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Vic and Flo Boyko: Dedicated to sparking a love for the arts...
May 14, 2019Vic and Flo Boyko have been there from the beginning. The couple still remembers their excitement when the National Arts Centre was built in 1969. They happily toured the new building. “Our passion is the NAC Orchestra but we’ve seen all kinds of performances in all the venues at the NAC…
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Making Giving Easy: Show your passion for the arts and save on...
May 14, 2019There’s nothing quite like the feeling you experience when you take your seat at the NAC. You’ve been anticipating the performance for weeks. You know it’s going to stir your heart and lift your spirit for weeks to come. Now you can ensure future generations get that same chance. …
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Five Minutes with Karoly Sziladi: A Q&A with one of the founding...
May 14, 2019Violinist Karoly Sziladi has been with the NAC Orchestra since it first performed in October, 1969. While the Orchestra was getting ready to depart on their seven-city 50th Anniversary European Tour this May, we asked Karoly about why touring is so important and what he’s most looking…
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The Transformative Power of Angélique
April 3, 2019On Thursday March 21, the first full day of spring, director Mike Payette spoke to NAC supporters about the play Angélique, a play that invites its audience to look deep within and emerge anew. Mike gave NAC supporters an overview of the challenging play by the late Lorena Gale that they…
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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…
