Category: Fundraising

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Opera Ceilidh Kitchen Party, April 30, at the Good Robot Brewing Company

Join us for our first Opera Kitchen Party, and help us raise money to support scholarships for local singers to the 14th Annual Halifax Summer Opera Festival!

Thanks to the generous support of the amazing folks at Good Robot Brewing and their Good Will Bot program, $1 from every pint of beer sold on Monday April 30 will go towards our scholarship fund. They’re open from 3 pm, so come on in and drink to opera education!

From 6 to 8 pm we’ll also present three sets of opera and musical theatre: featuring drunk opera, stupid opera stories, , audience participation, 50/50 draw, contests and an opera quiz. Many special musical guests will join us including Tara Scott on piano, soprano Maureen Batt, tenor Koosha Kormanian, mezzos Megan Hayward and Nina Scott-Stoddart, baritone MarKo Hubert and bass-baritone Tom Brosky.

Admission is free! Come and raise a pint from 3 pm or after 8, or come anytime between 6 and 8 pm and party the operatic way!

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Support young singers coming to Halifax for opera education!

Support opera and performing arts education in Nova Scotia!

Join us for wine, cheese, great music and the best view of Halifax around: from Dartmouth! Support scholarships for young local singers at our Spring Fundraiser and spend two pleasant hours in an elegant setting with nibbles, wine and wonderful singing.
Performers include Tara Scott on piano, with soprano Suzanne Rigden, countertenor Andrew Pickett, tenor Jason Davis, mezzos Lucy Hayes-Davis and Nina Scott-Stoddart and baritone Andre Gaudet.

Sunday, June 25 – 2 to 4 pm
BOYNECLARK
99 Wyse Road, Suite 600
Dartmouth, NS

Tickets are $75 each, which includes a $50 tax receipt, and are available at  TicketHalifax.com or you can drop us an email at admin@halifaxsummeroperafestival.com and we’ll put one aside for you to purchase at the door.

All proceeds go toward scholarships to allow young performers to attend the Halifax Summer Opera Festival.

Here is a link to the Facebook event if you’d like to pass the word along.

Can’t make it to the concert but would like to help support scholarships for Nova Scotian singers to attend HSOF? Donate online to our Scholarship Fund at CanadaHelps.org and receive a lovely tax receipt!  Or send a cheque made payable to Halifax Summer Opera Festival to PO Box 1819, Lunenburg, NS, B0J 2C0. Or call Nina at 902-521-8577 and make a donation with a credit card over the phone. Or send a donation by PayPal to payments@halifaxsummeroperafestival.com. Your entire donation will receive a tax receipt — make sure to let us know your email address or snail mail address so we can get that receipt to you!

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Opera by the Harbour: a fundraiser for Halifax Summer Opera Festival

Opera by the Harbour: a fundraising event for Halifax Summer Opera Festival’s Scholarship Fund

Sunday June 25
2 to 4 pm

Offices of BOYNECLARK
99 Wyse Road, Suite 600, Dartmouth

Join us for wine, cheese, great music and the best view of Halifax around: from Dartmouth!  Support scholarships for young local singers at our Spring Fundraiser and spend two pleasant hours in an elegant setting with nibbles, wine and wonderful singing.

 Tickets are $75 each, which includes a $50 tax receipt, and are available at  TicketHalifax.com or you can drop us an email at admin@halifaxsummeroperafestival.com and we’ll put one aside for you to purchase at the door.

(Our special thanks to BOYNECLARK for hosting this event in their beautiful offices!)

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  • Event: Opera by the Harbour
  • Date: Sunday, June 25th 2017
  • Time: 2:00pm
  • Venue: BOYNECLARK offices
  • City: Dartmouth , NS
  • Address: 99 Wyse Road, Suite 600
  • Country: CA
  • Admission: 75.00
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Two Babes and One Piano: a fundraising concert for HSOF

One piano, four amazing hands. Don’t miss this special concert of opera and ballet music by Mozart, Bizet and Berg, with a special performance of Milhaud’s Le Boeuf Sur le Toit! Performed by two of Halifax’s most talented and charming pianists, Jennifer King and Tara Scott, to benefit the Scholarship Fund of the Halifax Summer Opera Festival.

Saturday April 1, 7:30 p.m.
Lillian Piercey Concert Hall
Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
6199 Chebucto Avenue, Halifax

Tickets are $25, $10 for youth 16 and under, and will be available at the door or at TicketHalifax.com

Programme:

Overture to Cosi Fan Tutte W.A. Mozart

Overture to The Magic Flute W.A. Mozart

L’Arlesienne- Incidental Music to the Melodrama G. Bizet trans. R. de Vilbac

Variationen aus Lulu A. Berg Trans. H.E. Apostel

Intermission

Le Boeuf Sur le Toit or The Nothing Doing Bar D. Milhaud

 

 

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Opera on the Arm, July 9 — Scholarships for opera education

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We’re very much looking forward to this Saturday’s Opera Scholarship fundraiser, Opera on the Arm, on July 9 from 4 to 7 pm. Enjoy music, food, drink in this garden party to celebrate HSOF’s 12 season!

Performers include:

Tara Scott
Maureen Batt
Jennifer Farrell
Nina Scott-Stoddart
Patrick Simms
Jon-Paul Décosse

Tickets are available in advance online at TicketHalifax or you can reserve them by emailing Nina.