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Faculty Gala Concert:

We launch the 2026-27 season with a concert featuring performances by faculty members of the Department of Music. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Guest Recital:

Guest Recital: Lucía Rodríguez (violin), Eliézer Rangel (viola), Chris Yoon (cello), and James Coghlin (piano), present an evening of chamber music piano quartets by three great masters of the genre: Mahler, Schumann, and Brahms. Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes available. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Colloquium: Louise Toppin:

 Dr. Louise Toppin from the University of Michigan presents a talk on Western art music by African American composers, and practical tools for engaging with this repertoire through performance, scholarship, and embodied vocal practice. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

SFEM Colloquium:

Music Adjacent Careers: How the Arts Interact with Other Industries

A public speaking event by soprano and musicologist, Dr. Paulina Francisco, co-presented by Sackville Festival of Early Music and ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Music.

SFEM Recital:

Sackville Festival of Early Music presents a recital in Brunton Auditorium. For program and ticket information, see website.

SFEM Special video Premiere & Recital:

Sackville Festival of Early Music premieres a special video at 7:00pm in Brunton Auditorium. Recital at 7:30pm to follow. For program and ticket information, see Sackville Festival of Early Music website. 

Early Music Recital:

Sackville Festival of Early Music presents a recital in Brunton Auditorium. For program and ticket information, see website.

Symphonic Band Pops Concert:

Performance by members of the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Symphonic Band, featuring students, guests, faculty, and community members. Free to attend; all are welcome. For more details, please call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

James Ehnes (J.E.A. Crake Concert):

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Guest Recital: Elmer Iseler Singers:

The Elmer Iseler Singers return to the Brunton stage to present a recital, joined by members of the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Choral Ensembles.

Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes available. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca. 

Masterclass - Elmer Iseler Singers:

The Elmer Iseler Singers present a masterclass/workshop for students in the Bachelor of Music program. For more information, call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca

Faculty and Guest Recital:

ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison faculty Katherine Dowling (piano) and collaborative pianist Clark Schaufele (piano) present a duo recital centered around Stravinsky's seminal "Sacre du printemps" in its original form for piano 4-hands. Also on the program are Ravel's own version of "La Valse" for two pianos, and the artists' arrangement of Gershwin's "An American in Paris."

Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes available. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Honour Band Concert:

Students from across the Maritimes present the results of their one-day intensive band workshop. Free to attend; all are welcome. For details call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Faculty Recital: Katherine Dowling:

Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes are available. For more information, call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Entre Amis at ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison:

Featuring student performers from ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ and l’Université de Moncton. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Entre Amis at l'Université de Moncton:

Featuring student performers from ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ and l’Université de Moncton. This event will be held at Salle Neil-Michaud, U de Moncton.

ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Symphonic Band:

Featuring performances by the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Symphonic Band, comprised of students, faculty, and community members. Free to attend; all are welcome. For details call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Chamber Orchestra Concert:

The ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Chamber Orchestra: featuring performances by students, staff, faculty, and community members. Free to attend; all are welcome. For details call 506-364-2379 or email music@mta.ca

Jazz Ensemble Concert:

ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Jazz Ensemble: Performances featuring MtA students, faculty, staff, and community members. Free to attend; all are welcome. For more information, call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca. 

Choral Ensembles Concert:

Choral Ensembles Concert: Featuring performances by students, faculty, staff, and community members. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Chamber Music Collegium:

Chamber Music Collegium, featuring small ensembles, with performances by students in the BMus program and other student performers. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information, please call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

New Music @ ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison:

Original compositions by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison students, performed by students, faculty, and guests. Free to attend; all are welcome. For more information, call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca. 

Christmas Collegium:

Celebrate the holidays with Music Students, Faculty, and Staff as we present a Conservatory tradition. Informal performances in the Music Conservatory Foyer. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Colloquium Musicum:

Colloquium: MtA Music Faculty Member and Canada Research Chair Linda Pearse presents a lecture on the intersection of music and sound in intercultural encounter and conflict. 

Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Guest Recital:

Guest recital: perform a recital in Brunton Auditorium. The electrifying collision of percussionist Zac Pulak and pianist Edana Higham, two musicians redefining what “classical” sounds like.

Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes available. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Colloquium:

Colloquium Musicum: MtA Music Faculty Christina Haldane and Kiera Galway present "Building Entrepreneurial Bridges: Innovative Curricular WIL in the Arts." The session shares findings from two CEWIL-funded MtA initiatives that reimagined performance-based courses as entrepreneurial, equity-centred Work-Integrated Learning ecosystems.

Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Guest Recital:

Guest Recital: Long time MtA Music Collaborative Pianist and Performing Artist James Coghlin (piano) presents a program of works for solo piano by three great 20th Century composers: Ravel, Prokofiev, and Rachmaninov. 

Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes available. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Vocal Workshop:

Vocal Workshop: Film Music in Practice & Context. MtA Faculty member Jennie Del Motte leads the band and the discussion as ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison vocal students discuss and perform music from films. 

Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Colloquium: Sondheim for the Voice:

What makes Stephen Sondheim’s music so compelling for singers and audiences alike? Sondheim for the Voice brings together internationally recognized Sondheim scholar Elizabeth A. Wells, soprano Christina Haldane, bass-baritone Branden Olsen, and pianist Carl Philippe Gionet for a lecture-recital featuring landmark songs from the musical theatre repertoire. Through performance, discussion, and scholarship, audiences are invited to explore the vocal, dramatic, and interpretive artistry that has made Sondheim one of the most influential voices in contemporary musical theatre. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Guest Recital: Acadia Trio:

A trio of faculty and staff members from Acadia University present an all-Canadian program featuring works by Dorothy Chang (BC), and other works by Paolo Griffen (Ontario), Carmen Braden (NWT), Denis Bedard (Que.) The program also features a brand-new piece for saxophone and electric guitar by MtA Faculty member Amy Brandon (NS). Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes available. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Sackville Music Festival Fundraiser: Conservatory of Music Brunton Auditorium,  2:00 pm.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Faculty and Guest Recital:

This concert presents the premiere of a new song cycle written for Christina Haldane (soprano) and piano by Canadian composer Michael Rose, composed especially for Haldane. The program will also feature James Kalyn (clarinet), and includes "Unavoidable Happenings" for soprano, clarinet, and piano, which was recently premiered in Manchester in summer 2026.

Recital Juries: Conservatory of Music Brunton Auditorium,  8:00 am.

Chapel Collegium: Chapel Sanctuary,  4:00 pm.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Faculty and Guest Recital:

Rogosin and Friends: Recently retired faculty member David Rogosin (piano) is joined by a band of talented guests to explore the world of jazz and bring it to life in Brunton Auditorium. 

Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes available. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Bragg Artist: My Life in Music:

This year's Bragg Artist-in-Residence (TBA) gives a public talk, discussing their journey through their career in music. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Bragg Artist: Public Talk:

This year's Bragg Artist-in-Residence (TBA) delivers a talk on a topic relevant to their musical interests. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Bragg Artist: Recital:

This year's Bragg Artist-in-Residence (TBA) performs a recital. This recital is always one of the highlights of the year and not to be missed!

Tickets are $15/$10. Free for current students with ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison ID. Subscription passes available. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Faculty and Guest Recital:

Faculty and Guest Recital: MtA voice Faculty Erin Bardua (soprano), and Clark Schaufele (piano), present a recital of works by MtA alumni Hope Salmonson, and other composers, focused on composers from underrepresented groups. 

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Chamber Orchestra Concert:

The ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Chamber Orchestra: featuring performances by students, staff, faculty, and community members. Free to attend; all are welcome. For details call 506-364-2379 or email music@mta.ca

MtA Symphonic Band Concert:

Ensemble Concert: the ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Symphonic Band, featuring performances by students, faculty, staff and community members. Free to attend; all are welcome. For details, email music@mta.ca or call 506-364-2374.

Jazz Ensemble Concert:

"Swingin' Time at Tweedie Hall." Fun and danceable jazz performances by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison Students, Faculty, and Community Members. Free to attend; all are welcome. For more information, call 506-364-2379 or email music@mta.ca

Choral Ensembles Concert:

Choral Ensembles Concert: Featuring performances by students, faculty, staff, and community members. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

Chamber Music Collegium:

Chamber Music Collegium, featuring small ensembles and classroom groups, with performances by students in the BMus program and other student performers. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information, please call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

New Music @ ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison:

Original compositions by ÌÇÐÄ´«Ã½ Allison students, performed by students, faculty, and guests. Free to attend; all are welcome. 

Collegium Musicum:

Featuring performances by students in the Bachelor of Music program. Admission is free; all are welcome. For more information call 506-364-2374 or email music@mta.ca.

HOLD for Sackville Music Festival: Conservatory of Music Room 100,  8:00 am.

HOLD for Sackville Music Festival: Conservatory of Music Room 100,  8:00 am.

HOLD for Sackville Music Festival: Conservatory of Music Room 100,  8:00 am.

HOLD for Sackville Music Festival: Conservatory of Music Room 100,  8:00 am.

HOLD for Sackville Music Festival: Conservatory of Music Room 100,  8:00 am.