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End: 2018-10-28T16:30:00-04:00
Location: Southam Hall

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NAC Orchestra
· 2018-2019 Season

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/18697

Lively bilingual one-hour performances featuring the NAC Orchestra. Get ready for scream-worthy fun when Samara the Witch and dancers bring to life orchestral favourites like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in a performance that will put you in high gear for Halloween. Dress up with the NAC Orchestra for this Halloween concert! CONCERT PROGRAM (Subject to change) HUMPERDINCK Hansel and Gretel: The Witch’s Dance MUSSORGSKY A Night on the Bald Mountain...

October 27 - 28, 2018

Southam Hall 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Oct 27 - 28, 2018

Southam Hall

Family programming Music Classical music

≈ 1 hour · No intermission

Lively bilingual one-hour performances featuring the NAC Orchestra.

Get ready for scream-worthy fun when Samara the Witch and dancers bring to life orchestral favourites like The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in a performance that will put you in high gear for Halloween.

Dress up with the NAC Orchestra for this Halloween concert!

CONCERT PROGRAM (Subject to change)

HUMPERDINCK Hansel and Gretel: The Witch’s Dance
MUSSORGSKY A Night on the Bald Mountain
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition: The Hut on Fowl’s Legs, “Baba Yaga”
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King
WILLIAMS Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Harry’s Wondrous World

TUNETOWN PRE-CONCERT ACTIVITIES

Arrive 45 minutes early to participate in hands-on TUNETOWN pre-concert activities organized by the Friends of NAC Orchestra in the NAC’s Southam Hall lobby. More than a concert it’s an interactive musical experience guaranteed to thrill music lovers of all ages! This special Halloween edition of pre-concert activities will include:

a Halloween costume dress-up corner,
a “spooky noises” instrument fair with students from the University of Ottawa School of Music,
interactive music activities with Music for Young Children and the National Capital Region Kiwanis Music Festival,
a reading corner by the Ottawa Public Library (Sunday October 28 only),
a fun Halloween craft,
an adapted Halloween craft and spooky sensory activity by the Lotus Centre for Special Music Education (Saturday October 27 only, Atelier Belle Shenkmand & Desmond Smith)

and much more!

NACOtron presented in collaboration with Rogers TV

Rogers TV is very pleased to present NACOtron, in partnership with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. We hope you enjoy the giant images on the NACOtron screen as they capture and magnify the magic of these fabulous concerts.

NATIONAL YOUTH AND EDUCATION TRUST

This program is made possible in part by the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust. The Trust is supported by supporters and patrons of the annual NAC Gala and the donors of the NAC Foundation Corporate Circle and Donors’ Circle.

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Featuring NAC Orchestra
Featuring NAC Orchestra

Since its debut in 1969, the National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra has been praised for the passion and clarity of its performances, its visionary educational programs, and its prominent role in nurturing Canadian creativity. Under the leadership of Music Director Alexander Shelley, the NAC Orchestra reflects the fabric and values of Canada, reaching and representing the diverse communities we live in with daring programming, powerful storytelling, inspiring artistry, and innovative partnerships.

Alexander Shelley began his tenure as Music Director in 2015, following Pinchas Zukerman’s 16 seasons at the helm. Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and former Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra (2009–2017), he has been in demand around the world, conducting the Rotterdam Philharmonic, DSO Berlin, Leipzig Gewandhaus, and Stockholm Philharmonic, among others, and maintains a regular relationship with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie and the German National Youth Orchestra.

Each season, the NAC Orchestra features world-class artists such as the newly appointed Artist-in-Residence James Ehnes, Angela Hewitt, Joshua Bell, Xian Zhang, Gabriela Montero, Stewart Goodyear, Jan Lisiecki, and Principal Guest Conductor John Storgårds. As one of the most accessible, inclusive, and collaborative orchestras in the world, the NAC Orchestra uses music as a universal language to communicate the deepest of human emotions and connect people through shared experiences.

