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 delight your ears! Tickets & info here.

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, October 27, and The Music Room in Halifax on Friday, October 28, 2022. All proceeds go to support Capella Regalis’s free educational programs for children.

Dinuk Wijeratne is a Sri Lankan-born Canadian composer and pianist whose music embraces the diversity of his international background and influences. Joining him on stage will be Nick Halley himself as percussionist, and award-winning bassist Tom Easley, for a night that bends the boundaries of classical, jazz, and world music.

Visit www.capellaregalis.com/events for details on purchasing tickets.

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, oboe, cello, drums, percussion, bass, piano, guitar and the voices of humpback whales, orcas, timber wolves, baby seal pups and other creatures great and small. No tickets required, but please pre-register HERE. Visit capellaregalis.com/events for details.

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 the Canadian Early Music scene.

This performance takes place on the 350th anniversary – to the day – of Schütz’s death on November 6, 1672. It is one of a number of events taking place across Canada in November as part of SchützFest 350.

This will be a ticketed event; stay tuned at capellaregalis.com/events.

Remarkable!