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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.

Alto sax parts for "Under the Double Standard," Creeping Culture," "Down to Earth," "Round One" and "Black and White"

MS-5-21, Box 10, Folder 6
File
[ca. 1980s]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains original handwritten alto sax parts.

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.

Atlantic Canada sings

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 22
File
June 29, 1996

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program and poster for a concert presented by the Confederation Centre for the Arts. The program included performances by the Christ Church Cathedral Trebles from Fredricton, New Brunswick, conducted by Jeffrey Campbell, and the Halifax Camerata Singers, conducted by Jeff Joudrey and accompanied by Diana Torbert.

Autograph of F.H. Torrington

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 32
File
January 4, 1908

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a booklet entitled "Tributes to F.H. Torrington," signed by Frederick Herbert Torrington (founder and conductor of various Toronto festivals, orchestras, choruses, and the Toronto College of Music). The booklet contains reprints of newspaper articles written about Torrington, a list of festivals in Toronto directed by Torrington, and a partial list of works performed in Toronto under his direction.

Autographed photograph of A.S. Vogt

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 12
File
[1908]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of A.S. (Augustus Stephen) Vogt, the conductor and founder of the Mendelssohn Choir of Toronto, Ontario.

Autographed photograph of F.H. Torrington

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 11
File
[1908]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of Frederick Herbert Torrington, a choral conductor in Toronto, Ontario.

Autographed photograph of Frank E. Blachford

MS-5-1, Box 1, Folder 34
File
June 1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an autographed photograph of the Canadian violinist, teacher, conductor, and composer Frank Edward Blachford (1879-1957) addressed to Dr. J.D. Logan in appreciation of his writing on music in Toronto.

Autographed photographs of W.O. Forsyth

MS-5-1, Box 2, Folder 3
File
October 1912

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains two photographs of the Canadian composer, teacher, and writer W.O. (Wesley Octavius) Forsyth, one of which is autographed for Dr. J.D. Logan.

Forsyth, W. O. (Wesley Octavius)

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.

Baroque series concert with Symphony Nova Scotia and the Halifax Camerata Singers

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 12
File
March 19, 1995

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program and two clippings of advertisements for the concert.

Biographical notes on Allen MacKenzie Reid

MS-5-1, Box 5, Folder 19
File
[1922]

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains handwritten notes by John Daniel Logan and includes references to concerts by Allen M. Reid in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia.

Black dog : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 8, Folder 5
File
2003

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains concert, voice, clarinet, bass, baritone, trumpet and drum parts for Paul Cram's "Black Dog."

Brahms German requiem

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 6
File
March 1, 1994

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

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.

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

Camerata by candlelight

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 13
File
May 12, 1995

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program and outline of the event for a performance by the Halifax Camerata Singers in the Great Hall of the University Club at Dalhousie University. The file also contains a memorandum from Bertrum MacDonald to Jeff Joudrey with details about the venue.

Canadian choral magic

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 1, Folder 22
File
March 6, 1993

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program, two copies of a poster, blank door prize forms, and newspaper clippings of advertisements for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The concert featured sacred and secular choral music.

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.

CBC information morning

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 1, Folder 21
File
December 18, 1992

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains the order of carols for Halifax Camerata Singers' performance on CBC Information Morning as part of a special program for raising supplies and funds for the Food Bank. Twenty out of twenty-five members of the choir were in attendance.

CBC information morning

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 18
File
December 1995

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains the order of carols for Halifax Camerata Singers' performance on CBC Information Morning.

Celtic mass for the sea

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 14
File
August 1995

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers, performed as part of the Centre Bras d'Or 10th Annual Festival of the Arts, presented by the University College of Cape Breton. The performance featured Scott MacMillan's "Celtic Mass for the Sea".

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.

Chichester Psalms

MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 1, Folder 17
File
March 1, 1992

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a program, flyer, and two posters for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers. The file also includes newspaper clippings of reviews of the concert.

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.

Correspondence and certificate from the Dean of the Faculty of Music at McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 5
File
1954

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains correspondence and a certificate regarding the honorary Doctor of Music awarded to Ellen Ballon in 1954.

Correspondence and certificate from the Secretary of the Board of Governors of McGill University

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 6
File
1960

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

File contains correspondence and a certificate from the Secretary of the Board of Governors of McGill University regarding the proceeds from the Martlet Concert and Ball as well as Ellen Ballon's general support of the McGill music program.

Correspondence from Addie MacKay

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 37
File
1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Addie MacKay concerning a hymn that she composed with words by her sister, requesting that John Daniel Logan publish it in the Halifax Herald.

Correspondence from A.S. Vogt

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 51
File
1908

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from A.S. (Augustus Stephen) Vogt, thanking John Daniel Logan for his review of a performance by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir.

