Alexander Shelley

On July 1, join the NAC Orchestra and special guests for a FREE concert at 2:30pm! We spoke with bilingual slam poet and songwriter Yao, who will host the festivities for the second year in a row, about the day’s events and what we can expect.

The National Arts Centre is presenting their digital four-episode series Undisrupted, airing on CBC Gem on Aug. 27. Each episode features the NAC Orchestra, a visual and lights display, and a guest performer.

It’s like when you take a plant from a small pot and put it into a bigger one, and it spreads its leaves and it blossoms and it’s just so beautiful. I feel like this is exactly what’s happening with the NAC and with the orchestra as well.

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To celebrate 50 years of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, there is a host of both concert events and free activities set to take place between September 30th and October 5th.

The tour, a celebration of their 50th anniversary, will span across seven cities in five countries in Europe from May 10-26, 2019. The NAC Orchestra will tour with conductor Alexander Shelley and a number of guest musicians.

The National Arts Centre Orchestra presents their program of Ravel and Vivier on April 17 and 18 at the National Arts Centre.

The NAC Orchestra kicks off the season with the Beethoven Festival from September 13-22.

The National Arts Centre wants you to come on in and look around! And as a special treat, if you wander in this week you are going to find things going on from noon to night for the Ideas of the North Festival.

The 2017–18 National Arts Centre season is an exciting lineup of dance, theatre, and music, and will feature the NAC’s new performance spaces being unveiled this year.

On Wednesday morning, the National Arts Centre (NAC) invited their partners, stakeholders, Board Members and the media to its Theatre Salon, and revealed its 2017 performing arts lineup in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary.