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Creative Artist Residency: Songwriting
with YAO (in French)Grade 5-12 Ages 10-18
Available in French only Designed specifically for the Ontario Arts Council’s Artists in Residence (Education) program, this five-hour residency explores the links between writing (poetry), literature and various … read more
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Listening and Music Creation
virtual artist residency with Samantha Whelan...Grade 3–4
Offered in English only A creative project through classical music, with teaching artist Samantha Whelan Kotkas. The project can be tailored to the school’s particular needs and interests. Teacher Guide will be … read more
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L’école à l’œuvre: SAYANORA, interstellar mission
Virtual artist residency with Marie-Eve...Grade 3–6
Receive (virtually) an artist in residence in your classroom! This year, you and your students could experience a virtual intergalactic adventure aboard the Sayanora, under the watchful eye of artist … read more
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L’École à l’œuvre : La boîte-paysage
Artist residency with Marie-Eve Fontaine4e à la 8e année Ages 10-14
*Available Winter 2022* Receive an artist in residence in your classroom! The imagination knows no bounds. With it, we explore, we invent, we fly away, we solve, we dream. Imagination allows us … read more
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Songwriting with Ila Barker
virtual artist residencyGrade 6–12
Students will learn the fundamentals of songwriting and write their own song(s) with Winnipeg musician and teaching artist Ila Barker. Timeline: Five hours over a 2 to 5 week period Grades: Elementary Grades 6-8 … read more
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Your donations through the NAC's National Youth and Education Trust help the NAC provide learning and engagement opportunities for all — from young children in the classroom, to artists, to the lifelong learner.
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. The Music Alive Program is made possible thanks to the leadership support of National Partner, The Azrieli Foundation, and Major Supporters, The Slaight Family Foundation and TD Bank Group. 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.