The biggest chamber music festival in the region, the Scotia Festival of Music offers intimate showcases and big ticket concerts with the biggest names in its genre. A staple of the Halifax live music scene, the event has been around for four decades. What is the official name? The Scotia Festival of Music What is […]
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Scotia Festival of Music and Chris Wilcox: 40 years and 40 festivals
O ften referred to as the “music of friends,” chamber music has stood the test of time as a genre that, from the Medieval period to present day, has relied on the cohesion, synchronicity and mutual respect of all involved. For musicians of the genre, the intimate sense of community, memories and moments shared are […]
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The beat of Mobius Percussion
Mobius Percussion Thursday, June 1 at 7pm Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue $35 The Mobius Percussion group is often described as a chamber music quartet, but to hear them perform is to know they don’t fit squarely into any box. “We are all over the map,” says member Mika Godbole. The quartet, which […]
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Lazier focus
There Might Be Others Directed and choreographed by Rebecca Lazier, music by Dan Trueman Sunday, June 4 at 7pm Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue $35 scotiafestival.ns.ca/concerts-tickets What happens when 15 dancers and 12 musicians take the stage together? “People who have seen the show before say it feels like humanity in action,” says […]
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Sure Things: Your guide to this weekend’s best shows
The rain is a drag, but it isn’t stopping bands from convening for kick-ass shows all over the city. Let this be your guide as you navigate the damp city in search of good tunes.
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Monday’s 6 things you need to know
1 Best of Halifax 2015 has landed. This year’s mega-survey has compiled our Best of Halifax Food, Music and City awards into one super ballot—and you can vote for your favourites starting today. Right now. Do it. PRO TIP: you don’t have to fill this whole thing out in one sitting—our voting site saves your […]
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Music made palpable in Live Art’s latest
The tangibility of music, and its uncanny power to move us, was made manifest last night in Speaking in Ligeti, a production by choreographer Martha Carter, presented by Live Art Dance as part of the Scotia Festival of Music. Set to the music of Hungarian composer György Ligeti, the work brought the musicians of Microcosmos […]
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Scotia Festival of Music review: Bach and the mad percussive scientists
Violinist Giora Schmidt kicked off the Scotia Festival of Music this Monday with a performance of Bach’s Chaconne. It was a gutsy way to get things going. Bach’s Chaconne for solo violin is widely praised as one of the greatest tests in music, demanding not only virtuosic skill but serious emotional depth. Giora strutted onstage […]
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Scotia Festival enters the 35th chamber
Halifax loves its summer festivals. Halifax Jazz, Multifest, OBEY, Fringe—as soon as patio season starts, we’re ready for music and theatre and dancing in any number of our parking lots/festival sites. One of the oldest of these festivals (and one that appreciates atmosphere and the value of comfortable seating) is the Scotia Festival of Music, […]
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What chamber to choose
Chris Wilcox is driving to get some thumbtacks. “That’s what us high-powered administrators do best,” he says with a laugh. Wilcox is the managing and artistic director of the Scotia Festival of Music and has been working with it since its beginnings in 1980. “People no longer have to go to Europe to listen to […]