Archives Catalogue

Guitar parts for Guerrilla Vacation set list

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 33
File
[2007?]

File includes a set list for Guerrilla Vacation, which was a 2007 concert by the Guerrillas (Paul Cram on clarinet and tenor; Dawn Hatfield on baritone sax; Rick Waychesko on trumpet; Lee Park on electric violin; Toni Pigot on vocals; Dave Burton on drums; Lukas Pearse on bass and electronica; and Jeff Torbert on guitar and electronica. The file includes guitar and concert parts for "Jungle Trek"; "Factory Overload"; "Black Dog"; "Vanishing"; "Free Fear"; "Underwater Highway"; "Out and About"; "Ruminations"; "Home Free"; "Ohmygod!"; "Side Order from Bb Restaurant"; "Bb Restaurant Redux"; "Round One"; "Telescope"; "Silent Movies"; and "Ambulatory."

Kafka's chair / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 15, Folder 10
Item
[19--]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's undated score for flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, trumpet, trombone, cello, guitar, piano and bass.

Threnody # 1 and #2 : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 26
File
[19--?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

xy2 chromosome : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 28
File
[19--?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains a score in graphic notation and a concert part.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in Clark's Harbour

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 3
Item
May 4, 2019

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains two photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir at Union Baptist Stone Church in Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia on May 4, 2019. Photographs are printed onto one 8.5 x 11 in. piece of paper.

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 2
Item
November 13, 2019

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is one page of 8.5 x 11 in. paper with two printed photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir performing at A Conversation with Barack Obama. The event took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 13, 2019.

Photographs of Bucky Adams

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 13
File
[19-]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains six photographs of Bucky Adams. No date is noted.

Photograph of Bucky Adams

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 14
Item
[19-]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a black and white portrait of Bucky Adams holding a saxophone. No date is noted.

Photographs of the cast and crew of The Color Purple

MS-5-22, Box 24, Folder 15
File
June 2019

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains printed images of Jeremiah Sparks and the cast and crew of Neptune Theatre's production of "The Color Purple."

Infrastructure blues : [score]

MS-5-21, Box 5, Folder 42
Item
[20--]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a score written for vocals, horns and bass.

Photograph of Jackie Richardson

MS-5-22, Box 17, Folder 75
Item
[between 2000 and 2020]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Jackie Richardson performing. No date is noted.

Photograph of Jeremiah Sparks

MS-5-22, Box 17, Folder 90
Item
[between 2010 and 2020]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is an undated photograph of Jeremiah Sparks.

Success in music, success in life

MS-5-22, OS Folder 10
Item
[between 2000 and 2020]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a poster for the Coalition for Music Education in Canada. The poster features Nova Scotia Mass Choir member Linda Carvery alongside Chris Hadfield, Lisa LaFlamme, Jennifer Jones, and others.

MS-5-22, Box 19, Folders 6-11
File
1998-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the African Nova Scotian Association awards show, Bucky Adams, Shauntay Grant, Gary Beals, hip-hop artist TroBiz, Nadira, African Nova Scotian Music Association president Lou Gannon, Jr., Michael Bailey, Archy Beals, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, reporter Sherri Borden Colley, and Walter Borden.

Documents include newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, posters, tickets, and programs to the African Nova Scotian Association awards, Rocky Jones’ memorial service in 2013, Natal Day festivals, the Freedom Festival, Halifax public Libraries’ Lift Every Voice, the productions of "Harlem Duet," "I M Possible," and "The Epistle of Tightrope Time," the production of the television series, "The Book of Negroes," based on the novel by Lawrence Hill, performances by Corey Adams, For the Love of God concerts, and Walter Borden’s appointment to Member of the Order of Canada.

