Archives Catalogue

Von Stade from Roy Thomson Hall - July 5, 1987 (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 29
Item
July 5, 1987

File is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey in June-July, 1987 with handwritten notes on the label inserted in the cassette case that reads: "Side A: Maritime Conservatory of Music 100th birthday gala performance at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium at the Dalhousie Arts Centre, June 18, 1987 (dress performance) rehearsal Side B: Von Stade from Roy Thomson Hall, CBC FM, July 5, 1987 " The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Vivaldi - Gloria, Mozart - Divertimento in D, K. 136 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 26
Item
November 15, 1987

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey on November 15, 1987. Handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case read: "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)." The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Vivaldi - Gloria (conclusion) (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 26
Item
November 15, 1987

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey on November 15, 1987. Handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case read: "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)." The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Verdi, practice - January 2, 1986 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 20
Item
January 2, 1986

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey titled "Verdi, practice" on January 2, 1986. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

The widow : track 2

Item
1967

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of CBC radio broadcasts at the CBC Toronto Summer Festival. The first part of the recording is the "Movement for Orchestra" and an interview with Harry Somers(composer). The second part of the recording (13:00) is the opera "The Widow" by Calixa Lavallée.

"The Secret of Susanna" by Wolf-Ferrari (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 41
Item
February 26, 1969

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of the performance of Wolf-Ferrari’s "The Secret of Susanna," which was presented at Mimico High School in Toronto on February 26, 1969. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Countess Susanna. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

The Prodigal Son : track 1

Item
1968

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of CBC radio recording for "The Prodigal Son" at the Guelph Spring Festival in 1968. The Prodigal Son is a music drama by Benjamin Britten / music directed by Nicholas Goldschmidt.

The night bell, CBC broadcast - May 21, 1958 (Tape 2)

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 5
Item
May 21, 1958

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of "The Night Bell/Il Campanello" by CBC Radio Orchestra performed in English translation. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Serafina(soprano). The recording is tape 2 of 2.

The night bell, CBC broadcast - May 21, 1958 (Tape 1)

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 4
Item
May 21, 1958

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of "The Night Bell/Il Campanello" by CBC Radio Orchestra performed in English translation. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Serafina(soprano). The recording is tape 1 of 2.

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)

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rocky Jones : interview with political activist

UA-47, Box 16, Reel 519
File
March 17, 1991

Part of CKDU Radio fonds

File is an audio reel that contains an episode of From these Roots, a CKDU radio program. This episode is an interview with Rocky Jones, a political activist born in Truro, Nova Scotia. He received his law degree from Dalhousie University in 1992. This episode aired March 17, 1991 and was rebroadcast March 20, 1991; April 17, 1991; July 31, 1991; May 23, 1995 on The Evening Affair, CKDU's public affairs program; and November 28, 1996 on The Evening Affair.

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.

Rehearsal mid pitch pipe (side B)

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

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

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 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 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.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 at 76 years old - February 2010

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 39
Item
February 24, 2010

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of a practice session by Sheila Piercey on February 24, 2010. The recording is on side A of audio cassette. (Side B is blank.)

Practice - inspired by music festival

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 38
Item
February-March 2006

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of a practice session by Sheila Piercey in February-March 2006. The recording is on side A of audio cassette. Side B is blank.

Part of "The Old Maid and the Thief" performance (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 41
Item
March 27, 1968

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of an opera, "The Old Maid and the Thief," produced by Canadian Opera Company(COC) members and presented to the students at the Givins Senior Public School in Toronto on March 27, 1968. Shiela Piercy performed the role of Laetitia, Miss Todd’s Young Maid. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Othello backstage interviews : track 3

Item
[before 1995]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of recorded CBC radio backstage interviews with opera singers and the stage makeup artist for the opera "Othello" at the Toronto Canadian Opera Festival at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. The interviews include John Arab, who played the role of Roderigo. The original track was untitled and undated.

Orpheus in the Underworld: Act I + Act III (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 5
Item
April 5, 1971

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Orpheus in the Underworld by Sheila Piercey made on April 5, 1971, at a Sudbury performance. Labelled: Bacchus - Alan Crofoot, Eurydice - Sheila Piercey. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Orpheus in the Underworld : Act I + Act III (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 5
Item
April 5, 1971

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of Orpheus in the Underworld by Sheila Piercey made on April 5, 1971, at a Sudbury performance. Labelled: Bacchus - Alan Crofoot, Eurydice - Sheila Piercey . The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Nova Scotia Festival of the Arts recital by Sheila Piercey and John Arab (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 3
Item
August 3, 1969

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of a recital by Sheila Piercey and John Arab in the opening concert of the Nova Scotia Festival of the Arts at Convocation Hall in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, on August 3, 1969. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Nova Scotia Festival of the Arts recital by Sheila Piercey and John Arab (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 3
Item
August 3, 1969

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of a recital by Sheila Piercey and John Arab in the opening concert of the Nova Scotia Festival of the Arts at Convocation Hall in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, on August 3, 1969. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Nanny, mum and Sheila practice session (side A)

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

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording of a practice session recorded in March 1980. The recording is on side A of audio cassette. Tape label reads "Nanny, mum + Sheila, Dorothy, Cat, Andy. Mar/80"

Mum and Sheila "Rockin" in a non-rehearsed session at home - November 1997 (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 28
Item
November 1997

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey in November 1997. The recording is on side B of audio cassette.

