Past Events

NSYO Chamber Music Showcase

On Sunday, April 11th at 4 pm, Musique Royale presents Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra in a Chamber Music Showcase at St Barnabas Anglican Church in Blue Rocks. Three ensembles featuring young musicia...

Gillian Smith

Musique Royale is delighted to feature violinist Gillian Smith at St Barnabas Church in Blue Rocks, for an in person, afternoon concert on Easter Monday, March 5th at 2 pm. A native of Halifax, Gi...

Virtual Cookie Concert: Around the World in Six Strings

On April 3 at 2 pm join Musique Royale virtually for Around the World in Six Strings, as Vladimir Sitnikov plays music from different countries, genres and cultures on his guitar. Young musicians ...

Rachel Desoer and Ian Tomaz

Musique Royale invites you to hear pianist Ian Tomaz and cellist Rachel Desoer in concert at St. David’s Presbyterian Church in Halifax on Wednesday March 24th at 7:30 pm. Ian will first perform 7 ...

Invisible

“Invisible” is a new virtual concert by Regard Persan exploring the sounds of Persian music through kamanche, tanbour and percussion. The pieces featured are all original compositions by members of...

Philippe Djokic & Lynn Stodola

Musique Royale is delighted to welcome violinist Philippe Djokic and pianist Lynn Stodola to perform a virtual concert featuring music by Vitali, Grieg, Dvorak, and Beethoven. The concert is prerec...

Virtual Cookie Concert: Chris Norman & Amy O'Neill

On March 6 at 2 pm join Musique Royale virtually for a Cookie Concert that highlights music deeply rooted in Maritime Canada’s folk music traditions. Flute, whistle, concertina, small pipes and v...

Courage, Curiosity, and Compassion

As our priorities become increasingly and sparklingly clear to us, let us embrace courage, explore curiosity, and exude compassion. Join Musique Royale for a chuckle and a musical hug as Maureen Ba...

Music for Two

Recognized for their “technical virtuosity” (Culture Spot LA) and “personal style that leaves us wanting to hear more” (Classica Magazine), Eva Aronian, violin, and Cameron Crozman, cello team up a...

Virtual Cookie Concert: Schubert's Unfinished Trout

February’s Cookie Concert features Gatto Dolce Duo performing “Schubert’s Unfinished Trout”.Franz Schubert lived a little over 100 years ago. He was a composer of music and wrote a lot of songs; on...

Mozart Clarinet Quintet

Hear Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet featuring clarinetist Eileen Walsh and other members of Symphony Nova Scotia. The virtual concert was pre recorded in Lunenburg in partnership with St John’s Church’s...

Cookie Concert: Enriquez Family Trio

Musique Royale welcomes back the Enriquez Family Trio to the south shore for a virtual Cookie Concert at Lunenburg School of the Arts. Alison Enriquez (violin, vocals), Augusto Pedro Enriquez (gui...

Dinuk Wijeratne Trio Canada

Hear pianist Dinuk Wijeratne in a virtual concert with jazz drummer/world percussionist Nick Halley, and double bassist Tom Easley. Sri Lankan-born Canadian Dinuk Wijeratne is a JUNO and multi-awa...

Conundrum

Musique Royale presents Conundrum in a virtual concert from St John’s Anglican Church. Conundrum is the dynamic flute and harp duo of Jack Chen and Ellen Gibling. Conundrum balances classic reperto...

Gathering

Musique Royale presents Aureas Voces in a virtual concert featuring the ensemble’s founding artistic director Nick Veltmeyer, soprano Janelle Lucyk and special guest artists. The concert is recorde...

Thalea String Quartet

Musique Royale is delighted to present a one night only virtual concert featuring Thalea String Quartet. The concert program highlights the quartet’s interest in exploring diverse voices and influe...

Cookie Concert: Papilio

Musique Royale announces an upcoming virtual Cookie Concert featuring Papilio, taking listeners on a creative journey exploring the roots music of many cultures. Papilio is a neo-traditional acoust...

Triton Trio

Musique Royale presents Triton Trio on Saturday Oct 31st at 7:30 pm, in a virtual concert from St John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg.ProgrammeAntonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) – Concerto for Two Trumpet...

Blackwood

Programme1) SILENTIO by Peter-Anthony Togni 2) LOST AND FOUND by Jeff Reilly3) UNCOUNTABLE by Peter-Anthony Togni4) PASSAGES by Peter-Anthony Togni and Jeff Reilly5) TO DREAM OF SILENCE by Jeff R...

Party Like It's 1699! - The Dance Music of 18th Century France

(1) Jacques Hotteterre (le Romain)Prelude in D Major - from L’Art De Préluder sur la Flûte Traversière (1719)Troisiéme Suite - from Premier Livre De Pièces Pour la Flûte Traversière (1715) Alleman...

Bonus Recording: Standard Time Quartet

Musique Royale is delighted to release a recording of Standard Time Quartet performing at Dawn Oman’s Art Gallery. The quartet features guitarist Georges Hebert and jazz vocalist Irene Wilkinson, ...

Bonus featurette: Undae Quartet

Undae Quartet presents a jaunt through Renaissance expression, from human discord to divine harmonies. The quartet explores a number of Renaissance compositions, culminating in a soul-stirring per...

Cookie Concert: Dan McKinnon

Musique Royale presents Dan McKinnon this Saturday at 2pm ADT in a virtual Cookie Concert at the Lunenburg School of the Arts. The Nova Scotia-born singer, songwriter has written many songs based ...

Bridge & Wolak

For one night only, Musique Royale presents a virtual concert featuring Bridge & Wolak, a globe-trotting music & comedy duo, merging traditional instruments with 21st century digital techno...

Bella Vita 1720

The Baroque Argento Collective of Halifax (B.A.C.H.) performs “Bella Vita 1720”, taking listeners through sonatas by Handel, P.B. Bellinzani, and P. Locatelli. Hear Sibylle Marquardt (flute), Hilar...

Peter Allen

When Peter Allen was in the final semester of his Masters of Music in Performance from Yale University, he wrote a different bagatelle every day. Hear seven of his favourites from this collection o...

Barbara Butler Celebration

Earlier this year Barbara Butler retired from her role of Artistic Director at Musique Royale (which she served for 21 years), moving into a semi-retired position of Senior Artistic Advisor. Musiqu...

St John String Quartet

For over 30 years the Saint John String Quartet has stood among Canada’s leading chamber music ensembles. Renowned for its flexibility, the quartet is equally comfortable collaborating with blues a...

Bad Boy Composers - Gatto Dolce

Ever wondered which composers spent time in Jail? Who fought duels? Who treated their wives and lovers badly? They may have written heavenly music, but they were no angels! Join the Gatto Dolce duo...

Sacrilicious

The Renaissance was a time of eager experimentation by composers as they explored the heights of divine devotion and the depths of human passion. And often, the same composers would go to both extr...