MS-5-22, Box 20, Folders 1-20
File
1994-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Beulah Brinston, Jeri Brown, Tamar Brown, Measha Brueggergosman, Novelee Buchan, Cyndi Cain, Elaine Cain, Tiyaila Cain-Grant, John Chaisson, Bruce Chapman, Joanne Clancy, George Elliott Clarke, Quenta Clyke, Lela Coles, the Colley Family, Floyd Colley, George Boyd's theatrical production of Consecrated Ground, the musical group Conquerors for Christ, and Thelma Coward-Ince.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, posters, and tickets related to East Coast Music Association performances, Canadian Screen Award nominations, Jongleur Group's "Harmony of Souls: A Tribute to Carrie M. Best," Atlantic Film Festival, Consecrated Ground, "A Tribute to Nina Simone" in 2015, and "Vera's Lament: A Jazz Opera by Jeri Brown."

MS-5-22, Box 21, Folders 18-32
File
[ca. 1989]-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to playwright and poet laureate Shauntay Grant, Elizabeth Guildford, the Hallelujah Praise Choir, Sylvia Hamilton, Wayn Hamilton, Sean Harris, Dave Hillier, bassist Bruce Jacobs, Anne Johnson-McDonald, Sharon Johnson, poet laureate El Jones, Oliver Jones, and Rocky Jones.

MS-5-22, Box 24, Folders 1-13
File
1993-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Laura Smith, Reeny Smith, Reverend Wallace Smith, Deanna Sparks, Jamie Sparks, Jeremiah Sparks, Richard Sparks, Mavis Staples, Gary Steed, and Symphony Nova Scotia.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to the Halifax Jazz Festival, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, the Prismatic Arts Festival, the annual Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream" concert, and various theatrical productions. Theatrical productions include Neptune Theatre's "Five Guys Named Moe," "Riot," "World Without Shadows," "The Wizard of Oz," as well as Eastern Front Theatre's "The Satchmo Suite."

MS-5-22, Box 25, Folders 1-18
File
1994-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Symphony Nova Scotia stage manager Jimmy Tasco, Sue Taylor, Johnny Theodore, Luvina Thomas, musical group Touch of Hope, Up on the Roof, Helen Vaughan, Pat Watson, Angels of Lightning, Gerry White, Cecily Williams, musical group The Williams Sisters, Eastern Front Theatre's production of Whylah Falls, Anne Marie Woods, David Woods, Woody Woods, and Carolann Wright-Parks.

Documents include programs, ephemera, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Halifax Comedy Festival, Theatre Art Guild's "Accidental Death of an Anarchist," various Nova Scotia Mass Choir performances and concerts, Natal Day festivals, the Atlantic Fringe Festival, Halifax Public Libraries' African Heritage Month, Eastern Front Theatre's "Whylah Falls," the Prismatic Arts Festival, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia's exhibit "Mary Lee Blendolph, Gee's Bend Quilts and Beyond," and Black Artists Network of Nova Scotia's exhibit "The Secret Codes: Contemporary African Nova Scotian Narrative and Picture Quilts."

Photograph of Woody Woods

MS-5-22, Box 25, Folder 21
Item
[between 2000 and 2020]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Woody Woods posed with a piano.

Photograph of Jeremiah Sparks

MS-5-22, Box 24, Folder 16
Item
[between 2000 and 2020]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a photograph of Jeremiah Sparks and two other individuals at Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

Photograph of Lela Coles

MS-5-22, Box 20, Folder 21
Item
[between 2000 and 2020]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a copy of a signed photograph of Lela Colley. Photograph notes "Glad you enjoyed the show love you always xoxo Lela."

Photographs of Johnny Theodore

MS-5-22, Box 17, Folder 98
File
[between 2000 and 2020]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains photographs of Johnny Theodore. No date is noted.

The dream continues, a musical tribute to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Honouree Captain George Borden

MS-5-22, OS Box 21, Folder 53
Item
January 18, 2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a poster for the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King Concert, "The Dream Continues." The concert honoured retired Captain George Borden and featured guests JRDN, EBC Dancers, and Lenora Simmonds. Directed by Shawn Downey.

