News Releases

  1. STATEMENT: NAC Lowers its Flag in Memory of Max Keeping

    October 2, 2015

    The National Arts Centre (NAC) is mourning the loss of Max Keeping, the legendary news anchor and community fundraiser who spent a lifetime supporting so many wonderful organizations in the nation’s capital. Mr. Keeping was a supporter of the National Arts Centre Orchestra and particularly liked to work with the musicians to bring attention to their efforts during the holiday season. On two... Read more

  2. NAC Commissioned work Cobalt wins Classical Composition of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards

    September 29, 2015

    OTTAWA (Canada) – On September 20, the NAC and CBC co-commissioned work Colbalt by Jocelyn Morlock, received the Classical Composition of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMA) in Victoria, BC. Cobalt first premiered at the NAC’s BC Scene festival in 2009, with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and conductor Alain Trudel, and featured British Columbian violinists... Read more

  3. Experience the NAC Orchestra’s Roaring 20’s Festival with Alexander Shelley

    September 28, 2015

    OTTAWA (Canada) – Hear the moment when jazz bopped its way into classical composition and classically-inspired music brought emotional life to the cinema, at the NAC Orchestra’s Roaring 20’s Festival, Oct 8-17! Alexander Shelley and the NAC Orchestra will bring Jazz Age “Storytelling music” to the stage, for five unforgettable nights. Featuring the music of Elgar,... Read more

  4. National Arts Centre Gala with Alexander Shelley and Lang Lang Raises More Than $1 Million for Arts Education

    September 19, 2015

    OTTAWA (Canada) – The 2015 National Arts Centre featuring world renowned pianist Lang Lang and the NAC Orchestra – under the leadership of its new Music Director Alexander Shelley – has raised a record $1,005,000 in support of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust. The annual NAC Gala has raised over $11.6 million over the past 19 years to support the National Youth... Read more

  5. THE SHELLEY ERA OFFICIALLY BEGINS AT THE NAC Featuring the world premiere of Dear Life: a reflection on life and childhood through music, words and photography

    September 9, 2015

    OTTAWA (Canada) –  On September 16 and 17 don’t miss the opening nights of Alexander Shelley’s inaugural season as Music Director of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, in a concert titled “Echoes of Childhood.” This Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert features contrasting takes on life and childhood. The program begins with Elgar’s exuberant Wand of... Read more

  6. Third Wolfgang Session set to sizzle in the final act of the Season The NAC Orchestra and Mercury Lounge present Music with a Wild Side

    July 6, 2015

    (Ottawa ON)-- The temperature is sure to rise, on Saturday July 11 at 10:00 p.m., when members of the NAC Orchestra heat things up in a performance of sultry, electrifying music by acclaimed female composers from the UK, Canada and New York’s indie classical scene for an unforgettable evening at Mercury Lounge in the Byward Market. The third and final WolfGANG Session of the season is... Read more

  7. NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA – LED BY RENOWNED MAESTRO ZUKERMAN TO PERFORM BRUCKNER AND MOZART JUNE 10 & 11

    June 9, 2015

    JUNE 9, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – On June 10 and 11 Pinchas Zukerman masterfully conducts the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Anton Bruckner’s final Symphony no. 9, preceded by Mozart’s introspective and moving fourth String Quintet, performed by Pinchas Zukerman on violin with members of the NAC Orchestra Jessica Linnebach, Jethro Marks, David Marks and Amanda Forsyth as... Read more

  8. PINCHAS ZUKERMAN CONDUCTS RENOWNED VIOLINIST GIL SHAHAM AND THE NAC ORCHESTRA IN FINAL MONTH OF HIS ULTIMATE SEASON JUNE 3 & 4

    June 2, 2015

    “You can hit all the senses of human experience, with music” --Pinchas Zukerman   JUNE 2, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – On June 3 & 4 join conductor Pinchas Zukerman as he leads the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Gustav Mahler’s heart-stopping Symphony No.1 and renowned American violinist Gil Shaham, as he masterfully translates the technical challenges and... Read more

  9. PHOEBE ROBERTSON WINS $7,000 NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA BURSARY COMPETITION

    May 27, 2015

    PHOEBE ROBERTSON WINS $7,000 NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA BURSARY COMPETITION OTTAWA, May 27, 2015 — After adjudicating her impressive performance Monday afternoon, a jury of musicians at the National Arts Centre named Phoebe Robertson winner of the 2015 NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition. National Capital Region music students who are studying for careers as orchestral musicians competed... Read more

  10. THE TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA'S BRASS BLAZE IN BRUCKNER’S SEVENTH, PLUS OTTAWA DEBUT BY VIOLIN PHENOM AUGUSTIN HADELICH

    May 5, 2015

    MAY 5, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Performing in the NAC’s Ontario Scene, Music Director Peter Oundjian leads his Toronto Symphony Orchestra in a one night only, not-to-be missed program, May 8, 2015. The performance sweeps the audience away on a sonic adventure with Treeship, by Torontonian and TSO RBC Composer, Kevin Lau.  The performance crescendos in a dazzling tour de... Read more