Devin Huang – piano

Musique Royale is delighted to feature 13 year old pianist, Devin Huang, who was this years first prize winner of the NSTT Peggy Corkum / Musique Royale Legacy Award. Devin was recently named by C...

Praying and Dancing

Musique Royale presents “Praying and Dancing” performed by a cello quartet that includes Rachel Desoer, Shimon Walt, Priscilla Lee, and Ben Marmen.In this time of forced isolation, this is a progra...

Michael R. Denny

Musique Royale’s third virtual concert of its 35th Summer Festival features Mi’kmaw singer Michael R. Denny at Government House in Halifax. Michael shares Mi’kmaw songs from hundreds of years ago ...

Peter-Anthony Togni

Musique Royale’s second virtual concert of its 35th Summer Festival (available on YouTube) features pianist and composer Peter-Anthony Togni at First United Church in Truro in a contemplative progr...

Kirsty Money & Jude Pelley

Celebrating its 35th anniversary summer season, Musique Royale presents its first virtual edition concert (available on YouTube) featuring Kirsty Money (nyckelharpa) and Jude Pelley (bouzouki), set...

Come Celebrate! with Halifax Camerata Singers & Ben Heppner

Due to recommendations from Nova Scotia’s public health authorities regarding COVID-19, this Celebration Concert is currently postponed.Musique Royale presents Canadian superstar tenor Ben Heppner ...

Celebration Concert – 15th anniversary of St. John’s Restoration

Due to recommendations from Nova Scotia’s public health authorities regarding COVID-19, this Celebration Concert is currently postponed.Musique Royale is excited to celebrate the 15th anniversary o...

The Firebird

Due to new recommendations from Nova Scotia’s public health authorities regarding COVID-19, Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra’s presentation of The Firebird has been cancelled.Musique Royale invites you ...

St John Passion by J.S. Bach

Due to new recommendations from Nova Scotia’s public health authorities regarding COVID-19, the St John Passion has been cancelled.The Chapel Choir’s cycle of Baroque masterworks brings them back t...

Azuline Duo

Due to new recommendations from Nova Scotia’s public health authorities regarding COVID-19, the April Cookie Concert featuring Azuline Duo has been cancelled.Musique Royale presents the Azuline Duo...

Gloria! Vivaldi and his Angels

Due to new recommendations from Nova Scotia’s public health authorities regarding COVID-19, Gloria! Vivaldi & his angels has been postponed with a new date to be announced soon. Ticket holders ...

From Russia With Love

Due to new recommendations from Nova Scotia’s public health authorities regarding COVID-19, the Cecilia’s Retreat event featuring Merkelo & Salov has been cancelled.About the artistsPaul Merkel...

Devin Huang

Musique Royale presents Devin Huang, the first recipient of the newly established Peggy Corkum / Musique Royale Legacy Award, for a solo piano program at Cecilia’s Retreat. The morning will includ...

Jennah Barry

Moving effortlessly between folk, country and soft rock motifs, Jennah Barry’s music sets her at the forefront of a tradition of women making music as strong as it is sentimental. Hailing from the ...

Proteus – Saxophone Quartet

Musique Royale is delighted to welcome the musicians of Proteus, an ensemble uniting four saxophonists from across Canada to St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg.  Originally formed in Paris in ...

Dale Kavanagh

Musique Royale welcomes back the polished sound of classical guitarist Dale Kavanagh to perform a house concert at Cecilia’s Retreat. Hear music by Praetorius, Paganini and a number of Dale’s own c...

Foxfire

Foxfire is the glowing branches in the forest, a bio-luminescence so rare and magical. Fitting is the name for this eclectic trio. Coco Harris, Mary Knickle and Miranda Lever soulfully bring you a...

A Baroque Grand Tour

In the 18th century, the “Grand Tour” of Europe was designed to enlighten England’s young elite, introducing them to the masterful music, exceptional art, and decadent delights of the Continent. No...

Duo Concertante performs J.S. Bach

Musique Royale invites you into the intimate setting of Cecilia’s Retreat to hear four of J.S. Bach’s Sonatas for violin and piano interpreted by the magnetic Duo Concertante. Known for the passion...

Old Man Luedecke

Musique Royale Cookie Concerts invite you to ring in the New Year with Old Man Luedecke! Bringing his songs and a banjo, Old Man Luedecke is the real thing, a modern-day people’s poet, a traveling...

To Bethlehem With Kings

Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir, directed by Nick Halley, presents its annual programme of Christmas music. This 10‐year anniversary concert will feature Benjamin Brittenʹs iconic A Ceremony o...

A King's Christmas

The University of King’s College Chapel Choir will return to Lunenburg this December with their 12th annual feast of seasonal song and story, under the direction of five-time Grammy award winner Pa...

Lennie Gallant - The Innkeeper's Christmas Concert

Musique Royale presents an evening of seasonal music with Lennie Gallant at Cecilia’s Retreat. The concert is named after the artist’s much loved song, ‘The Innkeeper’. The song is a redemption sto...

Glenn Patscha Trio

Glenn Patscha is an extraordinary musician specializing in New Orleans’ Cajun grooves. In demand and on stage with top artists of multiple genres, he and his family recently moved their home to Mah...

Maxim & Gervais Cormier

Musique Royale presents two concerts with Maxim & Gervais Cormier, a Cape Breton Guitar Duo performing a Celtic, Jazz and Folk extravaganza with Celtic tunes, classical compositions, and origin...

Iris Trio with poet Don McKay

Hommage and InspirationPraised for their “beauty of sound and striking expression”, the Iris Trio will perform a cozy house concert at Cecilia’s Retreat on November 26th. On tour for their new albu...

The Nine Maidens

Delightful songs of heroines and heroes who cleverly abscond danger and find the comforting escape of love. English traditional songs tell of age old expeditions, daring escapes and exotic delight...

Pianist Daniel Wnukowski

Hailed as “rapturous and glowing” and “an inspirational and devoted pianist”, hear Polish-Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski perform J.S. Bach, Beethoven, and Schumann at Cecilia’s Retreat!Polish-Ca...

Steve Normandin & Sylvie Briday

Musique Royale Cookie Concerts invite you to come hear a happy programs full of French folk songs, original instrumental compositions, and French & Quebecois airs! With selections from Steve &...

Bev & Marc

Combining violin, FX pedals, marimba, vibraphone and even a musical saw, Debut Atlantic Encore Artists Bev & Marc are returning to Marc’s native Atlantic Canada. Their combined virtuosity and a...

Ezra Duo

Musique Royale is delighted to present a rich program of viola and piano works with the Ezra Duo, whose artistic collaboration was formed while violist Jacob Clewell and pianist Sasha Bult-Ito were...

Doogie & Dun

Musique Royale presents Doogie & Dun, a collaboration between two long time Canadian musician/vocalists who will touch the hearts and funny bones of fans of all ages and musical persuasions. D...

Autumn Any Day Now

David Greenberg and David McGuinness serve up a feast of fiddle tunes from 18th-century Scotland and the present day, seasoned with exotic experimental excursions into the music of Frank Zappa and ...