Depuis sa création en 1969, l’Orchestre du Centre national des Arts (CNA) reçoit des éloges pour la passion et la clarté de ses interprétations, pour ses programmes éducatifs novateurs et pour son apport à l’expression de la créativité canadienne. Sous la direction du Directeur musical Alexander Shelley, l’Orchestre du Centre national des Arts est le reflet de la diversité des paysages, des valeurs et des communautés du Canada, et est reconnu pour sa programmation audacieuse, ses contenus nrratifs marquants, son excellence artistique et ses partenariats innovants.

Alexander Shelley a amorcé son mandat à la direction musicale de l’Orchestre du CNA en 2015, succédant à Pinchas Zukerman, qui a été aux commandes de l’ensemble pendant 16 saisons. Premier chef associé du Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Shelley a été le premier chef de l’Orchestre symphonique de Nuremberg de 2009 à 2017. Demandé partout dans le monde, il a dirigé entre autres la Philharmonie de Rotterdam, DSO Berlin, le Leipzig Gewandhaus et la Philharmonie de Stockholm, et il maintient des liens avec la Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie et l’Orchestre national des jeunes d’Allemagne.

Chaque saison, l’Orchestre du met en vedette des artistes de réputation internationale, tels que notre artiste en résidence James Ehnes, Angela Hewitt, Joshua Bell, Xian Zhang, Gabriela Montero, Stewart Goodyear, Jan Lisiecki et le premier chef invité John Storgårds. L’ensemble se distingue à l’échelle du monde pour son approche accessible, inclusive et collaborative. Par le langage universel de la musique et des expériences musicales communes, il communique des émotions profondes et nous rapproche les uns des autres.
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Conductor Andy Einhorn

Conductor Andy Einhorn

Leading Broadway music director and conductor, Andy Einhorn, directs concerts this year with the Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, and the National Symphony Orchestra. He's currently the Music Supervisor and Musical Director for the Broadway productions of Carousel and Hello Dolly! Einhorn’s previous Broadway credits include Holiday Inn, Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Evita, Brief Encounter, The Light in the Piazza, and Sondheim on Sondheim. He recently served as music director and conductor for the Châtelet Theatre’s production of Sondheim’s Passion in Paris and Einhorn made his New York Philharmonic debut with world-renowned trumpeter Chris Botti.

Since 2011 Einhorn has served as music director and pianist for Six-Time Tony Award Winner, Audra McDonald, performing with her at such prestigious orchestras and venues including The Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall and Teatro Real, Madrid. They recently recorded performances for an upcoming telecast with the Sydney Symphony at the Sydney Opera House in Australia. Einhorn has also music directed for Barbara Cook at Feinstein’s and Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music.

His tour work includes Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza, Mamma Mia!, and The Lion King. Einhorn’s work can be heard on the current touring production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. Einhorn has worked at Goodspeed Opera House, Signature Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare Festival and PaperMill Playhouse. He was principal vocal coach and pianist for Houston Grand Opera’s An Evening with Audra McDonald, a double-bill of Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine and LaChiusa’s Send.

Recording credits include Bullets Over Broadway, Cinderella, Evita, Sondheim on Sondheim (Grammy Nom) Stage Door Canteen and McDonald’s newest release, Go Back Home. He served as the music director for HBO’s Peabody Award winning documentary Six by Sondheim and music supervisor for Great Performances Peabody Award winning special “Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy” on PBS.

Andy Einhorn is an honors graduate of Rice University in Houston, Texas.

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Directeur musical et chef d’orchestre émérite de Broadway, Andy Einhorn dirige au cours de la présente année des concerts des Boston Pops, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre du Centre national des Arts et du National Symphony Orchestra. Il est actuellement superviseur musical et directeur musical des productions de Broadway Carousel et Hello Dolly! Andy Einhorn a également travaillé sur les productions Holiday Inn, Bullets Over Broadway, de Woody Allen, Cinderella de Rodgers + Hammerstein, Evita, Brief Encounter, The Light in the Piazza et Sondheim on Sondheim. Récemment, il a été directeur musical et chef d’orchestre pour la production Passion in Paris, de Sondheim, au Théâtre du Chatelet à Paris, et il a fait ses débuts avec le New York Philharmonic en compagnie du trompettiste de réputation mondiale Chris Botti.

