CONCERTS

EXHALE

May 24, 2025, at 7 p.m. | All Nations Church, Halifax

Join us for this concert focused on releasing and letting go, gathering strength in self and finding community! We will welcome local dancer Meredith Kalaman and Halifax cellist Hilary Brown to this culmination of Camerata’s partnership with the Halifax-Dartmouth Branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. The program will feature the premiere performance of a work by Composer-in-Residence India Gailey, along with a major piece by composer Henk Badings and repertoire by Johannes Brahms, Nancy Telfer, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Jocelyn Hagen. One highlight is Night Flight, a set of three songs by British composer Cecilia McDowall, telling the story of Harriet Quimby—the first woman to fly solo across the English Channel in 1912. Those who attended our season opener, INHALE, may remember a different kind of flight in that show (to the moon and back), and you might even recognize a few musical callbacks.

Content note: This concert celebrates themes of joy and connection through music. One piece in the program was written in tribute to a young person who died by suicide. A brief reflection on this topic will precede the song. We recognize that this subject may be sensitive, and encourage audience members to engage with the concert in a way that feels comfortable for them.