Four cultures, four rhythms, and a full orchestra: Symphony Nova Scotia teams up with DRUM!

Four cultures, four rhythms, and a full orchestra: Symphony Nova Scotia teams up with DRUM!

Halifax, NS - You’Äôve experienced the electrifying music, rhythms, and dance of DRUM! Now experience it with a full symphony orchestra for a truly incredible extravaganza. Symphony Nova Scotia joins DRUM! at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium for two very special performances on Sunday, October 4, 2009.

’ÄúSymphony Nova Scotia has had the pleasure of truly being a part of Nova Scotia’Äôs cultural heritage,’Äù said Erika Beatty, Symphony Nova Scotia’Äôs CEO, at the official announcement June 24 in Park Lane Mall.

’ÄúWe’Äôve partnered with Ron Bourgeois and the Acadian community with concerts such as Grou Tyme; we’Äôve performed with Mi’Äôkmaq performer George Paul during the Atlantic Scene tour to Ottawa’Äôs National Arts Centre; we’Äôve joined African Nova Scotian artists onstage for our Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concerts and sold-out Motown performances with artists like Dutch Robinson; and we’Äôve also embraced the Celtic music community through concerts created by Scott Macmillan in our Maritime Pops series and tours to Cape Breton.

’ÄúWe are so delighted to come full circle by being part of Brookes and Fiona Diamond’Äôs vision of bringing cultural elements together to showcase the best of Nova Scotia’Äôs music with the extraordinary performers of DRUM!’Äù

DRUM! runs this fall from September 29 to October 4 at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. Symphony Nova Scotia performs with DRUM! for its final two shows on Sunday, October 4 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm. Tickets are $49, and are very limited ’Äì call 494.3820 or visit http://artscentre.dal.ca.

About DRUM!

DRUM! is a powerfully moving musical extravaganza that for over a decade has brought audiences throughout North America and beyond to their feet. DRUM!’Äôs heart-pounding combination of music, dance, rhythm and song tells of the arrival, settlement, struggles, and ultimate coming together of four of North America’Äôs founding cultures as seen through the lens of our first Nation’Äôs experience.

About Symphony Nova Scotia
Symphony Nova Scotia is Nova Scotia’Äôs orchestra. Each year more than 50,000 audience members (including 15,000 young music lovers) join us in communities across Nova Scotia for performances of the music they love ’Äì from baroque and classical to pop and rock and folk. Under the inspirational leadership of Music Director Bernhard Gueller, Symphony Nova Scotia is recognized as one of the finest orchestras in the country. Visit www.SymphonyNovaScotia.ca to learn more, listen online, or subscribe today!

Symphony Nova Scotia is grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts, Nova Scotia Tourism, Culture, and Heritage, and the Halifax Regional Municipality for their continued support.