Depuis 2011, Andy Einhorn été directeur musical d’Aura McDonald, six fois lauréate d’un Tony Award et il s’est produit à ses côtés avec des orchestres et dans des salles de concert réputées dont le Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall et Teatro Real, à Madrid. Récemment, tous deux ont enregistré avec la Sydney Symphony à la Sydney Opera House en Australie pour une émission qui sera diffusée sous peu. Andy Einhorn a également été directeur musical de Barbara Cook pour des représentations à Feinstein’s et au Royal Conservatory of Music, à Toronto.

Il s’est produit en tournée avec Sweeney Todd, The Light in the Piazza, Mamma Mia! et The Lion King. On peut aussi l’entendre sur la production actuellement en tournée de The Sound of Music, de Rodgers & Hammerstein. Il a travaillé à la Goodspeed Opera House, au Signature Theatre, pour le Oregon Shakespeare Festival et PaperMill Playhouse. Il a été premier coach vocal et pianiste sur la production Evening with Audra McDonald, pour le Houston Grand Opera et pour un concert double de La Voix Humaine, de Poulenc et Send, de LaChiusa.

Sur disque, il a travaillé sur les productions Bullets Over Broadway, Cinderella, Evita, Sondheim on Sondheim (finaliste aux Grammy Awards), Stage Door Canteen et le plus récent enregistrement d’Audra McDonald, Go Back Home. Il a été directeur musical pour le documentaire lauréat d’un Peabody Award de HBO Six by Sondheim et superviseur musical de Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy sur PBS, qui a remporté le Great Performances Peabody Award.

Andy Einhorn est diplômé avec distinction de Rice University de Houston, Texas.

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Actor Annie Lefebvre

Actor Annie Lefebvre

Annie is evolving laterally as a pluridisciplinary Artist. She works for the stage and the screen, on it and behind it. Along with her work as host (Dusk Dances, New Moon Cabaret, Canada Day, Prix Rideau Awards) theatre (Medea, Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, SKIN, À tu et à moi) and television (FranCoeur, Motel Monstre) actor, Annie works as a Makeup (Complections College of makeup Art and Design) and Wig Artist (Houston Ballet) and sometimes, she builds costumes and kind of strange things for events and fancy parties that can be seen as far as Vimy, France and Singapore. Her work has garnered her several Prix Rideau Awards nominations in several categories. She is over the moon (on her broomstick) to be at Canada's National Arts Centre once again in the company of such fine little toadlings.

Annie Lefebvre est une artiste pluridisciplinaire bilingue qui joue dans son imaginaire, au théâtre et à la télé. Son travail d’interprète comprend: la méchante Colette Coutu dans Motel Monstre (SRC,TfO) FranCoeur (SRC,TfO,UNIS), Bonjour, là, bonjour de Michel Tremblay (La Seizième- Vancouver) et s’est mérité plusieurs nominations aux Prix Rideau Awards d’Ottawa dont: son étrange et beau Squatter Heart, À tu et à Moi, Medea et Danny and the Deep Blue Sea.

Elle obtient sa formation professionnelle de maquilleuse au Complections College of Makeup Art and Design. Ses contributions sont en exposition au nouveau Centre d’éducation des visiteurs à Vimy, France. Sa nouvelle aventure comprend déménager sur la côte Ouest avec sa chatte Sushi.

Elle bricole et songe à de nouvelles formules magiques. Elle est ravie de revoir tous les petits crapauds!

