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Anticipation and the Creative Waiting Room
October 31, 2012Carmen Braden is a Yellowknife composer. She has been anticipating the NAC Orchestra's Northern Canada Tour for many reasons - to meet Norwegian guest conductor Arild Remmereit, to meet violin virtuoso James Ehnes, and... to have Canadian composer Alexina Louie (composer of Take the Dog…
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Great Photo of the Brass Trio in Iqaluit
October 31, 2012 -
Alexina Louie Learns some Throat Singing Tips
October 30, 2012 -
Community Feast at the Pirurvik Centre, Iqaluit
October 30, 2012The Sunday night Community Feast – with "country food", which means food hunted from the land and sea: narwhal, raw caribou, stewed caribou, candied Arctic char, raw cubed Arctic char, vegetarian dishes like Ellen Hamilton's delicious cauliflower curry Musicians passed around Simeonie's…
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Meet Jackie Richardson of the NAC English Theatre Company
October 30, 2012 -
Connexxions North - Broadband videoconference event
October 30, 2012 -
Drawings inspired by the music of Vivaldi
October 30, 2012Vivaldi wrote what is today his most famous piece, The Four Seasons, some time between 1720 and 1725. It is a set of four violin concertos each of which describes a different season of the year. The music is programmatic (that is, descriptive) in a very life-like way; it abounds in vivid…
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A Delightful Northern Medley
October 28, 2012 -
James Ehnes takes his Stradivarius to Fiddle Club
October 27, 2012 -
NAC Orchestra Hits the Ground Running
October 26, 2012The plane had barely touched ground in Iqaluit before NAC Orchestra musicians and staff darted off to their respective outreach activities. Among today's activities were a fiddle and choir workshop with James Ehnes and Arild Remmereit, a theatre workshop with John Doucet and a string…
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Share the Spirit!
October 26, 2012Last night the National Arts Centre launched Share the Spirit, an annual program that brings deserving children and their families from the National Capital Region to witness the magic of live performance at the NAC. This year, we are thrilled to annouce our new Honourary Chair of Share the…
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Meet David Francis of the NAC English Theatre Company
October 25, 2012 -
Vivaldi Plays the Steam Iron
October 25, 2012 -
Herbaceous smoked Qualicum sea scallops
October 24, 2012Herbaceous smoked Qualicum sea scallops chorizo kale crumble | green olive and roast garlic whip Everyone loves scallops! In this recipe, these jewels of the sea get the respect they deserve thanks to a cold thyme-infused smoking technique prior to being pan-fried. Once you’re ready to…
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NAC Orchestra rehearses Take the Dog Sled
October 24, 2012
