Music Concerts
DalWind Ensemble鈥檚 Movie Night
Nov. 23 | 7:30pm
Joseph Strug Concert Hall, 1385 Seymour St. Halifax, NS.听
$20/$15 tickets: box office fees will apply
An evening of cinematic music and the music that makes film great - part 1.
Join the Dalhousie Wind Ensemble (and special guests) for an evening of music inspired by and used in film. With music from Hayao Miyazaki's听Princess Mononoke听as well as the music of Benjamin Britten used in Wes Anderson's classic听Moonrise Kingdom, the evening will be full of whimsy, beautiful melodies, and comical surprises. The ensemble will also perform Johan de Meij's听Lord of the Rings Symphony听which was written decades before the release of the films, yet similarly as evocative and majestic as the more familiar film score.
Romeo & Juliet
DalSymphony, Conducted by Dr. Leonardo Perez
Dec. 3, 7:30pm
Joseph Strug Concert Hall
DalSymphony presents a concert of music inspired by Shakespeare's听Romeo and Juliet.听Featuring some of the most well-known and beloved works for orchestra by Prokofiev, Bernstein, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky.
Sergei Prokofiev's ballet听Romeo and Juliet听opens the evening鈥檚 program, from his Suite no. 2 for orchestra with his characteristic colourful and brooding music representing characters and scenes from the play. This is followed by Leonard Bernstein's ever-popular Symphonic Dances from听West Side Story,听the modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. After a heartfelt slow movement from Beethoven's String Quartet no. 1 arranged for string orchestra, Tchaikovsky's masterful Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture concludes the program. Come experience the wealth of stirring music inspired by the love story and tragedy of Romeo and Juliet!
Shadow & Light
A starlit winter journey with the DalChorus and members of DalTheatre's puppetry class. Featuring Soundtrax Choir! In support of Dalhousie鈥檚 Campus Fridge.
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Dec. 4 | 7:30pm
Joseph Strug Concert Hall
Fountain School of Performing Arts, 1385 Seymour St.
tickets: Dal Arts Centre Box Office, 听Box office fees will apply
In this magical multidisciplinary performance, DalChorus and members of the DalTheatre puppetry class take you on a journey through a winter night. With celestial music, star stories, and shadow puppetry, we celebrate and unite traditions that use various symbols of light returning after times of darkness.听
DalChorus will welcome Halifax Regional Arts Soundtrax Choir, directed by Dr. Fran Farrell to share the Joseph Strug Concert Hall stage for the first time. You will get to see the DalTheatre student puppeteers in action, and of course, hear the beautiful music of the DalChorus, directed by Dr Nicole Jordan with pianist, Joseph Dowell.
From traditional Christmas songs such as I Wonder as I Wander arranged by Nicole Jordan, the well-known Choose Something Like a Star, from Frostiana by Randal Thompson, to the exciting voice and body percussion piece, Singkap Siaga by Tracey Wong, you will experience celebrations of light and shadow from around the world.
Non-perishable food donations are welcome.
DalChorus听is a choir of 40-50 voices and听comprises听music students from all idioms as well as experienced choral singers from Dalhousie and the Halifax community at large. Excellence, innovation, and collaboration are the hallmarks of DalChorus. Repertoire is selected from compositions across many eras and styles, with special attention paid to the work of Canadian composers. The choir normally gives two public performances per year and had the special role of hosting and featuring in the Fountain School of Performing Art鈥檚 first annual Student Showcase Concert in 2024.