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Saturday, November 19, 2005 The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra joins the NAC Orchestra on stage to rehearse the joint performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 click to enlarge	Saturday, November 19, 2005 National Arts Centre Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra together in rehearsal click to enlarge	Saturday, November 19, 2005 Double the pleasure - twice as many clarinets and bassoons as usual when the NAC Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra get together to rehearse Tchaikovsky click to enlarge	Saturday, November 19, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducting the joint rehearsal of the NAC Orchestra and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra click to enlarge	Saturday, November 19, 2005 A view of the viola section during the rehearsal of the NAC Orchestra and Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at the Winspear Centre click to enlarge	Saturday, November 19, 2005 119 musicians together on stage when the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra joins the NAC Orchestra in rehearsal for the Gala concert at the Winspear Centre click to enlarge	Saturday, November 19, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducting the massive 119 musicians of the ESO and NACO combined during the rehearsal for the gala performance at the Winspear Centre click to enlarge	Saturday, November 19, 2005 The card-playing musicians of the NAC Orchestra pose for a group shot in their tshirts along with honorary member Peter Herrndorf: Left to right back row: Edvard Skerjanc, Peter Herrndorf, Peter Webster, David Goldblatt; front row: Karoly Sziladi Jr., David Thies-Thompson, Brian Boychuk click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 The Honourable Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (and former CFL champion) welcomes the National Arts Centre Orchestra to Government House in Edmonton click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Mayor Stephen Mandel of the City of Edmonton welcomes the NAC Orchestra at a reception at Government House click to enlarge
Friday, November 18, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman and Peter Herrndorf present an Ottawa Senators jersey to the Honourable Norman Kwong, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Laura Weber, NAC Special Events Coordinator, and Meiko Lydall, assistant to the Music Director, at Government House in Edmonton click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 NAC Tour photographer Fred Cattroll and Edmonton Mayor Stephen Mandel click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 The NAC Orchestra's Ambassador Brass Trio - trombonist Donald Renshaw, horn player Julie Fauteux and trumpet player Manon Lafrance - perform for children at l'École Notre-Dame in Edmonton click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Young audience members thoroughly enjoying a visit by the Ambassador Brass to their school, the École Notre-Dame click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 French horn player Julie Fauteux during the concert-demonstration by the NAC Orchestra's Ambassador Brass Trio at the École Notre-Dame. click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 One of the young audience members at l'École Notre-Dame where the Ambassador Brass Trio is performing for them. click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Children at l'École Notre-Dame sing Vivaldi along with the Ambassador Brass Trio during an in-school performance demonstation at l'École Notre-Dame click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 A viola student during the rehearsal session at Victoria School click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Cellist Margaret Munro Tobolowska teaching music students at Victoria School click to enlarge
Friday, November 18, 2005 Students play during the rehearsal session at Victoria School with Margaret Munro Tobolowska and Elaine Klimasko click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 A cello student during the rehearsal session at Victoria School click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Music student at Victoria School click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Violinist Elaine Klimasko (foreground) and cellist Margaret Munro Tobolowska teaching at Victoria School. click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Violinist Elaine Klimasko under the watchful eyes of her students at Victoria School click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Margaret Munro Tobolowska teaching at Victoria School click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Elaine Klimasko has a violin student walking, talking and playing scales while the media looks on during the lesson at Victoria School click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Music student watches her teachers during the rehearsal session at Victoria School click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 A young violinist laughs during a pizzicato lesson during the rehearsal session at Victoria School click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Elaine Klimasko laughing as she talks via Broadband videoconferencing with students in Burnaby BC during her lesson at Victoria School in Edmonton click to enlarge
