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Hear. The Future. A presentation made to Orchestras Canada’s 2010 National Orchestras Meetings by Ken MacLeod, President NBYO. Social Change through Music “From the moment a child begins to play an instrument, they are no longer poor.” – José Abreu, Founder El Sistema Venezuela In June 2009, three members of the NBYO Board of Directors traveled to Caracas [...]

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(Violinist James Ehnes and a young admirer, at the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony’s season opener on September 18, 2010)

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Most of the country is celebrating Culture Days today, tomorrow and Sunday (though Alberta got a head start last weekend). We’d like to highlight the following events involving Canadian orchestras: Across the country, east to west: Symphony Nova Scotia is presenting a wide array of activities – from small ensembles through the full orchestra – [...]

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Last spring, we updated Orchestra News readers on some research that had been done for Business for the Arts by Ipsos Reid on the attitudes of young, working Canadians towards closer engagement with arts and culture organizations. The study indicated that “three in ten (27%) would like to know more about how they can get [...]

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The votes have been tallied and the arrangements checked – and we have dates, a venue and a planning group for the National Orchestras Meetings in 2011. The meetings will take place in Vancouver BC from Monday, June 13 to Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Our gracious hosts? The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony [...]

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Awards season is heating up in the province of Quebec with the announcement of the nominees for the ADISQ prizes for 2010. We issue hearty congratulations to the following OC member orchestras! In the category Album of the Year – Orchestra or Large Ensemble, we salute both the Orchestre metropolitain and the Orchestre symphonique de [...]

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Earlier this week, the Canada Council for the Arts announced the creation of the Canada Council Michael Measures Prize to recognize promising young performers of classical music through a partnership with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYOC). The award is being established thanks to a $1 million bequest to the Canada Council from the [...]

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The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony has announced a five-year extension of Music Director Edwin Outwater’s contract. Mr. Outwater began work with the KWS in 2007; with this announcement, his work with the KWS will now extend to 2015. Speaking about his appointment, Maestro Outwater said “this is a remarkable orchestra. Over the past three seasons, I have [...]

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Member orchestras across Canada are opening their new seasons even as we type this – and we wish music-lovers everywhere (be they audiences, musicians, conductors, composers, volunteers or arts managers!) much joy in the days and months ahead. Here are a few highlights from the Eastern edge of the country: Symphony Nova Scotia starts its [...]

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Last week, Orchestras Canada mailed out membership renewal packages to our Professional, Community and Youth Orchestra members – and today, we’d like to tell you about a special gift we’ve prepared for those who renew! We recorded many of the sessions at our National Orchestras Meeting in Winnipeg in June – and in July and [...]

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