Sounds like a great place to live with all of the music offerings. Glenda >Halifax is a wonderful place for amateur musicians of all types. There is a >group called Canmac that meets once a month and sings some choral piece from >scratch. Then there is the Gilbert and Sullivan society that puts one >operetta each year. They have put all G&S on once and some twice. There are >numerous choirs and an amateur orchestra. There is a lovely gospel choir and >barbershop choirs too. > >There are lots of bands too. The school music department is very good and >was excellent before the cut backs. Quite a few local students have gone on >to professional music careers of all types of music. as far as preparing >students for jobs and life the music department has done a great job. Yet >some on the city council still perceive art and music as frills. > >Jean in Nova Scotia