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Halifax Adjudicators

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Halifax Performance Schedule

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Nathan Beeler is a music educator, conductor and performer from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is currently the department head of the Halifax All City Music

Program, the Halifax City Schools Orchestra. He has been resident conductor for several Halifax ensembles including Scotia Brass and the Dalhousie University Wind Ensemble and is a regular guest conductor with Nova Sinfonia and the Chebucto Symphony Orchestra. Nathan holds an undergraduate degree in music education from Acadia University, and a Master’s degree in conducting from the University of Manitoba, where he studied with Earl Stafford, former music director of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet. In 2010, Nathan was a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence, one of Canada’s highest awards for educators.

Dennis Beck earned two undergraduate degrees from Western University, and completed a graduate program in conducting from the University of Calgary. For twenty

years he taught music, coached soloists and chamber ensembles, and conducted bands at Unionville High School’s Arts York program in Markham, Ontario. He has been a sessional lecturer for the Faculty of Education at the University of Toronto, a conductor at Alberta College Conservatory, and was formerly a clarinettist with the Edmonton Wind Sinfonia and the CBC’s Edmonton Wind Ensemble. He was a founding director and past-president of the Ontario Band Association (OBA). His articles on music education have appeared in several professional journals; since 2000 he has been a regular contributor to Teaching Music Through Performance in Band.

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Dr. Jeremy Brown is a renowned Canadian saxophonist, woodwind doubler, teacher, author and conductor. He is Professor of Music and former Head of the Music Department

at the University of Calgary. He has been both an artist-in-residence and a visiting lecturer at the Banff Centre. In 2014 he was awarded the inaugural University of Calgary Faculty of Arts Teaching Award. He was conferred the title “Canadian Music Ambassador” by the Canadian Music Centre in 2009 for his work promulgating music by Canadian composers. In 2007 he was awarded the David Peterkin Award for his contribution to music education in Alberta. Dr. Brown is the founding artistic director of the Rubbing Stone Ensemble, and a former conductor and founding artistic director of the National Concert Band of Canada.

Dr. Julia Davids is the Artistic Director of the Canadian Chamber Choir, Canada’s professional choir dedicated to building communities through choral singing. Julia has

led workshops and master classes for choirs and conductors throughout Canada and the US including at the National conferences of the Canadian Music Educators’ Association (Winnipeg) and the National Association of Teacher’s of Singing (Boston), the Central Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association (Chicago), and the Symposium on Singing and Song (St. John’s). Julia is the Stephen J. Hendrickson Associate Professor and Chair of Choral Activities at North Park University, Chicago. She directs the North Shore Choral Society, and is Director of Music Ministries at Trinity United Methodist Church, Wilmette.

Jeremy Brown Julia Davids

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Michel Fortin received his Masters degree in music and education from Montréal University. He has been a music teacher and head of the music department at Monseigneur Parent

High School in Saint-Hubert, Québec, for more than 30 years. As an adviser with the Ministry of Education for the music curriculum, Michel worked for many years in close collaboration with Université du Québec à Montréal in training future music teachers. Michel has launched the Douance-musique project in the Marie-Victorin School Board; he is also the founder and musical director of concert bands in the Chambly Regional, Taillon and Marie-Victorin school Boards. For several years he was a teacher and conductor at the world renowned music summer camp at Domaine Forget, near Québec City.

Gary Ewer is a Nova Scotia-based composer, arranger, and clinician. He is also a conductor of choirs, bands and orchestras. His works have been performed and recorded by the

Halifax Camerata Singers, the Cape Breton Chorale, Symphony Nova Scotia, Rhapsody Quintet, and the Elmer Isler Singers. He is the author of Easy Music Theory by Gary Ewer, a complete CD-ROM course in music rudiments published by Spring Day Music. He has also authored The Essential Secrets of Songwriting, a set of ebooks for developing songwriters. Gary taught for 13 years in the Halifax Regional School Board, and was a senior instructor for several years at Dalhousie University, where he taught music theory, aural skills, and conducted Dalhousie Coro Collegium and the Dalhousie Chamber Choir.

