The National Arts Centre capped off a week of celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the Orchestra with a Saturday evening Gala of music, performance and history that was capped by a heartwarming performance of hits and stories by Sarah McLachlan. The day began well for
Many orchestras choose to mark landmark anniversaries by inviting world renowned soloists to perform with them. NACO has gone a different route, celebrating their 50th birthday this week by turning the spotlight on the stars in its own ranks. Two concerts this week followed a similar
On the day of our interview Diana Beresford-Kroeger was not out enjoying her trees as was expected. In fact she was cleaning a bathroom when the phone rang. "Nothing very exotic," she said. "It's one of the jobs of the world." That's Diana, down to earth,
The New Zealand Dance Company is making its National Arts Centre debut next week. Before the trio of dances is revealed in performance, the artistic director of NZDC Shona McCullagh answered some questions from ARTSFILE. Q. Tell me a bit about The New Zealand Dance Company. A.
Two prominent playwrights with strong connections to Ottawa have been nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award for drama. The first ever artistic director of the National Arts Centre's Indigenous theatre Kevin Loring has been nominated for his play Thanks for Giving and Hannah Moscovitch is
She came, she talked, she conquered. Margaret Atwood, dressed in black with a red scarf, was her usual deeply intelligent, questioning, acerbic and funny self in a reading and one on one session with CBC journalist Joanne Chianello at a sold out Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on
It is a fall of musical anniversaries in Ottawa this year. First the National Arts Centre Orchestra is celebrating 50 years of performances. Just down Laurier Avenue and across the Rideau Canal, the School of Music at the University of Ottawa is also marking a half
Caroline Bleau used to have brown hair. That is until the soprano sang in the Opera Montreal production of Another Brick in The Wall which adapted the famous Pink Floyd lyrics, written by Roger Waters, and put them to new music by Julien Bilodeau. The show
The newest studios in Ottawa are a place where fun’s loss is art’s gain. Studio Spaces Ottawa is already almost full of artists, who are creating new things in an old, nondescript building on Kaladar Avenue, just off Heron Road near Bank Street. It’s welcome
Evelyn Greenberg was just a little girl when she went with her mother and older sister Jacquelin to a music lesson. The instruction was for Jacquelin, Evelyn recalled. "After six weeks, the piano teacher said to my mother, 'Leave the big one at home and bring me
