Archives Catalogue

A child's Christmas in Wales with Camerata Xara Young Women's Choir and John Hancock : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 31
File
December 4, 2011

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Camerata Xara Young Women's Choir and John Hancock (CBC Radio National Sports Host), which took place at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

A child's Christmas in Wales with the Maritime Brass Quintet and John Hancock : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 36
File
December 9, 2012

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with the Maritime Brass Quintet and John Hancock (CBC Radio National Sports Host), which took place at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

A requiem for peace with Jeff Reilly : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 30
File
November 5, 2011 - November 6, 2011

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Jeff Reilly on bass clarinet at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia and the St. James United Church in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.

A time for all things : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 45
File
March 28, 2015

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Benedict's Parish in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

A tribute to saints and legends who changed our world : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 46
File
February 23, 2014, March 2, 2014

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia and St. John's Anglican Church in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Aaron Copland : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 10
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Abram Chasins : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 3
File
1958

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Adele aus der Ohe : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 18
File
[1900 - 1937]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a publicity photograph of the German pianist Adele aus der Ohe for a performance at Windsor Hall.

Alberto Erede : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 3
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Amore : songs of love and youth : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 32
File
February 11, 2006

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers as a gala fundraiser for The Lung Association. The concert was held at Lilian Piercey Recital Hall in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Antal Dorati : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 4
File
1946

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Antal Dorati, the conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of the United States' premiere of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.

Anton Rubenstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 4
File
1873

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed postcard photograph of Arthur Rubinstein with some handwritten music on the back, signed during his American tour in New York on May 18, 1873.

Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Truro Cantabile Singers and Breton Chamber Choir : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 13
File
November 27, 1993

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

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

Baltic landscapes : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 28
File
March 26, 2011 - March 27, 2011

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at Acadia University's Manning Memorial Chapel in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Saint Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Britain calls : [lyrics]

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 10
File
1914

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a newspaper clipping and letters to Edith J. Archibald concerning her song "Britain Calls," which was written for the Royal Canadian Regiment during World War One. The newspaper clipping includes the text, but not the music, of the song. The letters are from G.A. LeCain, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Commanding 25th Battalion; George Murray, Provincial Secretary; and Evelyn Starr, professional violinist of New York City. An inscription by Edith J. Archibald at the top of the letters reads, "This song, dedicated to the Royal Canadian Regt. has made their 'marchpost' and I am told by an officer of that Regt. that is was played and sung daily during the war. He himself said it had keeped [sic] the men when on the tramp, 'over many a weary mile.'"

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Cantate : a Baroque Christmas : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 25
File
December 2, 2000

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

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

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.

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.

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.

Concerto for piano and orchestra : [performance guidelines]

MS-5-2, Box 2, Folder 3
File
[1948]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File includes liner notes, recording timing notes, and notes for corrections to the score, all for the recording of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto. The liner notes were written by Ralph Gustafson, a friend of Villa-Lobos and Ellen Ballon, to whom the concerto is dedicated and who performed the concerto for its recording in 1948. The concerto was written in Rio de Janeiro in 1945. The file includes directions for transcribing Villa-Lobos' piano concerto from the records of its American premiere in Dallas, Texas with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antal Dorati.

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.

Dimitri Mitropoulos : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 7
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Douglas Clarke, Ellen Ballon, Frank Cyril James, and unknown man : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 15
File
[1954]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Douglas Clarke (Dean of the Faculty of Music at McGill University from 1930 to 1955), Ellen Ballon, Frank Cyril James (Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University from 1939 until 1962), and an unknown man, standing in front of three microphones for radio stations: CKVL, CFCF, and CKAC. The photograph may have been taken at one of the concerts celebrating the 50th anniversary of the McGill Conservatorium.

