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Mary Jones Theatre Program Collection

  • MS-3-20
  • Collection
  • 1937-1941, 1952-1986
The collection contains a variety of theatre and music programs from across Canada, with a special emphasis on events held in and around Halifax, Nova Scotia. There are also programs from England, United States, France and Russia. Programs date from 1937 to 1986 with a gap between 1941 and 1950.

Jones, Mary

Janet Leffeck fonds

  • MS-5-13
  • Fonds
  • 1962-1995
Fonds is primarily comprised of artistic programs from musical and theatrical events held predominantly in Nova Scotia, specifically in the Halifax area. Fonds also includes some music school syllabi, event competition forms and regulations, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.

Leffek, Janet

Documents related to Linda Carvery

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.

Messiah

File contains a program for a concert by Symphony Nova Scotia, the Halifax Camerata Singers and the Cantabile Singers of Truro, conducted by Georg Tintner with Jeff Joudrey as the choral director. The file also contains a newspaper clipping of a review of the concert.

Saint Cecilia concert series : the best of Bach

File contains a program for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers, performed in collaboration with the Cantabile Singers of Truro, members of Symphony Nova Scotia and guest soloists (Lorraine Thompson, Susan MacKay, Nancy Chisling, Douglas Rose, Ray Grant, Sue Doran, Christopher Francis, David Loughead and Gordon Murray). The file also includes a pamphlet for the Saint Cecelia 1992-1993 concert series and a newspaper clipping of a review of the concert.

Handel's Messiah

File contains two programs for two performances of Handel's Messiah by Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Georg Tinter, with the Halifax Camerata Singers and Cantabile Singers of Truro, directed by Jeff Joudrey. The concerts took place at the DeCoste Entertainment Centre in Pictou, Nova Scotia and at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The file also contains two newspaper clippings of concert reviews.

Handel's Messiah

File contains two programs for two performance of Handel's Messiah by Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Georg Tintner, with the Halifax Camerata Singers and Truro Cantabile Singers, directed by Jeff Joudrey. The concerts took place at the First United Church in Truro, Nova Scotia and at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The file also includes a newspaper review of the concert.

Handel's Messiah

File contains two copies of a program for a concert by Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Georg Tintner, with the Halifax Camerata Singers and Cantabile Singers of Truro, directed by Jeff Joudrey. The programs also include flyers for upcoming concerts by Symphony Nova Scotia and the Halifax Camerata Singers.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir and friends

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."

Earth day concert

File contains three newspaper clippings relating to a concert by Symphony Nova Scotia and the Halifax Camerata Singers featuring Scott Macmillan's "Celtic Mass for the Sea" with special guest Ashley MacIsaac. The concert was held on Earth Day.

Stars on the hill

File contains newspaper clippings, maps, schedules, and a program for Stars on the Hill, an event celebrating 5 years of public broadcasting in the Maritimes for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The events included a performance of an excerpt from Scott Macmillan's "Celtic Mass for the Sea" performed by the Halifax Camerata Singers with Jeff Joudrey conducting. The file also includes Bertrum MacDonald's name tag from the performance and a copy of the sheet music for "Open Your Heart".

Handel's Messiah

File contains a program for a performance by Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Georg Tintner, with the Halifax Camerata Singers and Truro Cantabile Singers, directed by Jeff Joudrey. The file also contains two newspaper clippings advertising the concert.

Brahms German requiem

File contains a program and advertisement for a concert by Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Georg Tintner, in collaboration with the First Baptist Church Choir, directed by David MacDonald; Georgian Singers of Halifax, directed by Dr. Walter Kemp; Halifax Camerata Singers, directed by Jeff Joudrey; and Truro Cantabile Singers, directed by Jeff Joudrey. The file also contains a translation for the text of Brahms' German Requiem, Op. 45 and two newspaper reviews of the concert. The concert also included a performance of Peter Lieberson's Viola Concerto No. 1, featuring Steven Dann as the soloist.

Upstream : October Summit : [poster]

Item is a poster for an Upstream concert at Sir James Dunn Theatre on Sunday, October 23, 1994, featuring the Upstream Ensemble, members of Symphony Nova Scotia, and special guests Jamie Gatti and Jim Faraday.

We shall have peace

Item is a poster for Nova Scotia Mass Choir's concert, "We Shall Have Peace," at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. The concert featured Symphony Nova Scotia and artists Dutch Robinson, Bucky Adams, and Walter Borden.

The Messiah

File contains a program for a concert by Symphony Nova Scotia, conducted by Georg Tintner, with the Halifax Camerata Singers and the Cantabile Singers of Truro, directed by Jeff Joudrey. The file also includes a newspaper clipping about the concert.

