Concerto Night 2026

Concerto Night

March 17 | 7:30pm
Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Dal Arts Centre, Halifax NS
tickets: Dal Arts Centre Box Office, dal.ca/artscentre

Sponsored by ALMA: Student Living in the Heart of Halifax

Experience stunning musical interplays between soloists, composers and the Dal Symphony

at Concerto Night, one of the crown jewels of the Fountain School of Performing Arts’ concert season. This musical extravaganza features outstanding student soloists with our talented young orchestra. Popular concerti and arias are performed under the direction of Leonardo Perez.

Featured instrumental soloists this year include Katya McBeth, Irain Herrera Quiros, Lydia MacDonald, Indi Tisoy Morales, Amelia Parker, and Tasos Spiliopoulos.

Featured voice soloists include Ella Howard, Kaelin George-Wegner, Elizabeth Ruxton, and trio Katherine Alexander, Caralina Knights and Sarah MacInnis.

Our most popular concert of the year! Get your tickets now.

Conductor Dr. Leonardo Perez is Assistant Professor of Violin/Viola at Dalhousie University’s Fountain School of the Performing Arts. He taught violin and viola at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) and was the Orchestra Director of the IUP Symphony Orchestra. He is principal conductor of the Dalhousie Symphony Orchestra and has conducted the IUP Symphony Orchestra, East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, and the ECU Chamber Orchestra. He has also worked with the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra (NSYO) and conducted the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 4/6 Festival Orchestra.