilla (violin, Fredericton) and Norm Adams (cello, Halifax) perform Wash Me Whiter than Snow by renowned Irish…

An adventurous ensemble led by Toronto based guitarist Dan Pitt, this group blends styles and influences from a wide array of music while building on…

Arrest The Crown consists of Josh Awe on drums, Shuvanjan Karmaker on bass (amongst other low-end phenomena) and Dilshan Weerasinghe on guitar. The…

Samantha Wilson will be presenting new works for solo guitar and reimagined repertoire from previous projects. This program weaves through composed…

Open Borders is an international music group based in Halifax, featuring Mohammad Sahraei (tar), Behrooz Mihankhah (piano), Ali Enriquez (violin)…

A new ensemble brought together by Andrew MacKelvie, former leader of the ambient improvised music ensemble, New Hermitage. In 2012 MacKelvie was…

In a world that seems to spin faster every day, Champagne Weather makes time stand still. With a blend of songwriting and sound sculpture, the band…