Music

Share the dream, a musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Archpriest George Anthony Francis

MS-5-22, OS Box 21, Folder 63
Item
January 19, 2008

Item is a poster for the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert, "Share the Dream," featuring Walter Borden, Jackie Richardson, and Jordan Croucher at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium.

Share the dream, a musical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Viola Desmond

MS-5-22, OS Box 21, Folder 60
Item
January 13-14, 2006

Part of Joy O'Brien fonds

Item is a poster for the Nova Scotia Mass Choir's annual Martin Luther King concert, "Sharing the Dream," at Alderney Landing Theatre in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The concert included performances by Jackie Richardson, Walter Borden, Dutch Robinson, and others.

Shawnigan Summer School of the Arts

MS-5-23, Box 3, Folder 10
File
1976 - 1977

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains correspondence and notes regarding Stephen Pedersen's involvement with the summer school.

Shéhérazade : trois poèmes de Tristan Klingsor

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 11
Item
1914

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Ravel's "Shéhérazade," annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.

Sheila Piercey audition - October 15, 1954

MS-5-20, Box 2, Reel 1
Item
October 15, 1954

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is a reel-to-reel recording of Sheila Piercey singing "The Jewel Song" from Faust(opera) in an audition.

Sheila Piercey concerts, August & September 1980

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 10
File
August - September, 1980

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey in 1980. Labelled: for Sheila Piercey concert Sept 17/1980 Dunn Theatre Dalhousie University.

Sheila Piercey fonds

MS-5-20
Fonds
1950-2010

Fonds consists of records of Sheila Piercey's opera performance activities and music teaching. Record types include primarily sound recordings of recitals, concerts, auditions, practices, rehearsals, radio broadcasts and textual records, including teaching records and various programs from the Dalhousie Glee and Dramatic Society, Dalhousie Tigers, graduation recitals, noon-hour recitals, festivals, opera workshops, and other performances produced by the Dalhousie Department of Music and a small number of documents Sheila collected when she was a student at Dalhousie University.

Piercey, Sheila Kathleen

Sheila, mum, Nan

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

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Sheila's concert for the deWolfes

MS-5-20, Box 2, Cassette 46
File
[between 1960 and 1990]

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey of the opera "Die Fledermaus," undated with handwritten notes on the label inserted in the case that reads:

Side A: Act I Finale - Die Fledermaus, What a joy to be here, Laughing Song, Champagne's Delicious Bubbles, Sing to Love. Act II Finale - Die Fledermaus, Sonia's entrance Merry Widow, Vilia, Love in My Heart, Quite in the modern style, Merry Widow Waltz.

Side B: other surprises." Side B contains an audio recording of Sheila Piercey's recitals, practice sessions, and CBC radio recording between the 1950s and 1970s. She re-recorded those old recordings on April 5, 1989 and April 8, 1990, her thoughts and comments are included.

Sheila's practice August 1980 (side B)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 7
Item
August 1980

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

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

Sheila's practice Mum & I, March 26, 1978 (side A)

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 7
Item
March 26, 1978

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

Item is an audio recording by Sheila Piercey made on March 26, 1978. The recording is on side A of audio cassette.

Sheila's practice session

MS-5-20, Box 1, Cassette 14
File
November 1981 and January 13, 1982

Part of Sheila Piercey fonds

File is an audio cassette tape recorded by Sheila Piercey between November 1981 and January 1982.

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.

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.

Side steppin' 1 : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 10
Item
[1994]

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

Item is the score for a composition by Bauer. Bauer divided the instruments into three groups: (1) guitar, oboe, piano, violin; (2) violin, viola, cello, xylophone; and (3) bass clarinet, electric bass, and acoustic bass. The composition alternates between 3/8,4/8, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8, 9/8, 10/8, and 12/8 at a tempo of 100 eighth-notes per minute. The score is printed on the back of Bauer's resume.

Bauer, Bob

Silent movies : [parts]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 12
File
1992

Part of Paul Cram fonds

File contains concert, Bb and Eb parts for Paul Cram's "Silent Movies," which was recorded by the Benghazi Saxophone Quartet on the CD "On the Lam."

Silent movies : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 26
File
1992

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains nine annotated copies of "Silent Movies," a composition by Paul Cram in two parts written at concert pitch. The reverse side of one of the copies includes a set list for "Talk Show," which was part of the 1997 Open Waters Festival.

