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SUMMARY:Sacred Sounds: Peter Togni & Jeff Reilly
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Sacred Silence Sacred Sounds\, a contemplative gathering with different artists every month. \nThis month features Peter Togni & Jeff Reilly \nPeter Togni and Jeff Reilly had just started working together at the CBC music department in Halifax\, NS and on one weekday afternoon Peter mentioned he had acquired the keys to one of the best organs in the city. Without hesitation they skived off the rest of the day to go check it out. Jeff brought his bass clarinet along and the sounds they were able to make in that cathedral space of St Mary’s Basilica were a revelation. They discovered a deep musical sympatico that has led to over 2 decades of remarkable productivity. \nPeter and Jeff went on to tour the world with the trio Sanctuary\, record concertos for bass clarinet and choir on the German label ECM\, string orchestra concertos on Warner Classics and award winning full length works for solo bass clarinet and vocal quartet on the Montreal based label ATMA Classique. \nIn spite of having worked on many large-scale projects together\, it is in the intimate context of performing their own compositions on piano and bass clarinet that Togni and Reilly celebrate the full range of their many years of collaborative musical experience. In their debut release as a duo\, Togni and Reilly explore everything from ancient modality to contemporary modernism. Their sound has the precision of gesture and clarity of focus found in any serious classical ensemble\, but also taps into the expressive freedom found in the improvisational gestures of contemporary jazz.
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/sacred-sounds-with-peter-togni-jeff-reilly/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 1300 Oxford St.
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SUMMARY:Sacred Sounds Mitchell\, Bjornson\, Staples
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Sacred Silence Sacred Sounds\, a contemplative gathering with different artists every month. \nJeff Goodspeed was originally scheduled\, but is unable to leave Cuba. Instead we are hosting Chris Mitchell\, Larry Bjornson and Dave Staples \nChris Mitchell (saxophone) is active in numerous endeavours and musical groups in Halifax.  He is an engaging and innovative saxophonist\, heralded as one of Canada’s finest instrumentalists. Chris is a sought-after talent across a variety of genres\, performing with a myriad of artist’s including David Foster\, Natalie Cole\, Lionel Richie\, Ray Charles\, and Rosemary Clooney\, to name a few. Chris has also toured extensively in North America\, Europe and in Asia and has performed with a numerous symphony orchestras. His extensive experience as a performer\, composer and arranger has culminated in the production of four solo instrumental albums to date. He is on faculty at Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts. \nLarry Bjornson (bass) began his music education at Detroit’s Centre for Creative Studies Jazz Workshop\, continued his studies at McGill with a bachelor of music in jazz performance and then graduate studies in performance at Wayne State University.  Upon returning to Detroit\, he maintained a busy concert\, club and touring schedule. During this time\, he also became a member of the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra. Larry has performed with a very broad spectrum of artists ranging from The Moody Blues\, Nell Carter\, Mitsou\, top jazz musicians; Charles MacPherson\, James Carter and Charles Tolliver to backing up personalities like Joan Rivers\, and Regis Philbin. Larry is currently a member of the Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy. \nDave Staples (piano) is a well-known pianist and music educator from Halifax. Along with his duties as a teacher in the Halifax school system\, he is very active on the local scene as a freelance musician. He has performed with such national and international artists as Dionne Warwick\, Bobby Curtola\, and continues to work with the best of the East Coast Music scene. Dave has also recorded extensively and has been on at least six ECMA-nominated projects in the last few years. In 1996\, he received the ECMA Jazz Artist of the Year award with Jeff Goodspeed for their album Eastern Passage.
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/jeff-goodspeed/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 1300 Oxford St.
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SUMMARY:Sacred Sounds: Jody Lyne
DESCRIPTION:Jody Lyne is a first generation Canadian of Antiguan descent. He was educated in Bedford\, Nova Scotia and later studied at Dalhousie University\, receiving his Bachelor of Music majoring in composition. Mr. Lyne’s instruments of choice are trumpet and piano while other instruments are various percussion and voice. \nJody has played and recorded professionally for the last ten years in a variety of genres and has shared the stage with artists such as\, David Foster\, Nathan East\, Dan Aykroyd\, Dutch Robinson\, Jeremiah Sparks\, Jerome Sparks and others. Furthermore\, Jody has performed with various groups and artists such as The Mellotones\, Nu Gruv\, Afromusica\, Rusta Gumbo\, The Metric System\, Trobiz\, Maddison Ave\, The Platters\, The Guthries\, Hoppin’ Penguins and The Upstream Jazz Ensemble to name a few. \nHe composes for a number of ensembles and bands in Halifax as well as for media\, including film and television. Additionally\, Mr. Lyne has enjoyed instructing musicians of all ages through the Canadian Conservatory of Performing Arts for the past nine years. \nUsing his knowledge in electro-acoustics\, Jody is experienced producing and recording small ensembles as well as soloists\, and has done so on many of his and other composers’ works. He is following a dream that has motivated him since the age of five years old\, and his natural talent\, work ethic\, skill and perseverance will make it reality.