Musical scores and lyrics

Series
1993-2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Series contains vocal scores and lyrics to songs performed by the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

Strong suit : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 1, Folder 30
Item
[20--]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a trumpet part for Paul Cram's "Strong Suit."

Photographs of Dutch Robinson recording at CBC

MS-5-22, Box 17, Folder 82
File
[between 2000 and 2020]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains photographs of Dutch Robinson recording at CBC Studio H in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Photographs feature Dave Burton, Jamie Gatt, Woody Woods, Karl Falkenham, and others.

Cabaret for the end of time

MS-5-21, Box 3, Folder 10
File
[20--?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains bass parts music by Paul Cram and other artists performed in "Cabaret for the End of Time" in Chester, Nova Scotia. Compositions include: for "Holiday in Paradise"; "No Call for Mercy"; "Wonderland"; "Moonlight in Rio"; "Dancing Star"; "Send in the Clowns"; "Walking the Walls"; "More"; "Nightcap"; "All the Things You Are"; "Georgia"; and "Boogie Stop Shuffles."

Photographs of Nova Scotia Mass Choir's Martin Luther King concert

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 1
File
January 18, 2020

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains ten photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia. Photographs are printed onto six pages of 8.5 x 11 in. paper.

Photographs feature master of ceremonies, Ryan Somers, Lenora Simmons, honouree Captain George A. Borden, ECB Dancers, JRDN, and Nova Scotia Mass Choir director, Shawn Downey.

Clippings and ephemera

Series
1937-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Series contains the contents of 30 large binders related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir.

MS-5-22, Box 20, Folders 22-35
File
1999-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains textual records, graphic material, and ephemera related to John Dalton, Marian Deveaux, Debra Deleon, Valerie Dixon, Carman Downey, Carson Downey, Shawn Downey, "Drum! A Musical Tribute," Tim Dunn, Leslie Dunner, Sharon Earle, Cheryl Edgett, Sue Edmonds, and Tim Edmonds.

Documents include newspaper clippings and posters related to "Drum! A Musical Tribute" and other performances.

MS-5-22, Box 22, Folders 1-13
File
1993-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to George Jordan, Eileen Joyce, jazz group Ladies in Blue, bassist Steve Lawrence, Owen Lee, Beverly Lewis, Lisa MacDougall, Frank MacKay, Donna MacKenzie, Kim McLeod, Scott MacMillan, Jimmy MacPherson, and Lorraine Klaasen.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the Halifax Blues Festival, the Atlantic Jazz Festival, the Ladies in Blues' annual breast cancer benefit, the Atlantic Film Festival, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert, album releases, and Neptune Theatre's productions of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Musical" and "Cats: The Musical."

Photographs

Series
1925-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Series consists of photographs related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 1925 to 2021.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir

MS-5-22, Box 1, Folders 12-13
File
1992-[ca. 2021]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir. Photographs were taken by Joy O'Brien.

MS-5-22, Box 21, Folders 1-17
File
1993-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Karl Falkenham, Jim Faraday, Shelley Fashan, Four the Moment musical group, Four Walls of Blue, Carolyn Fowler, Isaac Fraser, Rosie Fraser, Freedom Festival , Suzy Gangoo Hansen, Marsha Gannon, Neptune Theatre, the Gospel Heirs musical group, Adrien Gough, Judith Virginia Grace, Belinda Grant, and Glen Grant.

Documents include newspaper clippings, posters, programs, and ephemera related to the art exhibit "Mommay's Patches: Traditions and Superstitions" by Letitia Fraser, Four the Moment's final performance, the Gospel Heirs performances, Neptune Theatre's productions of "The Gospel at Colonus" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," and others.

