Archives Catalogue

Practice Gloria and Gluck - October 19, 1987

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 27
File
October 19, 1987

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey on October 19. 1987.

Practice Gloria and Gluck - October 19, 1987 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 27
Item
October 19, 1987

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila's practice sessions. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Practice Gloria and Gluck - October 19, 1987 (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 27
Item
October 19, 1987

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila's practice sessions. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Practice session for Dr. Kempt's Xmas wreaths concert (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 9
Item
November 15 and December 6, 1979

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey practice sessions. The recording is on side A of audio cassette. Labelled:
(0-50) November 15, 1979 Studio at Dalhousie. Practice session for Dr. Kempt's Xmas wreaths concert.
December 6. St Paul's room not sound proof - so much noise around me(Sheila) affecting my ear.

Practice session for Dr. Kempt's Xmas wreaths concert (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 9
Item
November 16 and December 1, 1979

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey practice sessions. The recording is on side B of audio cassette. Labelled:
(0-20) Nov 16/79 practice
(20-100) Dec 1/79 1st practice on Dr. Kemp's Xmas wreaths - at St Paul's

Practice session for "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 45
Item
March 2002

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey's practice session for "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?" and other songs. The label reads: Practice on March 9, 2002 for MATS recital, Practice on March 17: body not in shape, 68 years old (no sleep). The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Practice session for "Oh quante volte" by Bellini (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 45
Item
2001

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey's practice session for "Oh quante volte" composed by Vincenzo Bellini. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Practice session "God So Loved The World" church solo

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 48
Item
[between 1960 and 2010]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey's practice session for "God So Loved The World," undated. The recording is on side A of audio cassette. Side B is blank.

Practice session (side 1)

MS-5-20, Box 3, Reel 17
Item
[between 1950s and 1960s]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item consists of an untitled reel-to-reel recording by Sheila Piercey.

Practice sessions for MATS recital

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 45
File
2001-2002

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey's practice sessions for "Oh quante volte" and "O sleep, why dost thou leave me?"

Practice Verdi duet for MATS - March 9, 2002

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 35
File
March 9, 2002

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape with recordings of Sheila Piercey practicing Verdi duet for MATS recital on March 9, 2002. The MATS recital was held at Oxford Street United Church in Halifax on March 17, 2002.

Practice Verdi duet for MATS - March 9, 2002 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 35
Item
March 9, 2002

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey practicing Verdi duet for MATS recital on March 9, 2002. The MATS recital was held at Oxford Street United Church in Halifax on March 17, 2002. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Practice Verdi duet for MATS - March 9, 2002 (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 35
Item

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Programs from Dalhousie Music Department performances and opera workshops

MS-5-20, Box 3, Folder 6
File
1971-1988; 1993-1995

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File contains various programs from graduation recitals, noon hour recitals, festivals, opera workshops, and other performances produced by the Dalhousie Department of Music. The programs were collected over many years by Sheila Piercey in relation to her teaching voice and performances that she contributed to. The majority of the records are from 1977-1982, arranged in chronological order.

Rehearsal for CBC radio play "Road to Rankin's Point" (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 43
Item
October 19, 1998

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey rehearsing for the CBC radio play "Road to Rankin's Point." The recording is on side B of audio cassette, and the beginning of the practice recording is on side A (22:42).

Rehearsal for la boheme in cohn, president's concert

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 13
File
February 10-13, 1981 and May 1, 1981

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape with recordings of Sheila Piercey singing in the rehearsals of "La Boheme" in the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at the Dalhousie Arts Centre in February 1981.

Rehearsal for la boheme in cohn, president's concert (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 13
Item
February 10-13, 1981

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of rehearsal for "La Boheme" in the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at the Dalhousie Arts Centre made by Sheila Piercey in February 1981. Full title as appears on audio cassette label is "2/10/81 Rehearsal for Boheme in Cohn - President concert. Feb 13/81 Jeff Morris + Sheila Piercey" The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Rehearsal for MATS recital at Oxford United Church - March 13, 2002

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 34
File
March 13, 2002

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape with recordings of Sheila Piercey's rehearsal session with Elvira Gonnella and Helen Murray for a MATS recital at Oxford United Church on March 13, 2002.

Rehearsal for MATS recital at Oxford United Church - March 13, 2002 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 34
Item

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape with recordings of Sheila Piercey's rehearsal session with Elvira Gonnella and Helen Murray for a MATS recital at Oxford United Church on March 13, 2002. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Rehearsal for MATS recital at Oxford United Church - March 13, 2002 (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 34
Item

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape with recordings of Sheila Piercey's rehearsal session with Elvira Gonnella and Helen Murray for a MATS recital at Oxford United Church on March 13, 2002. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Rehearsal mid pitch pipe (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 17
Item
December 19, 1985

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Rehearsal with Helen Murray for MATS teachers recital (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 43
Item
October 1993

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey's rehearsal session: The first part of the recording is a rehearsal with Helen Murray for MATS recital singing "L'altra notte in fondo al mare" (from Mefistofele) composed by Boito. The second part of the recording (22:42) is a rehearsal for a CBC radio play called "Road to Rankin's Point" in October 1998. The recording is on side A of the audio cassette and continues on side B.

Rehearsals - MATS October 1993 & CBC Radio Play 1998

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 43
File
October 1993 and October 1998

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape with recordings of Sheila Piercey rehearsing for MATS recital singing "L'altra notte in fondo al mare" (from Mefistofele) composed by Boito in October 1993 and for the CBC radio play "Road to Rankin's Point " in October 1998.

Rehearsals for Mozart's requiem and verdi - January 1986

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 25
File
January 5 and January 7, 1986

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Rehearsals for Mozart's requiem and verdi - January 5, 1986 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 25
Item
January 5, 1986

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Rehearsals for Mozart's requiem and verdi - January 7, 1986 (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 25
Item
January 7, 1986

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Second rehearsal in cohn (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 13
Item
February 11, 1981 and May 1, 1981

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of the second rehearsal for "La Boheme" in the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at the Dalhousie Arts Centre made by Sheila Piercey on February 11, 1981. Full title as appears on audio cassette label is "1) Mimi's aria 2) 3 wedding solos - Sullivan 5/1/81" The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Selections from Syracuse Liederkranz, 108th anniversary concert

File
1963

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is a vinyl audio disc with recordings of the Syracuse Liederkranz 108th anniversary concert on May 16th, 1963.

"Featuring the Liederkranz Mens's and Women's Choruses in music from the lyric stage of Germany. Paul H. Dieke, director; Carol Ann Crumrine and David S. Bowman, accompanists. Guest artists courtesy of the Canadian Opera Co., Sheila Piercey, soprano; Thomas Clerke, tenor; Alexander Gray, baritone; member soloists: Lorraine Bluhm, soprano; Lorraine Caruso, soprano; Conrad Hess, tenor."--sleeve.

Selections from Syracuse Liederkranz, 108th anniversary concert (side 1)

Item
1963

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a sound recording of the Syracuse Liederkranz 108th anniversary concert on May 16th, 1963

Side 1 contains "Wach' auf, es nahet gen den Tag," "Chor der norwegischen Matrosen," "Spinnerlied," "Pilger Chor," "Freudig begrüssen wir die edle Halle," "Finale of act one(Die Fledermaus)," "What a joy to be here," "Laughing song," "Champagne's delicious bubbles," "Sing to love."

Selections from Syracuse Liederkranz, 108th anniversary concert (side 2)

Item
1963

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a sound recording of the Syracuse Liederkranz 108th anniversary concert on May 16th, 1963

Side 2 contains "Finale of act two(Die Fledermaus)," "Sonia's entrance song," "Maxims," "The girls at Maxims," "Gypsy chorus and vilia," "Love in my heart," "Quite in the modern style," Women," "The merry widow waltz."

Sheila on take 30

MS-5-20, Box 3, Reel 17
File
[between 1950s and 1960s]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File contains one audio reel originally labelled "Sheila on Take 30," undated.

Sheila on take 30 (side 2)

MS-5-20, Box 3, Reel 17
Item
[between 1950s and 1960s]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of a CBC's Take 30 interview with Sheila Piercey.

Sheila Piercey audition - October 15, 1954

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 1
Item
October 15, 1954

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Sheila Piercey singing "The Jewel Song" from Faust(opera) in an audition.

Sheila Piercey concerts, August & September 1980

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 10
File
August - September, 1980

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey in 1980. Labelled: for Sheila Piercey concert Sept 17/1980 Dunn Theatre Dalhousie University.

Sheila Piercey fonds

MS-5-20
Fonds
1950-2010

Fonds consists of records of Sheila Piercey's opera performance activities and music teaching. Record types include primarily sound recordings of recitals, concerts, auditions, practices, rehearsals, radio broadcasts and textual records, including teaching records and various programs from the Dalhousie Glee and Dramatic Society, Dalhousie Tigers, graduation recitals, noon-hour recitals, festivals, opera workshops, and other performances produced by the Dalhousie Department of Music and a small number of documents Sheila collected when she was a student at Dalhousie University.

Piercey, Sheila Kathleen

Sheila, mum, Nan

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 11
File
March 1980

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Sheila's concert for the deWolfes

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 46
File
[between 1960 and 1990]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey of the opera "Die Fledermaus," undated with handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case that reads:

Side A: Act I Finale - Die Fledermaus, What a joy to be here, Laughing Song, Champagne's Delicious Bubbles, Sing to Love. Act II Finale - Die Fledermaus, Sonia's entrance Merry Widow, Vilia, Love in My Heart, Quite in the modern style, Merry Widow Waltz.

Side B: other surprises." Side B contains an audio recording of Sheila Piercey's recitals, practice sessions, and CBC radio recording between the 1950s and 1970s. She re-recorded those old recordings on April 5, 1989 and April 8, 1990, her thoughts and comments are included.

Sheila's practice August 1980 (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 7
Item
August 1980

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey made in August 1980. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Sheila's practice Mum & I, March 26, 1978 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 7
Item
March 26, 1978

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey made on March 26, 1978. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Sheila's practice session

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 7
File
1978-1980

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey between 1978-1980.

Sheila's practice session

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 14
File
November 1981 and January 13, 1982

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey between November 1981 and January 1982.

Sheila's practice session (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 14
Item
November 1981

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording titled "Sheila practice - Nov/81 Joan Patenaude (Erik) Satie," recorded by Sheila Piercey. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Sheila's practice session (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 14
Item
January 13, 1982

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording titled "Sheila practice," recorded on January 13, 1981. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Sound recordings

Series
1950-2010

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Series contains sound recordings of Sheila Piercey's opera performances, dress rehearsals, auditions, practice sessions, radio broadcast, as well as concert and recital performances with the Canadian Opera Company (COC). Most recordings are on audio reels and cassette tapes.

Star candles and holy boy - Melva Graham and Sheila Piercey rehearsal (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 42
Item
December 12, 1983 and January 22, 1984

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Sheila Piercey's rehearsal sessions. Handwritten notes on the label inserted in the cassette case read: "Dec 12/1983: Star Candles and Holy Boy - Melva Graham and Sheila Piercey rehearsal for UCW candlelight service at Bethany United Church, Rehearsal Jan 22/1984: solo "Cry in the Wilderness" (mum taping)." The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Student Prince (Kathie), Sydney rotary 1958

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 6
Item
1958

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of "The Student Prince" produced by The Rotary Club of Sydney, Cape Breton. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Kathie(niece of Ruder).

Sunday CBC recital live from Halifax - May 24, 1959

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 7
Item
May 24, 1959

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of a Sunday recital by Sheila Piercey on CBC Live. Handwritten notes on the label inserted in the box read:
Pianist, Gorden McPhearson
Michaela's aria - Carmen
Nell - Fauré
Air de Lia - Debussy
Compositions by Norman Peterkin: A)The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls B) Sleep, White Love
Turina, Spanish composer - 4 songs
25 years old (Sheila Piercey)

Take 30, Toronto

MS-5-20, Box 3, Reel 18
File
[between 1950s and 1960s]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File contains one audio reel originally labelled "Take 30, Toronto," undated.

Take 30, Toronto (side 1)

MS-5-20, Box 3, Reel 18
Item
[between 1950s and 1960s]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item consists of a reel-to-reel recording by Sheila Piercey labelled "Take 30, Toronto," including her practice sessions and conversations with her family.

Take 30, Toronto (side 2)

MS-5-20, Box 3, Reel 18
Item
[between 1950s and 1960s]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording by Sheila Piercey singing "My Lord, What a Morning."

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