Strata (Brandon Auger and Norman Adams) present re:Grain an iteration of their live installations for various electronics.

Halifax improvising string players India Gailey, Kelvin Mansaray, Norman Adams, and Lukas Pearse join with guest Sarah McCabe to weave complex…

Azuline Duo features award-winning musicians Sara Traficante (flute) and Emma Rush (guitar).  This ensemble pushes the boundaries of their instruments…

Sugarplume Rebecca Fairless, Carmel Farahbakhsh, and India Gailey craft delicately layered soundbaths from the sonorous tones of various objects…

Festival Extra: Improvisation Talk Back A long-standing and illuminating OWF event: 5 musicians who have never played together play music that has…

Herd of Pianos Full-length film screening Extraordinary circumstances demand extraordinary art. With the 2020-2021 renovation of the DalhousieArts…

Behrooz Mihankhah is an Iranian Canadian composer, pianist, and singer-songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Behrooz Mihankhah and his ensemble…

We are delighted to team up once again this year with the Scotia Festival of Music to present this concert. Violist Sarah McCabe, a former Young…

  On December 21st, 2021 the Province of Nova Scotia announced restrictions on in-person attendance at musical performances. The Open Waters…

Improvisational music and contemporary circus meet to create a unique Halifax experience with Up in the Air, a gathering of musicians and circus…

SIDEband is a unique quartet of four young female musicians all involved in new creation and improvisation. Their music is haunting and intimate. We…

Join us for our Annual General Meeting. In order to participate, you must be a member in good standing. To verify your membership status or to renew…

Persian-fusion group led by tar player Mohammad Sahraei, featuring original compositions, choice interpretations and intriguing improvisation. Mohamm…

The second installment of Upstream’s collaboration with the Dalhousie Art Gallery, featuring Canadian-NZ composer Juliet Palmer’s piece for 6 grand…

Shauna DeGruchy (trombone) India Gailey (cello) Devin Wesley (bassoon) Ellen Gibling (harp) b a n d As a result of modulations, sidebands are the…

New and improvised music for spring – livestream and produced online video music sure to take us far from shore, enjoyed from the safe harbours of our…

Meredith Bates, violin, Peggy Lee, cello, and Aram Bajakian, guitar, are three highly respected West Coast musicians, making waves on the North…

Brian Borcherdt, Kim Barlow, Mairi Chaimbeul, and Sahara Jane have developed unexpectedly into a new musical entity while they’ve been improvising in…

Joel Miller revisits the music from his ECMA-winning album Dream Cassette and UNSTOPPABLE. Influenced by his daughter’s listening of Virgin Radio pop…

On-Line from Rimouski — Éric Normand and Robin Servant both develop a unique and roundabout way of playing their instrument like you've never heard…

If you remove me from the hinge we can swing freely on the breeze Seven pianos you say? In an underground bunker? The answer was immediate and…

Open Borders is an international music group based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Open Borders creates original compositions as well as reworks old…

India Gailey is a cellist, composer, and improviser who crosses many eras and genres, most often performing the realms of classical and experimental…