Saturday October 31, 2020 8pm
Music
Presented by Music In Communities Co-op
musicincommunitiesns@hotmail.com
First of a series of "small shows in a big space": well-distanced, small audience, improvised music concerts at the Al Whittle Theatre. MIC presents New Hermitage playing a special Halloween show of improvised music for silent horror films!
New Hermitage is an improvised music group from Halifax with ties to Wolfville via leader Andrew MacKelvie, a former Acadia music student. "...if music is needed to assist in the transition to a new way of conceiving society, New Hermitage aims to supply it. An ambient/chamber quartet with an aptitude for finding the beauty in the smallest of musical gestures, the group's Unearth is an enigmatic and, at times, riveting listening experience.
Saxophonist/bass clarinetist Andrew MacKelvie leads the group on what is now its fourth release. With cellist India Gailey, guitarist Ross Burns and harpist Ellen Gibling all present since the group's debut, One (Self-released, 2017), the four clearly have an unfailing mutual trust and sympathetic vision, attentive to the patient, graceful, and elliptical motion that characterizes this music. With only the subtlest of electronic effects provided by Burns, there are many stark, almost barren moments here, although further engagement reveals a nascent, life-giving force that points toward renewal amidst the music's sometimes desolate aspects." - Troy Dostert, All About Jazz
Presented by Music In Communities Co-op
musicincommunitiesns@hotmail.com
First of a series of "small shows in a big space": well-distanced, small audience, improvised music concerts at the Al Whittle Theatre. MIC presents New Hermitage playing a special Halloween show of improvised music for silent horror films!
New Hermitage is an improvised music group from Halifax with ties to Wolfville via leader Andrew MacKelvie, a former Acadia music student. "...if music is needed to assist in the transition to a new way of conceiving society, New Hermitage aims to supply it. An ambient/chamber quartet with an aptitude for finding the beauty in the smallest of musical gestures, the group's Unearth is an enigmatic and, at times, riveting listening experience.
Saxophonist/bass clarinetist Andrew MacKelvie leads the group on what is now its fourth release. With cellist India Gailey, guitarist Ross Burns and harpist Ellen Gibling all present since the group's debut, One (Self-released, 2017), the four clearly have an unfailing mutual trust and sympathetic vision, attentive to the patient, graceful, and elliptical motion that characterizes this music. With only the subtlest of electronic effects provided by Burns, there are many stark, almost barren moments here, although further engagement reveals a nascent, life-giving force that points toward renewal amidst the music's sometimes desolate aspects." - Troy Dostert, All About Jazz
Pricing & Tickets
Pricing: $15 or pwyw
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| Other Events at Al Whittle Theatre |
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| Sun Sep 24, 4pm Golda |
| Sun Sep 24, 7pm Golda |
| Sat Sep 30, 2pm Premiere & Awards 48 Hour Film Project |
| Sun Oct 1, 4pm Passages |
| Sun Oct 1, 7pm Passages |
| Fri Oct 6, 7pm Sleeping Beauty Ballet |
| Sat Oct 14, 2pm L'arche Film Fest Fundraiser |
| Sat Oct 21, 7pm Broken Leg Theatre - Pearls of Wisdom |
| Sat Nov 11, 8pm The Miss Aurora Scott Quartet |
| Sat Nov 18, 2pm Geocaching Film Festival |