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/sacred-silence-sacred-sounds-2/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 1300 Oxford St.
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SUMMARY:Sacred Sounds: Ellen Gibling
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for Sacred Silence Sacred Sounds\, a contemplative gathering with different artists every month. \nThis month features harpist Ellen Gibling. \nEllen Gibling is a harpist based in K’jipuktuk/Halifax\, Nova Scotia whose music spans classical\, Irish traditional\, and improvised genres. She is a band member of Many Worlds\, Scions\, and Borrowers\, as well as playing with The Bombadils\, Charlie Wilson\, Olivia Barrett\, Hayley Ryerson\, The Narrows\, and Jack Chen. \nEllen’s solo album The Bend in the Light (2022) was reviewed as “bold and beautiful” (Celtic Life International) and “enchanting” (Folk London). Her duo album with fiddler Adrianna Ciccone\, The Pear Tree (2024)\, has been described as “genuine\, heartfelt\, and as replenishing as a spring morning” (Textura). \nEllen has enjoyed recent creative collaborations with Mocean Dance\, Rock Bottom Movement\, Maria Osende Flamenco\, playwright Mary Fay Coady\, and kora player Zal Sissokho. In January 2024\, Ellen premiered a harp concerto by Jeff Reilly with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Open Waters Festival. \nAs a harp instructor and workshop leader\, Ellen has taught at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts\, Acadia University\, the Huron Harp Festival\, and the Canadian International Summer Harp Institute. \nEllen studied classical harp at McGill University with additional training in the World Youth Orchestra of Jeunesses Musicales and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. She also studied Irish traditional music at the University of Limerick\, and improvisation through the Creative Music Workshop.
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LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 1300 Oxford St.
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SUMMARY:Jazz Vespers
DESCRIPTION:Geordie Haley\nLukas Pearse\nPlease join us for this month’s Jazz Vespers\, an opportunity to quiet external distractions and inner chatter through readings\, prayers and the music of Geordie Haley and Lukas Pearce. \nWith more than 25 years of presenting and performing original music guitarist\, composer\, improviser and educator Geordie Haley has been a featured artist in concert in various Maritime music festivals. He heads the Guitar program at the NSCC Waterfront Music Arts Department and has been teaching at the Maritime Conservatory since 2009. \nLukas Pearce is an acoustic\, electric and digital musician and sound artist with professional experience in a wide array of genres and creative forms. He has served as the Artistic Director of the Upstream Music Association\, as well as presenting the annual Open Waters Festival of New and Improvised Music. He has taught both privately and through the artist-run Centre For Art Tapes\, Dalhousie University Music\, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Film Department.
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/jazz-vespers-2/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 1300 Oxford St.
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SUMMARY:Haunted Harmonics
DESCRIPTION:A spooktacular chamber concert\nSuzanne Rigden • Lynette Wahlstrom • The Cortland String Quartett
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/haunted-harmonics/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 1300 Oxford St.
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SUMMARY:Jazz Vespers with Holly Cole
DESCRIPTION:Sacred Silence Sacred Sounds with Holly Arsenault\nThe piano has been Holly Arsenault’s favourite toy since the ripe old age of 4 when she came upon the tired old upright at her grandmother’s house in Cape Breton. In the years since\, she has traveled the globe as a pit musician\, music director\, sideman\, soloist and leader of her own trio . These days\, Holly lives and plays in Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, with forays into the wider world as opportunities and adventures beckon. \nOver the past 30 years she has earned acclaim as a leader\, soloist and sideperson. She has performed with Symphony Nova Scotia\, The Daniel Matto Quintet\, Karen Myatt\, and has many shows to her credit as a pit musician at Neptune Theatre. Her original compositions have been lauded nationally and abroad\, and have been featured in Global/ABC TV’s Rookie Blue; her work in musical theatre has been recognized with Dora and Merritt awards. She is the producer and host of Holly Arsenault Presents\, a series showcasing some of her favourite vocalists from her extensive work as an accompanist\, and is currently in collaboration with playwright Bruce Graham on a musical about Charles Tupper and the founding fathers of Confederation
URL:https://livemusichalifax.ca/event/jazz-vespers/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church\, 1300 Oxford St.
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