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February 23, 2010
Michelle Mourre Receives 2009 Heinz Unger Award for Music Conducting
Congratulations to Michelle and to former NAO conductors Martin MacDonald (’06-’08) and Evan Mitchell (’05) who were also nominated for this award.
Michelle Mourre Receives 2009 Heinz Unger Award for Music Conducting
Congratulations to Michelle and to former NAO conductors Martin MacDonald (’06-’08) and Evan Mitchell (’05) who were also nominated for this award.
December 15, 2009
Music and Emotion
Boris and the Festival were pleased to receive this touching poem from an enthusiastic patron
Music and Emotion
Boris and the Festival were pleased to receive this touching poem from an enthusiastic patron
August 21 , 2009
Carmina Burana a revelation
I have attended countless performances of Carmina Burana in my time. So how come the performance of Carl Orff's masterpiece at Mohawk College's auditorium on Thursday's dark and stormy night by Boris Brott and his National Academy Orchestra was an absolute revelation?
Carmina Burana a revelation
I have attended countless performances of Carmina Burana in my time. So how come the performance of Carl Orff's masterpiece at Mohawk College's auditorium on Thursday's dark and stormy night by Boris Brott and his National Academy Orchestra was an absolute revelation?
August 17 , 2009
The Government of Canada Supports the Brott Music Festival and Musicians in Training
The Government of Canada Supports the Brott Music Festival and Musicians in Training
July 11th , 2009
"Pictures at an Exhibition"
a tale of two Borises
To anyone whose ancestry dates back to the Russia of the nineteenth century, composer Modest Mussorgsky is inexorably part of a heritage…
"Pictures at an Exhibition"
a tale of two Borises
To anyone whose ancestry dates back to the Russia of the nineteenth century, composer Modest Mussorgsky is inexorably part of a heritage…
July 9th , 2009
Gryphon Trio gives engaging and playful at Brott Festival
It is a ravishingly lyrical song with the violin and cello entwined like lovers.
Gryphon Trio gives engaging and playful at Brott Festival
It is a ravishingly lyrical song with the violin and cello entwined like lovers.
July 5th , 2009
Felix, Ludwig, Shoshana & Boris
Exhilarating
It took a decade for an ‘A’-team of engineers & physicists to perfect and hone the tolerances needed to correctly match the tritium, uranium & hydrogen that comprise the Big one.
Felix, Ludwig, Shoshana & Boris
Exhilarating
It took a decade for an ‘A’-team of engineers & physicists to perfect and hone the tolerances needed to correctly match the tritium, uranium & hydrogen that comprise the Big one.
June 20th , 2009
Brott and Tryon connect onstage
Pianist’s technique is consummate and flawless
Brott and Tryon connect onstage
Pianist’s technique is consummate and flawless
June 13th , 2009
Dipnote U.S., Canada Celebrate Boundary Waters Treaty Centennial Posted by Suzanne Hall on Jun 13, 2009 - 03:47 PM
Dipnote U.S., Canada Celebrate Boundary Waters Treaty Centennial Posted by Suzanne Hall on Jun 13, 2009 - 03:47 PM
June 16th , 2009
Lisiecki displays remarkable artistry
It isn't at every concert that you'll see the Maestro toting chairs about his concert hall to accommodate the overflow. But at a Brott/National Academy Orchestra concert, it happens more often than not.
Lisiecki displays remarkable artistry
It isn't at every concert that you'll see the Maestro toting chairs about his concert hall to accommodate the overflow. But at a Brott/National Academy Orchestra concert, it happens more often than not.
June 13th , 2009
Brott & the NAO - “a treasure and artistic asset”
The opening concert for the 2009 Brott Summer Music Festival presented ‘The Beethoven Legacy’, featuring Maestro Boris Brott; 14 year old award-winning prodigy pianist Jan Lisiecki
Brott & the NAO - “a treasure and artistic asset”
The opening concert for the 2009 Brott Summer Music Festival presented ‘The Beethoven Legacy’, featuring Maestro Boris Brott; 14 year old award-winning prodigy pianist Jan Lisiecki
June 4th , 2009
Who needs Donald Trump?
