The opportunity to attend open rehearsals is one of the many ways the National Arts Centre Foundation thanks its generous and committed donors. Typically the rehearsals involve a unique chance for performing arts lovers to learn about the creation and performance process, but on November…
SMI: Congratulations on your appointment with the WSO! Can you give some advice to young musicians about the orchestra audition process? Travis: I think that the most important thing that people need going into an audition is confidence. I’m sure that there are lots of ways to find…
On Tuesday, June 25 at 10:30 a.m. in the NAC Foyer, the National Arts Centre will receive a unique gift: a model of the NAC Orchestra made entirely of toothpicks! The model, which consists of 12, 500 toothpicks, was created by Go Sato, who immigrated to Canada 41 years ago and who for the…
It may have been the most important lunch break Theodore Chan has ever taken. Theodore was in the NAC’s Le Café with his mentor Joel Quarrington, principal double bass with the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO). At the next table, guest conductor Zubin Mehta was talking to Maestro…