Halifax Camerata Singers Fonds (MS-5-15)
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Dalhousie University Archives Finding Aid - Halifax Camerata Singers fonds (MS-5-15) Generated by the Archives Catalogue and Online Collections on June 14, 2018 Dalhousie University Archives 6225 University Avenue, 5th Floor, Killam Memorial Library Halifax Nova Scotia Canada B3H 4R2 Telephone: 902-494-3615 Email: [email protected] http://dal.ca/archives http://findingaids.library.dal.ca/halifax-camerata-singers-fonds Halifax Camerata Singers fonds Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 4 Collection holdings .......................................................................................................................................... 4 Posters (1993-2017) ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative records of the Halifax Camerata Singers (1986-1996) ..................................................... 24 Performance records of the Halifax Camerata Singers (1991-1996) ......................................................... 30 Dalhousie University Archives Page 2 MS-5-15 Halifax Camerata Singers fonds Summary information Repository: Dalhousie University Archives Title: Halifax Camerata Singers fonds Reference code: MS-5-15 Date: 1986-2017 (date of creation) Language: English Physical description: 16 cm of textual records. - 61 posters. Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note The Halifax Camerata Singers is a not-for-profit society and chamber choir based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Jeff Joudrey founded the choir in 1986 and is its Artistic Director. The society is managed by a volunteer board of directors and funded through performances, donations, and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts; Nova Scotia Communities, Culture and Heritage; and the Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation. The choir performs a wide variety of repertoire with a special focus on Canadian compositions, and they actively commission new choral music from Canadian and international composers. The choir often collaborates with other Atlantic Canadian music ensembles, including Symphony Nova Scotia. The group has been a core part of the Symphony Nova Scotia Chorus since 2001. They perform regularly at regional concert series, including Music at the Three Churches (Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia), Musique Royale (Lunenburg, Nova Scotia), Music at Trinity (Amherst, Nova Scotia), Dartmouth Community Concert Series, and Indian River Festival, P.E.I. The choir also actively supports emerging choristers and composers through their Youth Mentoring Program, bursaries for the Nova Scotia Youth Choir, and a Young Composer’s Competition. In 2008, Xara, a choral theatre ensemble for women aged 18-30, was founded as a youth initiative of the Halifax Camerata Singers. The choir won the Wealy Willan Grand Prize in the 2010 National Competition for Canadian Amateur Choirs. Scope and content Fonds consists of records created for and as a result of the performance activities of the Halifax Camerata Singers. Records include posters and programs from concerts\ and administrative and financial records from the Board of Directors of the not-for-profit society. Dalhousie University Archives Page 3 MS-5-15 Halifax Camerata Singers fonds Notes Title notes Immediate source of acquisition Fonds includes two accessions: 2006-018 (containing administrative records and programs from the group's inception in 1986 until 1996) and 2018-027 (posters, 1993-2017, donated by Bertrum MacDonald, a member of the choir). Other notes • Publication status: Published • Level of detail: Full • Status description: Final Access points • Multiple media (documentary form) • Posters (documentary form) • Programs (documentary form) • Minutes (Records) (documentary form) • Correspondence (documentary form) • Clippings (documentary form) • Music (subject) • Musicians--Canada (subject) • Nonprofit organizations--Canada (subject) • Halifax (N.S.) (place) Collection holdings Series: Posters Title: Posters Date: 1993-2017 (date of creation) Scope and content: Series contains posters for concerts by the Halifax Camerata Singers, including those performed with various guest artists and ensembles, including several collaborations with Symphony Nova Scotia. Dalhousie University Archives Page 4 MS-5-15 Halifax Camerata Singers fonds Most of the concerts took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with some elsewhere in Nova Scotia, and in Prince Edward Island and Alberta. Physical description: 55 posters Immediate source of acquisition: Posters were donated to the Dalhousie University Archives in 2018 by Bertrum MacDonald, who joined the Halifax Camerata Singers in the 1991-1992 season. Arrangement: Posters are listed in chronological order from 1993 until 2017. Related material: Some posters for earlier concerts are stored with the program from the concert under the series "Performance records of the Halifax Camerata Singers". See MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 1, Folders 17-18, and 22, and Box 2, Folders 1, 10, and 22. File: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 21 - Fifth anniversary gala concert : [poster] Title: Fifth anniversary gala concert : [poster] Reference code: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 21 Date: April 9, 1994 (date of creation) Scope and content: 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. Physical description: 1 print : poster ; 28 x 43 cm Related material: For the program and other associated materials for this concert, see MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 2. File: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 18 - Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Truro Cantabile Singers and Breton Chamber Choir : [poster] Title: Bach's Mass in B Minor with the Truro Cantabile Singers and Breton Chamber Choir : [poster] Reference code: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 18 Date: November 27, 1993 (date of creation) Dalhousie University Archives Page 5 MS-5-15 Halifax Camerata Singers fonds Scope and content: 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. Physical description: 3 prints : poster ; 28 x 43 cm Related material: For the program for this concert and a review of the performance, see MS-5-15.2006-018, Box 2, Folder 3. File: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 17 - Tenth anniversary gala concert with Wayne Riddell : [poster] Title: Tenth anniversary gala concert with Wayne Riddell : [poster] Reference code: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 17 Date: November 16, 1996 (date of creation) Scope and content: File contains five copies of the poster for the Halifax Camerata Singers concert with guest conductor Wayne Riddell. The concert took place at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Physical description: 5 prints : poster ; 31 x 48 cm File: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 16 - Songs of heaven and earth : [poster] Title: Songs of heaven and earth : [poster] Reference code: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 16 Date: November 8, 1997 (date of creation) Scope and content: File contains two copies of a poster for a Halifax Camerata Singers' concert at the First Baptist Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Physical description: 2 prints : poster ; 23.5 x 43 cm Dalhousie University Archives Page 6 MS-5-15 Halifax Camerata Singers fonds File: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 20 - J.S. Bach's B minor Mass with Symphony Nova Scotia and the Truro Cantabile Singers : [poster] Title: J.S. Bach's B minor Mass with Symphony Nova Scotia and the Truro Cantabile Singers : [poster] Reference code: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 20 Date: February 7, 1998 (date of creation) Scope and content: 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. Physical description: 1 print : poster ; 28 x 43 cm File: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 15 - Chant and beyond : [poster] Title: Chant and beyond : [poster] Reference code: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 15 Date: April 25, 1998 (date of creation) Scope and content: File contains three copies of a poster for a concert by the Halifax Camerata Singers at St. Patrick's Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Physical description: 3 prints : poster ; 23 x 44.5 cm File: MS-5-15.2018-027, Box 3, Folder 19 - In remembrance : a program of commemorative music and readings : [poster] Title: