Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University

Featuring our very own voice professor Christina Haldane! Engaging Creativities: Art in the Pandemic features solo artists, artist collaboratives, and academics who have made work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This virtual exhibition was conceived by members of the RSC Task Force on COVID-19 Working Group on Artistic Responses to COVID-19 as a way to help Canada respond to the myriad challenges that have arisen as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Iy_voYMVhY

Explore and develop your artistic entrepreneurial spirit by joining 4250! This course is designed for those interested in arts-led business ventures and self-producing theatre, music and film events for public platforms. May 10 - June 1, 2021: Open as an elective to all Dalhousie Students... ASYNCHRONOUS (recorded) courses do not require you to be online at any specific time/day. @dalhousieu, @dal_fass #arts, #business, #entrepreneur, #theatre, #music, #film, #arts-led, #audiences, #branding, #digital

Attention emerging playwrights: Each year the Playwrights Guild of Canada host an annual awards competition honouring Canadian playwrights in a wide range of categories! The RBC Emerging Playwright award gives up-and-coming playwrights the opportunity to win a six-month mentorship with a professional playwright of their choice, from our 800+ playwrights roster as well as a $2,000 cash prize. PGC offers a second and third place prize as well. If you know of any emerging playwr...ights I encourage you to share this opportunity with them! Playwrights Guild APPLY TODAY https://playwrightsguild.ca/award-submissions/ See more

"Traversing Operatic Networks of Fame during the Enlightenment", presented by Estelle Joubert, Associate Professor and Provost Fellow, Dalhousie University This paper showcases an SSHRC-funded digital project entitled Visualizing Operatic Fame to model processes of operatic fame during the Enlightenment. Three major areas of graph theory and network science will be explored: searching and pathfinding, influencers and hubs, and clusters and communities. This lecture series was begun to coincide with the advent of the graduate program as a way of offering our graduate students access to a broader range of scholars, and is named in honor of Dr. David Schroeder a distinguished musicologist who recently retired from Dalhousie University. For more information, visit https://www.dal.ca//david-schroeder-music---culture-lectur

Join us for our second David Schroeder Music and Culture Series lecture with the Fountain School's very own Dr. Estelle Joubert. Dalhousie University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University

This years Open Waters Festival 2021: New Music for the New Decade with Upstream Music Association has some phenomenal performances taking place! One to note in particular is "if you remove me from the hinge... we can swing freely on the breeze" Featuring our very own faculty member Tim Crofts. Tuesday, January 12 @ 7:30 pm. "Seven pianos you say? In an underground bunker? The answer was immediate and continues to unravel. Seven pianos. Three times. Seven minutes. Three ways. Three me. One you. Multiplicity on multiplicity. Halifax improviser Tim Crofts likes the piano, really he does. Tim explores the full sonic capabilities of the acoustic piano through extended techniques and a wide range of piano preparations. He is able to coax a variety of colour and extreme dynamic contrast through employing traditional and non-traditional techniques in tandem. He has performed in numerous settings and with numerous new music and improvised organizations. However, never before has he faced seven grand pianos. Will he succeed? Tune in to find out." http://www.upstreammusic.org/open-waters-festival-2021

We wish you rest and relaxation over the holiday season and we miss all of you! From the administrative team at the Fountain School: Jess, Lesley, Marie and Tatjana!

Today's featured Fountain School student: Javier Mullally, Tenor, 3rd year performance. Enjoy this amazing performance of "Gute Nacht from Winterreise", Franz Schubert. ... Dalhousie University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dalhousie University https://youtu.be/mXz7j-e2-d0