Our Season
Contact Us
Tel: 902-494-3772
Fax: 902-494-2801
E-mail: performingarts@dal.ca
Room 514, Dalhousie Arts Centre
Office hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Visit Faculty & Staff for contact information for individual faculty and staff.
Not finding the event you are looking for?
Try one of these links for more information about events at the Dalhousie Arts Centre and across the campus.
- Dal Arts Centre (Cohn/Box Office events)
- Dal Art Gallery
- Dal Events Calendar
We are in the process of posting our 2017-18 season events. Thanks for your patience. Many events are free and ticketed events are on sale at the Dal Arts Centre Box Office.
See our 2017-18 Season Brochure online.
- All Ensembles are open to students and community members by audition. Auditions normally happen in September during the first week of classes. Check the link for more info or contact us at the FSPA office.
- If you would like to become a Patron of the Fountain School, please see the link or contact us via email or by phone at 902.494.3772.
If you are not finding the event you are looking for, try one of the other units in the Dalhousie Arts Centre or the Dal Events calendar at the links on bottom right.
| Date | Time | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEPTEMBER | |||
| Friday, September 15 | 2:30-4:30 pm | Malcolm Balk, Introduction to Alexander Technique - FREE |
Arts Centre 121 |
| Friday, September 15 |
4:30-6:30 pm | Stéphane Tétreault, Cello Masterclass - FREE |
Arts Centre 406 |
| Saturday, September 16 | 9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Shahin Sayadi, New Technologies & Multimedia in Today's Stage Design - FREE |
Arts Centre 406 |
| Thursday, September 21 | 11:30 am - 1:30 pm | New Voices, Masterclass for Singers - FREE | Arts Centre 121 |
| Thursday, September 21 | 12:00-1:00 pm | David Schreoder Music & Culture Series: Deborah McGrady, Silencing the Sirens: Guillaume de Machaut's Anxious Dealings with Song - FREE | Arts Centre 406 |
| Friday, September 22 | 9:30 am | Dinuk Wijeratne, Composition and Improvisation Involving Non-Western Influences - FREE | Arts Centre 409 |
| Friday, September 22 | 1:00-2:00 pm | Beverley Cooper, The Transition from Actor to Writer - FREE |
Arts Centre Studio Two |
| Friday, September 22 | 5:00-6:30 pm | Hendrik Vanden Abeele, Performance Practice Workshop: Mystery of Neumes - FREE |
Arts Centre 406 |
| Saturday, September 23 | 8:00 pm | Salzinnes Saints concert |
St. Mary's Basilica |
| Tuesday, September 26 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Hannah Moscovitch, Playwriting Masterclass - FREE | McCain Bldg 1102 |
| Friday, September 29 | 1:00-2:30 pm | Eric Peterson and Alex Ivanovici, Documentary Theatre in Canada - FREE | Arts Centre Studio Two |
| OCTOBER | |||
| October 10-14 |
7:30 pm and Sat 2:00 matinee | Orlando (Theatre) | Arts Centre David Mack. Murray Studio |
| Friday, October 13 |
4:30-6:30 pm |
Giora Schmidt, Violin Masterclass - FREE |
Arts Centre 406 |
| Saturday, October 14 | 9:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Oboe Day at Dalhousie - FREE |
Arts Centre |
| Tuesday, October 17 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Catherine Banks, Playwriting Masterclass - FREE |
McCain Bldg 1102 |
| Tuesday, October 17 | 7:00 pm | The Sarajevo Haggadah: Music of the Book (Gilsig Series) - FREE |
