File contains a handwritten manuscript of a song entitled "My love she walks not with me", with words and music by Kenneth Leslie, undated (but written presumably in the mid-1930s, after the collapse of his first marriage). The song is written in F-major, contains 24 bars of music in treble, and begins with the lines "The fragrance of the hawthorn and the rose after rain / Makes my misery completer". Music and words are written on only one page.
Series contains published and manuscript copies of Kenneth Leslie's writing, as well as artwork, music and research notes created and compiled by Leslie.
Item is a concert recording of Scotia Winds on May 15, 1978 at Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax. The reel contains two tracks: Beethoven's Quintet for Piano and Winds, op. 16, and La Cheminée du Roi René, by Darius Milhaud. The case is marked "1 of 2."
Item is a recording of a concert performed by Scotia Winds at St. Thomas Aquinas School on March 22, 1979 and broadcast on Music Maritimes on March 31, 1979.
Item is a recording of a concert by Nova Music + one, which aired on CBC Television on March 29, 1974. The reel contains two tracks: Edgar Varèse's Density 21.5 and Hugh Hartwell's Kâmê'a.
Item is a recording of a Nova Music concert held November 12, 1972. The reel contains two tracks: Stephen Pederson's 3 Haiku and Minnelieder, by R. Murray Schafer.
Item a recording of Carl Nielsen's Quintet for Winds, op. 43, performed by Scotia Winds at the Rebecca Cohen auditorium on May 15, 1978. The case is labelled "2 of 2."
Item is a recording of Dalhousie Opera's world premiere of Charles Wilson's The Summoning of Everyone. The recording was made in April 1973 and broadcast nationally on CBC Radio on July 10, 1973.
Item is a cassette recording of episodes three ("Lebanese Blonde") and four ("White Sails Pullin' Stoutly") of Donald Silver Cameron's radio play Zwicker, which was broadcast on CBC Radio. The music was written by Stephen Pedersen for flute, bass and keyboard.
Item is a recording of Mozart's Flute Quartet in D Major performed by the Atlantic Symphony, and Poulenc's Woodwind Sextet performed by the Halifax Woodwind Quintet, with Monique Gusset on piano.
Item is a recording of Stephen Pedersen's flute recital in the Denton Auditorium, Acadia University, on January 11, 1980. The recording, which is labelled "Tape #2," contains Sequenza, per flauto solo, by Luciano Berio; Sonata in D major for flute and piano, op. 94, by Serge Prokofieff; and variations of Carnival of Venice. Janice Stephens is on piano.
Item is a cassette recording of episodes one ("Upper Case") and two ("The Fiend in the Fortress") of Donald Silver Cameron's radio play Zwicker, which was broadcast on CBC Radio on January 5 and 12, 1978. The music was written by Stephen Pedersen for flute, bass and keyboard. The keyboard was played by Monique Gusset [later Monique Luce Gibson].
Item is a concert recording of Marilyn Horne with the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Victor Yampolsy, on November 27 and 28, 1978. The recording includes music by Vivaldi, Gluck and Donizetti.
Item is an audio reel containing recordings of four performances. Track 1 is Vivaldi's Piccolo Concerto performed by the Hamilton Chamber Orchestra with Marta Kidy conducting and Stephen Pedersen on the piccolo, recorded in mono at a concert at Westmount High School in Hamilton on May 29, 1969. Tracks 2, 3 and 4 are part of a grouping called Electronic Tape, composed by Stephen Pedersen during his time at the Royal Conservatory of Music Electronic Studies under the instruction of S. Dalin. Track 2—Intaglio—was recorded in stereo on May 28, 1969 at the Cedarbrae Library in Scarborough, Ontario. Track 3—Study—was written in early fall 1968. Track 4—I'm Always Getting Yelled at for Being Overdressed (Study #Two)— was recorded on March 18, 1968 during a Royal Conservatory noon-hour series.
Item is a recording from "3 for the Show" at the 1973 Nova Scotia Festival of the Arts. The recording includes two three-part inventions for alto flute and vibraphone; Fauré's Fantaisie, op. 79; Hindemith's Flute Sonata; and percussion pieces.
