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Celebrating a Year of Giving, the 2017–2018 Stewardship Report
February 26, 2019Thank you! Your thoughtful support for the NAC Foundation made a big impact in the 2017–2018 season, here in Ottawa and across the country. Your thoughtful support for the National Arts Centre Foundation made a big impact in the 2017–2018 season, here in Ottawa and across the country. …
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Five Minutes with Yolanda Bruno
February 8, 2019A Q&A with the past NAC Orchestra Bursary winner who was recently selected as the Kingston Symphony’s new Concertmaster Violinist Yolanda Bruno won a NAC Orchestra Bursary in 2006 and benefitted from attending the Young Artists Program (YAP) in 2008. We asked what the NAC Orchestra…
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Dance Masterclass gives dancers the chance to develop their own voices
February 8, 2019The class began with a typical ballet barre exercise, and some of the 18 emerging dancers were nervous. It’s not every day they get the chance to participate in a masterclass with Meredith Webster, Ballet Master for Alonzo King LINES Ballet. Then something unexpected happened. Meredith…
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Obeah Opera benefits from the support of the National Creation Fund
February 8, 2019It’s been in development for the past 10 years -- a musical sensation that’s already benefitted from multiple workshops, performances and a Dora Award nomination. Still, Nicole Brooks wants her creation, Obeah Opera, to be the best piece of musical theatre it can possibly be. For that to…
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Making Giving Easy
February 8, 2019Recognize your passion for the arts in your estate plans and inspire future generations Many of us remember the person who brought us to our first concert, play or dance performance. We hold a special place in our heart for the family member or teacher who shared their love of live…
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Donor Profile: Bulger Young
February 8, 2019Kenneth Young, Valerie Nixon and John Rouatt of Ottawa law firm Bulger Young have practiced together for about 30 years. In fact, Kenneth and Valerie are married to one another. Naturally, it was a shared decision for the firm to join the NAC Foundation’s Corporate Circle in 2013. John and…
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Claude Guilmain lives his American dream at the NAC
February 8, 2019Part historical saga, part comedy of manners, AmericanDream.ca deconstructs the American dream through the quest for happiness and the personal dramas of the Cardinals, a French-Canadian family who lived through the America of John F. Kennedy, the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the war…
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Message from the National Arts Centre Foundation CEO - February 2019
February 8, 2019As we welcome a brand new year, I can’t resist one last look back at the incredible accomplishments we celebrated together last season in 2017–2018. With our generous supporters, we brought the best of the arts to Canadians across the country with performances of Tartuffe, Gabriel Dumont’s…
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Orchestra shell assembly and installation timelapse
January 17, 2019This time-lapse highlights the complex assembly and installation of the Southam Hall orchestra shell. It is, without a doubt, the shining star of the National Arts Centre’s Production Renewal Project. Designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects, Fisher Dachs Associates, Threshhold Acoustics and…
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NAC Presents Sessions: An opportunity like no other for Canadian artists and...
January 11, 2019Lynn Miles felt it the moment she walked on stage at Southam Hall for the first time in her career. The JUNO award-winning singer/songwriter was there to rehearse her songs and new orchestral arrangements with the NAC Orchestra. “I felt so supported and comfortable,” Lynn shares. “The…
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14th Annual Music Monday Concert
May 8, 2018The 14th annual Music Monday celebration included a massed children's choir of over 350 youth under the direction of Jackie Hawley who led the sing-along of the Music Monday anthem Sing It Together. Participating choirs include: the Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa, École élementaire et…
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Insight into Madness with the National Ballet of Canada’s Peter Ottmann
January 31, 2018Attending intermission chats and open rehearsals are one of the many benefits donors receive when they support performance, creation and learning across Canada through the National Arts Centre Foundation. John Neumeier’s masterpiece Nijiinsky explores the complex, brilliant mind of the…
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Celebrating a Year of Giving, the 2016—2017 Stewardship Report
January 30, 2018Thank you! Your thoughtful support for the NAC Foundation made a big impact in the 2016—2017 season, here in Ottawa and across the country. Your thoughtful support for the National Arts Centre Foundation made a big impact in the 2016–2017 season, here in Ottawa and across the country. …
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English Theatre takes the smash hit Tartuffe home to Newfoundland
January 17, 2018Andy Jones’s folklore workshop at Riverwood Academy in Wing’s Point, Newfoundland isn’t over yet, but already the Canadian actor and playwright knows he wants to come back one day. “I got a special feeling as soon as I walked in the door,” Andy recalls. “I remember thinking I’ll gladly…
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Message from the National Arts Centre Foundation CEO - January 2018
January 17, 2018A new year is upon us – a time to reflect and be thankful for all that is good in our lives. There is much to be thankful for at the NAC and supporters like you are a big part of the reason why. Thanks to your generosity, promising artists are given a chance to learn and perform on…