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Autorickshaw: Music of India, Made in Canada
Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with Toronto-based trio Autorickshaw! This series includes a concert video, a downloadable teacher resource guide, a workshop for teachers, and a Q&A event for students.
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An off-the-road experience
Ersatz
Creative projects, videos, multiple resources and learning tools—that’s just a taste of what’s on offer for you to explore anytime, in the classroom or even in your living room
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Indigenous words colouring pages
Colouring pages featuring artwork created by Indigenous artists from the regions where these languages are spoken. Join us in colouring in these pages and share your work!
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It's Our Time
It’s Our Time celebrates the first-ever collaboration between the Shallaway Youth Choir and the NL Deaf Choir as they share and experience new possibilities for musical expression.
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Mi'kmaq Music and Dance for the Classroom
Music Alive Program teachers Julie Pellissier-Lush and Richard Lush share traditional Mi’kmaq songs, dances, stories and some of Julie’s poetry in this video series for elementary students.
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In your classroom
Music Alive Program
Music education program available in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces.
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in your classroom
Music Alive Program: Resources
Download these free resources for use in your classroom. We encourage you to tailor these resources to suit your own curriculum requirements for music and arts learning.
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Music
Music Circle workshop series for special needs students
A unique opportunity for students with special needs to explore string, woodwind, brass or percussion instruments in a supportive and professional environment.
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Study Guides
Arts-centred, curriculum-based lessons and activities for in-classroom and home learning.
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Chansons pour le musée
Three episode podcast
Grab your headphones and find a comfortable spot! Chansons pour le musée (“songs for the museum”) is a story in three episodes about Karine-Pas-Sauvé’s unusual quest.
Recent podcast interviews
Support Performing Arts Learning and Engagement!
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.