Symphony Nova Scotia’s School Open Rehearsals are a chance for school-age children to experience the symphony onstage in the concert hall at a very reduced price.

An emcee or the guest artist will guide your students’ experience and provide information about the rehearsal process. Please note that all of these events are working rehearsals, and are not intended to replace a live concert experience.

This is an opportunity to watch and listen to the symphony in action as the musicians get ready for a concert. Your students will attend a dress rehearsal, so the music will be getting the final polishing for public audiences but the players won’t be formally dressed.  

All School Open Rehearsals take place at the Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue, Halifax. The start time is always 10:30 am on the morning of the day of the regular concert.

Symphony Nova Scotia is developing Teacher Guides for performances.

2024/25 Open Rehearsals

BEN CAPLAN
Friday, February 7, 2025 at 10:30 am
The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax

Halifax’s own Ben Caplan has taken the world by storm with his bold style, brilliant songs, and deft and daring orchestral arrangements. Now, he returns with a brand-new, genre-bending song cycle in this unique and utterly unforgettable symphonic collaboration!

SYMPHONY SOLOISTS PLAY MOZART
Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 10:30 am
The Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax

Hear a lively concert of showpieces performed by your own Symphony Nova Scotia musicians! This spotlight on the Symphony highlights the virtuosic chops of our principal musicians: Renaud Lapierre, Danielle Johannes, Timothy Yung, Gabe Azzie, and Carys Sutherland.

• Cost: $12 for students and adults.
• These rehearsals will run for approximately 2 hours 30 minutes with a 20 minute intermission.

Want to bring your students to an open rehearsal? Please register now!