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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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The Short, Extraordinary Life of a Rehearsal
December 12, 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. In a long awaited return to the Southam Hall stage, Amanda Forsyth, former principal…
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After Ypres: The Music of Two Nations Soars
November 9, 2018“We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts.” ― Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front This November, the National Arts Centre will host two very special concerts in…
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Finding the Voice in Silence
November 6, 2018On Thursday, October 18, playwright Trina Davies described to NAC Foundation supporters how she created Silence from a host of voices from the past and present. Fittingly, it all started with a phone call. Well, that, and a talking dog. In 2006, the highly respected dramaturge Iris Turcott…