Vogt, Augustus Stephen

Correspondence from Edouard Hesselberg

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 29
File
1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains an announcement from the Russian pianist, composer, and teacher Edouard Hesselberg sent to John Daniel Logan as the Musical Critic of The Star (in Toronto). The announcement concerns his recent appointment as editor and contributor to the staff of the "International Music and Musicians." The letter was sent in an envelope from The Hambourg Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

Hesselberg, Edouard

Correspondence from Edward Broome

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 17
File
1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Edward Broome. His letter includes information about the activities and performances of the Toronto Oratorio Society and was sent to Logan to be published in the Toronto News.

Broome, Edward

Correspondence from Frank S. Welsman

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 52
File
1907

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Frank Squire Welsman. The letter concerns the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and requests John Daniel Logan's help in promoting and supporting their endeavours.

Welsman, Frank

Correspondence from Gena Branscombe Tenney

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 16
File
1912-1913

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains three letters from Gena Branscombe Tenney. Her letters include references to Logan's article on "Canadian Women," her family, and her compositions.

Branscombe, Gena

Correspondence from Hilda Roberts

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 47
File
1922

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from the singer Hilda Roberts. The letter contains an overview of her performances to date in anticipation of a concert in Halifax. The file also contains a series of testimonials from Manlio Di Veroli, Musical Director of the Opera House in Rome and the London Opera House, who taught Roberts in London.

Correspondence from Minnie Parlow

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 44
File
1911

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from Minnie Parlow, the mother of the Canadian violinist Kathleen Parlow. The letter concerns reviews of her daughter's performance in Toronto.

Correspondence from R.S. Pigott

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 45
File
1908

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains a letter from R.S. Pigott of the Toronto Conservatory of Music concerning John Daniel Logan's book, presumably "Preludes: sonnets and other verses" (1906).

Correspondence from W.O. Forsyth

MS-5-1, Box 3, Folder 23
File
1921, 1927

Part of John Daniel Logan fonds

File contains four letters from the Canadian composer, teacher, and writer W.O. (Wesley Octavius) Forsyth. Three of the letters (dated from 1921) are written on letterhead from the Canadian Academy of Music in Toronto, where he taught from 1919 to 1924. The letters concern setting texts by John Daniel Logan to music and mentions its possible performance by their mutual friends Lucas and Gena Branscombe.

The file also contains a short biography of W.O. Forsyth from the Star Weekly (Toronto, July 1921); a program for a concert by Jessie McAlpine (a student of Forsyth's) at the Canadian Academy of Music; and a program for a concert by the Russian pianist Arthur Friedheim at Massey Hall.

Forsyth, W. O. (Wesley Octavius)

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.

Documents related to Bucky Adams

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folder 5
File
1937-2014

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to Bucky Adams, a jazz artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Documents include programs, ephemera, correspondence, magazine clippings, and newspaper clippings related to Amnesty International, the Black Loyalist Heritage Society, CBC Television studios, a copy of Bucky Adams’ birth certificate, a copy of the Diamond Jubilee medal certificate awarded to Bucky Adams in 2012, Black Focus magazine, Halifax Jazz Festival, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a copy of the invitation to Bucky Adams and The Basin Street’s album releases and performances, Dartmouth Heritage Museum’s production of “The Phantom of the Opera” in 2011, Bucky Adams’ memorial, and others.

Documents related to Linda Carvery

MS-5-22, Box 19, Folders 1-2
File
2011-2019

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

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.

Documents related to Linda Carvery

MS-5-22, Box 18, Folders 15-17
File
1970-2010

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

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.

MS-5-22, Box 15, Folders 4-7
File
2006-2012

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir from 2006 to 2012.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the annual Martin Luther King concert, Alexander Keith's Natal Day Festival, the choir's fifteenth anniversary celebration, the death of Etta James, the Titanic centenary tribute concert, Africa Festival of Arts and Culture, "Halifax for Haiti" benefit concert, the African Nova Scotian Music Association awards, the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Freedom Festival, and others.

MS-5-22, Box 7, Folders 3-6
File
1993

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1993.

Documents include newspaper clippings, ephemera, and programs related to the Martin Luther King concert with Symphony Nova Scotia, the choir's performance in Washington, D.C. as part of the thirty year anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference held in Maryland, and others.

File also contains meeting minutes, committee lists, itineraries, rehearsal guidelines, tour guidelines, and membership lists.

MS-5-22, Box 8, Folders 1-3
File
1996

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

File contains documents related to the Nova Scotia Mass Choir in 1996.

Documents include newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera related to the choir at the East Coast Music Association awards, the release of their record, "He Never Failed Me Yet," "Symphony Explosion" concerts, the Canadian Hockey Awards, the African Heritage Gala, and other events.

File also contains a copy of Rising Tide newspaper.

MS-5-22, Box 8, Folders 7-9
File
1997

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

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.

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