The musical apprentices of conductor Boris Brott are in town and ready to impress starting next week
Who needs Donald Trump?
The musical apprentices of conductor Boris Brott are in town and ready to impress starting next week
December 22nd , 2008
Handel's Messiah
Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates, and the King of Glory shall come in.
Handel's Messiah
Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates, and the King of Glory shall come in.
December 22nd , 2008
Handel's Messiah
I think I have just heard the best performance of Handel's Messiah ever to whisk past my ears and this after years and years of attending Hamilton's Yearly Yule Yells.
Handel's Messiah
I think I have just heard the best performance of Handel's Messiah ever to whisk past my ears and this after years and years of attending Hamilton's Yearly Yule Yells.
December 4th , 2008
Beethoven & the Bully
There has been a lot of fraught discussion about how to make classical music "relevant" to the young. The composers are, by and large, dead white males. And many have been, like Beethoven, dead for literally hundreds of years...
Beethoven & the Bully
There has been a lot of fraught discussion about how to make classical music "relevant" to the young. The composers are, by and large, dead white males. And many have been, like Beethoven, dead for literally hundreds of years...
November 25th , 2008
Musical Zoo
Awaiting a Boris Brott education concert with his National Academy Orchestra, resembles an ant hill kicked over by an elephant. Mercifully, the scurrying, swarming ants are silent. The 2,000 or so jubilantly expectant JK to Grade 3ers are far from silent. Their 1,000-odd separate conversions seem as if they could drown out the traffic roar on a 400 highway.
Musical Zoo
Awaiting a Boris Brott education concert with his National Academy Orchestra, resembles an ant hill kicked over by an elephant. Mercifully, the scurrying, swarming ants are silent. The 2,000 or so jubilantly expectant JK to Grade 3ers are far from silent. Their 1,000-odd separate conversions seem as if they could drown out the traffic roar on a 400 highway.
August 21st, 2008
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Here I was with the mouthwatering prospect of Mahler's Second Symphony "The Resurrection" being conducted by Boris Brott with his National Academy Orchestra, reinforced by many apprentices of years past, a choir of 175, soprano Leslie Fagan and mezzo Marcia Swanson...
Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
Here I was with the mouthwatering prospect of Mahler's Second Symphony "The Resurrection" being conducted by Boris Brott with his National Academy Orchestra, reinforced by many apprentices of years past, a choir of 175, soprano Leslie Fagan and mezzo Marcia Swanson...
August 17th, 2008
High Tea with Giampiero Sobrino
High Tea with Giampiero Sobrino was a blast as the Brott Summer Festival visited St. John's Anglican Church, Ancaster Sunday afternoon. The whole thing reminded me of the Mikado aria "A Wand'ring Minstrel I a Thing of Shreds and Tatters".
High Tea with Giampiero Sobrino
High Tea with Giampiero Sobrino was a blast as the Brott Summer Festival visited St. John's Anglican Church, Ancaster Sunday afternoon. The whole thing reminded me of the Mikado aria "A Wand'ring Minstrel I a Thing of Shreds and Tatters".
June 29th, 2008
Prodigies Ludwig & Jan
The mostest bestest words or phrase to a producer – "S.R.O." and "SOLD OUT". Last night's National Academy Orchestra concert was both...
Prodigies Ludwig & Jan
The mostest bestest words or phrase to a producer – "S.R.O." and "SOLD OUT". Last night's National Academy Orchestra concert was both...
June 21st, 2008
A revered work gets an emotional reception
Brott premieres Father's work to "packed to the rafters" Burlington audience
Composer, violinist, conductor, teacher, academic and animator Alexander Brott was, for every one of his 90 years, a true Canadian cultural pioneer.