Pres du Soleil

For decades now, Ensemble Caprice has been exploring new sound universes. Ensemble Caprice combines forces with Constantinople, and these two prominent Montreal-based musical forces dive into a co...

Heidelberg University’s Chamber Choir: Camerata Carolina

Musique Royale invites you to explore Mozart and his surroundings! Prepare to be thrilled by the award-winning and internationally respected chamber choir of Heidelberg University in Germany, the C...

Meagan & Amy

Musique Royale is presents a dynamic violin and piano duo known as meagan&amy in an exciting concert of works by Canadian composers combined with European classical works, to explore the many s...

Summer of Youth

Classical … with a twist: Woodwind quintet Ventus Machina presents Summer of Youth. Sparkling melodies, sweet saxophone, and new cover arrangements of songs by Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot and I...

And So It Goes

Leading up to his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, dynamo baritone Brett Polegato joins major collaborative pianist Robert Kortgaard to present a heartfelt peppering of songs from Cole Porter, Roge...

Glenn Patscha Trio

Glenn Patscha is an extraordinary musician specializing in New Orleans’ Cajun grooves. In demand and on stage with top artists of multiple genres, he and his family recently moved their home to Mah...

Laura Smith & Kim Dunn

Laura Smith is a celebrated Canadian singer songwriter and well-loved by musical audiences throughout the province. With four full-length recordings to her credit, she has lived and worked in Nova ...

Montreal Guitar Trio

Hear the “hottest” guitar ensemble in Canada (CBC), as Montreal Guitar Trio performs three concerts presented by Musique Royale this August. Winning over audiences around the world for over 20 yea...

The Best of Boxwood 2019

Musique Royale presents The Best of Boxwood 2019- combining colorful and eclectic sounds with the finesse of classical technique creating a salute to the traditional dance music of the Canadian Mar...

Jennah Barry & Glenn Patscha

Jennah Barry has been described as one of Atlantic Canada’s surest sirens, with an undeniable, rosewater voice which will have you pressing the repeat button over and over when listening to her rec...

Bùmarang

Musique Royale invites locals and visitors alike to experience Bùmarang, virtuosic Celtic music infused with many musical flavours from three of Montreal’s finest Celtic musicians. Bùmarang, compri...

John Laing

Musique Royale presents an organ concert by one of the significant contributors for liturgical music in Canada, John Laing. Laing will perform works by Bach and Mendelssohn and original compositio...

Ironwood String Quartet

A quartet of curious musicians whose home base is Canada’s National Arts Centre, Ironwood String Quartet has sprung into a position as one of Canada’s premiere chamber music ensembles since their d...

Aella

Hear a beautiful collection of female voices, performing without a conductor, as Musique Royale welcomes Aella to St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg this summer! The Ottawa-based treble choir ...

Bach and Vivaldi Sonatas

“Genre-bending” (National Post), “intrepid” (Globe and Mail), “profound” (The WholeNote) and “freaky good” (The Gazette) violinist Mark Fewer joins one of Canada’s finest early music specialists, h...

Chantez Toujours

Inspired by the Congrès Mondial Acadien which is taking place in both of their hometowns this year, Prince Edward Island born soprano Robyn Perry and pianist Christine Gollan of Dieppe, New Brunswi...

An Ocean Apart with Aureas Voces

Stunning arrangements of Nova Scotian folk songs from the Helen Creighton Collection and works from celebrated English composer Henry Purcell (1659-1695) tell the journey across oceans of young lov...

Harry Vetro Quartet

In the heat of early summer Cecilia’s Retreat will be filled with colourful jazz with rising jazz drummer Harry Vetro and his quartet in concert. In 2017, as Canada celebrated 150 years of confede...

Arabesques and Pantomimes with pianist Julien LeBlanc

Program for Cecilia’s Retreat, Mahone BayJoin pianist Julien LeBlanc as he presents a program of storytelling centered around the timeless Commedia dell’Arte characters. Guided by composers includ...

Glenn Patscha

Get ready for a concert that will have you itching to dance as Cajun jazz is lit up at Cecilia’s Retreat with New Orleans specialist on the keys, Glenn Patscha! Glenn Patscha recently made his home...

Mother's Day with Brahms and Beethoven

Musique Royale is delighted to welcome back Philippe Djokic to Cecilia’s Retreat, this time he brings with him a quartet including Leonardo Perez (violin), Elizabeth Upson Perez (viola), and Ben Ma...

Alan Syliboy and The Thundermakers

In partnership with Bayview Home & School, and Bayview Community School, Musique Royale proudly presents Alan Syliboy and The Thundermakers, in a multidisciplinary concert of charging rhythms a...

Hogtown Brass

Musique Royale welcomes the Toronto-based Hogtown Brass Quintet to perform at its May 4th Cookie Concert. Hear these five diverse musicians from a variety of musical backgrounds, ranging from Clas...

Paris in the 1930's

Musique Royale invites you to travel back in time as Lucas Porter presents a virtuosic program infused with the reverie and imagination of Paris in the 1930’s. At Cecilia’s Retreat, a cozy salon-st...

Standard Time Trio

Musique Royale offers a special evening of nostalgic jazz with Standard Time Trio, as they share hits from The Great American Songbook (classic standards from the 20s to the 50s) peppered with the ...

Rissesco & Sampson

Musique Royale is delighted to present the unstoppable fiddling of Anthony Rissesco and grooving guitar rhythms of Doug Sampson for the April Cookie Concert. The duo will bring a range of Scottish...

The Passion Dinner

Soloists of St. Matthew Passion, accompanied by Paul HalleyPaul Halley and the incredible world class soloists who will perform with the King’s College Chapel Choir performance of St. Matthew Passi...

Symphony Nova Scotia, Beethoven’s Seventh and Dinuk’s Clarinet

Musique Royale is proud to once again welcome Symphony Nova Scotia to the South Shore for a concert showcasing the newest work of Nova Scotia’s own Dinuk Wijeratne. A JUNO-winning dynamo, he’s “ex...

Piano Erhu Project

Musique Royale welcomes to Cecilia’s Retreat a fascinating blend of Eastern and Western cultures in the musical meeting which is Piano Erhu Project, a collaboration between virtuosos Nicole Ge Li a...

Vancouver Chamber Choir, Music Sea to Sea

Vancouver Chamber Choir directed by Jon WashburnMusique Royale is thrilled to present the Vancouver Chamber Choir in Lunenburg, for their final concert of a coast-to-coast tour honouring Jon Washbu...

Junco

Pianist Glenn Patscha and Drummer Geoff Arsenault reconvene with bassist Colin Nealis for another Junco Trio groove get together. They will be serving up a delicious set of New Orleans and Louisian...

A Morning of Transcriptions

Musique Royale invites you to a morning at Cecilia’s Retreat with beautiful music transcribed for piano, featuring Nova Scotia’s beloved pianist, Peter Allen, who will share transcriptions from Lis...

