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MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 18
File
December 1995

File contains the order of carols for Halifax Camerata Singers' performance on CBC Information Morning.

CBC radio recording of "Le Rossignol" and few thoughts

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 40
File
1957 and April 8, 1990

File is an audio cassette tape with recordings of CBC radio regarding the opera "Le Rossignol/The Nightingale" that Sheila Piercey (title role) performed in 1957, followed by a recording on April 8, 1994, of Sheila talking about the early days of her music career as well as her personal life.

CBC radio recording of valentine's concert, February 14, 1982

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 15
File
February 14, 1982

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape with concert recordings of Sheila Piercey and Elvira Gonnella performing the duet 'I Will Choose the Handsome Dark One' from Cosi fan tutte for the concert titled "Valentine Serenade" in the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at the Dalhousie Arts Centre on February 14, 1982, that aired on CBC Radio.

Celtic mass for the sea

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 14
File
August 1995

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers, performed as part of the Centre Bras d'Or 10th Annual Festival of the Arts, presented by the University College of Cape Breton. The performance featured Scott MacMillan's "Celtic Mass for the Sea".

Celtic mass for the sea and currents of Sable Island : a community celebration seaside : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 23
File
June 9, 2012

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers, held at Queen's Landing in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Certificate of Registration for Sming Productions

MS-5-21, Box 6, Folder 6
File
1984 - 2001

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File also contains a 2001 certificate of reinstatement and a 1984 letter of declaration that the name "The Kings of Sming" was the sole creative property of Paul Cram.

Chant and beyond : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 10
File
April 25, 1998

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains three copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Cheap seats : C and B-flat instruments

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 15
File
1999

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains a copy of Paul Cram's composition in six sections, including a pssacaglia and canon.

Cram, Paul

Chichester Psalms

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 1, Folder 17
File
March 1, 1992

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program, flyer, and two posters for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers. The file also includes newspaper clippings of reviews of the concert.

Choral and instrumental music : a concert with Rejouissance : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 36
File
September 28, 2007

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with the early music ensemble, Rejouissance. The concert included music by Bach, Buxtehude, Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Caldar, and Telemann, and was at the Motherhouse Chapel at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Clustrix : [score]

MS-5-16, OS Box 21, Folder 9
File
1998

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains three annotated copies of the score for Sandy Moore's composition "Clustrix" for piano, electric guitar, harp, bass clarinet, horns, and cymbal.

Moore, Sandy

Concert posters

MS-5-23, Box 7, Folder 16
File
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Concert programs

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 8
File
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains programs for the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra's 6th subscription concert; The Banff School Festival Ballet; Scotia Festival's Conductors in Concert; Banff School Festival Orchestra, and St. Matthew Passion, sung by The Dalhousie Chorale.

Concert programs, reviews and promotional records

MS-5-23, Box 5, Folder 20
File
1968 - 1991

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains correspondence, posters, programs and contracts for recitals and concerts in which Stephen Pedersen performed solo, with his wife, Virginia Beaton, and with groups including Scotia Winds, Chebucto Symphony Orchestra, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony.

Convoy HFX : [score]

MS-5-16, Oversize Folder 1
File
2001

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains two copies of Paul Cram's composition in 12 sections, which combines common music notation and graphic notation. The composition's commission was funded by a SOCAN grant. The piece is for 10-20 performers on flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, trumpet, percussion, guitar, accordion, tape, violin, viola, violoncello, and double bass.

Cram, Paul

Convoy HFX : [score]

MS-5-21, Oversize Folder 5
File
2001

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains seven copies of scores for Paul Cram's "Convoy HFX," with printed standard music notation and handwritten formations. Six are copies with handwritten annotations; one is an original handwritten score on tissue with the printed notation parts pasted on.

Correspondence and programs from Marc Sabat

MS-2-26, Box 5, Folder 12
File
1977-1988

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

File contains correspondence from Marc Sabat of the Tempest String Quartet (also including Sheila McDonald, Anthony Rapoport, and Katja Linfield) regarding their performances in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The file also includes a copy of the press release for their June 8, 1988 concert, and a copy of the program from the concert.

Correspondence from Addie MacKay

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 37
File
1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Addie MacKay concerning a hymn that she composed with words by her sister, requesting that John Daniel Logan publish it in the Halifax Herald.

Correspondence from Anna Frery

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 22
File
[1908-1927]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from the actress Anna Frery, thanking John Daniel Logan for his critique of her performance in Aida by Giuseppe Verdi. The letter is written on letterhead from the Grand Union Hotel Co., Limited.

Correspondence from A.S. Vogt

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 51
File
1908

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from A.S. (Augustus Stephen) Vogt, thanking John Daniel Logan for his review of a performance by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

Vogt, Augustus Stephen

Correspondence from Augusto Vauanni

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 50
File
1924

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Augusto Vauanni(?) concerning his recent concerts in Halifax.