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Heather Fraser is a dynamic and energetic music educator specializing in choral activities. She is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Annapolis Valley Honour Choirs. Previous

conducting engagements have included the Halifax Regional School Board All City Music’s ensembles, resident conductor of the Nova Scotia Youth Choir, apprentice conductor of Concerto Della Donna (Montréal), and the Thomas’s Preparatory School Choirs and Choral Society (London, UK). She has also prepared choirs for Symphony Nova Scotia, including a recording project with the Children’s Chorus of Nova Scotia with SNS and CBC. As a clinician, Heather has presented for the Nova Scotia Music Educator’s Association, the Nova Scotia Choral Federation and has adjudicated for the New Brunswick Competitive Music Festival. Heather serves as Program Director for the Nova Scotia Choral Federation.

Born in Truro, Nova Scotia, Jamie has a reputation for versatility in playing all musical styles from classical to jazz, rock, Celtic and theatre. Jamie began his career in the late

1970’s in Halifax. From 1981-94, he toured Canada and the world with the RCMP band, and also participated in the Ottawa music scene, playing in many jazz clubs, sessions, theatre shows and with several orchestras. He presently tours and records with the Barra MacNeils, plays sessions at CBC, with Symphony Nova Scotia and at Neptune Theatre. Jamie has recorded four solo bass albums with original tunes and rearranged standards. His most recent album Over Time was nominated in the Best Jazz Artist category in the 2007 East Coast Music Awards. Jamie has also been nominated for ECMA awards with the group Tonic, and was a 2007 nominee for Music Nova Scotia’s Musician of the year and Jazz Recording of the Year.

Heather FraserJamie Gatti

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Raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Brent Ghiglione studied at the University of Regina where he graduated with a B.Mus. Ed. degree. He also completed a Diploma of

Fine Arts from the University of Calgary in Wind Band Conducting and Repertoire and a Masters of Education from the University of Victoria. After teaching at Campbell Collegiate for 17 years Brent moved to the University of Regina where he is director of bands responsible for the Wind Ensemble and Concert Band. As a trumpet player, he is a member of the Regina Symphony Orchestra and currently leads The Bob Moyer Big Band and the Regina Jazz Orchestra (RJO). Brent is also an active clinician and adjudicator and is a Yamaha Performing Artist.

Brent GhiglioneArdith Haley was awarded the 2013 Canadian Music Educators’ Association Jubilate Award of Merit for significant contributions to music education in Canada.

For the past nine years she has served as Arts Education Consultant for the province of Nova Scotia, where she is responsible for the delivery of education programs in dance, drama, music, and visual arts.She is also the co-founder and program leader of the Distance Learning Masters Degree in Curriculum Studies with a focus on Music Education at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Ms. Haley also coordinates Acadia’s masters program, conducts the Symphonic Band, teaches music education courses, and is the Director of the Summer Music Academy.

Ardith HaleyDr. Linda Pearse is Assistant Professor at Mount Allison University where she directs the jazz ensemble and teaches brass studies. Following studies in Jazz at McGill University and

the Schola Cantorum (Basel), her career in Europe included regular performances with the Stuttgart Philharmoniker, the Stuttgart Opera House, the Basel Symphony, La Cetra, piano possibile, and the Stuttgart Musical Theater. Pearse is Artistic Director of the San Francisco Early Music Baroque Workshop, the Sackville Festival of Early Music, and the ensemble ¡Sacabuche! Her critical edition of Seventeenth-Century Italian Motets with Trombone is published by A-R Editions. Pearse has recorded for broadcast with Harmonia and WFIU, with Cappella Artemisia, and on the ATMA Classique label.

