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NAC Orchestra rehearses Take the Dog Sled
October 24, 2012 -
NAC Orchestra Brass Trio in Pangnirtung
October 24, 2012The NACO Brass Trio Tour to Pangnirtung and Rankin Inlet, an initiative of the NAC Music Alive Program (MAP) and the Northern Tour, has only just begun and I think it was already more eventful than we could have ever dreamed of. Our evening flight from Iqaluit to Pangnirtung was…
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The power of music to transform lives
October 23, 2012 -
An Hommage to Nothern Music Makers
October 17, 2012 -
An Exchange of Musical Ideas
October 12, 2012When an orchestra goes on tour, the music is the first priority – selecting repertoire, shipping the instruments, tuning in a new space. But that music very quickly evolves into friendships, in an exchange of music. Between October 26 and November 4, the National Arts Centre Orchestra will…
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Reconnecting with the North
October 11, 2012The first performance of the NAC Orchestra's Northern Tour will take place at at the Nakasuk Schook in Nunavut. However, this is not the first time the National Arts Centre has visited Nunavut. For the past three years through The Music Alive Program: Nunavut NAC teaching musicians have…
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“As Long As You’re Communicating, It’s Music”
May 24, 2012It was late May in the band room of Hillcrest High School in Ottawa. Ms. Jeannie Hunter’s music students were working with the funny and gregarious Canadian composer Tim Brady, and two throat singers—Nancy Mike of Iqaluit and Kathleen Merritt, originally from Rankin Inlet. The kids were…
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It’s a wrap!
November 24, 2011 -
Warmed by the Music of Mozart
November 23, 2011 -
Mozart reports from Moncton
November 22, 2011 -
La mini-tournée acadienne
November 22, 2011« Avez-vous déjà vu un bâton laid »?, demande Marjolaine Fournier. La centaine d’élèves rassemblés dans la cafétéria de l’école de Grande-Digue – située dans un des pittoresques petits villages de la côte acadienne – éclatent de rire lorsqu’ils aperçoivent cet instrument de musique hors de…
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Transformation through music
November 21, 2011 -
Chanter et danser en Acadie
November 21, 2011 -
(Re)Connecting Through Music
November 21, 2011Today I played a woodwind trio concert with my colleagues Chip Hamann and Chris Millard at the Kenneth E. Spenser Home as part of the Health Arts Performance program. I also had an “it’s a small world experience.” After the concert, some of the residents of the home came up to us and told…
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Un grand concert dans une petite salle
November 20, 2011