Correspondence from Boris Hambourg

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 27
File
1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from the Russian cellist Boris Hambourg concerning Ernest J. Farmer's "Fantasia for cello," the winner of a Canadian Composers competition. The file also includes a program for a series of five concerts given by Hambourg at The Hambourg Conservatory of Music in Toronto (April 14 to May 12, 1925).

Hambourg, Boris

Correspondence from Daniel O'Connell

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 19
File
1920

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two letters from Daniel O'Connell, the secretary of the Halifax Musicians' Protective Association (American Federation of Musicians, Local 470). The letters concern Logan's invitation and acceptance into the association.

Correspondence from Edouard Hesselberg

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 29
File
1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an announcement from the Russian pianist, composer, and teacher Edouard Hesselberg sent to John Daniel Logan as the Musical Critic of The Star (in Toronto). The announcement concerns his recent appointment as editor and contributor to the staff of the "International Music and Musicians." The letter was sent in an envelope from The Hambourg Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Hesselberg, Edouard

Correspondence from Edward Broome

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 17
File
1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Edward Broome. His letter includes information about the activities and performances of the Toronto Oratorio Society and was sent to Logan to be published in the Toronto News.

Broome, Edward

Correspondence from Frank S. Welsman

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 52
File
1907

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Frank Squire Welsman. The letter concerns the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and requests John Daniel Logan's help in promoting and supporting their endeavours.

Welsman, Frank

Correspondence from Gena Branscombe Tenney

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 16
File
1912-1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains three letters from Gena Branscombe Tenney. Her letters include references to Logan's article on "Canadian Women," her family, and her compositions.

Branscombe, Gena

Correspondence from Hilda Roberts

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 47
File
1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from the singer Hilda Roberts. The letter contains an overview of her performances to date in anticipation of a concert in Halifax. The file also contains a series of testimonials from Manlio Di Veroli, Musical Director of the Opera House in Rome and the London Opera House, who taught Roberts in London.

Correspondence from John Burgoyne

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 18
File
1920

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from John Burgoyne. The letter includes "A Musical Reminiscence" for consideration for inclusion in John Daniel Logan's column in the Evening Echo (a Halifax newspaper). The reminiscence is about a harp owned by the artist A.T. Barrett.

Correspondence from Minnie Parlow

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 44
File
1911

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Minnie Parlow, the mother of the Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow. The letter concerns reviews of her daughter's performance in Toronto.

Correspondence from Nellie Melba

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 41
File
1910

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from the Australian operatic soprano Nellie Melba concerning a short poem that John Daniel Logan wrote about her singing. The file includes a copy of the poem as printed in a newspaper. The letter also references a photograph that Melba sent to Logan.

Correspondence from R.S. Pigott

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 45
File
1908

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from R.S. Pigott of the Toronto Conservatory of Music concerning John Daniel Logan's book, presumably "Preludes: sonnets and other verses" (1906).

Correspondence from Violet Deane

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 20
File
1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Violet Deane in response to one from John Daniel Logan about her performance in Halifax.

Correspondence from W.H. Greenwood

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 26
File
1907

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from W.H. Greenwood, the Managing Director of The Toronto World newspaper, informing John Daniel Logan of his appointment to staff as Musical Critic.

Correspondence from W.O. Forsyth

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 23
File
1921, 1927

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains four letters from the Canadian composer, teacher, and writer W.O. (Wesley Octavius) Forsyth. Three of the letters (dated from 1921) are written on letterhead from the Canadian Academy of Music in Toronto, where he taught from 1919 to 1924. The letters concern setting texts by John Daniel Logan to music and mentions its possible performance by their mutual friends Lucas and Gena Branscombe.

The file also contains a short biography of W.O. Forsyth from the Star Weekly (Toronto, July 1921); a program for a concert by Jessie McAlpine (a student of Forsyth's) at the Canadian Academy of Music; and a program for a concert by the Russian pianist Arthur Friedheim at Massey Hall.

Forsyth, W. O. (Wesley Octavius)

Correspondence sent to John Daniel Logan

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 56
File
1907, 1914, 1925

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains three letters of uncertain authors sent to John Daniel Logan. One is from a former Dean and composer at the University of South Dakota (February 24, 1907); another about upcoming performances by J.S. Middlelai(?); and the third from "Ethel" concerning vacation plans.

Correspondence with Mark Altman regarding Song for the Mira

MS-2-650.2001-031, Box 34, Folder 18
File
2000

Part of Budge Wilson fonds

File contains correspondence between Budge Wilson and Mark Altman of Morning Music regarding rights to reference "Song for the Mira" in "A Fiddle for Angus." The file also contains a copy of the song, for piano and voice, by Allister MacGillivray.