The Perseus Trio

Cecilia’s Retreat welcomes The Perseus Trio as they perform works of Beethoven and Dvorak on Sunday, Oct 21st at 5pm. The members - Sharon Gow-Knickle, piano; Bonnie Romkey, violin; and Ifan Will...

Argento Collective – Cookie Concert

Musique Royale presents the Argento Collective at Lunenburg School of the Arts for a Cookie Concert featuring Sibylle Marquardt (flute), Paul Pulford (cello) and Jennifer King (piano). The trio bri...

Duo Concertante and Christine Carter

Winners of the 2018 ECMA Classical Recording of the Year, Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves’ Duo Concertante are back at Cecilia’s Retreat, this time bringing clarinetist Christine Carter, for a deli...

Rolston String Quartet

Scooping up a multitude of awards in most recent years, and praised as rivaling the best string quartets in the world, Rolston String Quartet interpret works of Ravel, Beethoven and Mendelssohn at ...

Cameron Crozman & Philip Chiu

On Friday, January 18th, hear cellist Cameron Crozman at Cecilia’s Retreat performing alongside pianist Philip Chiu, who will present selections off of their upcoming CD release, Cavatine, a collec...

Cookie Concert – Carol Sing-a-long

On the twelfth day of Christmas ring out the season with a Carol Sing-a-long. Guided by a quartet of Musique Royale carolers, join together in song with classic carols from Go Tell it on the Mounta...

Andrew Son

Musique Royale is thrilled to present pianist Andrew Son in concert at Cecilia’s Retreat, interpreting music of Haydn, Mendelssohn, Liszt and Chopin. Last April, Son was chosen from five accomplish...

To Bethlehem with Kings 2018

Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir directed by Nick HalleyA traditional and heart-warming evening of carols for Christmas sung by a choir of men and boys in the European traditionThere is perhaps n...

100 Candles

Blackwood Duo featuring soprano Janelle LucykDelve into the positive power of Christmas – in an atmosphere of depth, reflection, lyricism and celebration of intense beauty. Music that boldly shifts...

A King's Christmas 2018

Described by the Chronicle Herald as “annual magic”, this feast of seasonal song and story is back for an 11th year. Directed by five-time Grammy winner Paul Halley, the music features a fresh sel...

Milton String Quartet & Philip Chiu

Musique Royale is thrilled to welcome pianist Philip Chiu and the Milton String Quartet to perform at Cecilia’s Retreat. The prestigious ensemble based out of Montreal, Quebec has soared quickly to...

Cookie Concert – From Bach to Beatles

Jump in for an interactive musical trip with guitarist Vladimir Sitnikov through music of the baroque, classical and romantic periods and then on to flamenco, Latin American guitar and finally jazz...

100 Candles

Blackwood Duo featuring soprano Janelle LucykJoin Musique Royale on December 1st and delve into the positive power of Christmas – in an atmosphere of depth, reflection, lyricism and celebration of ...

Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra

Featuring Concerto Competition Winner pianist Kathryn WagnerBrilliant, young musical talent of this province is showcased on Saturday, Nov 24 at 7 pm, as Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra perform works o...

Cowan-Cicchillitti Guitar Duo

Come to Cecilia’s Retreat to hear the guitar duo that incorporates musical strength and refinement, as Cowan-Chicchillitti present an intimate program at the Mahone Bay house venue on Saturday Nov....

Cookie Concert – Basso Nova

Colin Matthews, Jamie McLaren, Catherine Little, and Max KasperHear a new ensemble featuring three cellos and a bass, and get ready to learn everything you wanted to know about the cello but were a...

My Favourite Things

Julie Nesrallah is a sensational singer, actress and broadcaster captivating audiences with her engaging personality and her rich, expressive voice. She is regularly engaged by leading opera compan...

Les Songes

Musique Royale proudly presents four dynamic young performers were brought together by friendship and their common passion for the baroque repertoire: Les Songes. Consisting of soprano Samantha Lou...

Chester Brass

Chester Brass featuring mezzo-soprano Paula RockwellMusique Royale proudly presents the Chester Brass Band on Sunday, October 14 at 3 pm in St. John’s Anglican Church (Lunenburg). Founded in 1873, ...

Orchid Ensemble Cookie Concert

Established in 1997, the Orchid Ensemble blends ancient musical instruments and traditions from China and beyond, creating a beautiful new sound. The ensemble has embraced a variety of musical styl...

Summer Tour – Sea Song & Shanties

Musique Royale proudly invites you to join La Nef as they explore music of the sea with capstand shanties, halyard shanties, laments, forecastle songs, short haul shanties: hear the rich songs and ...

Summer Tour – Magazine General

What can you find at the General Store? A lot of things! Here, no flour, no hammers and nails, no fishing accessories or fruits and vegetables! Instead join along as Sylvie Briday and Steve Normand...

Summer Tour – Fiorè

Fiorè centers on a unique, anonymous collection of music featuring the cello, held in a small archive in Como, Italy. This manuscript may contain music that ranks among the first works that feature...

Summer Tour – Aureas Voces

Early music ensemble with warm sounds.Musique Royale invites listeners to hear a new group, Aureas Voces, Golden Voices, a professional Early Music ensemble based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The ensem...

Summer Tour – Best of Boxwood 2018

Musique Royale presents the Best of Boxwood 2018. Combining colorful and eclectic sounds with the finesse of classical technique to create a salute to the traditional dance music of the Canadian Ma...

La Fiammata

Visit Cecilia’s Retreat the morning of Saturday, July 28th for a musical treat with one of the most exciting up and coming Canadian piano duo’s, La Fiammata.The morning concert begins with the char...

Ralsgård & Tullberg

Ralsgård & Tullberg use wooden transverse flutes, an instrument that was an integral part of the southern Swedish folk music scene in the 19th and 20th centuries. Similar instruments are still ...

Amor y Pasión

Celebrated for her striking, versatile voice, having graced the stages of New York, Paris, London, Vienna, and Montreal, and performed under the baton of such eminent conductors as Seiji Ozawa, Mic...

Rendezvous Quartet

Two incredible young musicians from Cuba studying abroad: Augusto Pedro in Spain and Alison Ricio in Canada. They are products of Cuba’s legendary music education system and the children of one of ...

Summer Tour – 4 Seasons, 4 Viols

Antonio Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagioni revisited. Original arrangements for 4 violas da gamba of Vivaldi’s 4 Seasons by Susie Napper & Margaret Little, mixed in with a tasty recipe of seasonal song...

Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont Royal

For the finale of the Choral Feast, Musique Royale brings listeners a collective of 40 singers from Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont Royal, of one of the continent’s best-known boy’s choirs, the full g...

Choirs for Change

Musique Royale is pleased to announce Eastern Horizon Chamber Choir through Choirs for Change, an organization founded this past fall with the mission to support social change movements through inn...

Memories of the Heart

Songs and memories of childhood - of loves lost, forbidden or foolish - and songs of times gone by. A romantic program that will touch your heart featuring special guest, mezzo-soprano Christianne ...

