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The Institute for Orchestral Studies: NAC’s “finishing-school” for young musicians
November 12, 2012It 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…
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The 2012-2013 Fidelity Investments Pops season is about to begin!
November 9, 2012The NAC Orchestra’s got rhythm in this toe-tapping Gershwin celebration and Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly is on the podium. From 1924 until 1937, brothers George (music) and Ira (lyrics) Gershwin worked almost exclusively with each other, composing over two dozen scores for…
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Meet Audrey Dwyer of the NAC English Theatre Company
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You Asked
November 6, 2012The NAC owns 13 pianos, including seven grand pianos of various sizes and six uprights. Visiting concert artists have the choice of using one of our three Steinway concert grands, two of which were built in Hamburg and one in New York. The Hamburg Steinway, purchased in 2008, is currently…
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Meet Carol Cece Anderson of the NAC English Theatre Company
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Reflections on the Northern Canada Tour
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A Sneak Peek of Northern Scene from Whitehorse
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A Healing Totem Pole is Raised in Whitehorse
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A perfect school day - throat singing and Halloween!
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Excerpts from the NAC Orchestra Concert in Yellowknife
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A Young Composer Receives a High Level Critique
November 1, 2012 -
From Moncton to Yellowknife….
November 1, 2012Yesterday morning, I was with the string trio at a school where a woman named Danielle Mallet-Hachey greeted us at the school. We learned that she was the music teacher and was on maternity leave. She was walking gingerly up the stairs and I asked her was she alright. She told me she had…
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The Nunavut Edition of the NACOcast
November 1, 2012In this edition of the NACOcast, founding host Chris Millard reprises his role with the NACOcast while on tour with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Cananda’s North. Chris is joined by Inuit throat singers Evie Mark and Akinisie Sivuarapik. They discuss throat singing history and…
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From poet to playwright: NAC Playwright in Residence’s work, thirsty, moves from...
November 1, 2012If Dionne Brand’s name sounds familiar there’s good reason. Every year the National Arts Centre’s Playwrights in Residence program invites playwrights of Aboriginal or culturally diverse backgrounds to join the English Theatre Company. During the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons, Dionne was…
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Meet Andrew Moodie of the NAC English Theatre Company
November 1, 2012
