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Drawings inspired by the music of Vivaldi
October 30, 2012Vivaldi wrote what is today his most famous piece, The Four Seasons, some time between 1720 and 1725. It is a set of four violin concertos each of which describes a different season of the year. The music is programmatic (that is, descriptive) in a very life-like way; it abounds in vivid…
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A Delightful Northern Medley
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James Ehnes takes his Stradivarius to Fiddle Club
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NAC Orchestra Hits the Ground Running
October 26, 2012The plane had barely touched ground in Iqaluit before NAC Orchestra musicians and staff darted off to their respective outreach activities. Among today's activities were a fiddle and choir workshop with James Ehnes and Arild Remmereit, a theatre workshop with John Doucet and a string…
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Vivaldi Plays the Steam Iron
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The power of music to transform lives
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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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Donor Profile: Dr. Kanta Marwah
October 1, 2012The event happened many years ago but Dr. Kanta Marwah has never forgotten it. The distinguished research professor and professor emeritus of economics had recently arrived in Ottawa to join the faculty at Carleton University. She chose to spend this particular New Year’s Eve celebrating…
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Getting to Know You: an interview with Summer Music Institute Violist, John...
June 16, 2012We've survived week one of the Summer Music Institute! I had a chance to quickly catch up with one of our students, Violist, John Kastelic. John received a B.Mus degree in composition and music scholarship at UBC, studying viola with David Harding. As a violist and violinist, he plays a…
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Summer Music Institute Donor Profile: Marg Campbell
May 10, 2012The following is a conversation with Marg Campbell, a long-time NAC Foundation donor and dedicated supporter of the National Arts Centre’s Summer Music Institute (SMI). The Summer Music Institute offers the opportunity of a lifetime to promising young musicians from across Canada and around…
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An interview with SMI Conducting Program Alumnus Yaniv Dinur
March 14, 2012We are excited to share with you the following interview with Summer Music Institute Conducting Program Alumnus Yaniv Dinur (YD) and blogger Pamela Hickman*(PH). Yaniv speaks quite thoroughly and complimentary about his experience at SMI in 2005-2006 and his studies with our Conductor’s…
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Getting to Know You: An interview with Paul Casey
March 1, 2012Violist Paul Casey will be performing at the upcoming NAC Orchestra Bursary Benefit Concert this Sunday, March 4th, 2012. I had the opportunity to spend some time getting to know Paul a little better as we chatted about music, and about some outstanding memories from his experiences with us…
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NAC Summer Music Institute!
February 28, 2012The 2012 edition of the National Arts Centre’s Summer Music Institute is only a few short months away. The program consists of three divisions: the Young Artist Program, the Conductors Program and the Composers Program. It’s a time to study with world-class coaches and exceptional fellow…