Four Hands

Danny & Willem will attempt a new take on the most beloved selections of the piano duet repertoire- new life breathed into classics through an exploration into the nature of collaborative music...

Cookie Concert: Alison Enriquez Trio

Musique Royale invites visitors and locals alike to Lunenburg School of the Arts to hear the Alison Enriquez Trio. Alison Enriquez is a multi-talented 16-year old violinist from Cuba who first cam...

The Road Home

The Aeolians’ spring concert is a musical tribute to the many who are journeying both here and around the globe, and who are faced with rebuilding and finding their place in a new community. Guests...

Michael Jones

British cellist Michael Kevin Jones has found a unique place for himself among today’s performers. While a student at the Royal College of Music in London he was chosen to play for the Royal family...

Evensong with Capella Regalis

Musique Royale invites you to St. John’s Lunenburg where Capella Regalis Men and Boys choir will perform a special Evensong service on May 20th. Capella Regalis was founded in Halifax by director N...

Dialogue

Dialogue is a collaboration by violinist Daniel Fuchs and organist Mark McDonald exploring the unique combination strings and pipes. Fuchs, originally from Montreal, is pursuing his master of music...

Cookie Concert - Naming the Twins

Naming the Twins is the Nova Scotia based, harmony rich guy-gal duo of Robbie Smith and Kath Glauser. Their original material maintains the tradition of Ian & Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot and Stan ...

Eugene Cormier & Derek Charke

Eugene Cormier is in high demand as a solo performer, chamber musician, accompanist, studio musician, adjudicator, and as a teacher. He has won top honours at The Newfoundland Music Festival, The N...

Suzie LeBlanc & Simon Docking

Filling the morning with sunshine and music from Robert Schumann, Gabriel Fauré and Jerome Blais.

Kathryn Wagner

Cookie Concert - Cello Duo

Cello Duo combines the imaginative and sensitive work of Catherine Little, with the vibrant sounds of Colin Matthews. Join Musique Royale at the Lunenburg School of the Arts for April’s Cookie Conc...

Perseus Trio

Ladom Ensemble

Embodying inspirations from Argentinian jazz/classical tango, Serbian folk dance, and Persian classical dulcimer, Ladom Ensemble expresses an authentically Canadian fusion. Come feel the fiery pass...

Music and Comedy Cookie Concert

Drawing from his own experiences, Norman creates songs and stories that entertain regardless of age. He uses imaginative word play and melodies all to great effect.

Goldberg Variations

Sacha Arnaud and Jade Ley

Bringing you a delightful range of piano works from Beethoven, Bach, Schumann and Chopin!

VC2 Cello Duo

Beethoven with a twist! Highlighting new Canadian commissions based on Beethoven’s own cello sonatas and more. If Be-EH-toven had been a Canadian, he might have sounded like this!

Fifth Wind Cookie Concert

With its five unique voices Fifth Wind will lead an exploration into the fascinating world of wind quintets. The program will include music from three centuries and will end with a brand new work w...

Symphony Nova Scotia: Magnificent Mozart

Symphony Nova Scotia salutes the world’s most iconic composer! Experience a delightful range of Mozart’s most famous works, beginning with the ambitious, inventive “Haffner” Symphony. Then, hear th...

Glenn Patscha Trio Cookie Concert

Come out to our next Cookie Concert celebrating the vibrant music of Louisiana and New Orleans. Enjoy a freshly baked cookie and added activities that often accompany our cookie events!

Duo Concertante: Perfect Light

Celebrating the season with selections from their just released album, Perfect Light, Duo Concertante brings us a collection of original holiday arrangements written especially for them!

To Bethlehem with Kings

A King's Christmas

Blackwood: Christmas Concert of 100 Candles

Join us as we delve into the positive power of Christmas – in an atmosphere of depth, reflection, lyricism and the celebration of intense beauty. Music that boldly shifts down into the heart of spa...

Christmas Cookies with Capella Regalis and students of Janelle Lucyk

Join us in stories and songs that celebrate the joyous Christmas season.

Music & Words

Readings will be interspersed throughout a program of Debussy, Schumann, Liszt and more.

Trio Diomira

Jazz with David Braid & Mike Murley

Lady of the Lake

A historical epic of love, loss, war, loyalty, and betrayal in the Highlands of 16th-century Scotland. The song cycle draws influence from folk music traditions and rhythmic patterns of Nova Scotia...

To Canada with Love

Bouey-Doucet Duo

Two extraordinary Atlantic Canadians join forces to bring their musical gifts back home. Musique Royale is pleased to present Bouey-Doucet Duo on tour with Debut Atlantic. Prince Edward Island viol...

Philip Chiu, piano

Chester Brass

Founded in 1873 and incorporated in 1906, the Chester Brass Band is a British-style brass ensemble based in Chester, Nova Scotia. The band is a non-profit volunteer organization, funded wholly by i...

Swinging Belles Cookie Concert

The Swinging Belles, a JUNO award-winning swing band for kids from St. John’s, NL, are intent on getting both kids and adults to kick up their heels and have a swinging good time with the whole fam...

Swinging Belles Benefit

Please see below Cookie Concert Posting for more details.

Spencer Myer

Lauded for “superb playing” and “poised, alert musicianship” by the Boston Globe, and labeled “definitely a man to watch” by London’s The Independent, American pianist Spencer Myer is one of the mo...

Nova Scotia Youth Choir

The Nova Scotia Youth Choir is a program on the Nova Scotia Choral Federation. Through auditions, approximately 40 of the province’s most talented young choral singers ages 16-25 are chosen each ye...

New Voices

Musique Royale is pleased to present three outstanding musicians currently touring Atlantic Canada with Debut Atlantic. With respective established international careers, Soprano Martha Guth, barit...

Toronto Consort

Since its founding in 1972, the Toronto Consort, under the direction of David Fallis, has become internationally recognized for its excellence in the performance of medieval, renaissance and early ...

Helios Vocal Ensemble

Helios Vocal Ensemble is Atlantic Canada’s premier vocal ensemble, performing sacred and secular music, specializing in Renaissance polyphony, a fluid and unifying musical language defining its tim...

Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra

The Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra has announced the cancellation of their August tour and Musique Royale regrets to announce that the performance originally scheduled for August 31st at St John’s Ang...

Gospel Auction

Celebrate Musique Royale’s 32nd summer festival season! Come and enjoy great gospel music led by Janelle Lucyk and guest musicians from King’s College Chapel Choir and Capella Regalis. Music begins...

Dr. Roberta Bondar – Canada's First Woman in Space

Northern Lights: Songs Made in Canada

Patricia O’Callaghan; Andrew Downing, double bass; Robert Kortgaard, pianoCanada has a lot to celebrate in song. Fabulous musicians through the decades have helped to define for us all what it mean...

Best of Boxwood 2017

Featuring artists from Boxwood’s world renowned summer workshop and festival in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, the 2017 Best of Boxwood tour features an ensemble whose repertoire spans traditional music o...

