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Institute for Orchestral Studies: Pinchas Zukerman’s “brainchild” an investment in young musicians
June 23, 2015Sean Hawthorne, cellist and apprentice with the NAC’s Institute for Orchestral Studies (IOS), feels his anticipation grow. He knows that in a moment, NAC Orchestra Music Director Pinchas Zukerman will play Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto. “Hearing him play the Bruch Concerto every night…
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A dream concert for a young musician
October 29, 2014Emily Sun was fortunate to participate in the NAC’s Summer Music Institute in June along with two other colleagues from the Royal College of Music who took part in the UK Tour’s London concert, playing in the RPO in the joint NAC Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra concert on October…
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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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A musical surprise for St. Mary’s Canossian School
October 8, 2013Musicians from the NAC's Institute of Orchestral Studies surprised and delighted the students of St Mary's Canossian School when they began to play their school song. After some polite hesitation students received the nod from their principal and begain to sing while smiling brightly.
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The Institute for Orchestral Studies: NAC’s “finishing-school” for young musicians
November 12, 2012It may have been the most important lunch break Theodore Chan has ever taken. Theodore was in the NAC’s Le Café with his mentor Joel Quarrington, principal double bass with the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO). At the next table, guest conductor Zubin Mehta was talking to Maestro…
