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902-692-1662
Doors open at 1:30pm
Join us Sunday April 12th 2026 for a matinee concert from fiddle-harp duo Hayley Ryerson and Ellen Gibling. They will be performing some of their favourite traditional tunes as well as selections from Hayley's suite of original tunes "Natural Elements". A great opportunity to enjoy live music and speak with these artists while they visit our community.
Doors open: 1:30pm Tickets $25 Recommend advanced tickets.
About the Artists:
Hayley and Ellen are a fiddle & harp duo based in K'jipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their music stems from a deep love of traditional music from Scotland, Ireland and Canada, and is informed by explorations into improvised, classical, and jazz music.
Composed while Hayley was living in a village next to the highest tides in the world, the music of Natural Elements reflects the spacious peacefulness and dynamic intricacies of the landscape, as well as celebrating the powerful resonances of the violin's open strings.
The duo is half of a larger ensemble with drums and bass, Natural Elements Quartet, which had its debut in 2023 at the Music Room, and performed on the Halifax Jazz Festival Mainstage in the summer of 2025.
Both experienced educators, Hayley and Ellen have taught many private students and led workshops including at the Huron Harp Festival, Canadian International Summer Harp Institute, Hole Crook Fiddle Association, and Toronto Fiddle Collective. Hayley and Ellen's own studies have been intensive, including formal training at Canadian music schools (Humber and McGill, respectively), traditional music studies overseas, and local improvisation training with the Creative Music Workshop.
www.hayleyryersonmusic.com
Video of duo performance at The Music Room (Halifax).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvAYsIiGJFM
[email protected]
902-692-1662
Doors open at 1:30pm
Join us Sunday April 12th 2026 for a matinee concert from fiddle-harp duo Hayley Ryerson and Ellen Gibling. They will be performing some of their favourite traditional tunes as well as selections from Hayley's suite of original tunes "Natural Elements". A great opportunity to enjoy live music and speak with these artists while they visit our community.
Doors open: 1:30pm Tickets $25 Recommend advanced tickets.
About the Artists:
Hayley and Ellen are a fiddle & harp duo based in K'jipuktuk/Halifax, Nova Scotia. Their music stems from a deep love of traditional music from Scotland, Ireland and Canada, and is informed by explorations into improvised, classical, and jazz music.
Composed while Hayley was living in a village next to the highest tides in the world, the music of Natural Elements reflects the spacious peacefulness and dynamic intricacies of the landscape, as well as celebrating the powerful resonances of the violin's open strings.
The duo is half of a larger ensemble with drums and bass, Natural Elements Quartet, which had its debut in 2023 at the Music Room, and performed on the Halifax Jazz Festival Mainstage in the summer of 2025.
Both experienced educators, Hayley and Ellen have taught many private students and led workshops including at the Huron Harp Festival, Canadian International Summer Harp Institute, Hole Crook Fiddle Association, and Toronto Fiddle Collective. Hayley and Ellen's own studies have been intensive, including formal training at Canadian music schools (Humber and McGill, respectively), traditional music studies overseas, and local improvisation training with the Creative Music Workshop.
www.hayleyryersonmusic.com
Video of duo performance at The Music Room (Halifax).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvAYsIiGJFM
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: $25
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