National Youth Orchestra Ensemble

For more than fifty years, NYO Canada has enjoyed an iconic reputation as Canada’s orchestral finishing school, providing the most comprehensive and in-depth training program available to our count...

Elmer Iseler Singers with Artistic Director Lydia Adams and Special Guest Dr. Roberta Bondar

The Elmer Iseler Singers is a professional chamber choir based in Toronto. The twenty-voice choir, conducted by Artistic Director Lydia Adams, was founded by Dr. Elmer Iseler in 1979 and is one of ...

The Door You Came In

Drawn from stories in The Danger Tree by David Macfarlane and performed by the writer with award-winning composer Douglas Cameron, this unique blend of spoken word and music tells the funny and mov...

Celtic Mass for the Sea

Musique Royale celebrates Canada Day in Lunenburg with a powerful performance of Scott Macmillan’s Celtic Mass For the Sea. The Celtic Mass is now approaching the thirtieth year since it was writte...

Atlanta Boy Choir with Guest Soprano Indra Thomas

Musique Royale is pleased to present the Grammy Award winning Atlanta Boy Choir in concert under the direction of its Founder, Maestro Fletcher Wolfe. The choir has had a long and distinguished his...

Capella Regalis Men And Boys Choir

Performances in PEI and Nova Scotia’s Northumberland Shore, with a finale concert in HalifaxCapella Regalis Men and Boys Choir was founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, by Director Nick Halley in 2010. ...

We Are Women!

A thrilling and poignant cabaret show with soprano Suzanne Rigden, mezzo-soprano Kristin Hoff and pianist Sarah Russell.We Are Women! is a show where three women bring us on a musical journey of th...

Cookie Concert – Nova Scotia Songs and Folklore with Clary Croft

The concert will showcase Nova Scotia’s rich and diverse folk song heritage. Songs of love, sorrow, humour, and wit abound from the collection of famed folklorist Dr. Helen Creighton. Clary Croft w...

Halley Performs Halley

A concert of new works for choir and organ written and directed by five-time Grammy winning composer Paul Halley. These 14 pieces selected from Halley’s extensive output of the last decade are all ...

Conundrum Duo And Susanne Chui Cookie Concert

Conundrum Duo (Jack Chen, flute, and Ellen Gibling, harp) and Susanne Chui (dance)Deep Sea Conundrum brings together dance and chamber music in a family-friendly performance exploring the mysteriou...

Juvenata – A Festival of Music in Historic Nova Scotia

A collaboration between Musique Royale and Nova Scotia Choral Federation with guest conductor Scott Leithead and special guest Nelson Nagenda. For more information please see nscf.ca.

St. John's Passion

Directed by Paul Halley, featuring the University of King’s College Chapel Choir, hand-picked orchestra Ensemble Regale, and soloists.Director Paul Halley and the University of King’s College Chape...

Passion Dinner With The Soloists

A special fundraising ‘Passion’ Dinner at Cecilia’s Retreat. Here you have an opportunity to meet the director and some of Canada’s foremost soloists and hear them perform in an intimate setting ac...

Cookie Concert with Scott Macmillan and Jennyfer Brickenden

An interactive introduction to the Celtic Mass for the Sea with Composer, Scott Macmillan and Librettist, Jennyfer Brickenden. From ancient Celtic myths, incantation and prayers to environmental c...

Hatfield College Chamber Choir

England's Hatfield College Chapel Choir is made up of approximately 24 singers who audition at the beginning of the academic year. Hatfield is known in particular for its social life as well as its...

Annamaria Popescu And Julien Leblanc

Ever since her sensational 1994 debut on short notice in Berlioz's Les Troyens with Sir Colin Davis and the London Symphony Orchestra, Canadian-born mezzo-soprano Annamaria Popescu has established ...

Kathryn Wagner

Programme:Toccata in D Major, BWV 912 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)Sonata in D Major, KV 311 – W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)i. Allegro con spiritoii. Andante con espressioneiii. Rondeau (allegro)Ballade No. ...

Cookie Concert with Mary Knickle and Cynthia Myers

Cynthia Myers (Vocalist/Actor/Writer) has performed as a musical theatre actress on stages and in clubs with various jazz combos in both Canada and the U.S. Cynthia's favorite theatrical roles incl...

Rebecca Caine And Robert Kortgaard

Award-winning international soprano, Rebecca Caine was born in Toronto and studied at the Guildhall School of Music, London. Rebecca recreates British leading ladies of London’s West End musical th...

Max Kasper And Colin Matthews Cookie Concert

Schubert’s The Unfinished Trout! Performing great chamber music with humorous anecdoteson the life and times of the composers.Colin Matthews and Max Kasper first met over 25 years ago while both we...

Duo Fortin Poirier Piano Duo

Technical wizards & highly engagingDuo Fortin-Poirier, featuring pianists Amélie Fortin and Marie-Christine Poirier, has been heralded as one of the most promising piano duos of its generation....

Mary Jane Lamond And Wendy Mcisaac Cookie Concert

Haunting Gaelic vocals and the finest of traditional fiddlingDuo artists Mary Jane Lamond and Wendy MacIsaac are a powerful collaboration borne of a longtime friendship and a shared love of Celtic ...

Tommy Banks

Canadian jazz legend Tommy Banks has had a long, distinguished career in music. Since his 1950 professional debut, he has, as the Toronto Star pointed out, “…..done everything a musician could wish...

Capella Regalis – To Bethlehem with King's

Musique Royale presents Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir in a year end concert at St. John’s Church in Lunenburg to benefit Lunenburg Interchurch Food Bank. The program is called ‘To Bethlehem wi...

A King's Christmas with King's Chapel Choir Conducted by Paul Halley

Presented in Lunenburg by Musique Royale ‘A King’s Christmas’ features the University of King’s College Chapel Choir directed by five-time Grammy award-winning musician Paul Halley with guest narra...

Peter Togni - Jazz Piano

The performance is followed by brunch overlooking a scenic view of Mahone Bay.Peter-Anthony’s music is spiritually rooted and contemplative, ranging from the ethereally quiet to the explosive outer...

Cookie Concert with Blackwood Duo

Blackwood is a duo that draws upon the wide ranging performance experience of composer/organist/pianist Peter-Anthony Togni and bass clarinetist/composer Jeff Reilly. In Blackwood, the two of them...

Allison Bent Angelo and Simon Docking

The performance is followed by brunch overlooking a scenic view of Mahone Bay.Hailed as “a fabulous discovery” by the Toronto Star, Canadian soprano Allison Angelo recently starred as Mabel Hubbard...

Joe Trio

The performance is followed by brunch overlooking a scenic view of Mahone Bay.Joe Trio is not your average piano trio. They don’t want to be neatly categorized, but instead strive for diversity, ve...

Duo Concertante

The performance is followed by an evening meal overlooking a scenic view of Mahone Bay.Partners in life and music for over 15 years, Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves are Canada’s premiere violin and ...