Linda Pearse

Gillian MacKay is Professor of Music of the University of Toronto, where she conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches conducting and trumpet. She is

Associate Conductor of the Canadian Wind Orchestra. Dr. MacKay has adjudicated Canadian band festivals at local, provincial, and national levels. She has conducted honour bands and judged competitions in Singapore, Thailand, and Korea. She leads the University of Toronto Wind Conducting Symposium, and has been the guest instructor at other symposia in Canada and the United States. Gillian holds degrees and diplomas from the University of Lethbridge, McGill University, the University of Calgary, and Northwestern University. Previously, she was the Director of the School of Music at the University of Windsor.

Pam Paddock is Coordinator of the Dartmouth All-City Music Program where she oversees 18 band, choral and string ensembles as well as string lessons from

grades 4 to 12. She directs two of the bands within the program. She has taught band within the Halifax Regional School Board since 1996 and has been a clinician for many school bands throughout this time. Pam is also the assistant conductor for the Nova Scotia Youth Wind Ensemble. Since 2005, Pam has been a clarinetist in the 36 Canadian Brigade Group Band (Atlantic). Previously, she held various Cadet Summer Training Center band positions up to and including Greenwood Course Director and HMCS Acadia Director of Music. Pam received her Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Education, and Master of Education degrees from Acadia University.

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Victoria Meredith serves as Associate Dean (Academic) and Coordinator of Choral Activities Western University’s Don Wright Faculty of Music. She teaches choral

conducting and conducts the award-winning Western University Singers. Choirs under her direction have received over twenty honours and awards, including several CBC Choral Competition prizes, performance awards from the Canadian Music Educators Association, the Jack Richardson Award, and the London Music Award. Dr. Meredith is a frequently published author and a juror for arts organizations such as the Canada Council. In addition to her academic work, she maintains an active career as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator. She has guest-conducted choirs across Canada and abroad, including the 2010 National Youth Choir of Canada.

Dr. Colleen Richardson is Coordinator of Bands and directs the Wind Ensemble at Western University, as well as teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conducting, instrumental

ensemble techniques, and wind literature. Dr. Richardson was previously an Assistant Professor of Music Education and the Wind Ensemble Director at Converse College in South Carolina. Dr. Richardson has guest conducted or presented her research at conferences worldwide. Her research focuses on wind literature, conducting pedagogy, and rehearsal techniques. Publications include articles for Canadian Winds, and the Canadian Music Educator Journal, as well as multiple study guides for the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series. A native of Winnipeg, Dr. Richardson graduated from Brandon University (BMus Ed), the University of Calgary (Wind Conducting Diploma, MMus Conducting), and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (DMA Wind Conducting). Prior to her graduate studies, she taught general, choral, and instrumental music in the Canadian school system for 14 years.

Kevin Watson is an Assistant Professor of Music Education specializing in music psychology and jazz pedagogy. Dr. Watson is the Artistic Director of the Western University

Jazz Ensemble, and is also co-director of the Western Young Winds program. His research focuses on the areas of jazz education and music teacher preparation and his work is published in major journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education and Music Education Research. He has presented his research at international conferences in England, Brazil, and the United States, and he regularly serves as a music festival adjudicator and clinician (jazz and concert band). Dr. Watson is a graduate of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and the Berklee College of Music.

AFM London AdjudicatorsVictoria Meredith Colleen Richardson

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Linda Wharton is a Western grad and has taught instrumental music for 32 years. While teaching at London Central Secondary School, her concert band, wind ensemble,

and jazz ensemble won many local, regional, provincial, and national awards. Linda also received many teaching awards, including an Award of Excellence with the Thames Valley District School Board and the Dennis Brown Lifetime Achievement Award (Jack Richardson Music Awards). Linda enjoys being a guest conductor and adjudicating.

