COVID-19 Update: How you can support your orchestra

Dear friends,

Following on recommendations from Nova Scotia’s public health authorities, Symphony Nova Scotia cancelled all 2019/20 concerts as of March 13, 2020. This included:

  • Broadway Tonight – March 14 & 15
  • 2020/21 Season Launch – March 18
  • Bach’s Mass in B Minor – March 21-22
  • Bernhard Gueller and Beethoven’s “Eroica” – March 26 & 29
  • Snowbird: A Tribute to Anne Murray – April 3 & 4
  • Symphony of Magic with Michael Grandinetti – April 17-19
  • Beethoven’s Piano Concertos – April 22-23
  • Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra: The Firebird – April 25-26
  • Beethoven’s Fidelio – May 1 & 3
  • Soul Sisters – May 8-9

If you held tickets for any affected events, see below to learn about your options.

We thank our friends and supporters for your ongoing patience during this time, and have worked to directly connect with as many as our ticket purchasers as possible. We also continue to post updates on our social media channels and at symphonynovascotia.ca.

As we face this uncertain and difficult situation around COVID-19, your support is more important than ever. These are unprecedented times for arts organizations around the world, and indeed here in our own province.

By donating your 2019/20 tickets or donating to Symphony Nova Scotia through our partners at Canada Helps, you are helping your orchestra endure this upheaval and prepare for the challenges to come. To learn more, click here

On behalf of all our Symphony family, we wish you continued health and wellness, and we encourage you to enjoy your favourite albums and recordings until we meet again. We look forward to sharing live music again together soon!


Donate your tickets to Symphony Nova Scotia at this challenging time.

As we face this uncertain and difficult situation, your support is more important than ever. All ticket donations will receive a charitable tax receipt for the value of the ticket. To donate your tickets, please email [email protected] with the subject: RECEIPT.

We’ll need your tickets in order to process your request. Here’s how to get them to us:

  • If your tickets were at the Dalhousie Arts Centre Box Office, not to worry — we’ve picked them up!
  • If you have your ticket(s), please scan or take a photo of each ticket and include it with your email. The front of each ticket must be visible and legible, including Event, Row/Seat, Price, Date, and Time.
  • If you prefer to mail your tickets to us, you can now send them to:

Symphony Nova Scotia
ATTN: RECEIPT
301-5657 Spring Garden Road
Halifax NS B3J 3R4

  • Please do not deliver your tickets to us in person. For the health and safety of our staff, our office remains closed to the public until further notice.

Please note, tax receipts can only be issued in the name of the ticket buyer.

If you have not sent us your tickets, it’s not too late! We need your tickets in order to process your donation and tax receipt. Please note, your donation and tax receipt will be dated the day we have both your request for a tax receipt and your tickets. If you mailed us your tickets, it will be the date on the postmark.


Exchange your tickets for a future Symphony Nova Scotia performance of your choice
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To confirm your exchange, please email us at [email protected] with the subject: EXCHANGE.

We’ll need your tickets in order to process your request. Here’s how to get them to us:

  • If your tickets were at the Dalhousie Arts Centre Box Office, not to worry — we’ve picked them up!
  • If you have your ticket(s), please scan or take a photo of each ticket and include it with your email. The front of each ticket must be visible and legible, including Event, Row/Seat, Price, Date, and Time.
  • If you prefer to mail your tickets to us, you can now send them to:

Symphony Nova Scotia
ATTN: EXCHANGE
301-5657 Spring Garden Road
Halifax NS B3J 3R4

  • Please do not deliver your tickets to us in person. For the health and safety of our staff, our office remains closed to the public until further notice.

You’ll notice 2021 events are free or lower-cost. We don’t want to ask you to use your exchanges on these events—though we’ll hope to see you there!

When exchanges do become available, we’ll let you know!

Exchanges are, as always, ticket-based. You will be exchanging each ticket for a ticket of equal or lesser value. Exchanges need to be arranged through the Symphony Nova Scotia Admin Office.


Thank you for your patience as we respond to a high volume of inquiries.

We are replying to emails in the order in which they are received, and it could take time for us to respond to your email. We ask that you please wait to hear from us. We will respond to all inquiries, and appreciate your patience at this time.

 

SO, YOU MAILED YOUR TICKETS!

If you’ve mailed your tickets to us, thank you!

Our office has been closed, and our staff working remotely, since March 16, 2020. We are now processing tickets that have been mailed to us, and will be in touch with you to confirm we’ve received your tickets. We thank you for your patience as you wait to hear from us.

Do you have more questions about exchanges and tax receipts? For a full list of FAQs, click here.