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Why I give to the performing arts: Dasha Shenkman
I’m delighted to be supporting the NACO Mentorship Program, something that is very close to my heart. Although I have lived most…
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2024-2025 Season
Feel the undeniable energy and power of live music with the NAC Orchestra! Our 2024-2025 season is filled with visionary works – from timeless classical favourites to thrilling contemporary discoveries – Pops hits, movies in concert, family fun, and more! This season, experience your NAC Orchestra live, and take home sensational memories.
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NAC Orchestra Mentorship Program
NAC Orchestra Mentorship Program
Play it forward! A bold and innovative professional development initiative for talented emerging and early career professional orchestral… Play it forward! A bold and innovative professional… Play it forward! A bold and innovative professional development initiative for talented emerging and early career professional orchestral creatives from around the world.
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Meet the Musicians
Meet the Musicians
Learn more about each of our outstanding NAC Orchestra musicians. Learn more about each of our outstanding NAC Orchestra musicians.… Learn more about each of our outstanding NAC Orchestra musicians.
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Under 30? Get $15 tickets!
We created Under30 to make it easier for you to bring your family to the NAC to enjoy amazing theatre, dance, and music. We created Under30 to make it easier for you to bring… We created Under30 to make it easier for you to bring your family to the NAC to enjoy amazing theatre, dance, and music.
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Power your arts obsession with exclusive interviews, insights and artistic explorations of classical music. Power your arts obsession with exclusive interviews, insights… Power your arts obsession with exclusive interviews, insights and artistic explorations of classical music.
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Romance and Counterpoint
The NAC Orchestra’s final album in a four-part recording cycle that explores the closely intertwined personal and artistic connections between… The NAC Orchestra’s final album in a four-part recording… The NAC Orchestra’s final album in a four-part recording cycle that explores the closely intertwined personal and artistic connections between three musical giants: Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.
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Trombonist Don Renshaw’s legacy continues in memorial award
The legacy of beloved principal trombonist Don Renshaw continues to resonate within the National Arts Centre as the inaugural… -
Meet the musicians of the 2024 NACO Mentorship program
As the calendar inches closer to April 29, anticipation mounts at the National Arts Centre, where we eagerly await the arrival… -
Earth Day 2024: What Does a Green NAC Look Like, Anyway?
This year marks the first Earth Day since the National Arts Centre launched Walking Gently on the Land, its first-ever… -
Oboist Luca Ortolani wins NACO Bursary Competition
In an exciting weekend of spirited competition, a talented group of emerging musicians gathered on the University of Ottawa… -
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The Spirit Horse Returns: A Fun Afternoon of Artmaking with…
The NAC’s Canal Lobby was a creative playground for audience members of all ages on February 11, preceding the NAC Orchestra and… -
The search is on! NACO seeking first Resident Conductor
You need experience to get a job, but you need a job to get experience... Imagine navigating this dilemma in the intricate world… -
What is a Spirit Horse?
The NAC Orchestra and NAC Indigenous Theatre join forces to present The Spirit Horse Returns in Southam Hall Do you know about… -
New Resident Conductor position opens with NAC Orchestra
The National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) announces the creation of a new Resident Conductor Program for Canadian conductors,… -
Ready, set, apply! The NAC Orchestra Bursary is back
Making the cut It’s 1981 and a $1,000 prize is on the line in the first-ever edition of the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s… -
Strauss reimagined: NACO commissions four new works
Contemporary Canadian composers create companion pieces to Strauss classics “This is a musical adventure that pushes the… -
The NAC Gala: An annual event to ensure the future of the…
It’s with great excitement that the National Arts Centre is getting ready for its most glamorous fall event. The 25th NAC Gala,…
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