On Tuesday, New Hermitage played at Bleep in the Dark at Radstorm, with i.O (Victoria) and Moss Harvest (Nova Scotia)!
1 June 2023
27 May 2023
New Hermitage June Tour
26 May 2023
The Bombadils at the ECMAs
The Bombadils played a fun showcase at the Carleton on May 5 as part of the ECMAs in Halifax this year.
24 May 2023
Cookie Concert
18 May 2023
Fictional Music
On April 23, New Hermitage was part of Tom Richards' installation composition at the Halifax Central Libray - Fictional Music. This piece was inspired by Borges short story "The Library of Babel" and consisted of music played simultaneously on four floors by four different ensembles. The audience could walk around and explore the soundscape, mixing between the various musicians. It was very cool and will hopefully happen again!
17 May 2023
Charlie and Ellen at the Woodshed
Last month, Charlie Wilson (flute, whistle) and I played a series of concerts in the Wood Shed, a tiny concert venue right on Petite Riviere on the South Shore. It was our debut performance as a duo, playing mostly original tunes by Charlie. Stay tuned for Charlie's upcoming album of new compositions!
4 April 2023
Where Dance and Music Meet
27 March 2023
The Sleep-In
On March 25th, New Hermitage and Blackwood co-presented a concert of deeply ambient music where the audience was welcome to sleep! Everyone was encouraged to bring a blanket and pillow and get comfortable.
18 March 2023
St. Patrick's Day at Celtic Corner and Birch & Anchor
This St. Patrick's Day, I spent the afternoon playing tunes at Celtic Corner with Colin Carrigan, and the evening at Birch & Anchor with Michael Dalton and Donald MacLennan!
13 March 2023
Wolfe Island Residency
New Hermitage spent seven days on Wolfe Island last week on a beautiful residency period of musical exploration with Joyful Joyful and Michael C. Duguay. Thanks to the Canada Council for funding this work and to the Hotel Wolfe Island for hosting the residency and two public performances. More to come from this collaboration later this year!
27 February 2023
26 February 2023
Hayley Ryerson - Natural Elements
This week, I had the pleasure of working with Hayley Ryerson for the first time on some of her beautiful original tunes. We premiered them at the Music Room in Halifax!
7 February 2023
Sensory Accessible Concert
Much gratitude to everyone who came out to listen and dance, to Jennifer, Anna, Greg, and Roderick, to the amazing team of music therapist facilitators, and to Halifax Central Library for hosting!
30 January 2023
Conservatory End of Term
As the first term wrapped up at the Conservatory, harp students participated in a couple of performance events - a class recital, a harp/fiddle jam at Garrison Brewery!
25 January 2023
Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming Video
The Bombadils recently released a live video for their song "Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming", filmed in a backyard in west end Halifax! This is an arrangement of a song Luke wrote from their new album "Dear Friend", created for live quartet with Scott Kingsley on bass.
23 January 2023
Bombadils Album Launch
The Bombadils have just released a beautiful new album, "Dear Friend"! You can check it out here: https://thebombadils.com/music. I contributed some harp sounds to Bicycle, Tell Me I'm Not Dreaming, Losing Track of Time, and the title track, Dear Friend.
This weekend, we did two lovely launch shows in Halifax and Sackville.
18 January 2023
Riddle Song Video
I've been loving playing folk songs lately with Sarah Frank and Adrianna Ciccone! Here we are singing the Riddle Song. Thanks to Luke Fraser for making this beautiful video for us!
16 January 2023
Christmas Performances at Bethany United and St. George's
This year I was back at Bethany United Church on Christmas Eve and St George's Round Church on Epiphany to play harp preludes for the services. It was especially a treat to accompany the St George's choir and children's choir, both conducted by Garth MacPhee. Many thanks to Garth and to Shawn Whynot at Bethany for having me!