News Releases
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New players within the French Theatre team
October 20, 2011
The 2011-2012 season has seen the arrival of three new players within the French Theatre team: Sylvain Lavoie, Communications Officer, has now been with the NAC for a little more than two months, where a few weeks ago it is Brigitte Haentjens, Appointed Artistic Director for the 2011-2012 season, as well as Mélanie Dumont, Associate Artistic Director artistic (Youth Programming), who joined... Read more
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Ottawa’s own Angela Hewitt performs Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G in Hewitt’s Ravel, the third Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the season at the National Arts Centre on November 3-4
October 20, 2011
In the third Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the NAC’s 2011-2012 season, world-renowned piano superstar Angela Hewitt performs Maurice Ravel’s jazz-influenced Piano Concerto in G. The Hewitt’s Ravel concert is at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall on Thursday November 3 and Friday November 4, 2011. Arild Remmereit conducts the National Arts Centre Orchestra. The program for the evening... Read more
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Building community through music: the National Arts Centre Orchestra tours Atlantic Canada with nine concerts and 80 education events
October 19, 2011
Tour showcasing Julian Kuerti, Jan Lisiecki and Atlantic Canadian musicians includes event with Craig Kielburger, a new work by Canadian composer John Estacio, and a special concert at CFB Gagetown OTTAWA—Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra will celebrate Atlantic Canada in a dynamic performance and education tour that will build community through music with nine concerts reaching... Read more
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NAC Presents the 2011-2012 Geggie Jazz Series
October 18, 2011
The exceptional Geggie Jazz Series returns for its 11th season at the NAC Fourth Stage Ottawa, October 18, 2011–The NAC Presents series and John Geggie are thrilled to be launching the 11th season of the spectacular, diverse year-round concerts that make up the popular Geggie Jazz Series at the NAC Fourth Stage. “I am so very excited about the great variety of innovative and creative... Read more
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NAC Presents the 2011-2012 Geggie Jazz Series
October 18, 2011
The exceptional Geggie Jazz Series returns for its 11th season at the NAC Fourth Stage Ottawa, October 18, 2011–The NAC Presents series and John Geggie are thrilled to be launching the 11th season of the spectacular, diverse year-round concerts that make up the popular Geggie Jazz Series at the NAC Fourth Stage. “I am so very excited about the great variety of innovative and creative... Read more
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NAC Presents the 2011-2012 Geggie Jazz Series
October 18, 2011
The exceptional Geggie Jazz Series returns for its 11th season at the NAC Fourth Stage Ottawa, October 18, 2011–The NAC Presents series and John Geggie are thrilled to be launching the 11th season of the spectacular, diverse year-round concerts that make up the popular Geggie Jazz Series at the NAC Fourth Stage. “I am so very excited about the great variety of innovative and creative... Read more
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NAC Presents the 2011-2012 Geggie Jazz Series
October 18, 2011
The exceptional Geggie Jazz Series returns for its 11th season at the NAC Fourth Stage Ottawa, October 18, 2011–The NAC Presents series and John Geggie are thrilled to be launching the 11th season of the spectacular, diverse year-round concerts that make up the popular Geggie Jazz Series at the NAC Fourth Stage. “I am so very excited about the great variety of innovative and creative... Read more
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A-BACH-cadabra -- the first TD Bank Group ‘Family Adventures with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’ concert of the season – celebrates spellbinding music as well as the magic and mystery of Hallowe’en on Saturday October 29 in Southam Hall
October 18, 2011
It’s going to be a BOO-tiful afternoon when the first TD Bank Group ‘Family Adventures with the National Arts Centre Orchestra’ concerts of the 2011-12 season take place on Saturday October 29 in Southam Hall of the NAC at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The musicians onstage will be in their special Hallowe’en costumes and the entire audience is invited to dress up as well –... Read more
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ALAIN TRUDEL APPOINTED PRINCIPAL YOUTH AND FAMILY CONDUCTOR OF THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA
October 18, 2011
The National Arts Centre (NAC) is pleased to announce that Montreal-born conductor, composer, and trombonist Alain Trudel has been appointed as the Principal Youth and Family Conductor of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. His appointment takes effect at the beginning of the 2012-2013 season. In his new role, Alain Trudel will work closely with the National Arts Centre Music Education team to... Read more
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Colin Dunne presents the provocative moving memoir Out of Time at the NAC on October 27 to 29, 2011
October 17, 2011
Ireland’s acclaimed practitioner of Irish step dance, Colin Dunne, presents his first full-length solo production, Out of Time, in the intimate space of the NAC Studio from October 27 to 29, 2011. This exclusive Canadian engagement is an extraordinary moving memoir integrating contemporary movement, text, film, and sound design with Irish dance to create a provocative dialogue between... Read more