Saint Cecilia concert series : Elijah

File contains a program for the 1995-1996 Saint Cecilia concert series, which included a performance of Mendelssohn's Elijah by the Halifax Camerata Singers, Cantabile Singers of Truro, Cape Breton Chorale, and Kings Chorale, conducted by Jeff Joudrey, with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The file also includes a copy of the Nova Scotia Choral Federation's magazine Chorus, and newspaper clippings advertising the concert.

Sound recording of CBC Mainstreet : [radio program]

Item is a sound recording of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir on CBC Mainstreet.

Side A features the Nova Scotia Mass Choir performing at the Food Bank Show on December 13, 1996. Side B is a recording of an interview with Woody Woods related to the Martin Luther King Concert with Symphony Nova Scotia on January 20, 1997.

Celebrating the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr.

Item is a poster for Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. Artistic director Woody Woods. Musical director Leslie B. Dunner.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

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.

J.S. Bach's B minor Mass with Symphony Nova Scotia and the Truro Cantabile Singers : [poster]

File contains a poster for the Halifax Camerata Singers' performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's B Minor Mass with Symphony Nova Scotia and the Truro Cantabile Singers. The concert was part of the St. Cecilia Concert Series and was held at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Documents relating to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1998.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, "Celebrating the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr.," the East Coast Music Association awards, Neptune Theatre's "The Gospel at Colonus," Dutch Mason's sixtieth birthday, and other performances.

The Easter suite: a gospel cantata for orchestra, choir, and soloists

Item is a poster for the world premiere of "The Easter Suite: A Gospel Cantata for Orchestra, Choir, and Soloists," with the Nova Scotia Mass Choir and Symphony Nova Scotia. The concert included featured guest artists Walter Borden, Jeremiah Sparks, and others. Composed and conducted by Woody Woods. Presented by the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in 1999.

Photographs of the album release party for the Nova Scotia Mass Choir

File contains photographs of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir at the Fleet Club in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1999. The choir celebrated the release of their album, "Heaven."

Photographs feature Karl Falkenham from CBC, John Dalton from CBC, George Jordan from CBC, Leslie Dunner from Symphony Nova Scotia, and master of ceremonies, Charla Williams.

Martin Luther King Jr. tribute

Item is a poster for the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia. The performance featured Susie Gangoo, Jackie Richardson, Jeremiah Sparks, Jamie Sparks, associate producer Woody Woods, and conductor Leslie B. Dunner.

Photographs of the Juba'lee concert

File contains photographs of the "Juba'Lee" concert. The choir was accompanied by Symphony Nova Scotia and proceeds went towards establishing a Black Cultural Society scholarship for education in the performing arts. The concert was held at the Halifax Metro Centre on January 22, 2000.

Photographs feature Lorne White, Jackie Richardson, Anthony Sherwood, Brookes Diamond, Joe Colley, Lela Colley, Tim Edmonds, Linda Carvery, Woody Woods, and other choir members.

Nasca lines

Subseries contains the conductor’s score, instrumental, and vocal parts used for the premiere performance of Nasca Lines by Barry Guy. Nasca Lines is a one-hour, seven-part work that was commissioned by the Upstream Ensemble and premiered in collaboration with the Symphony Nova Scotia on June 3, 2001 at the Scotia Festival with conductor and composer, Barry Guy.

The composition is named after and inspired by the geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert, Peru, which include outlines of animals and various geometric shapes. Graphical representations of a selection of these geoglyphs are used in the graphic notation of this score, particularly in parts 3 and 7.

Nasca Lines is an atonal work that uses a combination of composed material, based on tone rows and pitch class sets, and guided improvisation. There are twenty instrumental parts and one vocal part.

Martin Luther King Jr. tribute

Item is a poster of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia. The concert featured performances by Linda Carvery, Jeremiah Sparks, and Novelee Buchan. Conducted by Leslie B. Dunner.

Documents related to Nova Scotia Mass Choir

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.

Symphony Nova Scotia presents a Martin Luther King Jr. tribute

Item is a poster for Symphony Nova Scotia and Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert. The concert was held at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia and featured the choir's artistic director, Woody Woods, and guest conductor, Brainerd Blyden-Taylor.

Martin Luther King Jr. tribute

Item is a poster for Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King Jr. concert with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. The concert celebrated the tenth anniversary of the Nova Scotia Mass Choir and featured narrator Walter Borden, and soloist Linda Carvery. Directed by Woody Woods.

Documents related to Linda Carvery

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.

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

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.