MS-5-22, Box 23, Folders 1-32
File
1988-2021

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Pam Marsh, Donna Marshall, Doris Mason, Dutch Mason, Garrett Mason, One Heart Broken, Odetta Holmes, activist Rosa Parks, Sylvia Parris-Drummond, Larry Patterson, Stephen Pedersen, the People's Gospel Choir of Montreal, Juanita Peters, the Polokwane Choral Society, the Preston Cultural Festival, Jackie Richardson, Mark Riley, Dutch Robinson, Lucille Robinson, Viki Samuels-Stewart, musical group The Sanctified Brothers, Deborah Sangster, Sankofa Songs, writer Charles Saunders, Joe Sealy, Wendy Shea, the Shining Lights Choir, Shy Luv, Marko Simmonds, Verona Singer, Dee Dee Slye, and Sandra Slawter.

Documents include programs, ephemera, and newspaper clippings related to the Ladies In Blue tour, Juanita Peters' plays, including "I M Possible," "Settling Africville," "The Green Book," and other productions, various Natal Day performances, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, Joe Sealy's series "Africville Stories," the Atlantic Jazz Festival, and others.

Photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir

MS-5-22, Box 1, Folders 10-11
File
1992-[ca. 2021]

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir. Photographs were taken by Joy O'Brien.

Dal magazine / spring 2022

MS-1-Ref, Box 190, Folder 6
Item
2022

Part of Dal Magazine

Item is a copy of Dal Magazine (Spring 2022), which features spotlight interviews with Dal alumni Brice Scheschuk (BCOMM '94), Jeremy Dutcher (BA '12), partners David Hodgson and Sara Fedullo (BENG '21), William (Bill) Stanish (MD '70), and Marriam Abou-El-Haj; an article about the research project "Home Food Gardening in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Food Security Considerations"; and a story about research in music, medicine and neuroscience.

Reel 201

2012-023, Reel 201
File

Part of Solar Audio Recording Studio Collection

File is an Ampex 456 audio reel with four recordings by Paul Albert and TK Productions.

Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron

MS-3-35, Box 55, Folder 72
Item
[198-?]

Part of Eyelevel Gallery fonds

Item is a poster for a music event held on September 3 at The Church, 5657 North Street., Halifax. The event was presented by Eye Level Gallery and CKDU 97.5 FM.

Ev'ry time I feel the spirit : [score]

MS-2-693, Box 2, Folder 6
File
1940

Part of R. Graham Murray fonds

File contains G. Schirmer's Secular Choral Music's "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit." Arranged by Carl R. Diton.

Barcarolle No. 5, op. 66

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 20
Item
[after 1893]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Barcarolle No. 5 by Claude Debussy for solo piano, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Chant du ménestrel, op. 71

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 22
Item
[after 1901]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of "Minstrel's Song" by Alexandre Glazunov for cello and piano, dedicated to Mr. A. Wierzbilowicz, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Gretchen am Spinnrade : für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, op. 2

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 19
Item
[after 1821]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Schubert's leid "Gretchen am Spinnrade," annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Variationen : Mein junges Leben hat ein End

MS-2-26, Box 4, Folder 19
Item
[after 1900]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Sweelinck's variations on "Mein junges Leben hat ein End" for keyboard, annotated in pencil by Pugh.

String Quartet no. 3 in E-flat major, op. 30

MS-2-26, Box 8, Folder 7
Item
[after 1876]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Tchaikovsky's third string quartet, annotated in pencil by Pugh.

Lieder, op. 2 : [excerpts]

MS-2-26, Box 8, Folder 11
Item
[after 1897]

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of the songs "Heilige Nacht" and "Der Traum" for voice and piano, from Zemlinsky's Lieder. The copies are annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.

Jack [Jacques] Brel handheld

UA-11, Box 4, Video 2
Item
February 1994

Part of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences fonds

Item is a video recording of the Dalhousie Department of Theatre production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris by Eric Blau and Mort Shuman, performed from 8 to 12 February 1994. The production was directed by Patrick Christopher and produced by Dalhousie Theatre Department Productions with musical direction by Lisa St. Clair. The production was staged at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium.

Tango oreo : [part]