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Featuring The School of Dance

Featuring The School of Dance

Located at 200 Crichton Street in Ottawa, The School of Dance has an international reputation as a centre for excellence in arts education. Founded in 1978 by Merrilee Hodgins and Joyce Shietze, The School offers professional training in ballet and contemporary dance, professional development activities for teachers, as well as leisure and recreational programmes for adults and children. Graduates of The School of Dance are performing with companies world-wide. Each year The School touches the lives of over 70,000 Ontarians with special outreach programmes including DragonFly® for learners with Down syndrome, Dance is BEST® in the hospitals of Eastern Ontario, Dancing in the Street throughout Ottawa in the summer months, Boys Only! classes and DanceONTour®, school visits designed to inspire interest in the arts. The School of Dance is registered as a private career college under the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005. The School of Dance is a Canadian, not-for-profit, charitable institution celebrating its 40^th anniversary season in Ottawa.

Située au 200, rue Crichton à Ottawa, la School of Dance s’est acquise une renommée internationale en tant que centre d’excellence en formation artistique. Fondée en 1978 par Merrilee Hodgins et Joyce Shietze, l’école offre une formation professionnelle en ballet et en danse contemporaine, des activités de perfectionnement professionnel pour les enseignants, ainsi que des programmes récréatifs pour adultes et enfants. Les diplômés de l’école sont embauchés par des compagnies partout dans le monde. Tous les ans, la School of Dance touche la vie de plus de 70 000 Ontariens grâce à des programmes spéciaux de rayonnement, dont le programme DragonFly®, destiné aux élèves trisomiques, Dance is BEST®, dans les hôpitaux de l’est de l’Ontario, Dancing in the Street, à Ottawa pendant l’été, les classes Boys Only!, et DanceONTour®, des visites scolaires visant à inspirer un intérêt pour les arts. La School of Dance est enregistrée en tant que collège privé d’enseignement professionnel en vertu de la Loi sur les collèges privés d’enseignement professionnel (2005), et est dotée d’un statut d’organisme de bienfaisance sans but lucratif. Elle célèbre cette année sa 40^e saison à Ottawa.

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Artistic Director / Choreographer Merrilee Hodgins

Artistic Director / Choreographer Merrilee Hodgins

Merrilee Hodgins, the Co-founder and Artistic Director of The School of Dance, studied in Canada, England, Denmark, Germany and the United States. In 1971, she was awarded the prestigious Solo Seal of the Royal Academy of Dancing. In 1973 she became principal dancer with the Alberta Ballet Company, later working in Denmark, Germany and the U.S. as a freelance artist. Miss Hodgins, a recipient of the YM-YWCA’s 1997 Women of Distinction Award, was the 1997 Chair of the City of Ottawa’s Cultural Leadership Committee, was a member of the board of directors for Dance Ontario, and has been awarded Canada Council grants to research and develop projects to introduce children to dance. Recent artistic projects include choreographic commissions from the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, a collaboration with Canadian poet Susan McMaster, a commission to produce a concert version of Stravinsky’s Firebird for the Brott Music Festival in Hamilton, Ontario and commissions to create choreography for Carnival of the Animals for the National Academy Orchestra of Canada and the McGill Chamber Orchestra. Merrilee is a Director of the Celia Franca Foundation and she regularly collaborates with a wide-range of organizations such as the Ontario Arts Council, Carleton University, the National Arts Centre, the National Gallery of Canada and the Hnatyshyn Foundation. In 2013, Merrilee was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of her contributions to arts education in Canada. In 2017, Miss Hodgins was presented with the Senate of Canada Sesquicentennial Medal in recognition of her valuable service to the nation.