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Dave Staples is a veteran music educator and performer and maintains a busy freelance career as a pianist, trombonist, composer, clinician, adjudicator and

recording artist. He has taught instrumental music with the Halifax Regional School Board for the last 30 years and is co-founder and director of the Nova Scotia Honour Jazz program. He has also served as a board member of JazzEast and was on the Canadian Executive Board of the International Association for Jazz Education from 2003-08. In 1995, Dave received the East Coast Music Award (ECMA) with Jeff Goodspeed as Jazz Artists of the Year for their album Eastern Passage. He is featured on the 2006 ECMA Jazz Album of the Year Tom Roach: Piano Trios.

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Mark Ramsay is director of the University of Toronto Men’s Chorus and assistant conductor and pianist for Toronto’s award-winning Exultate Chamber Singers. He holds a Master of Music

(Choral Conducting) from U of T as well as a Bachelor of Music Education (Piano) from the University of Prince Edward Island. Before moving to Toronto, Mark worked for ten years as a high school music teacher and curriculum specialist in Summerside, PEI and also worked as a church music director and community choir conductor. He was an apprentice conductor with the 2014 Ontario Youth Choir as well as the tour manager of the 2014 National Youth Choir of Canada. Currently, Mark is enrolled as a student in the Doctor of Musical Arts (Choral Conducting) program at U of T.

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AFM Halifax Performance Schedule AFM Halifax Performance ScheduleThursday, April 28Seton Stage, Seton Academic Centre

9:30 AM B200 Sackville Heights Sr Band, NS Jill Oxford

10:00 AM B200 Stonepark Gr 9 Band, PEI Alison Peters

10:30 AM B300 White Oaks Int. Band, ON Carmen Gassi

11:00 AM B200 Stephenville Concert Band, NL Howard Larade

11:30 AM B200 École le Mascaret Gr 6-8 Band, NB Monica Lang

1:00 PM B100 EB Chandler JHS Gr 8 Band, NS Kaitlin Conrad

1:30 PM B200 Five Bridges Gr 8/9 Band, NS Jackie Crowell

2:30 PM B100 South Queens Concert Band, NS Laura Wilson

3:00 PM B400 Horton Senior Concert Band, NS Kay Greene

3:30 PM B200 Rocky Lake Gr 9 Band, NS Tobias Beale

5:00PM B200 Second Chances Concert Band, NS Chris Ward

Wednesday, April 27Seton Stage, Seton Academic Centre

9:00 AM B500 O'Neill Senior Wind Ensemble, ON Billie-Marie Hunter

9:30 AM B200 East Wiltshire Gr 9 Band, PEI Frank Nabuurs

10:00 AM B300 Ch'town Rural Gr 10 Band, PEI Mark Parsons

10:30 AM B200 Queen Charlotte Gr 9 Band, PEI Sylvia Andrew

11:00 AM B300 BEC Concert Band, NS Stephen Muise

11:30 AM B100 SIS Gr 7 Band, PEI Peter Gallant

1:00 PM B100 Birchwood Int. Concert Band, PEI Brian Langille

1:30 PM B100 ME Callaghan Gr 7 Band, PEI Courtney Mullen

2:00 PM B100 SIS Grade 8 Band, PE Peter Gallant

2:30 PM B400 Ch'town Rural Gr 11/12 Concert Band, PEI Mark Parsons

3:00 PM B200 Gulf Shore Concert Band, PEI Kirsten MacLaine

3:30 PM B200 ME Callaghan Gr 8/9 Band, PEI Courtney Mullen

4:00 PM B100 Miscouche Concert Band, PEI Carrie MacLellan

4:30 PM B200 SIS Gr 9 Band, PEI Peter Gallant

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Wednesday, April 27MPR Stage, Rosaria Centre

10:30 AM B200 Souris Regional School Band, PEI Darren Chaisson

11:00 AM B300 Harmonie du Carrefour, NS Mallory De-Serres

11:30 AM B400 Earl of March Gr 10 Band, ON Allison Bruneao

1:00 PM B200 Kinkora HS Grade 9 Band, PEI Peter Wynne

1:30 PM B200 Athena Concert Band, PEI Jill Power

2:00 PM B100 George Street Concert Band, NB Greg Webber

2:30 PM B200 Montague Int. Gr.9 Band, PEI Rory O'Donnell

3:00 PM B500 White Oaks Concert Band, ON Carmen Gassi

3:30 PM B200 Hernewood Int. Band, PEI Andrea Ellis

4:00 PM B300 Kinkora Gr 9 -12 Band, PEI Peter Wynne

4:30 PM B300 Earl of March Gr 9 Band, ON Krista Norton

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Thursday, April 28Vinnie’s Stage, Rosaria Centre

9:00 AM N/C SIS Show Band Green, PEI Peter Gallant

9:30 AM A501 Ch'town Rural Ensembles, PEI Mark Parsons

10:00AM A701 George Street Jazz Band, NB Greg Webber

10:30 AM A501 Kinkora R&B Band, PEI Peter Wynne

11:00 AM N/C SIS Show Band Red, PEI Peter Gallant

11:30 AM A601 Bayview Community School Jazz Band, NS Gale Lohnes

12:30 PM A301 Horton Sr Jazz Band, NS Kay Greene

1:00PM A601 Montague Int. Jazz Band, PEI Rory O'Donnell

1:30PM N/C SIS Show Band White, PEI Peter Gallant

2:00PM A601 West Hants Jazz Band, NS Emily Brossoit

2:30PM A301 O'Neill OJ1, ON Duane Bronson

3:00PM N/C SIS Show Band Blue, PEI Peter Gallant

3:30PM A301 Colonel Gray Jazz Band, PE Roger Jabbour

4:00PM A601 Five Bridges Jazz Ensemble, NS Jackie Crowell

4:30PM A301 Breton Education Center Jazz, NS Stephen Muise

5:00PM A102 Second Chances Jazz, NS Stephanie MacKeown

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Thursday, April 28Full Gospel Church

9:30 AM C301 Ursuline College Choir, ON Michael Milner

10:00AM C601 Athena Vocal Ensemble, PEI Jill Power

10:30AM C301 HRSB East Youth Voices, NS Melissa Hartery

11:00AM C300 The Spartones, NS D. Hubley/R. McVicar-MacMullin

11:30 AM C301 O'Neill Senior Chamber Choir, ON Erin Collins

1:00 PM C301 Gander Collegiate Choir, NL Marlene Stanley

1:30 PM C701 Upbeat Girls Choir, NB Hilary Ready

2:00 PM C301 Woodstock HS Choir, NB Will Davidson

3:00 PM C701 Anglophone East District Choir, NB Leanne Delaney

3:30 PM C301 Cantatrice Girls Honour Choir, NS Karen Newhook-MacDonald

4:00 PM C301 O'Neill Senior Women's Choir, ON Nancy Allison

CHORAL ENSEMBLESThursday, April 28MPR Stage, Rosaria Centre

9:30 AM B200 Northside Int. Band, NS Steve MacInnis

10:30 AM B100 Northside Junior Band, NS Jennie McKibbon

11:00 AM B200 West Hants Concert Band, NS Emily Brossoit

11:30 AM B100 Digby RHS Concert Band, NS Mary Turnbull

1:00 PM B300 Colonel Gray Gr 10 Band, PEI Roger Jabbour

1:30 PM B301 Plucc, Ursuline College, ON James Brown

2:00 PM B100 Les Mardis Matin, NS Jennifer Wyatt

2:30 PM B200 Bridgewater Concert Band, NS Adam McConnell

3:00 PM B301 BEC Saxophone Ensemble, NS Stephen Muise

3:30 PM B301 BEC Flute Ensemble, NS Stephen Muise

4:00 PM B300 Gander Collegiate Concert Band, NL Jennifer Stanley

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Performances Streamed OnlineDuring the Halifax festival, live streaming video is available from each of the venues at www.atlanticfestivals.com/live.

AFM Halifax Performance Schedule AFM Halifax Clinics ScheduleFriday, April 29Seton Stage, Seton Academic Centre

9:00 AM B300 Eastern Shore Concert Band, NS Allison Penwell

9:30 AM B200 Bridgetown Senior Band, NS Chantel Corkum

10:00 AM B500 Earl of March Senior Band, ON Gord Birkinshaw

10:30 AM B300 Central Kings Gr 9 Band, NS Paul Hutten

11:00 AM B100 Pine Ridge Concert Band, NS Holly Merrett

11:30 AM B100 Evangeline Gr 7 Band, NS Michael Nelson

1:00 PM D301 West Kings DRUMLINE, NS Heather Davis

2:00 PM B400 Dartmouth High Concert Band, NS Michael Diabo

2:30 PM B300 Ursuline College Concert Band, ON Michael Milner

3:00 PM B200 Evangeline Grade 8 Band, NS Michael Nelson

5:00PM B100 Second Chances Beginner Band, NS Chris Ward

CONCERT BAND

Friday, April 29Vinnie’s Stage, Rosaria Centre

9:00 AM A301 Ursuline College Jazz Ensemble, ON James Dittmer

9:30 AM A301 Woodstock Combo #1, NB Will Davidson

10:00 AM A301 Woodstock Combo #2, NB Will Davidson

10:30 AM A301 Woodstock Combo #3, NB Will Davidson

11:00 AM A301 Dartmouth High Jazz Band, NS Michael Diabo

11:30 AM A301 NKEC Senior Jazz Band, NS Maggie Helms

1:30 PM A301 Bridgetown High Jazz Band, NS Chantel Corkum

2:00 PM A301 Park View Jazz Ensemble, NS Scott Leonard

2:30 PM A501 Earl of March Jazz Band, ON Allison Bruneao

3:00 PM A401 St Patrick's High School Jazz, QC David Parker

JAZZ ENSEMBLES

Junior Instrument ClinicsApril 27, 28, 2910:00 AM & 1:00 PM

Senior Instrument ClinicsApril 27, 28, 2911:00 AM & 2:00 PM

Choral ClinicsApril 2811:00 AM & 2:00 PM

FluteClarinetSaxophoneDouble ReedsTrumpetFrench HornTromboneLow BrassElectric BassPercussionChoral

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Awards are given at the discretion of the adjudicators. Any and all awards will be posted on the Festivals website (www.atlanticfestivals.com) once adjudications and award decisions are completed. Award announcements may be made at evening concerts if the information is available and time allows.

Outstanding Soloist AwardsLong & McQuade trophies and a Long & McQuade gift card in the amount of $100 will be awarded to students who play an outstanding solo during their ensemble’s performance at the Festivals. To be eligible, students must be listed on the Soloists form supplied to the ensemble director.

Long & McQuade Awards

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Featured Concerts & Dances

8:00 PM DJ Dance MPR, Rosaria Centre

8:30 PM DJ Dance Rosaria Centre

8:30 PM DJ Dance Rosaria Centre

8:30 PM Live Music at Vinnie’sNSCC Music Arts Ensembles

Vinnie’s Stage &Rosaria Cafeteria

Vinnie’s Stage &Rosaria Cafeteria

Vinnie’s Stage

8:30 PM Live Music at Vinnie’sNSCC Music Arts Ensembles

8:30 PM Live Music at Vinnie’sNSCC Music Arts Ensembles

7:00 PM Brogue Saxophone Quartet Seton StageSeton Academic Centre

Tuesday, April 26

8:30 PM DJ Dance The Wave2nd floor, UCC

7:00 PM Western U. Faculty Ensembles Paul Davenport Stage

Thursday, May 5

Friday, May 6

Wednesday, April 27

Thursday, April 28

Friday, April 29

6:30 PM Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy

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7:00 PM Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy

Seton StageSeton Academic Centre

7:00 PM The New Bridge Seton StageSeton Academic Centre

7:30 PM Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy

Seton StageSeton Academic Centre

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The New Bridge makes intricate and heartfelt music that criss-crosses the territories of jazz, folk, chamber music and rock. The five-piece ensemble includes three members of Gypsophilia -- Adam Fine, Ross Burns and Nick Wilkinson -- with Halifax mainstays Andrew Jackson

on trombone and Doug Cameron on drums. The quintet’s unusual instrumentation allows for a wide range of possibilities for their original compositions: sensitive and pastoral one moment, rough-edged and visceral the next.

The New Bridge

The Brogue Saxophone Quartet –

based in the port city of Halifax,

Nova Scotia – fuses the styles and

backgrounds of its four members

to create an ensemble that is lively,

engaging, cohesive, and dynamic! Their

highly polished performances always

include an element of entertainment

while maintaining a high level of musicianship. Going well beyond the

boundaries of the traditional saxophone quartet, the players bring

to the group their skills on other instruments and in diverse musical

styles. You never know what you might hear! James Kalyn (soprano),

Tristan De Borba (alto), Brad Reid (tenor), Catherine Hatt (baritone).

Brogue Saxophone Quartet

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Enjoy performances by talented groups from Nova Scotia Community College’s Music Arts program at Vinnie’s Stage and Rosaria Cafeteria Wednesday through Friday starting at 8:30 PM. These versatile up-and-coming talents will thrill you with R&B, world music, blues, rock, pop and more. Featured ensembles include Groovera, Jarod Gallant and The Assistants, Reggie and the Regulators, The

Pass Out Procedure, Coastal Effect, and Straight Out of Staples (pictured).

AFM Halifax Featured PerformersStadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy

The Stadacona Band of the Royal Canadian Navy is one of six regular force military bands serving the Canadian Forces. The band has always called Halifax its home and in 2015 celebrated its 75th anniversary. The band is in constant demand by Maritime charitable organizations to support their campaigns. At anytime, the Director of Music can meet requests for the band

by utilizing the most appropriate ensemble: the parade band, brass or woodwind chamber groups, small dinner groups, our Rock and Roll/Top 40 band “Boarding Party” and/or the full symphonic concert band.

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Shawn Spicer holds degrees from McGill and Yale universities, and has worked in musical organizations across Canada from Symphony Nova Scotia to the Calgary-based Foothills Brass Quintet to Bamfield BC’s Music by the Sea Festival. In 1999 Shawn was appointed principal trumpet of Orchestra London Canada where he played for 15 years. Shawn also performs regularly as a

musician at the Stratford Shakespearian Festival. He has played with Taffelmusik, Studio de Musique Ancienne de Montréal, the Sante Fe Early Music Society and the Theatro Municipale do Rio de Janeiro. Shawn was trumpet instructor at the Canadian Forces School of Music in Borden Ontario for 8 years and since 2003 has taught trumpet at Western University in London, Ontario.

AFM London Featured Performers

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Bachelor of Arts in Music Music Administrative Studies Popular Music

Music Performance Diploma

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GROW BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS WITH NEW JUNO STUDENT REEDS MADE BY VANDORENJuno is the first reed made specifically for beginning students. Using Vandoren cane and manufactured in the same facility as all Vandoren reeds, JUNO is a new cut that makes the first notes easy and beautiful.

Students will experience success from the start. Your students will have success from day one. Having immediate success will encourage them to stay in your program.

You can teach tone and balance from the beginning! It’s pretty exciting to start developing your section sound from the first day your students play. It happens with JUNO.

Your parents will love them too! Who wouldn’t want a child who was excited with immediate success! Parents will also love that each reed is individually wrapped for performance and cleanliness. And the cost of JUNO reeds is the same or lower than other entry-level reeds!

