MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 12, 2016
HALIFAX CAMERATA SINGERS/MARITIME BRASS QUINTET ON TOUR
(Halifax, NS) Halifax’s award-winning choir, Halifax Camerata Singers, concludes their 2015-16 season with a Nova Scotia tour with special guests, Maritime Brass Quintet. Presented by Musique Royale, the five-concert tour includes stops in Wolfville, Lunenburg, Tatmagouche, Annapolis Royal and Saulnierville from June 10-19. Tickets are available through Musique Royale and at the door and are $20 regular and $10 for students. More information on the venues is available at www.musiqueroyale.com.
Included in the tour will be a new work written for the choir and the brass quintet by Nova Scotia composer, Peter-Anthony Togni, on the theme of the Acadian hymn, Ave Maris Stella. This commissioned work has been supported by Arts Nova Scotia. The choir will also perform a new commissioned piece from emerging Quebec composer Marie-Claire Saindon, who is expected to attend the Wolfville performance. Much of the repertoire is French inspired, and includes choral works by Palestrina, Mendelssohn, Canadians Diane Loomer and Larry Nickel, and Pastiche Quebecois for choir and brass by the late Howard Cable, with the Brass Quintet performing works by Giovanni Gabrielli and Victor Ewald.
Venues and dates are:
Friday, June 10 at 7:30 pm – Manning Memorial Chapel, Wolfville
Saturday, June 11 at 7:30 pm – St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg
Sunday, June 12 at 3:00 p.m. – Sharon United Church, Tatamagouche
Saturday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. – United Church of St. Andrew and St. George, Annapolis Royal
Sunday, June 19 at 3:00 p.m. - Sacré Coeur (Sacred Heart) Church, Saulnierville
The Maritime Brass Quintet (www.maritimebrassquintet.ca), recently chosen as Debut Atlantic’s 2015-16 Artists in Residence, brings the highest caliber chamber music to concert halls, churches, festivals and schools across the Maritimes. Since forming in the spring of 2011 the Quintet has performed on major concert series including Scotia Festival of Music and Acadia University, as well as collaborations with Capella Regalis and Paul Halley and the King’s College Choir. Quintet members have performed or held positions with many of the world’s leading ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony, Toronto Symphony, National Arts Arts Centre, Symphony Nova Scotia and l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. The members are Curtis Dietz (trumpet), Richard Simoneau (trumpet), Gina Patterson (horn), Eric Mathis (trombone) and Bob Nicholson (tuba and bass trombone).
The Halifax Camerata Singers includes performers from many parts of Nova Scotia and one from PEI, and is Atlantic Canada’s leading chamber choir. Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation, the Province of Nova Scotia/Arts Nova Scotia, artsVest, Halifax Regional Municipality and individual donors and corporate supporters, the choir was founded in 1986 and has distinguished itself by performing exciting choral repertoire from many periods and styles, with special attention to Canadian music. Winners of the Healy Willan Grand Prize in the 2010 National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs, the choir often collaborates with chamber ensembles, Symphony Nova Scotia and other musicians.
For more information: contact1986@halifaxcamerata.org, find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or www.halifaxcamerata.org.
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Information: Peggy Walt, General Manager (902) 422-5403/office, (902) 476-1096 (cell),
peggy@culturalaffairs.ca
Maritime Brass Quintet: Debut Atlantic's Ensemble in Residence
MBQ is proud to begin touring as Debut Atlantic's Ensemble in Residence for the 2015-2016 concert season. Concert details can be found to the right.
Maritime Brass Quintet
Curtis Dietz (trumpet)
Richard Simoneau (trumpet)
Gina
Patterson (horn)
Eric Mathis (trombone)
Bob Nicholson (tuba & bass trombone)
Quintet members have studied throughout North America and performed or held positions with many of the world’s leading ensembles, including the Chicago Symphony, Toronto Symphony, l’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Honolulu Symphony and the Canadian Opera Company Orchestra. They also have experience playing in numerous smaller groups and ensembles, including Foothills Brass, Northumberland Brass, Honolulu Brass Quintet, the Jive Kings and the Canadian Brass.
"In October of 2012, the music students of the Université de Moncton were delighted to hear a concert of astonishingly high quality performed by the Maritime Brass quintet. The choice of repertoire was both adventurous and accessible, while the interpretation was flawless. Perfect intonation and beautiful tone colour were sustained over the entire dynamic spectrum, from the finest pianissimo gradations through to the majestic forte finale of the Ewald quintet. This group is, to my mind, the best possible medium to stimulate and enhance the level of brass playing in our region."
Dr Richard Gibson, brass ensemble coach and professor of theory and composition, Université de Moncton
"They know each other musically and get as fine a blend as you can get...
The sound of this quintet was
sunny and glorious."
