BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260518T130238Z UID:241-1364136@stgeorgescathedral.ca DTSTART:20260528T230000Z DTEND:20260529T003000Z CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20260512T185238 DESCRIPTION:The sound of Nova Scotia. Capella Regalis Choirs presents a ric h and varied concert program of sacred and secular anthems featuring reper toire from their latest album Songs of the Sea with choir\, organ\, pian o and percussion. Expect a feast for the ears showcasing a Halifax-b ased choral ensemble performing a range of repertoire from Gregorian Chant to sea shanties. Bringing together sacred pieces of the choral canon with fresh arrangements of traditional folk songs from around the world by mul ti-Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer and keyboardist Paul Halley\, th is concert offers a mix of classical and distinctly Maritime music which i s sure to delight! This concert is part of Capella Regalis’s 10-day pe rformance tour of Quebec and Ontario\, their first-ever tour outside of th e Maritimes.  \n \nTICKETS NOW AVAILABLE – CLICK HERE\n\n\nGeneral: $2 5\n\n\nStudents: $15\n\n\nChildren 0-18: FREE\n\n\n \nCONCERT PROGRAM\nKy rie de Angelis — Gregorian Chant\nThey That Go Down to the Sea in Ships — H. Sumsion\nLoquebantur Variis Linguis — T. Tallis\nCantique de Jean Racine — G. Fauré\nDuo Seraphim — J. Handl\nJesu\, The Very Thought of Thee — P. Halley\nKyrie de Angelis — arr. P. Halley\nUnited in Song — P. Halley\nPetty Harbour Bait Skiff — Trad. arr. P. Halley\nFarewel l to Nova Scotia — Trad. arr. P. Halley\nSkye Boat Song — Trad. arr. N . Halley\nO Waly\, Waly — Trad. arr. J. Rutter\nThe Leaving of Liverpool — Trad. arr. P. Halley\nAway From the Roll of the Sea — A.MacGillivra y\nFreedom Trilogy — P. Halley\n \nABOUT CAPELLA REGALIS CHOIRS\nCapell is Regalis Choirs is one of Canada’s leading professional choral music o rganizations\, renowned for its world-class performances\, recordings\, an d online broadcasts. Founded in Nova Scotia by Artistic Director Nick Hall ey in 2010 to build upon the best aspects of the European tradition of chu rch choirs and to revitalize this method of music training in Canada\, Cap ella Regalis now comprises a Boys Choir\, Girls Choir\, and professional M en's Choir based in Halifax. In November 2024\, Capella Regalis launched i ts South Shore Program\, based in Lunenburg\, Nova Scotia\, which provides weekly singing training for children from Nova Scotia’s South Shore com munities. All Capella Regalis children's choirs are free and open to any c hild who is keen to learn music\, and Capella Regalis offers transportatio n assistance to rehearsals for choristers who would not otherwise be able to participate. A dedication to supporting the artistic practice of profes sional musicians\, focus on training the next generation of singers\, and commitment to making world-class music affordable and accessible to the pu blic form the group’s charitable mandates. \nCapella Regalis Choirs reg ularly sing Choral Evensong in the Cathedral Church of All Saints\, Hali fax\, as part of the Cathedral's Sundays at Four music series. The choir s also perform concerts around Nova Scotia and beyond in a busy September – June season\, and engage the public in many music outreach initiatives . Recent performances include J.S. Bach’s Easter Cantata BWV 4\, Britten ’s A Ceremony of Carols\, Fauré’s Requiem\, Mozart’s Requiem\, Sch ütz's Musikalische Exequien\, Rutter’s Visions\, and the Paul Winter Consort’s Missa Gaia/Earth Mass\; annual tour programs of sacred and sec ular repertoire from across the Western tradition\, and the popular\, annu al Christmas series\, A Chorister’s Christmas.  \nCapella Regalis has released five CDs: Songs of the Sea (June 2025)\, Benjamin Britten: A Cere mony of Carols (2023)\, Love Came Down: Carols for Christmas (2019)\, Grea ter Love (2017) and My Eyes for Beauty Pine (2014)\, as well as many onlin e performance broadcasts. Discover more www.capellaregalis.com. \nNICK HA LLEY (Founder &\; Artistic Director\, Boys Choir Director) is a celebra ted and charismatic drummer/percussionist\, keyboardist\, composer\, and c onductor. He is the Founder and Artistic Director of Capella Regalis Choir s\, and Assistant Director of Music at the Cathedral Church of All Saints\ , Halifax. Nick founded and for eleven years (to 2021) directed The King ’s Chorus\, a choral society for members of the King’s and Dalhousie U niversity communities. Nick also served as Assistant Director of the Unive rsity of King’s College Chapel Choir from 2008 to 2021. As an educator\, Nick is passionate about making musical excellence accessible to people o f all ages and diverse backgrounds\, and about helping people to – quite literally – find their voice.  \nIn 2012\, Nick was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his contribution to Canada and Nova Scotia through the arts\, particularly for his work with C apella Regalis.  For the 2013-14 season\, Nick was broadcast across Canad a as Host of CBC’s national radio program Choral Concert.  \nAs a drum mer and world percussionist\, Nick performs and records internationally wi th a wide range of musicians including American musical icon James Taylor\ , the late Oscar Castro-Neves\, Dinuk Wijeratne\, Sandeep Das\, Chris Norm an\, Old Man Luedecke\, Nazih Borish\, Kinan Azmeh\, Suzie LeBlanc\, Paul Halley\, and Viradouro Escola de Samba. He is featured on many recordings\ , including a CD of his own compositions performed by an ensemble of young jazz stars (Barnum Hill\, 2008). Nick teaches and performs at Boxwood Fes tival (Nova Scotia)\, Aldeburgh Festival (UK)\, Interlochen Summer Festiva l (USA)\, LAMP (Nova Scotia)\, Morgenland Festival (Germany)\, and in othe r workshop venues around the world. For more information\, visit nickhalle y.com.  \nPAUL HALLEY (organ and piano) is a multi Grammy Award-winning composer\, keyboardist\, and choral conductor. He is Director of Music at The Cathedral Church of All Saints in Halifax\, Nova Scotia.  Born in Eng land\, Halley was raised in Ottawa\, Canada where he received his early mu sical training with The Men and Boys Choir of St. Matthew’s Anglican Chu rch.  Awarded the organ scholarship at Trinity College\, Cambridge\, Hall ey received his M.A. with prizes in composition and performance\, and was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.  Following four years po st-graduate work in Canada and Jamaica\, W.I.\, Halley was appointed Organ ist and Choirmaster at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York Ci ty where he served for twelve years from 1977-1989.  During his tenure at the Cathedral\, Halley collaborated with The Paul Winter Consort as princ ipal writer and keyboardist on multiple Grammy Award-winning albums.  Hal ley later settled in rural Connecticut\, founded the children’s choir\, Chorus Angelicus\, and the adult ensemble\, Gaudeamus\, and served as Dire ctor of Music at Trinity Episcopal Church\, Torrington\, CT\, where he ina ugurated a Choral and Organ Scholars program in conjunction with Yale Univ ersity’s Institute of Sacred Music.  In 2007\, Halley relocated to Hali fax\, Nova Scotia to become Director of Music at the University of King’ s College (to 2021)\, also becoming Director of Music at All Saints Cathed ral\, Halifax in 2015.  Halley’s choral and instrumental compositions h ave been commissioned or licensed by such entities as Sony Entertainment\, the Boston Pops Orchestra\, CBC\, The Toronto Symphony\, and Canadian Bra ss\, and are distributed internationally by Pelagosmusic (pelagosmusic.com ).\nVANESSA HALLEY (Assistant Conductor) is the Executive Director of Cape lla Regalis and the Director of the Capella Regalis Girls Choir. Vanessa h as over 40 years of singing experience in chamber and church choirs in fou r different countries\, and music administration experience at both the no n-profit and for-profit levels. She is a professional chorister and a core member of the All SaintsCathedral Choir\, Halifax. Vanessa holds an under graduate degree with High Distinction from Trinity College at the Universi ty of Toronto (2002)\, and graduated Juris Doctor Magna cum Laude from Wes tern New England University School of Law (2006). She practiced law in Mas sachusetts\, USA\, for five years before making the move to Nova Scotia wi th her husband and young family to put music performance and education at the centre of their lives. From 2012 to 2021\, in addition to her work wit h Capella Regalis\, Vanessa managed the Chapel Choir at the University of King's College.  LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T185238 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Sea Songs & Sacred Anthems with Capella Regalis URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.stgeorgescathedral.ca/events/sea-songs-sacred-ant hems-with-capella-regalis/2026-05-28 ATTACH;FILENAME=EOR_6207_0.jpg;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.clo udfront.net/2026/02/14/13/10/35/2ec31cdc-fad4-4c87-9f92-84e7e16e751d/EOR_6 207_0.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR