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Telescope : [parts]

File contains printed concert, Bb, and Eb parts and facsimile handwritten concert and Bb parts. Telescope was composed for saxophone quartet.

The empty cup : parts

File contains parts for Bauer's improvisational composition in five sections: Sitar Drone Atmosphere; Falling - Filling the Cup; The Streets of Calcutta; Ascension - Reaching Beyond Life; and Resolution. The composition is for violin, bassoon, piano, guitar, and oboe and lacks a clear tonal centre and meter.The last section is a canon between the violin and bassoon.

Bauer, Bob

The glory of the Renaissance : music for choir and brass

File contains two programs for two concerts by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with the Maritime Conservatory Faculty Brass Quintet. The concerts took place at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia and in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. The file also includes a newspaper clipping of an advertisement for the concert.

The magic order : [score and parts]

File contains a title page; a handwritten forming order/conductor's score in graphic notation (and copies); and 12 printed parts for Inst 1, each in a different key.

The Messiah

File contains a program for a concert by Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Georg Tintner, with the Halifax Camerata Singers and the Cantabile Singers of Truro, directed by Jeff Joudrey. The file also includes a newspaper clipping about the concert.

The point of sympathy : [parts]

File comprises 26 parts for chamber orchestra with improvisors; each part contains a key for the section of the score (@ letter E + F) that changes from traditional to graphic notation.

Thunder : [parts]

File contain piano, reeds 1, 2 & 3, cello, guitar, bass and drum parts for Paul Cram's "Thunder," a drama with music created by Alan Williams, Mary Vingoe, and Paul Cram. "Thunder" premiered in 1996 at Dalhousie University and was broadcast on CBC Radio Drama in 2001. The piece has five movements: 1. They Say; 2. 1963; 3. Twin Cities; 4. Black Dog; and 5. Vanishing.

Transfigured night : [parts]

File contains the instrumental parts for Paul Cram's compilation of arrangements entitled "Transfigured Night." The piece includes four arrangements: "Wie Lange Noch?" by Kurt Weill for soprano, accordion, and contrabass; String Quartet Op. 28, 2nd movement by Anton Webern for string quartet; "All the Things you Are" by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II for trumpet, alto saxophone, bass clarinet, and baritone saxophone; and a fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach for flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon. The piece also includes two newly-composed sections for guitar, bass, and drums, and piano and cello duet.

Cram, Paul

Trotsky in Halifax

File contains notes and scores for a Trotsky in Halifax concert, including scores for Trotsky Medley; Tipperary; L'internationale; Visions Fugitive III; Adele's Theme; La Marseillaise; Solidarity Song; Glutton Waltz; Ich Habe gelerent; and Auprès de ma blonde.

Verdi rehearsal

  • MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 17
  • File
  • November 19, 1985 and December 19, 1985
  • Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey in 1985.

Vigil : [poster]

File contains a poster for an all-night vigil for Vespers held at St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica in Halifax, Nova Scotia by the Halifax Camerata Singers.

Vivaldi - Gloria with Bethany United Church Choir - November 15, 1987

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey on November 15, 1987, with handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case that reads: "Mozart - Divertimento in D, K. 136, Dalhousie Chamber Orchestra, Philippe Djokic (director). Vivaldi - Gloria, Sheila Piercey and Kaye Pottie (sopranos), Pamela MacDonald (contralto), Bethany United Church Choir, Dalhousie Chamber Orchestra, Pierre Perron (director)."

We remember : [poster]

File contains three copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Xara Young Women's Choir, Nova Voce, and Halifax Girls Honour Choir. The concert took place at St. Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Wrapped around eternity : [score]

File contains an original handwritten score for Paul Cram's "Wrapped Around Eternity," written for concert saxophone, synthesizer, pipes, bass, and drums. There is also an original handwritten score for "Jazz in the Zebra Zone," for four instruments.
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