Earth songs : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 49
File
March 23, 2013

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a copy of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers, which took place at St. Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Edmonton International Choral Festival : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Oversize Folder 1
File
June 1, 2017 - June 4, 2017

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for the Edmonton International Choral Festival, one of which is autographed by many of the performers in the Halifax Camerata Singers, the Rhapsody Quintet, the Chair of the Camerata Board, and the Manager. The Festival featured performances by Pro Choro Canada (Edmonton), Voces Noricae (Sweden), the Halifax Camerata Singers, and the Festival Choir.

Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos : [photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 5
File
[1945 - 1959]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of Ellen Ballon and Heitor Villa-Lobos seated at a restaurant. The photograph is signed by Ellen Ballon and Mario Cortez(?).

Ernest Ansermet : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 11
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Ernest MacMillan : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 5
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Sir Ernest MacMillan, the conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, in commemoration of a performance with Ellen Ballon of Heitor Villa-Lobos' first piano concerto.

Fifth anniversary gala concert : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 16
File
April 9, 1994

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File consists of a poster for the world premiere of Scott Macmillan's "The Three that Seek My Heart," performed by the Halifax Camerata Singers as part of the St. Cecilia Concert Series at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Flyer for concerts at the Grawood and McInnes Room

MS-1-Ref, Box 3, Folder 32
File
1993

Part of Dalhousie University Reference Collection

File contains two copies of a flyer for concerts at the Grawood and the McInnes Room in the Student union Building at Dalhousie University.

Frieder Weissmann : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 5
File
1873

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the American conductor Frieder Weissmann standing with a horse.

God bless our Canada : A national anthem : [choral score]

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 58
File
1911

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains the sheet music for Edith J. Archibald's "God Bless Our Canada" and a manuscript version of the English lyrics for the anthem by Archibald. The song is written in F Major for four-voice chorus (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) and piano with lyrics in English and French.

Archibald, Edith Jessie

Group photograph including Dr. David Thomson, Samuel Bronfman, Mrs. Bronfman, Sir Ernest MacMillan, and Ellen Ballon

MS-5-2, Box 8, Folder 8
File
[1950 - 1969]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Halifax 1917 : from dreams to despair with Rhapsody Quintet and Jeremy Webb : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 38
File
March 25, 2017

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with the Rhapsody Quintet and Jeremy Webb, which took place at the Paul O'Regan Hall in the Halifax Central Library.

Handel's Dublin Messiah with Symphony Nova Scotia conducted by Kevin Mallon : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 32
File
December 18, 2011 - December 19, 2011

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Symphony Nova Scotia, which took place at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Handel's Messiah with Symphony Nova Scotia : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 47
File
December 19, 2014 - December 20, 2014

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Handel's Messiah with Symphony Nova Scotia conducted by Jeff Joudrey : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 42
File
December 22, 2016 - December 23, 2016

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Symphony Nova Scotia, which took place at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Heitor Villa-Lobos : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 10
File
1955

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Heitor Villa-Lobos : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 12
File
1949

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

I remember : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 41
File
November 5, 2016

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers, which took place at the Saint Benedict Parish in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In remembrance : a program of commemorative music and readings : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 14
File
November 13, 1999

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Matthew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The concert accompanied a special exhibition of drawings by prisoners of the Terezin Concentration Camp.

Izler Solomon : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 9, Folder 3
File
1944

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Johann Sebastian Bach's St. John Passion : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 26
File
March 3, 2001

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

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

Josef Hofmann with Anton H. at piano

MS-5-2, Box 1, Folder 14
File
1953

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains a photograph of a young boy, "Anton H.," playing the piano, helped by his teacher, Josef Hoffman. The photograph was taken in 1930 by Albert Peterson.

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

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 15
File
February 7, 1998

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

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.

Leonard Bernstein : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 2
File
1934

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Let our spirits soar : the voices of our past : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 39
File
May 27, 2017 - May 28, 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 the Sirens (Kelsea McLean, artistic director). They performed at the Park Royal United Church in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.