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Pinchas Zukerman on performing, teaching, and the stomach it takes to be...
October 24, 2014What do you need to make it as a musician? Intellect. Heart. And a feeling down deep in your stomach that says “Rrraaa!!!!” Watch this video, which premiered at the recent NAC Gala in support of arts education, and find out more about what drives the incomparable Pinchas Zukerman, Music…
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A concert in memory of Canadian Corporal Nathan Cirillo
October 23, 2014In the spirit of condolence and remembrance, Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra dedicated tonight's concert at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall to the memory of Corporal Cirillo, the Canadian soldier and father, killed in Ottawa yesterday. The excerpt is Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis by…
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Music at St. Giles’ Cathedral
October 23, 2014Dating back to the 14th century St. Giles' Cathedral is located on the Royal Mile between Edinburgh Castle and Hollyrood Palace. The cathedral is truly a spectacular piece of architecture and today this majestic space was filled with beautiful music performed by NAC Orchestra…
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Big Noise Scotland: music making that fosters confidence and pride
October 22, 2014In 2008 Scotland became home to the UK’s first Big Noise Orchestra. Big Noise is an orchestra programme that uses music making to foster confidence, teamwork and pride in the children taking part – and across the wider community. An orchestra is by its nature a cooperative structure. Any…
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Looking ahead to the UK Tour
October 20, 2014Soon the NAC Orchestra will be on their way to the United Kingdom. During final rehearsals, some musicians took a few moments to speak about what aspects of the UK Tour they are most looking forward to. For viola player Paul Casey the luxury of spending extra time with the repertoire is…
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The NAC Orchestra’s U.K. Tour: Following in their footsteps
October 15, 2014This week the National Arts Centre Orchestra kicks off its tour to the United Kingdom, where it will perform five concerts to commemorate the start of the First World War. One of them will be in the historic Salisbury Cathedral, a few steps from Salisbury Plain where Canadian troops first…
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Get Ready for a Wilde Time! Ted Dykstra Discusses Oscar Wilde and...
October 10, 2014With The Importance of Being Earnest soon to open the English Theatre’s 2014-15 Season, we sat down with director Ted Dykstra, whom English Theatre audiences will remember from the runaway hit, 2 Pianos 4 Hands. During a break in rehearsal we talked with Ted about Oscar Wilde, why his play…
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Epic influences and dancing in socks: Q+A with dancemakers Amber Funk Barton...
October 8, 2014Amber Funk Barton and Josh Martin – two of Vancouver’s hottest young choreographers – make their NAC Dance debut in the 2014-15 season, each performing a solo contemporary work and coming together for a high-impact duet, Hero & Heroine. Their program was conceived especially for the NAC and…
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Building Bridges: behind the scenes at the Associate Dance Artists portrait shoot
October 3, 2014The NAC has played a very important part in helping me develop my company. — José Navas Building Bridges. That was the goal in 2007 when National Arts Centre Executive Producer of Dance, Cathy Levy, established the Associate Dance Artists program. “Canada is such a vast country that many…
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NAC GALA raises $917,000 for National Youth and Education Trust
October 2, 2014Tonight’s 18th annual National Arts Centre Gala put a shining new face on music education in Canada, raising the second-highest amount in its history and delighting concert-goers with a succession of astonishing performances. The NAC Gala with Pinchas, Itzhak & Friends was sold out, and…
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Discussion about the book “Un regard qui te fracasse” by Brigitte Haentjens
October 1, 2014Discussion between Brigitte Haentjens and Sylvain Schryburt about the book Un regard qui te fracasse, Propos sur le théâtre et la mise en scène by Brigitte Haentjens. (In French) The discussion took place at the NAC Salon on September 25, 2014
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It’s Wilde Time! The 2014-15 English Theatre Ensemble begin work on The...
September 30, 2014Since her arrival in 2012, NAC English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley envisioned an Ensemble of artists that would represent and influence each chosen season. The 2014-15 Ensemble came together through a nation-wide search by her and Associate Artistic Director Sarah Garton…
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Pinchas, Itzhak & friends: Classical Greats share NAC Gala stage with rising...
September 26, 2014Violinist Jessica Linnebach met Pinchas Zukerman in 1999, at the first ever National Arts Centre Summer Music Institute (SMI), the young artist training program Zukerman founded after becoming the NAC Orchestra’s Music Director. She was 15. Despite her young age, Linnebach was already a…
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The strong relationship between photography and dance
September 24, 2014Développé is an exhibition featuring artists from the 2014 Canada Dance Festival (CDF) and emergent photographers from the School of the Photographic Arts. This exhibit, presented in partnership with SPAO and supported by the National Arts Centre (NAC) and Patrick Gordon Framing,…
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Sharing the Dream: Klô Pelgag
September 24, 2014NAC guest blogger Guillaume Moffet is an avid fan of Canadian music and a respected journalist known for his reviews of a multitude of music artists. He is the former editor in chief of Voir Ottawa‑Gatineau and the Ottawa Xpress, and the former editor in chief of BRBR for TFO. He has served…
