Dalhousie Chorus and Ora
Saturday, January 27, 2024
3:00 p.m.| Joseph Strug Concert Hall
Directed by Dr. Nicole Jordan, Dalhousie Chorus presents
Student Showcase
First annual multidisciplinary Fountain School of Performing Arts student showcase spectacle!
With Music, Theatre, Cinema and Media Studies, and Musicology, the Fountain School of Performing arts has much to offer. In this spectacle, specially selected students from across the disciplines will present their talent and skill in the brand-new Joseph Strug Concert Hall. This first-annual special event is hosted by and features the DalChorus led by Dr Nicole Jordan. Come and celebrate the artistry of the Fountain School's own!
The Dalhousie University Chorus is a choir of 40-50 voices and comprises music students from all idioms as well as experienced choral singers from Dalhousie and the Halifax community at large. Excellence, innovation, and collaboration are the hallmarks of the Chorus. Repertoire is selected from compositions across many eras and styles, with special attention paid to the work of Canadian composers. The choir normally gives two public performances per year and has the special role of hosting and featuring in the Fountain School of Performing Art’s first annual Student Showcase Concert.
DalChorus is directed by Dr. Nicole Jordan. A Canadian-Trinidadian, “Dr. J.” spent her formative years in Halifax, Nova Scotia, then made her career in England and The Netherlands as a vocalist, creator, and academic. Dr. J. holds a PhD in Performance Studies/Music Psychology from the University of Sheffield (UK), a Master of Science in Music Psychology from Keele University (UK), and Bachelor of Music from Acadia University (CAN). Her own creative work is multidisciplanary and draws upon voice, story, movement and visual arts to tell stories of her multicultural experience.
Since returning to Nova Scotia in 2021, she has joined the faculty at the Fountain School of Performing Arts at Dalhousie University as Assistant Professor of Voice, advisor on equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) in the arts, and chorus director. She has recently joined the boards of the Nova Scotia Choral Federation, Camerata Singers, and the Canadian Chamber Choir to pursue her passions for choral music, community engagement, and advocacy for Black and Indigenous singers in Nova Scotia.
Visit dal.ca/artscentre for tickets.
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Saturday, April 6, 2024
7:30 p.m. | Joseph Strug Concert Hall
Directed by Dr. Nicole Jordan, Dalhousie Chorus presents
Birdsong: a tribute to Jocelyn Morlock (1969-2023)
Soaring sounds inspired by birdsong and folklore.
The sweet and sometimes raucous sounds of birds have inspired composers across the ages and none more so than Canada’s own Jocelyn Morlock (1969-2023). Morlock was a composer and educator based in Vancouver, BC, whose work and personality were described as quirky and eccentric. Morlock’s typically tonal or modal compositions, and her especially emotional expressive musical language were known to be inspired by birdsong. In this concert, the chorus pays tribute to a lost Canadian musical powerhouse by drawing on music across the ages that was inspired by birdsong or folklore. From Gibbons’ heartbreaking madrigal The Silver Swan to Sherryl Sewepegaham’s Nitohamok Askiy which calls on us to listen to the land, with the drum representing the land’s natural rhythm.
The Dalhousie University Chorus is a choir of 40-50 voices and comprises music students from all idioms as well as experienced choral singers from Dalhousie and the Halifax community at large. Excellence, innovation, and collaboration are the hallmarks of DalChorus. Repertoire is selected from compositions across many eras and styles, with special attention paid to the work of Canadian composers. The choir normally gives two public performances per year and had the special role of hosting and featuring in the Fountain School of Performing Art’s first annual Student Showcase Concert in 2024.
The DalChorus is directed by Dr. Nicole Jordan. A Canadian-Trinidadian, “Dr. J.” spent her formative years in Halifax, Nova Scotia, then made her career in England and The Netherlands as a vocalist, creator, and academic. Dr. J. holds a PhD in Performance Studies/Music Psychology from the University of Sheffield (UK), a Master of Science in Music Psychology from Keele University (UK), and Bachelor of Music from Acadia University (CAN). Her own creative work is multidisciplanary and draws upon voice, story, movement and visual arts to tell stories of her multicultural experience.
Since returning to Nova Scotia in 2021, she has joined the faculty at the Fountain School of Performing Arts at Dalhousie University as Assistant Professor of Voice, advisor on equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) in the arts, and chorus director. She has recently joined the boards of the Nova Scotia Choral Federation, Camerata Singers, and the Canadian Chamber Choir to pursue her passions for choral music, community engagement, and advocacy for Black and Indigenous singers in Nova Scotia.
Visit dal.ca/artscentre for tickets.
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