STEPHEN PEDERSEN, The Chronicle Herald
Contact:
maritimebrass@gmail.com
902-483-9792
Future Engagements:
May 17-19, 2016
Corner Brook, NFLD
Details TBA
Thursday, May 19, 2016 @ 2pm
Halifax, NS
King's College
Guest Artists with Paul Halley
King’s College Encaenia
June 10-19, 2016
HALIFAX CAMERATA SINGERS
Friday, June 10 at 7:30 pm – Manning Memorial Chapel, Wolfville
Saturday, June 11 at 7:30 pm – St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg
Sunday, June 12 at 3:00 p.m. – Sharon United Church, Tatamagouche
Saturday, June 18 at 7:00 p.m. – United Church of St. Andrew and St. George, Annapolis Royal
Sunday, June 19 at 3:00 p.m. - Sacré Coeur (Sacred Heart) Church, Saulnierville
Past Engagements:
Saturday, May 14, 2016 @ 2:00pm Fredericton, NB
Friday, May 13, 2016 @ 7:30pm
Moncton Community Concert Association
First Church of the Nazarene, 39 Fieldcrest Dr, Moncton, NB
May 10 &11, 2016
Yarmouth, NS
Details TBA
March 8, 9 and 10, 2016
March 1 and 2, 2016
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 @ 6pm
UPEI Masterclass,
Steele Recital Hall, UPEI
Saturday, February 20, 2016 @ 7:30pm
Woodlawn United Church54 Woodlawn Road, Dartmouth,
Nova Scotia
Thursday, February 11, 2016 @ 7:30pm
Musquodoboit Valley Bicentennial Theatre, Middle MusquodoboitTickets: free
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 @ 7:30pm
Memorial Hall, UNB FrederictonTickets: $27 adult / $22 senior / $10 students
Plus Masterclass
February 2 and 3, 2016
Sunday, January 17 at 7:30pm
Mount Allison Performing Arts Series
Brunton Auditorium, Mount Allison University
Sackville, NB
Saturday, January 16 at 8:00pm
Antigonish Performing Arts Series
Immaculata Hall, St. F.X. University
Antigonish, NS
Wednesday, December 24 at 10:30pm
All Saints Cathedral, Halifax
Midnight Mass
Sunday, December 20 at 7pm
Carols By Candleight, First Baptist Church Halifax, 1300 Oxford St, Halifax
12286 Peggy's Cove Road,
Glen Haven, NS
Saturday, November 7 at 7:30pm
For All the Saints, University of King’s College Chapel Choir, All Saints Cathedral, Halifax
Lunenburg School of the Arts, 6 Prince Street, Lunenburg, NS
Sunday, October 25 at 7:30pm
Decoste Centre, Pictou, NS
Wednesday, October 21 at 7pm
JD Shatford Memorial Public Library, 10353 Saint Margarets Bay Road, Hubbards, NS
Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015
Music at Memorial in partnership with Arts and Culture Centre, St. John's, NL, Cook Recital Hall
Friday, Sept. 18, 2015
Indian River Festival, St. Mary’s Church, Indian River, PE
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 7:30pm
Acadia Performing Arts Series,Festival Theatre.Wolfville, NS
July 17, 2015 12pm
Still the One, Halifax Grand Parade
Saturday, April 4, 2015
Trinity-St. Stephen's United Church
Amherst, NS
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Carols by Candlelight
First Baptist Church
Halifax, NS
Sunday, December 21, 2014
Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir
St Mary’s Basilica, Halifax
Monday, December 1, 2014
Acadia Chorus
Convocation Hall, Acadia University
Thursday, Sept 11, 2014
Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
with jazz pianist David Braid
Friday, Sept 12, 2014
Steele Recital Hall, UPEI, Charlottetown,
with jazz pianist David Braid
Saturday, Sept 13, 2014
Antigonish, NS,
with jazz pianist David Braid
Friday, Sept 26, 2014, 9pm
de Coste Centre,
Pictou NS
Sunday, July, 27, 2014, 2pm
Halifax Public Gardens, Halifax, NS
December 22, 2013
St. Andrews United Church
Halifax, NS
Sunday, December 15, 2013
First Baptist Church
Halifax, NS
Christmas by Candlelight
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Halifax, NS
with Kings Chapel Choir
All Saints Cathedral
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Halifax, NS
Gazebo @ Halifax Public Gardens
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Lake Charlotte, NS
Musique Royale
Friday, July 5, 2013
Mahone Bay, NS
Music at the Three Churches
Monday, July 1, 2013
Indian Harbour, NS
Canada Day Concert
Thursday, May 17, 2012. 2pm
Halifax, NS
King's College
Guest Artists with Paul Halley
King’s College Encaenia
Sunday, April 14, 2013
St. John’s Anglican Church, Lunenburg
Kings Chorus with Nick Halley
Friday, April 12, 2013
St. Andrew's Church, Halifax, NS
Kings Chorus with Nick Halley
Sunday, December 23, 2012, 7pm
Halifax, NS
Guest Artists with
Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir
Sunday, December 16, 2012
First Baptist Church
Halifax, NS
Christmas by Candlelight
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Halifax Camerata Singers
First Baptist Church
Halifax, NS
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Halifax, NS
Kings College Choir,
Schnittke Requiem
Friday, October 26, 2012, 9am
Brookfield, NS
NS Music Educators Conference
Sunday, October 21, 2012, 3pm
Universite de Moncton
Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, 7:30pm
University of Prince Edward Island
Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, 12 pm
Wolfville, NS
Acadia University
Friday, June 22, 2012, 7pm
Classics by the Bay
Parrsboro, NS
Monday, June 4, 2012, 6pm and 9pm
Sir James Dunn Theatre, Halifax, NS
Scotia Festival of Music
Thursday, May 17, 2012. 2pm
Halifax, NS
King’s College Encaenia
Sunday, May 6, 2012
First Baptist Church
Halifax, NS
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Berwick United
ChurchBerwick, NS
Friday, May 4, 2012
St. Andrews United Church
Truro, NS