Item is a recording of a Music East recital taped on April 18, 1975 for broadcast on CBC Radio on May 16, 1975. The recital featured Stephen Pedersen on flute, Phyllis Ensher on harp, and Ronald Willoughby on viola, and included Piéce en Forme de Habanera, by Ravel; Intermezzo, by Andriessen; and Sonata for Flute, Harp and Viola, by Debussy.
Item is reel three of three recordings of original material for Intaglio, with a handwritten "shotlist" inserted in the case that reads: "rough cut used in final re-recording"; "raw pings recorded in canon"; and "ping mix + fb mix + misc (?)."
Item is reel two of three recordings of original material for Intaglio, with a handwritten "shot list" inserted in the case that reads: "Tape 1"; "Tape 2" and "SP—his tape."
Item is a recording of Dvorak's Quintet in C Major, op. 77 performed by members of Atlantic Sympathy Orchestra on April 12, 1970 at the Convent of the Scared Heart, Halifax.
Item is a recording of Violin Sonata by Kathy Solose, with Kathy Solose on piano and David Zafer on violin; and Three Haiku by Stephen Pedersen, with soprano Margaret Zeidman, Sandra Erdman on harpsichord, and Stephen Pedersen on alto flute.
Item is reel one of three recordings of original material for Intaglio, with a handwritten "shot list" inserted in the case that reads: "loop for slow pings (edited out due to excessive hum)"; "resonance studies"; "slow of ping and reverb"; "slow pings with resonance"; and "1st transformation."
File contains a script for the second concert of the fourth annual season of "Concerts in Historic Settings" of the Heritage Trust; the concert was held at University Hall, Acadia University. There is also a program for a Heritage Trust concert at St. George's Anglican Church, Halifax.
Item is a script read by the Halifax Independent Theatre at the Heritage Trust Concert held August 9, 1978 at the Centennial Gallery in the Halifax Citadel.
File contains records—including multiple drafts of scripts, production and administrative notes, and programs—for Loyalist Gala concerts held in Middleton, NS, and Saint John, NB. File also contains an information folder from the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia containing brochures and a newsletter.
File contains published sheet music for various ragas, a recording program of Samuel Dolin's work, and a page of handwritten notes by Stephen Pedersen.
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.
File contains published music scores used in Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia concerts, which were performed in historic settings. Scores include Sweet Polka Kiss; H.M.S. Pinafore; Polonaise from "Maignon"; Minute Waltz; We Sail the Ocean Blue; and El Capitan. There is also a handwritten score for Dickens in North America, with music by Stephen Pedersen and lyrics by Mark DeWolf. It was first performed in the Red Room, Province House, on August 24, 1979.
File contains a program, notes and correspondence regarding a concert by the The Atlantic Camera Trio: "A Loyalist Celebration," a King's Friends Heritage Event, held at The New Brunswick Museum.
File contains records regarding an Atlantic Canadian Composers Association recording of Shanadithit, op. 29, by Michael Parker, with musical direction by Stephen Pedersen.
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.
File contains records about the Heritage Trust's concert series, for which Stephen Pedersen was musical director, including a 1979 annual report of the Heritage Trust; small posters; and a newspaper clipping. There are also notes and a script for An Evening with Adele Hugo in Halifax, and correspondence with Nimbus Publishing about the possibility of a book and cassette series based on the concert series.
File contains scores used in Atlantic Camera Trio's concert "A Loyalist Celebration," as well as a copy of The Griffin, a publication of the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia.
File contains a script and scores for A Titanic Memorial Evening, words compiled by Lorne Elkin Rozovsky and music compiled by Stephen A. Pedersen, presented by the Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia on July 12, 1978 at Saint David's Church, Halifax.
File contains notes, a script, correspondence, and newspaper clippings regarding a Halifax Explosion Memorial Evening held at St. George's Anglican Church, Halifax, with musical direction by Stephen Pedersen.
File contains correspondence, promotional materials, newspaper clippings, programs and notes related to the Atlantic Camera Trio and other groups with which Stephen Pedersen performed.