For more information: www.junoreeds.com

...it’s their first Vandoren.Designed and manufactured by Vandoren SAS France. © 2013.

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AFM London Performance ScheduleThursday, May 5Paul Davenport Stage

9:00 AM B400 Corner Brook Regional High Wind Symphony, NL Darren White

9:30 AM B300 Kensington Intermediate Senior High Concert Band, PEI Angela Profit

10:00 AM B300 Harbour View High School Concert Band, NB Lisa Sanderson

10:30 AM On-stage clinic

11:00 AM A301 Kensington Intermediate Senior High Jazz Band, PEI Angela Profit

11:30 AM On-stage clinic

1:00 PM A301 Corner Brook Regional High Jazz Ensemble, NL Darren White

1:30 PM B100 Dr. Ross Tilley Public School Concert Band, ON Kent Miller

2:00 PM On-stage clinic

2:30 PM B300 St Mary CSS Competitive Band, ON Lisa Puccia

3:00 PM On-stage clinic

3:30 PM B100 Dolphin Public Senior Concert Band, ON Karen Suidan

4:00 PM On-stage clinic

Thursday, May 5von Kuster Stage

9:00 AM Workshop Pearce/ Burin Choirs-Combined, NL Amanda Hollett

9:30 AM Workshop Continued

10:30 AM Warm-up / The Burin Peninsula Youth Choir

11:00 AM C301 The Burin Peninsula Youth Choir, NL Amanda Hollett

11:30 AM On-stage clinic

2:30 PM Warm-up / Pearce Junior High Choir

3:00 PM C601 Pearce Junior High Choir, NL Amanda Hollett

3:30 PM On-stage clinic

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AFM London Performance ScheduleThursday, May 5Talbot 27 Stage

Friday, May 6Paul Davenport Stage

9:30 AM Clinic Corner Brook Regional Wind Symphony, NL Darren White

10:00 AM Clinic Kensington Intermediate Senior High Concert Band, PEI Angela Profit

1:30 PM Clinic Corner Brook Regional High Jazz Ensemble, NL Darren White

2:00 PM Workshop Harbour View High School Concert Band, NB Lisa Sanderson

2:30 PM Workshop Continued

3:00 PM Workshop Corner Brook Regional Wind Ensemble, NL Darren White

3:30 PM Workshop Continued

4:00 PM Workshop St Mary CSS Competitive Band, ON Lisa Puccia

4:30 PM Workshop Continued

9:00 AM B400 L’Harmonie de l’ecole Mathieu Martin, NB Denise Albert-Lanteigne

9:30 AM B100 U.C.C. Grade 7 Concert Band, ON Paul McGarr

10:00 AM On-stage clinic

10:30 AM B300 King's Concert Band, ON Kevin Norbury

11:00 AM B200 U.C.C. Grade 7 Wind Ensemble, ON Paul McGarr

11:30 AM On-stage clinic

Friday, May 6Talbot 27 Stage

9:30 AM Clinic L’Harmonie de l’ecole Mathieu Martin, NB Denise Albert-Lanteigne

10:00 AM Workshop Dr Ross Tilley Public School Band, ON Kent Miller

10:30 AM Workshop Continued

11:00 AM Clinic King's Christian College Concert Band, ON Kevin Norbury

11:30 AM Workshop Dolphin Public Senior School Band, ON Karen Suidan

12:00 PM Workshop Continued

1:00 PM Warm-up / U.C.C. Grade 7 Jazz Ensemble

1:30 PM A701 U.C.C. Grade 7 Jazz Ensemble Paul McGarr

2:00 PM On-stage Clinic

2:30 PM Workshop L’Harmonie de l’ecole Mathieu Martin, NB Denise Albert-Lanteigne

3:00 PM Workshop Continued

John MacLeodBrian Dickinson Mike Downes

Pat LaBarberaKirk MacDonald

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