A revered work gets an emotional reception
Brott premieres Father's work to "packed to the rafters" Burlington audience
Composer, violinist, conductor, teacher, academic and animator Alexander Brott was, for every one of his 90 years, a true Canadian cultural pioneer.
June 15th, 2008
EHNES and BROTT; a dynamic duo!
Everyone who must put pen to paper faces certain hurdles. Even something as mundane as thank-you, condolence, or greeting cards must avoid triteness; for books, articles, or letters – syntax. For scribes such as yours truly: – precise and non-repetitive superlatives. This is especially literal after attending the first major concert of the National academy Orchestra's 2008 season last evening in Hamilton's Melrose United Church.
EHNES and BROTT; a dynamic duo!
Everyone who must put pen to paper faces certain hurdles. Even something as mundane as thank-you, condolence, or greeting cards must avoid triteness; for books, articles, or letters – syntax. For scribes such as yours truly: – precise and non-repetitive superlatives. This is especially literal after attending the first major concert of the National academy Orchestra's 2008 season last evening in Hamilton's Melrose United Church.
June 14th, 2008
Rapt Crowd for Grammy Winner Ehnes and Brott
Exceptional opening of the 21st annual Brott Summer Music Festival
The message was loud and clear from Canada's brilliant young violin virtuoso, James Ehnes, Saturday night: "Lollipops R'nt Us." The crowd that attended Ehnes' opening of the 2008 Boris Brott Summer Music Festival rose to its feet with a collective shout of acclaim...
Rapt Crowd for Grammy Winner Ehnes and Brott
Exceptional opening of the 21st annual Brott Summer Music Festival
The message was loud and clear from Canada's brilliant young violin virtuoso, James Ehnes, Saturday night: "Lollipops R'nt Us." The crowd that attended Ehnes' opening of the 2008 Boris Brott Summer Music Festival rose to its feet with a collective shout of acclaim...
June 14th, 2008
Brott Summer Festival: James Ehnes Plays Mendelssohn
Last night, at the opening of the 20th Brott Summer Music Festival, two Canadian prodigies, conductor Boris Brott, and violinist James Ehnes collaborated in a performance of the “Concerto” that was memorable for its sheer pleasurableness.
Brott Summer Festival: James Ehnes Plays Mendelssohn
Last night, at the opening of the 20th Brott Summer Music Festival, two Canadian prodigies, conductor Boris Brott, and violinist James Ehnes collaborated in a performance of the “Concerto” that was memorable for its sheer pleasurableness.
June 9th, 2008
21st Brott Music Festival Opens Saturday June 14 in Hamilton
From the opening Beethoven festival, Saturdays, June 14-28, to the rousing finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony on August 21, the 21st Brott Music has music for many tastes – from the classics to hot jazz, Italian opera, Greek and Mediterranean song, classy high teas, klezmer, even a nod to rock.
21st Brott Music Festival Opens Saturday June 14 in Hamilton
From the opening Beethoven festival, Saturdays, June 14-28, to the rousing finale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony on August 21, the 21st Brott Music has music for many tastes – from the classics to hot jazz, Italian opera, Greek and Mediterranean song, classy high teas, klezmer, even a nod to rock.
May 6th, 2008
Symphony Nova Scotia appoints new resident conductor
Symphony Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the appointment of National Academy Orchestra Associate Conductor Martin MacDonald as its new Resident Conductor.
Symphony Nova Scotia appoints new resident conductor
Symphony Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the appointment of National Academy Orchestra Associate Conductor Martin MacDonald as its new Resident Conductor.
May 5th, 2008
Notes Brott to You
Brott Music Festival Newsletter - Spring edition: A little Ludwig to start the summer, Congratulations Jan Lisiecki, Where's Boris?
Notes Brott to You
Brott Music Festival Newsletter - Spring edition: A little Ludwig to start the summer, Congratulations Jan Lisiecki, Where's Boris?