September 17, 2004 -

On Wednesday, September 22, 2004, from 10:00 to 18:00, the Foyer of the National Arts Centre will be alive with food, fun, celebrities, artists, and the sights and sounds of many of Ottawa’s professional performing arts companies at ArtsFair. Make it your one-stop shop to get all the  information you need about hundreds of upcoming performances. Music, dance, theatre – find out about all of them from the people who know them best – and enjoy a live piano performance by Jon Kimura Parker, a free NAC Orchestra rehearsal, a live broadcast of CBC Radio One’s popular All in a Day (hosted by Brent Bambury), and live on-air interviews conducted by Mélanie Riendeau for Fréquence on La Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada.

The National Arts Centre is grateful to Media Partner CBC Radio One. Many thanks also to La Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada, The Ottawa Citizen, Le Droit, and Le Weekend Outaouais.

The National Arts Centre is delighted to be hosting representatives from more than a dozen professional Ottawa/Gatineau-based organizations. Each company has a fabulous 2004-2005 season to pitch, and you’re going to want to hear about it – and in many cases, you’ll be able to subscribe instantly!

Present at ArtsFair will be representatives from:
Arts Court
La Basoche
Cantata Singers of Ottawa
Centrepointe Theatre
Council for the Arts in Ottawa
Festival Network
Great Canadian Theatre Company
Le Groupe Dance Lab
Maison de la culture de Gatineau
National Arts Centre English Theatre, French Theatre, Music, and Dance
La Nouvelle Scène
Opera Lyra Ottawa
Ottawa Chamber Music Society
Ottawa Choral Society
Ottawa Symphony Orchestra
Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra
Salle Jean-Despréz
Théâtre de l'Île

Also represented will be the following community based organizations:
Broken English Theatre Company
Arts Ottawa East
Kanata Theatre
La Favoritte
Lakeside Players
Lunchbox Theatre
Orpheus Musical Theatre Society
Ottawa Community Theatre Group
Ottawa Little Theatre
Suzart Productions Inc.
The Tara Players Theatre of Ottawa
Théâtre lyrique de Hull

Visitors to ArtsFair may also enjoy:

• complimentary tea, coffee, and cookies, and light refreshments for a minimal charge
• live entertainment, including mezzo-soprano Kathryn Scott and baritone Luc Lalonde of Opera Lyra Ottawa, accompanied by Judith Ginsburg
• a free open rehearsal of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, featuring Music Director Pinchas Zukerman and Jon Kimura Parker
• lunchtime poetry reading of work by Arthur Rimbaud (in French), read by Pierre Simpson, accompanied by Jean Desmarais on piano (tickets $15.50)
• live radio broadcast of CBC Radio One’s All in a Day, hosted by Brent Bambury (in English) with special guests, including a performance by acclaimed Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker
• live on-air interviews conducted by Mélanie Riendeau for La Première Chaîne de Radio-Canada’s Fréquence, hosted by Daniel Mathieu (in French)

SPECIAL OFFER
The first 50 subscriptions purchased to any National Arts Centre series will receive a special ArtsFair discount of 50%!

ArtsFair on the air!

• On Saturday September 18, Radio-Canada’s Divines tentations will feature host Danièle Grenier in conversation with artists in Ottawa-Gatineau (La Première Chaîne 6:00 – 11:00)
• On Tuesday September 21, CBC Radio’s Ontario Today will feature host Alan Neal and special guests discussing the burning issues surrounding the arts in Ottawa and throughout the province (CBC Radio One 12:00 – 14:00)
• On Wednesday September 22, Radio-Canada’s Tous les matins du monde (Première Chaîne 5:00 – 9:00) will feature commentary and interviews by Anne Michaud and Fréquence (La Première Chaîne 15:00 – 17:30) will feature live ArtsFair interviews by Mélanie Riendeau

Celebrate the arts at ArtsFair! Bring your friends and family! Pick up brochures and swag! Take advantage of one-time-only promotions and special offers! Food! Fun! Live entertainment!

Information:
Gerald Morris
Marketing and Media Relations,
NAC Dance Department
(613) 947-7000, ext. 249
gmorris@nac-cna.ca

ARTSFAIR AT THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE

10:00 NAC Foyer ~ ArtsFair opens to the public – admission is free

10:00 – 12:30 Southam Hall ~ NACO open rehearsal (free)
The National Arts Centre Orchestra will have an open rehearsal of ‘Russian Romance’, the opening concert of the 2004-2005 season. The concert features Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 in E minor led by NAC Music Director Pinchas Zukerman as well as Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by Canadian Jon Kimura Parker.

12:00 – 14:00 Foyer
live entertainment

12:00 – 13:00 Fourth Stage ~ Lunchtime Reading: A Young Poet ($15.50, $8.75 students) National Arts Centre French Theatre marks the 150^th anniversary of the birth of poet Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891). Series artistic coordinator Paul Lefebvre has designed a survey of the life and work of “the man with soles of wind”. Pierre Simpson reads the early poems (in French), accompanied by Ottawa pianist Jean Desmarais.

16:00 – 18:00 NAC Foyer ~ Live radio broadcast
Live radio broadcast of CBC Radio One’s All in a Day with host Brent Bambury and special guests

15:00 – 17:30 NAC Foyer ~ Live radio interviews
Mélanie Riendeau will conduct live interviews with ArtsFair participants, to be broadcast on La Première Chaîne’s Fréquence with host Daniel Mathieu

18:00 ArtsFair concludes