Mum and Sheila "Rockin" in a non-rehearsed session at home - November 1997 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 28
Item
November 1997

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey in November 1997. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

MPBN radio recording of "Vanessa" and concert for nanny Mack and Agnes (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 42
Item
September 21 and October 25, 1981

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey in 1981. The first part of the recording is an MPBN radio recording of "Vanessa," an American opera produced by Samuel Barber, aired on September 21, 1981. The second part of the recording (13:22) is Sheila Piercey's practice session with mum and nanny. Handwritten notes on the label inserted in the cassette case read: "concert for Nanny Mack and Agnes, mum playing piano, “Alleluia" Mozart, O mio babbino/Jewel Song. Nanny died five months later." The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Mozart arias - Hendricks (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 10
Item
September 1980

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

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

La traviata : Sheila Piercey as violetta at the banff school of fine arts, summer 1961 : Tape 3 of 3

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 10
Item
1961

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Verdi's opera "La Traviata," presented at the Banff School of Fine Arts in the summer of 1961. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Violetta (soprano). The recording is tape 3 of 3.

La traviata : Sheila Piercey as violetta at the banff school of fine arts, summer 1961 : Tape 2 of 3

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 9
Item
1961

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Verdi's opera "La Traviata," presented at the Banff School of Fine Arts in the summer of 1961. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Violetta (soprano). The recording is tape 2 of 3.

La traviata : Sheila Piercey as violetta at the banff school of fine arts, summer 1961 : Tape 1 of 3

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 8
Item
1961

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Verdi's opera "La Traviata," presented at the Banff School of Fine Arts in the summer of 1961. Sheila Piercey performed the role of Violetta (soprano). Handwritten notes inside the box lid read: "#499 - aria Ah! fors e lui che l'anima - Side I on tape." The recording is tape 1 of 3.

John Arab and Sheila Piercey, La Traviata, CBC

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 47
Item
[196-?]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey (undated) with handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case that reads: John Arab and Sheila Piercey, Traviata, CBC, John Arab: Where'er you walk (by Handel), Now Joined by God. The recording is on side A of audio cassette. Side B is blank.

Interview with Susan Walsh

2022-09-15/33
Item
28 October 2021

Part of Lesbian Oral Histories collection

File contains a sound recording of an interview Susan Walsh. Walsh discusses raising her children, working as a children's entertainer and artist, her relationships with family and romantic partners, and coming out in her forties. The interview was conducted by Elisabeth Rondinelli on October 28th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

Interview with Susan Larder

2022-09-15/31
Item
14 December 2021

Part of Lesbian Oral Histories collection

File contains a sound recording of an interview Susan Larder. Larder discusses living in rural Nova Scotia, her coming out process and relationships with family, her experiences with harrassment, her works as a counsellor, and her involvement with lesbian social groups. The interview was conducted by Elisabeth Rondinelli on December 15th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

Interview with Susan Adams

2022-09-15/29
Item
5 November 2021

Part of Lesbian Oral Histories collection

File contains a sound recording of an interview Susan Adams. Adams discusses her involvement with LGBT choirs, organizations, and political activism in the 1980s and 1990s; her coming out experience, her work in libraries, her thoughts on the sociopolitical environment in Antigonish, and her spirituality. The interview was conducted by Oscar Campbell on November 5th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

Interview with Sue and Nicky Perkins

2022-09-15/27
Item
27 November 2021

Part of Lesbian Oral Histories collection

File contains a sound recording of an interview Sue and Nicky Perkins. The Perkins' discusses their 40-year relationship and subsequent legal fight for marriage equality in Nova Scotia, coming out after 13 years together, and their participation in NSRAP, Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church, and other LGBT groups and events in Halifax. The interview was conducted by Jacqueline Gahagan on November 27th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

Interview with Sharon Beasley

2022-09-15/25
Item
8 December 2021

Part of Lesbian Oral Histories collection

File contains a sound recording of an interview Sharon Beaseley. Beasley discusses her work in food distribution, her experience using a sperm donor to conceive with her former partner, her involvement with the Youth Project and other LGBT organizations and events, and her relationships and coming out experience. The interview was conducted by Bronwyn Lee on December 8th, 2021 as part of the Nova Scotia LGBT Seniors’ Archive’s Lesbian Oral Histories Project.

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