Cram, Paul

Sinfonia No. 77

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 26
Item
1965

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Haydn's Symphony No. 77, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Sinfonia No. 78

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 25
Item
1965

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Haydn's Symphony No. 78, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Sinfonia No. 79

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 24
Item
1965

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Haydn's Symphony No. 79, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Sinfonietta

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 29
Item
1927

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Leoš Janáček's "Sinfonietta" for orchestra, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Sing a jubilant song with Soundtrax : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 35
File
May 26, 2007

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Soundtrax. The concert was a fundraiser for Phoenix Youth Programs and was held at the Bethany United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Sing a new song with the First Baptist Girls' Choir of Truro : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 27
File
May 4, 2001 - May 6, 2001

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a series of three concerts by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with the First Baptist Girls' Choir at Trinity St. Stephen's Church in Amherst, Nova Scotia (May 4, 2001); St. Andrew's United Church in Halifax Nova Scotia (May 5, 2001); and the First Baptist Church in Truro, Nova Scotia (May 6, 2001).

Sing freedom : exploring and celebrating music of African Heritage : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box2, Folder 24
File
March 1, 2008

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with Linda Carvery, Bruce Phillips, and Doug Dean. The concert was in support of St. George's YouthNet Outreach and St. Patrick's-Alexandra School Music Department. It was held at St. Matthew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Sing-a-long Jubilee

MS-4-250, Box 79, Folder 37
File
1 June 1967

Part of Wamboldt-Waterfield Photographic Collection

Sir Roger de Coverley for string quartet

MS-2-26, Box 6, Folder 8
Item
1923

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of "Sir Roger de Coverley" for string quartet, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Sir Thomas Beecham : [autographed photograph]

MS-5-2, Box 10, Folder 8
File
[195-?]

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Sketches

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 22
File
1973

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains a one-page composition and a finger board chart for the guitar.

Sketches : [score]

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 11
Item
[ca. 1968-1970?]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

Item is a score by Stephen Pedersen titled "Sketches."

Sketches and notes for the Duchess overture

MS-5-23, Box 4, Folder 13
File
[197-]

Part of Stephen Pedersen fonds

File contains a number of musical sketches by Stephen Pedersen.

Sketches in shadow : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 9, Folder 25
Item
[after 1978?]

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an unsigned, original handwritten composition.

Skye boat song : [score]

MS-2-693, Box 2, Folder 15
File
1928

Part of R. Graham Murray fonds

File contains Cramer's Choral Library's "Skye Boat Song." Melody by A.C. Macleod and words by Harold Boulton.

Sleight of hand : [score and parts]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 19
File

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a score and parts for saxophone quartet.

SMU

MS-5-21, Box 7, Cassette 44
Item
january 27, 1996

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an audio cassette with a recording of a performance at St. Mary's University by the Upstream Ensemble.

Snake oil : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 9, Folder 28
Item
1999

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an annotated facsimile print and handwritten concert part.

Snake oil : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 4, Folder 10
Item
1999

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is a concert part for Paul Cram's "Snake Oil," with instructions for guitar, horns, flute, piano, drums, and bass clarinet.

Snowstream : [score]

MS-5-16, Box 9, Folder 34
File
1990

Part of Upstream Music Association fonds

File contains five annotated copies of Naylor's score for 11 instrumental parts. Each part includes melodic guidance for improvisation and performers are instructed to switch between parts freely.

Naylor, Steve

So far : [part]

MS-5-21, Box 9, Folder 16
Item
1981

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is an original handwritten composition by Paul Cram.

Solace : songs of remembrance : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, OS Box 20, Folder 21
File
November 7, 2009

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains two copies of a poster for the concert and CD launch of Solace: Songs of Remembrance, "a tribute to loved ones no longer among us," by the Halifax Camerata Singers. The concert was held at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Solar system / Paul Cram

MS-5-21, Box 13, Folder 5
Item
1984

Part of Paul Cram fonds

Item is Paul Cram's facsimile score for saxophone quartet and tape, performed June 1984. The first page comprises program notes describing the composition as a variation on the Icarus myth; the second page is a schemata for between movements.

Solstice with Nicole Jordan : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 29
File
December 6, 2013

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with soprano Nicole Jordan, which took place at St. Matthew's United Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Solstice with Nicole Jordan and the Academy Ensemble : [poster]

MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 2, Folder 28
File
December 3, 2016

Part of Halifax Camerata Singers fonds

File contains a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers in collaboration with soprano Nicole Jordan and the Academy Ensemble, which took place at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Sonata for flute or violin and piano, op. 94

MS-2-26, Box 7, Folder 6
Item
1965

Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

Item is a copy of Prokofiev's flute or violin sonata, annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.

Sonata for organ

MS-5-8, SF Box 15, Folder 13
File
n.d.

Part of Ivan Maxwell Gillis fonds

Sonata for piano

MS-5-2, Box 4, Folder 1
Item
1956-1957

Part of Ellen Ballon fonds

Item is an unsolicited manuscript reproduction of a piano sonata by David Willens, sent to Ellen Ballon by the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Music on December 18, 1959. File includes a letter from the Society to Ellen Ballon. The composition was "dedicated to the memory of Alexander Guroff."

Willens, David

Sonata for solo cello, third movement