Emma Rush - Classical Guitar

Virtuosic, intimate & warm presenceThe performance is followed by an evening meal overlooking a scenic view of Mahone Bay.Over the past decade, Emma Rush has established herself as one of Canad...

Cookie Concert with Norman Adams and Alice Burdick

An engaging approach to literature and poetry for familiesAlice Burdick lives and writes poetry in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia and is co-owner of Lexicon Books in Lunenburg. She is joined by Norman Ada...

Cheng² Duo

Committed to bringing classical music to 21st-century audiences through innovative programming and engaging presentations, Canadian classical pianist and cellist Silvie and Bryan Cheng have been ma...

Peter Allen

Piano works by Mozart, Chopin, Ravel and Brahms. The performance is followed by brunch overlooking a scenic view of Mahone Bay.As a concert pianist, Peter Allen is often heard on CBC regional and n...

Chester Brass Band

Founded in 1873 and incorporated in 1906, the Chester Brass Band is a British-style brass ensemble based in Chester, Nova Scotia. The band is a non-profit volunteer organization, funded wholly by i...

Symphony NS with Janina Fialkowska

Symphony Nova Scotia returns to Lunenburg for a program you will not want to miss – one that features Bernhard Gueller conducting the orchestra in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, a new work by Dinuk Wi...

Taktus Canadian Marimba Duo

In 2010, Greg Harrison and Jonny Smith created the percussion duo Taktus while they were both pursuing graduate studies at the University of Toronto. With a wide range of musical influences - from ...

Nova Scotia Youth Choir

Tickets: $20, students $10 available from Shop on the Corner, Lunenburg and at the door.

Trio Canoë

Three of Canada’s most acclaimed chamber musicians, clarinetist Jean-Francois Normand, violist Marina Thibeault and pianist Philip Chiu, gather in this unique and compelling formation to form Trio ...

Marcel d'Entremont & Dakota Scott-Digout

Tenor, Marcel d’Entremont from Merigomish, Nova Scotia, is the winner of the 2016 Atlantic Young Artist Competition. He is an expressive vocalist with a stunning voice. He will be assisted by colla...

La Tour Baroque

Musique Royale presents La Tour Baroque Duo at Memory Lane Heritage Village in Lake Charlotte. Tickets available from Memory Lane Heritage Village, 902 845-1937, 877 287-0697 or by visiting heritag...

Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra

Musique Royale presents the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra at St. John’s Church in Lunenburg. Tickets are $20 for general and $10 for student, with some exceptions. Children under 12 are free. Tickets...

Canadian Chamber Choir

Musique Royale presents the Canadian Chamber Choir at three venues across Nova Scotia including Wolfville, Lunenburg and Halifax. Tickets are $20 for general and $10 for student, with some exceptio...

Robert Quinney & Cecilia Osmond

Musique Royale presents Robert Quinney and Cecilia Osmond in two concerts. The first at St. John’s Church in Lunenburg, and then in Halifax at the All Saints Cathedral. Tickets are $20 regular and ...

Best of Boxwood

Musique Royale presents Best of Boxwood in a six-community Nova Scotia tour including Shelburne, Iona, Tatamagouche, Parrsboro, Poplar Grove and Margaretsville. Tickets are $20 for general and $10 ...

The Door You Came In - Stories and Song with David Macfarlane and Douglas Cameron

Drawn from stories in The Danger Tree by David Macfarlane and performed by the writer with award-winning composer Douglas Cameron, this unique blend of spoken word and music tells the funny and mov...

Hank Knox

Musique Royale presents Hank Knox on a four-concert tour of the province. The tour includes stops in Tatamagouche, Wolfville, Chester, and Blue Rocks from July 11th - 14th. Tickets are $20 regular ...

Duo Pianists

As two of Canada’s most accomplished and virtuosic musicians, Kortgaard and Tiefenbach have been amazing concert and broadcast audiences across the country for many seasons, both as individual arti...

Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir Cape Breton Tour

Musique Royale presents Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir on a four-concert Cape Breton tour and concerts in Lake Charlotte and Halifax. The Cape Breton tour includes stops in Baddeck, Chéticamp, ...

Halifax Camerata Singers and Maritime Brass Provincial Tour

Musique Royale presents Halifax’s award-winning choir, Halifax Camerata Singers with special guests, Maritime Brass Quintet on a five-concert tour of the province. The tour includes stops in Wolfvi...

Cookie Concert with Ragged Robin

Musique Royale is pleased to present Ragged Robin at our next cookie concert at the Lunenburg School of the Arts on Saturday, June 4 at 2 pm. Ragged Robin’s love of the irresistible groove of tradi...

David Greenberg and Doug MacPhee

Musique Royale presents David Greenberg and Doug MacPhee in a program called Cape Breton Fiddle & Piano Music, Old and New. The performance is followed by brunch…lots of tasty and varied items ...

Ottawa Cathedral Choir and Capella Regalis

The Ottawa Cathedral Choir is made up of twenty boys between the ages of eight and fourteen.Capella Regalis is a men and boys’ choir comprising twenty boys from around Halifax and ten adult male si...

Cookie Concert Big Bad Wolves with Fifth Wind

Fifth Wind was founded on the principle that music should be fun to play as well as to listen to, and that all music is worth hearing at least once!Bringing to the ensemble their diverse profession...

Lieder & Canciones

Tickets: TBAAvailable by advance reservation only through barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca.

King's Chapel Choir – Monteverdi Vespers

The King’s Chapel Choir is suspending its cycle of Bach masterworks for one year to present another great pillar of the Baroque repertoire – the Vespers of 1610 by Claudio Monteverdi. A monumental ...

Monteverdi dinner with soloists

Tickets: TBAAvailable by advance reservation only through barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca.

Quartetto Gelato

Quartetto Gelato’s performances have a warm, endearing vitality…. (The New York Times)Tickets: TBAAvailable by advance reservation only through barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca.

Cookie Concert of Percussion and Dance

Cookie concerts - combining originality, fun and engaging musical and artistic presentations - are designed for the whole family to enjoy. Admission to the performance is $5 at the door (free for t...

Jazz Night - David Braid and Epoque Quartet

Tickets: TBAAvailable by advance reservation only through barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca.

David Braid and Epoque Quartet

Braid music for piano quintet with: David Braid, piano; and David Pokorný, violin Vladimír Klánský, violin; Vladimír Kroupa, viola; Vít Petrášek, cello“a combination of intelligence and abandon; mu...

Monteverdi with Paul Halley

At the , 6 Prince Street, corner of Prince & Montague, Lunenburg.Cecilia’s Retreat in Mahone BayTickets: TBAAvailable by advance reservation only through barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca

Cookie Concert with Peter Togni and Jeff Reilly

Cookie concerts - combining originality, fun and engaging musical and artistic presentations - are designed for the whole family to enjoy. Admission to the performance is $5 at the door (free for t...

Brunch with Peter Togni and Jeff Reilly

Available by advance reservation only through barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca.

