Student Matinee

Feb 5, 2018
Southam Hall 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada
Family programming Music Children
  • Bilingual
  • Approx. 55 minutes
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Monday, February 5, 2018 10:00 am English Reserve
Monday, February 5, 2018 12:30 pm French Reserve

“Hack the symphony” with audacious new explorations of sound and symphonic classics through science and technology. Brought to you by the creative engines of the NAC Orchestra, Canada Science and Technology Museum, pHacktory, and Artengine.

PROGRAM (subject to change):

In this concert, you will hear excerpts from:

  • R. STRAUSS Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30: Fanfare (Opening)
  • J. STRAUSS Music of the Spheres: Waltzes, Op. 235
  • BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": IV. Thunderstorm/Tempest
  • STEWART Mud Lake Symphony
  • J.S. BACH Violin Concerto in A minor BWV 1041: I. Allegro moderato
  • MESSIAEN Les Offrandes Oubliées
  • ANDERSON The Typewriter
  • HERRERA Bicycle Beats (excerpt from "Ideas, Not Theories")
  • JÄRVLEPP Garbage Concerto for Recycled Percussion and Orchestra: I. Dance of the Wind

Read Andrew Pelling’s blog, a step-by-step “How to” create the light cubes that are featured in the concerts.  

https://medium.com/@andrewpelling/symphony-hack-lab-how-to-make-light-cubes-662378e541

From Peter Robb at ARTSFILE: Hacking the symphony with Andrew Pelling to create a unique mash-up of technology and music

University of Ottawa physicist, biologist, all-around technology hacker and Ted talker Andrew Pelling knows all about the power of music.

He went to an arts intensive school. He also played the flute. And his partner is a violin maker who plays in community orchestras in the area.

But that’s not why he was asked to take part in a unique experimental process and classical music concert called the Symphony Hack Lab put together by the National Arts Centre.

Read more at: http://artsfile.ca/hacking-the-symphony-with-andrew-pelling-to-create-a-unique-mash-up-of-technology-and-music/

 

Payment deadline : Friday, January 12, 2018

  • Featuring NAC Orchestra
  • Conductor Alain Trudel
  • Co-host/director of pHacktory and TED Senior Fellow Dr. Andrew Pelling
  • Co-host/Education And Interpretation Officer, Canada Science and Technology Museum Catherine Emond
  • Violin Adrian Anantawan
  • Composer/Percussion Jesse Stewart
  • Percussion Reynaliz Herrera
  • Percussion Kenneth Simpson
  • Percussion Jonathan Wade
  • Percussion Kristofer Maddigan
  • Percussion Andrew Harris
  • Featuring Students from Regina Street Alternative School
  • Playwright Janet Irwin
  • Stage Manager Tobi Hunt McCoy

Financial assistance

Arts Alive has limited financial assistance available to support schools who would not otherwise be able to participate in our school programming due to economic barriers. Schools in need may request financial assistance directly through the registration form, to help cover the cost of tickets to student matinees or applicable workshops offered by the NAC. Learn more

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Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. Arts Alive is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation, the Government of Nunavut, Canadian North, Calm Air, The River Philip Foundation, The Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation, and The Thomas Sill Foundation. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.