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Arts and social inclusion videoconference
March 22, 2019The topic of arts and social inclusion is one that the NAC Orchestra is exploring in their programming throughout the year as well as during the upcoming tour to Europe. In preparation for the tour, the NAC Orchestra hosted it’s inaugural conversation about Arts and Social Inclusion in…
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Connecting Canada and the World
February 7, 2019The next time you’re in the NAC’s Southam Hall lobby, take a moment to peek through the window of the Hexagon Studio. You might see NAC Orchestra clarinetist Sean Rice teaching his students at St. John’s Memorial University via ultra-high definition video-conferencing technology. Or you…
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New and improved Hexagon Studio makes connections possible across Canada and all...
April 26, 2018The next time you’re at the NAC, take a few minutes to peek inside the window of the Hexagon Studio off of the Southam Hall lobby. “Studio activity is seasonal, but it’s safe to say there is usually one, if not two, very cool things happening in or around the studio every day,” says…
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Nicholas Atkinson interviews Alexander Shelley
March 24, 2015The NACOcast, a classical music podcast produced by the National Arts Centre, regularly rates in the top five classical music podcasts on iTunes. Hosted by Nicholas Atkinson, Principal Tuba of the NAC Orchestra, the series explores the broad world of orchestral music and its great…
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The Golden Era: Pinchas Zukerman’s Gift of Music to Canadians
March 4, 2014“Pinchas not only expresses his lifetime of experience through his work, but through his commitment to excellence in his teaching, conducting and advocacy. He represents a vision, but most especially a sound of a more beautiful, hospitable world.” – Adrian Anantawan, Canadian violinist and…
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Bringing the Blues to Northern B.C.
February 24, 2014At the National Arts Centre, we strive to be a catalyst for performance, education and learning in communities across Canada. From February 26 to March 6, we are thrilled to be partnering with RBC Bluesfest so that we can deliver, for the first time ever deliver, RBC Bluesfest's Blues in…
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ConneXXions North: Innovative technology connects students in Canada’s North with NAC musicians
February 13, 2014It is a beautiful Saturday morning in Nunavut as a group of young trumpet players arrive for their music lesson. There is no instructor waiting for them, unless you count high school music teacher, Mary Piercey. Instead the room in Inuksuk High School in Iqaluit is filled with the broadband…
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Erhu masterclass with Professor Yu Hongmei
October 2, 2013Earlier this year Professor Yu Hongmei, renowned erhu soloist and teacher at China's Central Conservatory of Music held a masterclass with Ottawa student Leo Zhang in the NAC's Hexagon Studio.
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Making connections possible that wouldn’t otherwise be possible
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The Hexagon Project: Building bridges between technology and the performing arts
September 13, 2012Classrooms of students from as far away as the United States and Mexico share their reactions to Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with kids here in Canada... ...a talented young violinist living in a small community in Northern Canada receives one-on-one instruction from Pinchas…