Chapel Choir… Unrobed!

Showcasing the hidden talents of the choristers of the University of King’s College Chapel Choir, ‘Chapel Choir Unrobed’ is an evening of ingenuities, infamies, and oddities served up with a glass ...

Jean-Luc Therrien – Piano

Available by advance reservation only through barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca.

Symphony Nova Scotia

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Robert UchidaThe Four Seasons is Vivaldi’s most famous creation, and one of the most beloved works from the entire Baroque period. Symphony Nova Scotia’s former Concertm...

Maxime Bernard & Stanislav Pronin – Violin Piano Duo

Tickets: TBAAvailable by advance reservation only through barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca.

Cookie Concert with Norman Greenberg Duo

Chris Norman and David Greenberg, two of the most imaginative performers in traditional and early music.Cookie concerts - combining originality, fun and engaging musical and artistic presentations ...

Cookie Concert With Edmund Brownless

Cookie concerts - combining originality, fun and engaging musical and artistic presentations - are designed for the whole family to enjoy. Admission to the performance is $5 at the door (free for t...

Capella Regalis - To Bethlehem with King's

Traditional Carols for the Christmas Season.

A King's Christmas

St. John’s Anglican Church in Lunenburg. A feast of seasonal song and story featuring The University of King’s College Chapel Choir with guest narrator, R. Bruce Connelly and guest artist, Kirsty M...

Naming the Twins – Cookie Concert

Naming the Twins is the Nova Scotia based, harmony rich guy-gal duo of Robbie Smith and Kath Glauser whose vocal blendings sound a bit like Simon & Garfunkel, if Art was a girl, a bit like Pete...

Cookie Concert - Maritime Brass Quintet

The Maritime Brass Quintet brings the highest caliber chamber music to concert halls, churches, festivals and schools across the Maritimes. The group is comprised of five of Canada’s finest brass p...

Falling for the Oboe

This season, Vincent Boilard and Olivier Hébert bouchard will help you discover the irresistible charms of oboe, English horn and oboe d’amore, in a selection of spirited pieces by Mozart and Poule...

Bogdan Dulu

Bogdan Dulu is an extraordinary musician able to open the world of music to even the most non-musical audience, combining mastery of the piano with the ability to educate and entertain with his eng...

Chester Brass

Founded in 1873 and incorporated in 1906, the Chester Brass Band is a British-style brass ensemble based in Chester, Nova Scotia. The band is a non-profit volunteer organization, funded wholly by i...

Newman Few Mackie-Jackson Trio

THREE is an innovative chamber group born through the collaboration of renowned soloists and good friends Guy Few, Nadina Mackie-Jackson and Leslie Newman. With a combined mastery of flute, trumpet...

Montreal Guitar Trio - Cookie Concert

Cookie Concerts at the Lunenburg School of the Arts, 6 Prince Street, corner of Prince & Montague, Lunenburg.Described by the CBC as the “hottest” guitar ensemble in Canada, MG3 has quickly est...

Nova Scotia Youth Choir Celebrates 25 Years Of Singing Excellence!

The province’s most talented young choral singers will gather as the Nova Scotia Youth Choir, under the direction of guest conductor, Kellie Walsh, to present the 25th Anniversary concert.The Nova ...

Rhapsody Quintet

Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra

Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal tour Montréal's finest early music vocal ensemble

The earth will tremble!

Ensemble Polaris

In celebration of the Northern Sea: Maritime Music from Scandinavia and Canada

Acadian soprano Suzie LeBlanc and friends - Music from the 45th Parallel North

Songs and dances from Italy, France, Japan, Uzbekistan as well as from the Caspian Sea and Acadian settlements in the Maritimes. Featuring Acadian singer Suzie LeBlanc and her extraordinary band: D...

Robert Quinney – 30th Anniversary Concert

Best of Boxwood 2015 – Chris Norman is joined by 5 musicians from Boxwood Fest

Chris Norman - flute, small pipes, song; David Greenberg - baroque & Cape Breton violin; Adrianne Greenbaum - Klezmer flute, viola, accordion; Maeve Gilchrist - harp; Nic Gareiss - percussive d...

La Tour Baroque – Something Choice and Excellent

“Something Choice and Excellent” – Bach’s Dresden Connections. works by J. S. Bach, W. F. Bach, Graun, Hasse, Pezold and Telemann.

Cookie Concert – Holly Carr and Jennifer King

This wonderful combination of art and music is sure to be an inspiring and enjoyable afternoon experience for all ages.Holly will be painting live on silk while Jennifer is performing on the piano....

Aeolian Singers with guest Laura Smith

##Songs and Sayings: A Celebration of Maritime MusicSpecial guests are singer/songwriter Laura Smith, Coastal Voices Men’s Choir, Cellist Shimon Walt, Percussionist Allan Gaskin and Bass player, Da...

Capella Regalis – 2015 Spring Tour in five communities

The final concert on Friday May 22 will be preceded by a free Open Rehearsal and Pre-Concert Talk, from 5:30 – 6:15 pm. All members of the public are welcome, including families with boys ages 6 – ...

Andrew Boudreau

Capella Regalis – 5 years young!

You will get to hear a group of men and boys (ages 7 – 13) from Capella Regalis perform choral works spanning the centuries, and director Nick Halley will talk about each piece in a way that’s sure...

The New Flute

Reservations only – barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca

J.S. Bach's Mass in B Minor

The Chapel Choir of the University of King’s College under the direction of Paul Halley with chamber orchestra, Ensemble Regale, and soloists from across North America: Agnes Zsigovics (soprano), J...

B- Mass Dinner with the soloists

Tickets by reservations only at barbara.butler@ns.sympatico.ca

Cookie Concert with Celtic Trio - Stacy Chadwell, Mary Knickle and Cynthia Myers

Lunenburg. The Cookie Concert welcomes a new Celtic trio. So new they are still looking for a name.Stacy Colwell, Mary Knickle and Cynthia Myers will entertain you with their funny songs that pack ...

Chapel Choir… Unrobed!

Showcasing the hidden talents of the choristers of the University of King’s College Chapel Choir: An evening of ingenuities, infamies, and oddities served up with a glass of bubbly and appetizers.

Cookie Concert with Scott Macmillan, John Cuming and John Chiasson

Cookie concerts - combining originality, fun and engaging musical and artistic presentations - are designed for the whole family to enjoy. Our three guest musicians will draw upon Dixie Land favour...

Tribute to Fritz Kreisler with Ewald Cheung and Philip Chiu

Musique Royale is pleased to present Tribute to Fritz Kreisler with Ewald Cheung, violin and Philip Chiu , piano. An evening meal will be served prior to the performance at 7:30 pm.Fritz Kreisler w...

Musique Royale presents the Norman Greenberg Duo

Chris Norman and David Greenberg, two of the most imaginative performers in traditional and early music, are guest artists at the first ‘Cookie Concert’ in Musique Royale’s 30th anniversary season....