Friday, November 18, 2005 Video screens show both the students at Victoria School in Edmonton and the Michael J. Fox School in Burnaby BC linked by Broadband videoconferencing for the lesson by Elaine Klimasko and Margaret Munro Tobolowska click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 At Victoria School in Edmonton music students from approximately 30 schools in the area gather for the lesson by Elaine Klimasko and Margaret Munro Tobolowska click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 Left to right: Judy Sills, Department Head of Music at Victoria School for Performing Arts, and the Programme Coordinator for the Edmonton Public Schools Music Enrichment Programme; Miriam Lewis, leader of "Orchestra A"; Olivia Walsh, leader of the Edmonton "Singing Strings", both orchestras of which are part of the Music Enrichment Programme click to enlarge	Friday, November 18, 2005 NAC Orchestra violinist Elaine Klimasko and cellist Margaret Munro Tobolowska (foreground) give a lesson to students from 30 schools in the Edmonton area who are part of the Edmonton Public Schools Music Enrichment Programme. The rehearsal session takes place at Victoria School and is linked by Broadband videoconferencing to Burnaby, BC. click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 Suzuki cello student at Edmonton City Hall click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 The audience members rise for O Canada at the start of the Suzuki music project in Edmonton's City Hall, click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 The Suzuki Charter School prepares to perform for NAC Award Composer Andrew Staniland in the world premiere of the Canadian Folk Song Suite. click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 Suzuki student watches as his fellow instrumentalists play click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 Suzuki flute student at Edmonton City Hall click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 Suzuki guitar students perform at Edmonton City Hall click to enlarge
Thursday, November 17, 2005 Cello student during the Suzuki music concert at Edmonton City Hall click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 Trombonist Colin Traquair does a live radio interview from the bus en route from Calgary to Edmonton click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 Grazyna Sobieraz, Music Director of the Suzuki Charter Music School, at the Suzuki performance at Edmonton City Hall click to enlarge	Thursday, November 17, 2005 Suzuki cello students perform at Edmonton City Hall click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 The musicians of the NAC Orchestra head to the post-concert reception for the NAC's Friends of Alberta at the EPCOR Centre. click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 NAC Music Director Pinchas Zukerman and NAC President and CEO Peter Herrndorf give an NAC pin to Gail O'Brien, Vice-Chair of the NAC Friends of Alberta at the post-concert reception at the EPCOR Centre in Calgary click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Darrell Gregersen, Chair of the NAC Foundation, and Barb Skalicky of Conoco-Phillips, the Education Sponsor for Alberta. click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducting from the violin during a performance of the Beethoven Violin Concerto at Jack Singer Hall in Calgary click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the NAC Orchestra in Jack Singer Hall, Calgary click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 The Calgary Girls Choir gives a pre-concert performance in the Foyer of Jack Singer Hall in Calgary as part of the NAC Orchestra's programme to showcase local talent. click to enlarge
Wednesday, November 16, 2005 The National Arts Centre Orchestra rehearses on the stage of Jack Singer Hall in Calgary for that evening's concert. click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 The National Arts Centre Orchestra rehearses on the stage of Jack Singer Hall in Calgary click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 One of the Belfast School children at the launch of the Music Ambassador Programme click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Claire Speed, NAC Director of Music Education, shows off the Vivaldi Teacher Resource Kit that will be the basis of the in-school visit by the musician-teachers click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 The children of Belfast School watch as trumpet player Samantha Whelan presents an example of how she will work with schoolchildren through the NAC Music Ambassador Programme. click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 The Music Ambassador Programme team for the province of Alberta: Erin, Claire Speed, Vanessa Goymour, Samantha Whelan, Jan Amsel, Rosemarie Siever, and Monica Dear click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 NAC Director of Music Education Claire Speed introduces the three teacher-musicians at the launch of the Ambassador Programme in Alberta: (left to right) violinist Jan Amsel, trumpet player Samantha Whelan, Claire Speed, and saxophonist RFosemarie Siever. click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 The children of Belfast School give their creative response to the music of Vivaldi during a demonstration at the launch of the NAC's Music Ambassador Programme. The Programme will see 3 teacher-musicians in Alberta and 3 in Saskatchewan visit 300 schools and give 30 teacher clinics in the two provinces over the next three years. click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 The children of Belfast School with Samantha Whelan, one of the three music teachers for Alberta, at the launch of the NAC's Music Ambassador Programme click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 16, 2005 Trumpet player Samantha Whelan, one of the three Alberta teacher-musicians, at the launch of the Music Ambassador Programme. click to enlarge
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 On the way back to Calgary from Banff at midnight, photographer Fred Cattroll stops to take a picture of the mountains in the light of a full moon click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 NACO principal cello Amanda Forsyth and her longtime friend and fellow cellist Shauna Rolston at the post-concert reception hosted by Mary Hofstetter, Director of the Banff Centre click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Left to right: a member of the string quintet in residence at Banff, NAC Orchestra Communications Officer Jane Morris, and Peggy Leighton, wife of NAC Board Chair and former Director of the Banff Centre, at the post-concert reception hosted by Mary Hofstetter, the current Director. click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 One of photographer Fred Cattroll's artsie shots - this one is of piano strings at the Banff Centre. click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 NAC Orchestra principal cello Amanda Forsyth performing "Bringing the Tiger Down From the Mountain" composed by NAC Award Composer Alexina Louie click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Violinist David Thies-Thompson performing NAC Award Composer Gary Kulesha's "Variations on a Theme by Britten" click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 NAC Orchestra Managing Director Christopher Deacon at Banff click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Marnie Richardson, NAC New Media Manager and tour videographer, in Banff click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Curtain call for Gary Kulesha's "Variations on a Theme by Benjamin Britten" at the Banff new music concert: (left to right) Renée-Paule Gauthier, David Thies-Thompson, Leah Wyber, Jean Desmarais, Jethro Marks. click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Orchestra Manager Chris Dearlove - the organizer of all the logistics of the orchestra tour - in Banff click to enlarge
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Cellist Leah Wyber performng Gary Kulesha's "Variations on a Theme by Benjamin Britten" during the new music concert in Banff click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 The exterior of the Banff Centre where the NAC new music chamber concert will take place on Nov. 15 click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Violinist Renée-Paule Gauthier performing Gary Kulesha's "Variations on a Theme by Benjamin Britten" at the Banff new music concert click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Principal flute Joanna G'froerer with Gary Kulesha in the foreground conducting Hindemith's "Septet for Winds" click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 15, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman playing the Shostakovich Sonata for Violin and Piano with pianist Jean Desmarais at the Banff new music concert click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Harpsichordist Thomas Annand and violinist Guylaine Lemaire (foreground) and NACO musicians line up at the Grande Prairie airport en route to Calgary click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Principal violist Jane Logan during the student matinee in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Guest narrator Joseph Naytowhow, a Woodland Cree storyteller and song-writer from Sturgeon Lakes, Saskatchewan, performs during the student matinee webcast in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Cameras webcast the Grande Prairie student matinee live to elementary schools across the province of Alberta on Alberta SuperNet sponsored by Bell Canada click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Violist Peter Webster during the student matinee in Grande Prairie click to enlarge
Monday, November 14, 2005 Violinist Martine Dubé during the student matinee in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Back in the control room, the NAC New Media Producer Maurizio Ortolani (right) monitors the webcast that is making the student matinee available to school children across Alberta. click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Maria van der Sloot and Meghan Nenninger, two graduates of the Junior Strings Programme of the NAC Summer Music Institute, perform as soloists with the NAC Orchestra led by Boris Brott during the NAC student matinee webcast click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Percussionist Reynaliz Herrera performs with a rainstick during the student matinee in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Children perform the Winter largo from Vivaldi's Four Seasons that they have prepared for the student matinee in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 NAC Orchestra violinist Jessica Linnebach performs Vivaldi's The Four Seasons as part of the student matinee webcast in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 The Douglas Cardinal Theatre at the Grande Prairie Regional College where the webcast of the NAC Orchestra's student matinee will take place. click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Cellist Timothy McCoy during the student matinee in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Violinist Karoly Sziladi during the student matinee in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 Horn player Julie Fauteux during the student matinee in Grande Prairie click to enlarge
Monday, November 14, 2005 Young percussionist Reynaliz Herrera, a graduate of the NAC Young Artists Programme after the NAC discovered her on the 2003 Mexican Tour, performs with Joseph Naytowhow during the student matinee webcast click to enlarge	Monday, November 14, 2005 In between the two student matinees in Grande Prairie the card players pick up where they left off in the bus. click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Flutist Emily Smethurst warms up backstage at the Douglas Cardinal Theatre in Grande Prairie before the concert with composer Gary Kulesha in the background click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducting the NAC Orchestra in the Mozart Symphony No. 39 click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 The bus waiting to take the musicians back to the hotel after the concert in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Orchestra Manager Chris Dearlove and Technical Director Pasquale Cornacchia head for the bus through the snows of Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Violist Nancy Sturdevant selects her wardrobe from the travelling wardrobe boxes backstage in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Clarinet player Peter Smith selects his reeds for the Grand Prairie concert in the Douglas Cardinal Theatre at the Grand Prairie Regional College click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Composer Gary Kulesha just before his intermission talk in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 A teacher meet-and-greet with Boris Brott before the following day's student matinee. (left to right) Reynaliz Herrera (percussion soloist on the student matinees), Daniel Desjardins (NAC Education Coordinator), Joseph Naytowhow (narrator) and Boris Brott (Principal Youth and Family Conductor, NAC orchestra, and the conductor of the Tour student matinees. click to enlarge
