In the News
May 4, 2020: 18-year-old cellist will be youngest person to perform with Symphony Nova Scotia (CBC News)
An 18-year-old cellist in Bedford, N.S., is now the youngest musician to win an apprenticeship with Symphony Nova Scotia. Priscilla
Lee, a third-year bachelor of music student majoring in cello
performance at Dalhousie's Fountain School of Performance Art, was
offered the apprenticeship in early April.
April 9, 2020: "Sew what can we do to help?": Costume Studies stitches facemasks for students on campus
Costume Studies instructor Anneke Henderson models one of the homemade facemasks that Costume Studies students, faculty and staff have been making. (Provided photos)
Anneke Henderson likely didn’t ever imagine that as a senior instructor in Dalhousie’s Costume Studies program she would find herself stitching together face masks to protect against a spreading virus.
From Dal News: Theatre
- Fountain School's Beyond Windows opens doors for remote creation
- Dal Arts Centre turns 50: Celebrating five decades of excellence in performance, exhibitions and teaching
- Nearly a century old, Machinal’s underlying themes as relevant as ever
- Afua Cooper wins Portia White Prize
- Reimagine NS profile: Create and Commemorate
From Dal News: Music
- Dal Arts Centre turns 50: Celebrating five decades of excellence in performance, exhibitions and teaching
- Reimagine NS profile: Create and Commemorate
- Sister and scholar: One Dal student's unlikely journey from the convent to the classroom
- Music education has a race problem, and universities must address it
- "Heave Away!": Fountain School alumni unite for a musical tribute to the Class of 2020