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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
November 5, 2012 -
A Sneak Peek of Northern Scene from Whitehorse
November 5, 2012 -
A Healing Totem Pole is Raised in Whitehorse
November 5, 2012 -
A perfect school day - throat singing and Halloween!
November 2, 2012 -
Excerpts from the NAC Orchestra Concert in Yellowknife
November 2, 2012 -
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
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Mime Workshop with John Doucet
October 31, 2012 -
The UK’s Hofesh Shechter Company rocks the Theatre with Political Mother on...
October 31, 2012The incredible Hofesh Shechter Company last appeared at the NAC with Uprising and In your rooms, which had been commissioned by The Place, Southbank Centre, and Sadler’s Wells Theatre in a unique collaboration between London’s major dance venues. The double bill was presented to rave…
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Playwright Dionne Brand Speaks About the Play thirsty
October 31, 2012