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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 »

Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir, Capella Regalis Girls Choir, and the All Saints Cathedral Choir will participate in the Sundays at Four series at the Cathedral Church of All Saints by singing Evensong this Fall. Visit capellaregalis.com/events for details.

Nick will be playing the drums and singing in the Earth Mass (Missa Gaia), presented by All Saints Cathedral in Halifax on the first Sunday in October. This service in celebration of the Earth, featuring the mass setting co-written by Paul Halley, will be sung by Capella Regalis and the Cathedral Choir, with soprano sax,… Read more »

Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir (Nick Halley) will join the All Saints Cathedral Choir in a production of the Musikalische Exequien (Funeral Music) by Heinrich Schütz, composed in 1635-1636. Directed by Paul Halley, this masterwork will comprise the centrepiece of the “For All the Saints” concert program that afternoon with guest players and singers from… Read more »