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Buck 65 : Rhymes of the Rapper’s Boogie
November 4, 2014"Almost-legendary" rapper Buck 65 has dropped recently not one, but two new records. The first is unquestionably his most personal to date while the second is a fun back-to-basics return to form. Before embarking on a cross-Canada tour that will take him to the NAC for a concert, part of…
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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…
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Under Pressure: Louise Lecavalier on her first self-choreographed work
September 18, 2014I don’t have to worry about words. I have to act, dance, create movement. — Louise Lecavalier Canada dance icon Louise Lecavalier talks about her first self-choreographed work, So Blue, and making the transition from dancer to choreographer. Louise Lecavalier is an NAC Associate Dance…
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Simone Deneau: NAC Presents supports creative growth of emerging Canadian artists
September 15, 2014For the past 18 months, NAC Presents Producer Simone Deneau has collaborated with artists, agents, presenters and producers all across the country to create the most ambitious and diverse NAC Presents season to date. It’s a season that will take the audience on a musical journey across…
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“Gigs don’t get more prestigious” – Joel Plaskett on performing with the...
April 8, 2014Sun goes down upon the bay Looking for somewhere to play I came here to bring the noise To the island girls and the harbour boys – Joel Plaskett, Harbour Boys Joel Plaskett is a clear-voiced singer-songwriter whose music pulses with tight rhythm and guitar. His songs are alternately…
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In children’s hands: Music Alive Program meets the music of R. Murray...
April 4, 2014Every year Calgary trumpeter Samantha Whelan Kotkas performs for about 1,100 schoolchildren who live mainly in rural Alberta. As a teaching musician for the National Arts Centre’s Music Alive Program, she’s done sessions on making music, and about classical composers like Vivaldi, Mozart…
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Music, youth and the North
March 20, 2014The National Arts Centre strives to be a catalyst for performance, creation and learning in every part of the country. One of the ways we do that is through our Music Alive Program in Nunavut, which has now reached over 5,000 northern Canadians in Kugluktuk, Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet,…
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Nurturing Artistic Process
January 22, 2013Creation spaces. Sometimes they exist as part of a well managed, state-of-the-art performing arts facility. A lot of the time, however, they don’t. They’re tucked in an old warehouse in the wrong part of town, or in a church basement with terrible light. There might be a noisy nightclub…
