Building community through music: National Arts Centre Orchestra to perform for 700 students, teachers and families at CFB Gagetown on Nov. 24
OTTAWA—Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra will perform a bilingual student matinee at CFB Gagetown in Oromocto, NB in honour of the Canadian military and their families on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 at 1 p.m.
The student matinee in CFB Gagetown will be a chance for the NAC Orchestra to offer thanks on behalf of all Canadians to the military and their families for their service to the country. Participating schools in attendance include Hubbard Avenue Elementary School, Cambridge Narrows Community School, Summerhill Elementary School and École Arc-en-ciel.
Media wishing to attend can present themselves to the Base Theatre (located at CFB Gagetown’s main entrance) where the concert is being held.
Led by Canadian conductor and rising star Julian Kuerti, The “Let’s go Mozart!” student matinee will shine the spotlight on CFB Gagetown’s 3 Area Support Group Pipes & Drums, and will feature NAC Orchestra Second Clarinet Sean Rice of St. John’s, NL, actor John Doucet, and local fiddling star Samantha Robichaud. Oromocto Town Crier Fred Hackett will help kick off the festivities.
Before the performance, members of the NAC Orchestra will join enlisted personnel for lunch in the mess hall. Following the matinee, Ms. Robichaud will perform for a smaller group of children at the CFB Family Resource Centre.
The student matinee at CFB Gagetown is made possible in part by Tim Hortons.
The NAC Orchestra’s performance at CFB Gagetown will be the culmination of a 12-day tour of all four Atlantic provinces that started on November 13 in St. John’s, Newfoundland, and then travelled to Charlottetown, PEI, Halifax, NS, and Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John, NB. The tour included nine concerts and 80 education events, and will reach a total of 10,000 people.
To book interviews or for more information, media are encouraged to get in touch with the contacts at the bottom of this release. More detailed Atlantic Canada Tour information and artist biographies are also available at www.nacotour.ca.
ABOUT THE NAC ORCHESTRA
Reaching out to Canadian communities through touring is a central pillar of the NAC Orchestra. Over its 41-year history, the Orchestra has performed for audiences in hundreds of venues around the world, including 118 cities and communities in Canada (including Atlantic Canada in 2002), and 122 cities internationally.
Always at the forefront of technology and arts education, the award-winning NAC New Media department has made the NAC Orchestra’s Atlantic Canada Tour accessible to all Canadians, who are invited to follow the tour online at www.nacotour.ca for blogs, videos, podcasts, photos and more. Updates will also be posted on twitter at #CanadasNAC, and on the NAC’s Facebook page.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The National Arts Centre Foundation gratefully acknowledges support for the Atlantic Canada Tour from Regional Partners CN (Nova Scotia), Suncor Energy (Newfoundland) and Tim Hortons (CFB Gagetown, New Brunswick) and Supporting Partners Diane and Wesley Campbell, Zita Cobb and Ian and Jan Craig. Thank you also to NAC Friends Crosbie Group of Companies, Long & McQuade Musical Instruments, McInnes Cooper, the Gill Radcliffe Foundation and RBC Royal Bank.
The Atlantic Canada Tour is also made possible thanks to the CEO National Fund which supports the NAC’s programs across the country. The NAC Foundation extends a warm thank you to the Atlantic Canada donors to the CEO National Fund; the Craig Foundation, Fred and Elizabeth Fountain, Dale Godsoe, C.M., Frederick and Joanne MacGillivray, Frank and Debbie Sobey as well as NAC Foundation Director Gary Zed who has made a gift in memory Leesha & Amelia Zed.
The Atlantic Canada Tour Travel Partner is Air Canada and the Hotel Partner is Delta Hotels and Resorts. National Media Partners are CBC – Radio Canada and the National Post and the Media Partner is Atlantic Business Magazine.
TICKET INFORMATION
For ticket information to NAC Orchestra concerts in your community, please contact:
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Fredericton (Nov. 22) The Playhouse Tel: (506) 458-8344
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Saint John (Nov. 23) Imperial Theatre Tel: (506) 674-4100
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For more information:
Rosemary Thompson Director of Communications National Arts Centre Tel. (613) 947-7000, ext. 260 Cell: (613) 762-4118
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Carl Martin Communications National Arts Centre Tel. (613) 947-7000, ext. 560 Cell : (613) 291-8880
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Stéphanie Duchesne |