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Behind the scenes of a broadband videoconference
November 10, 2011Today NAC New Media starts the tech set-up for the November 13th National Choral Lecture-Performance. Equipment ranging from lights and cameras to huge screens and broadband internet connections must be set-up, tested and triple checked prior to the live event. At the end a rehearsal hall…
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The Atlantic Tour heads East
November 10, 2011There’s a large room in the National Arts Centre where artists practice. It’s called Rehearsal Hall “B”, and in the last few days when I’ve walked down the hallway, magic keeps pouring out of the room. The lighting can be a bit dim inside, but when I peeked in today I could see 16 year old…
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A 16-year-old piano phenomenon
November 8, 2011As featured soloist, Albertan Jan Lisiecki is a 16-year-old piano phenomenon. Also an alumnus of the NAC’s Summer Music Institute, Jan had his orchestral debut at the age of nine, and has since performed as a soloist more than 100 times with orchestras in Canada and internationally,…
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Sean Rice
November 7, 2011Sean Rice, a budding clarinetist (now a member of the NAC Orchestra), was still in high school in St. John's, NL when the NAC Orchestra, as part of its 2002 tour of Atlantic Canada, invited him to play the first movement of C.M. von Weber's Concerto No. 1 in F minor in a matinee concert.
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The Ark: Ibsen on Fogo Island
September 5, 2011Since 2006, the NAC English Theatre has conducted an unique theatre research and development project entitled The Ark. For three intensive weeks, students from the National Theatre School and professional artists from across Canada gather to study either a period in theatre history or the…
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Dispatches from Igloolik #1
February 14, 2011The mantra of the North…expect the unexpected, weather rules . And so it has been since I left for Igloolik on Sun Feb 6, or so I thought.. Between one weather delay after another, I did not make it to Igloolik until Tuesday evening, so I had already lost two days! And as luck would have…
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Oscar Peterson: the permanent commemoration
June 30, 2010Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) has been described as one of the greatest piano players of all time; his mark on the jazz world unmistakable. In commemoration of this Canadian artist's profound impact, the Oscar Peterson National Committee has commissioned Canadian artist Ruth Abernethy to…
