Music Concerts
Dalhousie鈥檚 Fountain School of Performing Arts in
Halifax鈥檚 Nocturne Festival, 2025
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Oct. 18 | 6:00pm - 11:30pm
Dalhousie鈥檚 Joseph Strug Concert Hall, 1385 Seymour St. Hfx.听
Part of the Festival
free and open to the public
Sonic Visions: A feast for eyes and ears! Stereo electroacoustic compositions for film, created by Dalhousie Composition students.
Sonic Visions is an installation of newly created stereo electroacoustic compositions paired with visualizations, video or film. The works are presented in a loop from 6:00-11:30pm in Dalhousie鈥檚 state-of-the-art Joseph Strug Concert Hall. Concert-goers can come and go as they wish. The compositions are the work of Dalhousie's Fountain School of Performing Arts composition students, created in our new electroacoustic studio.
As the 2025 artists-in-residence at the Fountain School of Performing Arts, Breaking Circus Collective's A Botanical Drift Nocturne installment will feature contemporary circus performances and interactive elements presented in tandem with the various arts departments of Dalhousie鈥檚 Fountain School including student composers Maya Taraschi and Eddie Sanoja.
Live Performance times:
鈼徧�6:00pm & 9:00pm
Catherine Steele Atrium, 1385 Seymour St.
20-30 min performances featuring Breaking Circus, accompanied, live, by Dalhousie composition students.
鈼徧�8:00pm & 11:00pm
Sir James Dunn Theatre, Dalhousie Arts Centre, University Ave.
听20-30 minute performances featuring Breaking Circus, accompanied, live, by Dalhousie composition students.
The Fountain School鈥檚 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility听(EDIA)听committee invited Breaking Circus to join us as听our second annual school-wide Artist in Residence! We are inspired by听their creativity and their dedication to supporting听underrepresented听people in our communities. They even have a听!听
Tradition and Turmoil
with guest artists Terra String Quartet and the Dalhousie Chamber Orchestra.
October 25th听7:30辫尘听
Joseph Strug Concert Hall
1385 Seymour St. Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Dalhousie Chamber Music Residency Program presents an evening of monumental chamber music, with special guest artists the Terra String Quartet joining residency director Dr. Leonardo Perez and the Dalhousie Chamber Orchestra.
The Terra Quartet opens the program with Haydn's witty String Quartet op. 33 no.5, followed by a special performance of Shostakovich's dramatic String Quartet no. 8 arranged for string orchestra. The program closes with artistic director Leonardo Perez joining the quartet in the transcendent String Quintet in G major by Brahms.听
The Terra Quartet
Harriet Langley, violin; Amelia Dietrich, violin; Chih-Ta Chen, viola; Audrey Chen; cello
Recent prizewinners at the 2025 Bordeaux and Wigmore Hall International Quartet Competitions, the Terra String Quartet is a vibrant young international ensemble based in New York City. They are composed of graduates of The Juilliard School, The New England Conservatory, Harvard University, and the Curtis Institute of Music. Known for their sincere storytelling, commitment to artistic excellence, and versatile approach to repertoire, TSQ strives to foster conversation and genuine human connection through their performances and pedagogy.
TSQ is the 2024-25 fellowship Ensemble-in-Residence at the Yale School of Music, where they coach undergraduate chamber group ensembles, as well the 2024鈥�25 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. They have performed at numerous festivals and venues across the world, with recent concerts at Capital Region Classical, Rockport Music, Guarneri Hall, Chamber Music Raleigh, Randolph College, and the Emilia-Romagna Festival in Italy. TSQ is invested in education and community work, having been the 鈥�23-24 Project Music Heals Us Arts Leadership Ensemble, and they were also chosen as the inaugural Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival鈥檚 Professional Fellowship Quartet at East Carolina University. Their mentors and coaches include the members of the Brentano Quartet, Ara Gregorian, Hye-Jin Kim, and Marcy Rosen.
TSQ has won top prizes at the 2025 Bordeaux Quartet Competition, the 2025 Wigmore Hall Quartet Competition, the 2023 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the 2023 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, and the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. They were also awarded the Christine and David Anderson Career Development Prize at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition. In their spare time, they enjoy playing Mahjong and poker together.
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Julian Kytasty album release concert for听
Songs of Truth: Music and Song from the Kobzar Tradition of Ukraine
Sept. 26 | 7:30pm Joseph Strug Concert Hall
Fountain School of Performing Arts, 1385 Seymour St.
This concert is听free and open to the public; however, in order to manage numbers, we request that those interested in attending听email听performingarts@dal.ca听in order to ensure a seat.听
On Friday, Sep 26,听Julian Kytasty听will be performing at the Joseph Strug Concert Hall, at the Fountain School of Performing Arts, pilipili漫画 in Halifax at 7:30 pm. He will be accompanied by听Mamadou Koita听on kora and听Marcia Ostashewski听in Ukrainian song.听
On August 1, Smithsonian Folkways released听Songs of Truth: Music and Song from the Kobzar Tradition of Ukraine, an album by Julian Kytasty, a Ukrainian American musician celebrated around the world as a master of the bandura. This plucked-string instrument has become a symbol of Ukraine through its association with the deep tradition of the听kobzari: blind bards who traveled throughout the Ukrainian countryside until the early 20th century, spreading news and sharing history through their sung stories accompanied on bandura. Kytasty鈥檚 interpretation of the bandura brings expressive clarity and vibrancy to this centuries-old repertoire, skillfully recasting historical epics and sharing timeless philosophical songs, biting satire, and joyful dance tunes.听
Songs of Truth听is the second release in the听Sound Communities听recording series, a collaboration between the Centre for Sound Communities at Cape Breton University and Smithsonian Folkways that highlights artists who tell stories of the lands, waters, and peoples of Turtle Island and focusing on the territories known as Canada.听
Kytasy will perform with Mamadou Koita, a musician from Burkina Faso, recognized for his skill on West African instruments, including the kora, a stringed instrument similar to a lute or harp. Born into a griot family, Koita was immersed in music and oral tradition from an early age. His work blends the roots of traditional balafon music with Afro-fusion and other genres, creating dynamic compositions that bridge cultures and generations. In addition to performing, Koita is an active advocate for arts education. He leads workshops and lectures in schools and communities, sharing the cultural depth of West African music and encouraging young people to explore creative expression.
Marcia Ostashewski is a musician and scholar who grew up in a Ukrainian diaspora community on a western Canadian prairie farm, and studied vocal performance at the University of Alberta. She has been living in Unama'ki Cape Breton since 2013, where she established the arts-led social innovation lab, the Centre for Sound Communities at Cape Breton University. Ostashewski sings, dances and produces films, audio recordings, festivals and exhibitions, in addition to teaching courses on music, dance and culture, and leading award-winning research such as the Smithsonian Folkways Recordings "Sound Communities" project.