Sunday, November 13, 2005 Thomas Annand (far right) with his choristers from the Grande Prairie Regional College Choir. click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 The choristers perform for Thomas Annand at his choral clinic in Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Something very interesting in the luggage hold of the bus catches the attention of associate concertmaster Olivier Thouin and principal horn Lawrence Vine after the bus arrives at the hotel in Grandei Prairie click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Musicians deplaning at the airport in Grande Prairie in Northern Alberta click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Assistant principal double bass Marjolaine Laroche tries to get comfortable while reading on the plane fom Medicine Hat to Grande Prairie. click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Double bass player Vincent Gendron and son Sascha on the plane click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 NAC Orchestra Manager Chris Dearlove in front of the plane that will carry the musicians from Medicine Hat to Grande Prairie click to enlarge	Sunday, November 13, 2005 Bus driver Don in front of the bus that drove the musicians all over the province of Saskatchewan click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 NAC President and CEO Peter Herrndorf (right) congratulates violist David Goldblatt after the concert at the Esplanade in Medicine Hat click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Two longtime members of the NAC touring team - violinist Lynne Hammond and truck driver Tim McGahey backstage in Medicine Hat click to enlarge
Saturday, November 12, 2005 Double bass players Hilda Cowie, Marjolaine Laroche and Vincent Gendron pack their instruments into the travel cases after the concert in Medicine Hat click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducts Karen Donnelly in Gary Kulesha's "The Boughs of Music" onstage at the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman playing the Bach Violin Concerto at the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat. click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducting Mozart's Symphony No. 39 at the Esplanade in Medicine Hat. click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducting onstage at the newly opened Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre in Medicine Hat click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Principal trumpet Karen Donnelly finds a place to warm up backstage at the Esplanade in Medicine Hat click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Principal horn Lawrence Vine and composer Gary Kulesha watch NAC New Media Manager Marnie Richardson working on this website backstage at the Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 The Medicine Hat College Conservatory Academy Orchestra give a pre-concert performance in the Foyer of the new Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Cellist Leah Wyber (Medicine Hat native) leads a cello masterclass in her alma mater, the Medicine Hat College Conservatory click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Margaret Munro Tobolowska finds herself a chair while she waits to check in at the hotel in Medicine Hat click to enlarge
Saturday, November 12, 2005 Violist Peter Websters with Karoly Sziladi Jr. in the background prepare to leave the bus after arriving in Medicine Hat click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 From the bus en route from Regina to Medicine Hat - a train across the horizon click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Baby Sascha - son of double bassist Vincent Gendron and Natasha click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 A prairie skyscape between Regina and Medicine Hat click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Thomas Annand shares a laugh with his students at the Grande Prairie Regional College choral clinic click to enlarge	Saturday, November 12, 2005 Double bassist Vincent Gendron loading up for the 460 kilometre trip from Regina to Medicine Hat click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 The Corner Gas team: Colin Traquair (trombone), Sally Benson (violin), Marjolaine Laroche (assistant principal double bass), Greg Hodgson (assistant librarian) and Lev Berenshteyn (violin). click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Trombone player Colin Traquair outside one of the familiar sites for fans of the TV series of Corner Gas. click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Trombonist Colin Traquair, mega-fan of the Canadian series Corner Gas, organizes an excursion to the set outside Regina on the Orchestra's first day off click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Violinist Lev Berenshteyn gets ready to photograph the photographer at the set of Corner Gas outside Regina. click to enlarge
Friday, November 11, 2005 Principal trumpet Karen Donnelly's Mum and Dad invite the whole orchestra over to the house for brunch. With 10 children and 22 grandchildren (so far) Bernice Donnelly is used to cooking for a crowd. Some of the family greet the orchestra on the front steps. click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Principal trumpet Karen Donnelly takes a moment to enjoy some of her mother's cooking at the brunch for the Orchestra click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Violist David Goldblatt samples some of the array of food prepared by the Donnellys for the Orchestra visit click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Some of the delicious food that Bernice Donnelly has spent a month preparing for the visit by her daughter Karen's orchestra colleagues click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Karen Donnelly's sister click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Horn player Elizabeth Simpson, violinist Keiko Hutchenreuther, assistant principal cello David Hutchenreuther, horn player Jill Kirwan, tuba player Nicholas Atkinson, and violinist Karoly Sziladi find a quiet corner in the rec room to brunch. click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Karen Donnelly's father with trombone player Colin Traquair and assistant principal double bass Marjolaine Laroche click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Remembrance Day service in Victoria Park, Regina click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Remembrance Day service in Victoria Park, Regina click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Remembrance Day service in Victoria Park, Regina click to enlarge
