Young musicians compete for $17,000 in prizes at the Finals of the NACO Bursary Competition 2004 on May 17
May 10, 2004 -
Ottawa, Canada -- Up to eight young musicians from the region will compete for prizes totaling $17,000 at the final auditions of the 2004 NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition to be held on Monday, May 17 at 19:00 in the National Arts Centre Studio. These finalists will be selected from applicants who perform in recital at preliminary auditions held before a jury of National Arts Centre Orchestra musicians and guest members at the NAC on May 15 and 16. The winners will be announced and presented with cheques and certificates after the May 17 concert. The NACO Bursary is offered to music students in or from the region aged 16 to 24 who are following a recognized course of music study in preparation for careers as professional orchestral musicians.
Admission is $2.00 with all proceeds going to the NAC Orchestra Bursary Trust Fund. Additional donations to the Fund are greatly appreciated.
This year’s Bursary Committee is chaired for the third year by Vernon G. Turner, Canada’s former Ambassador to the USSR and an active volunteer at the National Arts Centre. In 1997, he chaired the Gala Committee for the NAC’s first major gala fundraiser, An Evening with Jessye Norman, and subsequently served as a member of the Black and White Opera Soirée Committee in 1999, 2000 and 2001.
The NACO Bursary Trust Fund was established in 1979 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the National Arts Centre Orchestra and to thank the people of the National Capital Region for their support during the Orchestra's first decade. The top prize is the NACO Bursary of $6,000 funded by the NAC. A second NAC-funded prize of $2,000 is the Vic Pomer Award named for the late NACO violinist. The NACO Bursary Committee also has available three additional prizes to be awarded at its discretion: the Harold Crabtree Foundation Award of $5,000, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra Association Award of $3,000, created in 1993 to celebrate the Orchestra’s 25th season, and the Piccolo Prix of $1 000 initiated in 2001 by Pasqualina (Pat) Adamo.
For more information please contact:
Jane Morris, Marketing Officer,
National Arts Centre Orchestra
(613) 947-7000, ext. 335
jmorris@nac-cna.ca