Guitar Ensemble

Bach to Blues
Part of the See-More Series Presented by Canadian Student Living

March 20 | 7:30pm
Joseph Strug Concert Hall | 1385 Seymour St. Halifax, NS
$15 | $10 tickets available at Dalhousie Arts Centre Box office
Box office fees will apply

Dalhousie Guitar Ensemble concerts feature Dal faculty with current Fountain school students.  We will be playing repertoire from, Bach to blues, classical guitar and jazz standards and even a few original world premieres.  Join us for an evening of solos, duets and the full ensemble.  The Guitar Ensemble concert is an annual highlight for students and faculty at the Fountain School, so come and check us out.

Director Scott Macmillan’s passion for creating music propels him forward in all aspects of music making, inspiring exploration into genres from rock to blues, classical to choral, Celtic to jazz, as well as modern and avant-garde. In 2008 Macmillan began mentoring a new generation of guitarists at the Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University.

In 2021 Macmillan composed the Dramatic Score for the film Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor. In 2019 Scott premiered 12 & Change for Electric Guitar with Symphony Nova Scotia and Woodland Revival, an experiential composition performed by Mi'kmaw drummers, Persian, Celtic & classical musicians.

Music has taken Macmillan to many places including Carnegie Hall performing his much loved ode to our world’s oceans Celtic Mass for the Sea, with partner/librettist Jennyfer Brickenden.

Multiple awards, appointments, commissions, and critical reviews all reflect Macmillan’s contribution to the music of Nova Scotia and beyond. An integral contributor to the success of the late Rita MacNeil, Macmillan played an equally pivotal role in the rise of the Rankin Family Band, the Nova Scotia Mass Choir and led Symphony Nova Scotia’s Maritime Pops programming for 10 years in the 1990’s.