Posts By: Nick Halley

Nick Halley will appear in the Scotia Festival of Music’s Highlight Concert #8 as one of two “reciters” narrating William Walton’s Façade, performed with an ensemble of instrumentalists. With Façade, Walton (at the age of only 20 years old!) captured the spirit of the 1920s, setting to music the riotously funny surrealist poems by the… Read more »

The Dinuk Wijeratne Trio comprises three superb musicians: Dinuk Wijeratne on piano, Nick Halley on drums, and Tom Easley on bass. The trio will play a jazz set in the second half of the Scotia Festival of Music’s Highlight Concert #11. Details here.

Come hear the newly-formed Girls Choir alongside the Men & Boys Choir at their end-of-season concert, the finale of their four-day tour of Nova Scotia! Expect a feast for the ears including selections from the choirs’ Evensong repertoire this year, songs of the sea, fabulous Paul Halley arrangements for choir, organ, piano, and percussion, and… Read more »

Roberto Occhipinti (bass), Nick Halley (drums), Glenn Patscha (piano), and Mike Murley (saxophone) are teaming up to perform a night of jazz at the beautiful Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance. Doors & Bar: 7:30 pm / Concert: 8:15 pm. Visit lampns.ca for tickets and details.

Nick Halley will be joining on percussion the multi-award-winning musicians Layale Chaker, Kinan Azmeh, and Dinuk Wijeratne. These musicians will come together to create highly distinctive music that draws from a confluence of cultural influences. Chaker, a Lebanese violinist and composer, Azmeh, a Syrian clarinetist and composer, and Wijeratne, a Sri Lankan composer, conductor, and… Read more »

Nick Halley (James Taylor, Oscar Castro-Neves, David McGuinness) is pleased to return to The Riverport Inn with guitarist/multi instrumentalist sensation Jon Suters (James Taylor, Neville Brothers, Ed Mann (Frank Zappa)) to present a dynamic duo. Together, they’ll dive into their combined world, jazz and classical repertoire, to serve up a delicious setlist that promises to… Read more »

Join us to celebrate the Carnival season before Lent and raise funds for Capella Regalis! Nick Halley (percussion), Paul Halley (piano), John Suiters (guitar), and other friends will be playing live samba and Brazilian jazz standards from the Rio and Bahia regions. $100 ticket includes $50 tax receipt, full dinner of catered Brazilian fare, one featured… Read more »

Join Glenn Patscha, Nicola Miller, Nicholas D’Amato, and Nick Halley as they explore their favourites, some well known and some more obscure, of the more than 2000 pieces that make up the Ellington songbook. Feb 11, 7:30 pm, at the Astor Theatre in Liverpool, NS. Tickets & Info.

November 12, 2022, Nick Halley (drums) will join Nicola Miller (saxophone) and Nick D’Amato (bass) to play an evening of live jazz music starting at 8 pm at the West Brooklyn SpeakEasy (15 minutes outside of Wolfville, NS). See the Event listing for details.

Watch the promo video here! Capella Regalis is delighted to announce the first of what will be an annual Fall fundraising event in which Founder & Artistic Director Nick Halley invites his dearest musician friends to perform an evening of music. The Dinuk Wijeratne Trio will play at Cecilia’s Retreat in Mahone Bay on Thursday,… Read more »