Friday, November 11, 2005 Remembrance Day service in Victoria Park, Regina click to enlarge	Friday, November 11, 2005 Remembrance Day service in Victoria Park, Regina click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman performs the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the NAC Orchestra at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts in Regina click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 The double bass section of the NAC Orchestra during the Dvorak Symphony No. 8 at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts in Regina click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Principal trumpet Karen Donnelly surrounded by the Donnelly clan and friends onstage after the NAC Orchestra concert at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts in her hometown of Regina. (Her brother estimates the Donnellys were responsible for around 200 ticket sales in the hall that night!) click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Principal trumpet Karen Donnelly and her proud parents onstage after the concert at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts in her hometown of Regina click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Principal trumpet Karen Donnelly performs composer Gary Kulesha's "The Boughs of Music" to an adoring audience including many friends and family in Regina. click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 The Campbell Collegiate Chamber Choir gives a pre-concert performance at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts in Regina click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 The finale of the pre-concert performance by the Saskatoon Children's Choir and apprentice choir at Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Back at the hotel in Regina, we find four of the ladies of NACO: (left to right) double bassist Murielle Bruneau, horn player Julie Fauteux (seated), violinist Martine Dubé and violinist Renée-Paule Gauthier click to enlarge
Thursday, November 10, 2005 At a reception for the NAC Orchestra at Government House, Pinchas Zukerman surprises the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Lynda Haverstock with an Ottawa Senators jersey which she declares to be the most original gift she's received click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Her Honour Lynda Haverstock, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan with Pinchas Zukerman, NAC Orchestra Music Director, and David Leighton, Chair of the NAC Board of Trustees with the NAC's gift to Her Honour. (The number 19 signifies that she is the 19th Lieutenant Governor of the Province click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman and the young First Nations participants in Music Connexions from St. Augustine Community School in Regina watch students in Ottawa and Calgary perform for them via Broadband videoconferencing click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman watches closely as one of the violin students from the "Strings Across the Sky" program performs for him during Music Connexions click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 One of three groups of children from St. Augustine Community School an interpretive dance - their creative response to Vivaldi's Four Seasons - during Music Connexions click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 The children of St. Augustine Community School help carry off their music stands after the successful completion of Music Connexions. click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 The exterior of the Douglas Cardinal-designed First Nations University where Music Connexions will take place click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 Two young students from St. Augustine Community School play the Vivaldi piece that they have learned on the recorder for Music Connexions click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 NAC Director of Music Education Claire Speed and Pinchas Zukerman surrounded by the St. Augustine Community School children talk to the participants in Ottawa and Calgary via Broadband videoconferencing during Music Connexions click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 The atrium of First Nations University in Regina where Music Connexions is taking place click to enlarge
Thursday, November 10, 2005 Claire Speed, Director of Music Education, at First Nations University - the site of Music Connexions click to enlarge	Thursday, November 10, 2005 No rest for the new media team. Fully wired even on the road, they make use of the drive from Saskatoon to Regina to make their final preparations for Music Connexions click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the NAC Orchestra at the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducting the Dvorak Symphony No. 8 at the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman and the musicians enjoying one of three standing ovations during the tour's opening concert in Saskatoon click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman conducting the Dvorak Symphony No. 8 at the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Principal Trumpet Karen Donnelly and the NAC Orchestra perform The Boughs of Music composed for her by Gary Kulesha. click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 The Saskatoon Children's Choir and apprentice choir gives a pre-concert performance in the Saskatoon Centennial Centre Lobby as part of the NAC's program to showcase local talent. click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman leads the NAC Orchestra in its first tour rehearsal click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Pinchas Zukerman rehearsing the Beethoven Violin Concerto in the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium click to enlarge
Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Principal trumpet Karen Donnelly gets permission to allow a 10-year old trumpet student to sit with her during the Orchestra rehearsal at Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Double bass player Vincent Gendron at the Orchestra's first tour rehearsal click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Gary Kulesha teaching composition students at the University of Saskatchewan click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Composer Gary Kulesha at the piano demonstrating during a composition masterclass click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 NAC Award Composer Gary Kulesha click to enlarge	Wednesday, November 9, 2005 NAC Award Composer Gary Kulesha gives an intermission talk at the Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Emily Smethurst and a flute student at the wind clinic click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Young students are mesmerized by the concert given to them by the wind trio who were their teachers at the morning clinics click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 The music students of St. Dominic School watch the NAC wind trio perform click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 The magic flute of Emily Smethurst and her NAC colleagues enchants the young music students of St. Dominic click to enlarge
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 A toast to the town of Humboldt at a lunch for the musicians by clarinettis Peter Smith, the Mayor of Humboldt Dennis Korte, and NAC staff member Meiko Lydall click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 The mayor of Humboldt joins the NAC Orchestra brass and wind trio for lunch. Left to right: Larry Vine, Mayor Dennis Korte, Emily Smethurst, and Peter Smith click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Vivaldi Student Matinee click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Vivaldi Student Matinee: John Jacques click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Vivaldi Student Matinee - Boris Brott and John Jacques click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Vivaldi Student Matinee click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 The type of artsie shot that makes it all worth while for our tour photographer. click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 A young trumpet student in the Humboldt brass clinic click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 A young clarinet student click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Emily Smethurst teaching one of the finer points of embouchure during a wind clinic click to enlarge
Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Emily Smethurst teaching some of the finer points of fingering during a wind clinic click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 A young flute student at the Humboldt wind clinc click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Larry Vine gives French horn pointers to a young student click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Clarinet player Peter Smith leading a wind clinic click to enlarge	Tuesday, November 8, 2005 Vivaldi Student Matinee click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 The traditional entry of the students from the Prince Albert Grand Council ends in a traditional hoop dance click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Peter Herrndorf, President and CEO (left) wishes staff and musicians well on the tour before they board the bus at the National Arts Centre en route to the Ottawa airport. Tobi Hunt, Stage Manager (Center), and Tim McCoy (NACO section cello). click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 The students from the Prince Albert Grand Council make a traditional grand entry in traditional native regalia to begin the Recorder Programme click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Buses depart the National Arts Centre to catch their flight to Saskatoon from the Ottawa airport. click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Musicians and staff mingle and say farewell to family and friends outside the National Arts Centre where they board two buses en route to the Ottawa airport. click to enlarge
Monday, November 7, 2005 Margaret Tobolowska, cellist for the National Arts Centre orchestra, says farewell to well-wishers before boarding the bus en route to the Ottawa airport. click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Musicians boarding the bus at the National Arts Centre. click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Child with traditional drum at the Prince Albert Grand Council Recorder Program (PAGC) click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Girl with recorder click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Don Renshaw and children click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Principal trumpet Karen Donnelly plays together with the recorder students click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Elizabeth Simpson and drummers click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Young students concentrate as they rehearse for the P.A. Grand Council Recorder Project. click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Buses waiting outside the National Arts Centre to take musicians and staff to the Ottawa airport en route to Saskatoon. click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Trombone player Colin Traquair rehearses the recorder players and the brass section of the NAC Orchestra for the Prince Albert Grand Council Recorder project. click to enlarge
Monday, November 7, 2005 An overhead shot of the rehearsal for the Prince Albert Grand Council Recorder Project click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Prince Albert Grand Council Recorder Programme click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Prince Albert Grand Council Recorder Programme click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Prince Albert Grand Council Recorder Programme click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Doug Burden and teacher Ruby Thornton click to enlarge	Monday, November 7, 2005 Elizabeth Simpson gives the rhythm to one of the young drummers click to enlarge	Sunday, November 6, 2005 NAC driver Tim encountered a serious snow storm in northern Ontario. Tim was put 10 hours behind schedule by these severe driving conditions but still managed to make it to Prince Albert in time. click to enlarge	Friday, October 7, 2005 Sturgeon Lake School click to enlarge

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