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Happy Music Monday everyone!
May 8, 2012Music filled the air in Canada’s National Capital Region this afternoon when approximately 500 elementary students along with the NAC Orchestra’s Rideau Lakes Brass Quintet performed a special 20-minute concert at Ottawa City Hall in celebration of Music Monday. Music Monday, celebrated…
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Sunny skies and soaring hearts
May 7, 2012 -
It’s Official!
May 7, 2012 -
King Lear in Rehearsal – A Look Inside the Dream
May 3, 2012As the English Theatre Company continue rehearsals for next week’s opening of the much anticipated production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, Kevin Loring prepared a blog about being part of this one-a-kind production. Kevin speaks of the dream August Schellenberg had about an all-Aboriginal…
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Meet Keith Barker: Cornwall, King Lear
May 3, 2012 -
Monique Mojica: Goneril, King Lear
May 3, 2012 -
Meet Kevin Loring: Edmond, King Lear
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Meet Billy Merasty: Gloucester, King Lear
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An interview with SMI Conducting Program Alumnus Yaniv Dinur
March 14, 2012We are excited to share with you the following interview with Summer Music Institute Conducting Program Alumnus Yaniv Dinur (YD) and blogger Pamela Hickman*(PH). Yaniv speaks quite thoroughly and complimentary about his experience at SMI in 2005-2006 and his studies with our Conductor’s…
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Getting to Know You: An interview with Paul Casey
March 1, 2012Violist Paul Casey will be performing at the upcoming NAC Orchestra Bursary Benefit Concert this Sunday, March 4th, 2012. I had the opportunity to spend some time getting to know Paul a little better as we chatted about music, and about some outstanding memories from his experiences with us…
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NAC Summer Music Institute!
February 28, 2012The 2012 edition of the National Arts Centre’s Summer Music Institute is only a few short months away. The program consists of three divisions: the Young Artist Program, the Conductors Program and the Composers Program. It’s a time to study with world-class coaches and exceptional fellow…
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It’s a wrap!
November 24, 2011 -
Warmed by the Music of Mozart
November 23, 2011 -
Snow Day
November 23, 2011A major snowstorm hit southern New Brunswick this morning dumping more than 25 centimeters on the ground and wrecking havoc on the orchestra’s music education activity schedule. All schools in Saint-John have cancelled classes and that means a rare day off for our musicians. Well, not…
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Mozart reports from Moncton
November 22, 2011