Crimson stain : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 40
File
November 4, 2017 - November 5, 2017

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains three copies of a poster for two concerts by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Nova Voce, Nova Scotia's provincial men's choir, and Shimon Walt on cello. The concerts featured the world premiere of "Crimson Stain" by Larry Nickel and took place at the Knox United Church in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia and the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Death of a horned god : a verse play / by Don Domanski : [script]

MS-5-23, Box 6, Folder 14
File
1976

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File also includes Stephen Pedersen's score and music cues for the CBC Radio play.

Détente : music from no man's land / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 13, Folder 9
File
1985

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains scores for Paul Cram's Détente: Music from No Man's Land, including two copies of the part for voices (male and female) and one each of soprano sax, baritone sax, and percussion.

Documents related to Bucky Adams

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 5
File
1937-2014

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Bucky Adams, a jazz artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Documents include programs, ephemera, correspondence, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Amnesty International, the Black Loyalist Heritage Society, CBC Television studios, a copy of Bucky Adams’ birth certificate, a copy of the Diamond Jubilee medal certificate awarded to Bucky Adams in 2012, Black Focus magazine, Halifax Jazz Festival, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a copy of the invitation to Bucky Adams and The Basin Street’s album releases and performances, Dartmouth Heritage Museum’s production of “The Phantom of the Opera” in 2011, Bucky Adams’ memorial, and others.

Documents related to Linda Carvery

MS-5-22, Box 19, Folders 1-2
File
2011-2019

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Linda Carvery.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Blues Night for Rocky Jones event, “For the Love of God” Valentine's Day concerts, Atlantic Jazz Festival, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, Northwood Encores’ performance of “Grand Mamma Mia”, Charles Taylor Theatre’s musical production “Viola: An Original Musical”, Bella Blue performances, Martin Luther King concerts with the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, and others.

Documents related to Linda Carvery

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folders 15-17
File
1970-2010

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Linda Carvery.

Documents include programs, ephemera, correspondence, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Black Focus magazine, Linda Carvery receiving an honourary degree at Saint Mary's University in 1998, Halifax Festival of the Arts, Halifax Jazz Festival, East Coast Music Association awards, Neptune Theatre productions, Ladies in Blue concerts, Martin Luther King concerts with the Nova Scotia Mass Choir, Linda Carvery’s appointment to citizenship judge, the album release for “Yesterday / Today”, election campaign material, and others.

MS-5-22, Box 15, Folders 4-7
File
2006-2012

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 2006 to 2012.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the annual Martin Luther King concert, Alexander Keith's Natal Day Festival, the choir's fifteenth anniversary celebration, the death of Etta James, the Titanic centenary tribute concert, Africa Festival of Arts and Culture, "Halifax for Haiti" benefit concert, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Freedom Festival, and others.

MS-5-22, Box 7, Folders 3-6
File
1993

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1993.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, the choir's performance in Washington, D.C. as part of the thirty year anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference held in Maryland, and others.

File also contains meeting minutes, committee lists, itineraries, rehearsal guidelines, tour guidelines, and membership lists.

MS-5-22, Box 8, Folders 1-3
File
1996

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1996.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the choir at the East Coast Music Association awards, the release of their record, "He Never Failed Me Yet," "Symphony Explosion" concerts, the Canadian Hockey Awards, the African Heritage Gala, and other events.

File also contains a copy of Rising Tide newspaper.

MS-5-22, Box 8, Folders 7-9
File
1997

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1997.

Documents include newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the East Coast Music Association awards and the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia.

File also contains a copy of Rising Tide newspaper.

MS-5-22, Box 13, Folders 1-5
File
1997-1999

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1997.

Documents include programs, newspaper clippings, concert schedules, and correspondence related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir's television series, "Hallelujah," the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia's album, "Lord You Brought Me a Mighty Long Way," performances with The Irondale Ensemble Project, Nova Scotia Music Week, and others.

MS-5-22, Box 14, Folders 7-8
File
2001

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2001.

Documents include programs, itineraries, and newspaper clippings related to Symphony Nova Scotia, the Martin Luther King tribute concert, the Black Business Summit at Casino Nova Scotia, the annual Nova Scotia Multicultural Festival, African Heritage Month, the South African Polokwane Choral Society, Jeremiah Sparks' farewell party, and the Halifax Regional Municipality tree lighting.

File also includes a Nova Scotia Mass Choir contact list, including names, phone numbers, and addresses of members.

MS-5-22, Box 14, Folders 9-10
File
2002

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 2002.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera relating to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, Atlantic Jazz Festival, workshops with musical group The Lee Boys, and Marko Simmonds.

File also includes email correspondence between Katherine Carleton, managing director of Symphony Nova Scotia, and Viki Samuels-Stewart, president of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

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