Sir James Dunn Theatre |
| Wednesday, October 18 | 2:00-4:30 pm | Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser & Symphony NS, Student Composition Reading Sessions - FREE |
Arts Centre 121 |
| Wednesday, October 18 | 7:00 pm | Titans of the 19th Century, Faculty Chamber Series |
The Music Room |
| October 25-28 | TBA | Shawn Mativetsky, Indian Music Workshops - FREE | TBA |
| Friday, October 27 | 4:30-6:30 pm | Denise Djokic, Cello Masterclass - FREE | Arts Centre 406 |
| Saturday, October 28 | 7:30 pm | Samsara, Dalhousie Wind Ensemble |
St. Andrew's United Church |
| NOVEMBER | |||
| Friday, November 3 |
1:00-2:30 pm | Michael Kennard, Clown Masterclass - FREE | Arts Centre Studio Two |
| Tuesday, November 14 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Mary Vingoe, Playwriting Masterclass - FREE | McCain Bldg 1102 |
| Wednesday, November 15 | 7:00 pm | Peter & Patty in Concert: Faculty Chamber Series | The Music Room |
| Thursday, November 16 | 7:30 pm | Espacées, Dalhousie Wind Ensemble |
Waegwoltic Club |
| Sunday, November 19 | 3:00 pm | Grand Welcome, Chamber Music at First Baptist |
First Baptist United Church |
| Monday, November 20 | 6:30 pm | Draw the Line: Navigating Cultural Appropriation in Music, Dalhousie Chorus - FREE |
Arts Centre Sculpture Court |
| Tuesday, November 21 | 7:00 pm | Evenings @ Government House, Dalhousie Symphony Orchestra - FREE |
Paul O'Regal Hall, Halifax Central Library |
| Wednesday, November 22 | 5:00-7:00 pm | Alain Trudel, Trombone Masterclass - FREE |
Arts Centre 406 |
| Thursday, November 23 |
11:30 am - 1:30 pm | Wayne Weng, Piano Masterclass - FREE |
Arts Centre 406 |
| Sunday, November 26 | 7:00 pm | Michael McMahon, Masterclass on German Lieder - FREE | Arts Centre 406 |
| Tuesday, November 28 |
7:30 pm | Dalhousie Collegium Cantorum | St. Andrew's United Church |
| November 28 - December 2 |
7:30 pm and Sat 2:00 matinee | The Man of Mode (Theatre) | Sir James Dunn Theatre |
| Thursday, November 30 | 7:30 pm | Partners in Swing, Dal Jazz Ensemble and All City Senior Jazz Ensemble |
St. Andrew's United Church |
| Sunday, December 3 | 2:00 pm |
Commemoration & Celebration, Dalhousie Symphony Orchestra |
Kenneth C Rowe Hall, Pier 21 |
| JANUARY | |||
| Thursday, January 25 | 12:00-1:00 pm | David Schroeder Music & Culture Series Martha Radice, Crafting Carnival, Crafting Community: The New Mardi Gras in New Orleans - FREE |
Arts Centre 406 |
| FEBRUARY | |||
| February 6-10 |
7:30 pm and Sat 2:00 matinee | The Piper (Theatre) | David Mack. Murray Studio |
| MARCH | |||
| Thursday, March 1 | 12:00-1:00 pm | David Schroeder Music & Culture Series Kyra Gaunt, Booty Hopscotch (Keep That A$$ Jumpin'): Exploiting Tween Girls Twerking in YouTube's Corporate-Controlled Spaces - FREE |
Arts Centre 406 |
| Wednesday, March 21 | 7:00 pm | Beethoven's Three Worlds Faculty Chamber Series |
The Music Room |
| March 27-31 |
7:30 pm and Sat 2:00 matinee | Drums and Organs, or, The Modern Frankenstein (Theatre) |
Sir James Dunn Theatre |
| APRIL | |||
| Thursday, April 5 | 12:00-1:00 pm | David Schroeder Music & Culture Series Gearóid Ó Hallmhuráin, Global Currents, Local Tides: Re-Imagining Irish Traditional Music in the 21st Century - FREE |
|
| April 7-8 |
Sat at 7:30 pm; Sun at 2:30 pm S |
Perhaps ...? A black box pastiche in opera and song (Opera) | David Mack. Murray Studio |