Merrilee Hodgins, cofondatrice et directrice artistique de la School of Dance, a étudié au Canada, au Royaume-Uni, au Danemark, en Allemagne et aux États Unis. En 1971, elle remporte le prestigieux Solo Seal de la Royal Academy of Dancing. En 1973, elle devient danseuse principale à l’Alberta Ballet Company, puis travaille en tant qu’artiste indépendante au Danemark, en Allemagne et aux États Unis. Lauréate d’un prix Femmes de mérite décerné par le YMCA-YWCA en 1997, Hodgins est présidente du Comité de leadership culturel de la ville d’Ottawa cette année-là et membre du conseil d’administration de Danse Ontario; elle obtient aussi des bourses du Conseil des arts du Canada pour la recherche et l’élaboration de projets visant à initier les enfants à la danse. Ses récents projets artistiques comprennent des commandes de chorégraphies du Centre national des Arts d’Ottawa, une collaboration avec la poétesse canadienne Susan McMaster, la commande d’une version concert de L’Oiseau de feu de Stravinsky pour le Brott Music Festival de Hamilton (Ontario), et des commandes de chorégraphies pour le Carnaval des animaux pour l’Orchestre de l’Académie nationale du Canada et l’Orchestre de chambre McGill. Hodgins est l’une des directrices de la Fondation Celia Franca, et elle collabore régulièrement avec diverses organisations, telles le Conseil des arts de l’Ontario, l’Université Carleton, le Centre national des Arts, le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada et la Fondation Hnatyshyn. En 2013, elle a reçu la Médaille du Jubilé de diamant de la reine Élizabeth II en reconnaissance de sa contribution à l’éducation artistique au Canada. Le Sénat lui a offert une Médaille du 150^e anniversaire du Canada en 2017 en reconnaissance de sa remarquable contribution à la vie des Canadiens.

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Stage manager Laurie Champagne

Stage manager Laurie Champagne

Laurie began her stage management career with English Theatre and Jean Roberts’s company at the National Arts Centre. Since then she has been honoured to work with NAC English Theatre, NAC Indigenous Theatre, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, and NAC Presents (now Popular Music and Variety). Laurie has been Production Stage Manager for the Shaw Festival and Theatre Calgary, and Stage Manager for, amongst others, Arts Club Theatre Company, The Globe Theatre, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Mirvish Productions, Stratford Festival, Great Canadian Theatre Company, Grand Theatre, Theatre New Brunswick, and Neptune Theatre.

Laurie Champagne a commencé sa carrière de régisseuse avec le Théâtre anglais et la compagnie de Jean Roberts au Centre national des Arts. Depuis, elle a travaillé avec le Théâtre anglais du CNA, le Théâtre autochtone du CNA, l’Orchestre du Centre national des Arts et CNA Présente. Elle a œuvré comme régisseuse de production pour le festival Shaw et Theatre Calgary, et régisseuse de scène pour l’Arts Club Theatre Company, The Globe Theatre, le Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Mirvish Productions, le Festival de Stratford, la Great Canadian Theatre Company, le Grand Theatre, Theatre New Brunswick et le Neptune Theatre.

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Playwright Janet Irwin

Playwright Janet Irwin

Janet Irwin has over thirty years experience in the theatre, working as director, playwright/librettist, producer, dramaturge, consultant and teacher. She has great affection for the classics, political theatre, large casts, plays for family audiences, spectacle, outdoor theatre, stories about Ottawa, new work, opera and other theatre forms wherein music is integral.

She has directed for the Great Canadian Theatre Company, NAC’s English Theatre and Orchestra, Upper Canada Playhouse, Easy Street Productions, Opera Lyra Ottawa, Deluxe Hot Sauce and Third Wall Theatre.

Janet Irwin, qui compte plus de 30 ans de carrière dans le monde du théâtre, a porté bien des chapeaux : metteure en scène, auteure/librettiste, productrice, conseillère dramaturgique, consultante et enseignante. Elle se passionne pour les classiques, le théâtre politique, les grandes productions, les spectacles famille, l’art du spectacle, le théâtre en plein air, les histoires sur Ottawa, les nouvelles créations, l’opéra et le théâtre musical.

À titre de metteure en scène, elle a collaboré avec la Great Canadian Theatre Company, le Théâtre anglais et l’Orchestre du Centre national des Arts, l’Upper Canada Playhouse, Easy Street Productions, Opéra Lyra Ottawa, Deluxe Hot Sauce et le Third Wall Theatre.

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