The National Broadcast Orchestra (NBO) announced today that it will hit the road in November, 2010, for a tour of British Columbia communities. Performances will be conducted by NBO Artistic Director Alain Trudel, and violinist Jonathan Crow will join the orchestra as its featured guest artist. Crow, a resident of Montreal, was born in...
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We have lift off… Posted by SATO / IC team on Thursday January 14, 2010 at 7:43 PM Comments0|Recommend1 This week In Concert explores some exciting new musical adventures and collaborations. From Vancouver, it's the inaugural concert of the National Broadcast Orchestra. This new ensemble, under the direction of Alain Trudel, is carrying on...
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BY DAVID GORDON DUKE, VANCOUVER SUN VANCOUVER — A new year, a new decade, a new business plan, and a new name. But for many observers of the Vancouver music scene, our new National Broadcast Orchestra will forever be connected with the late CBC Radio Orchestra. The good news is that the NBO begins...
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National Broadcast Orchestra rises again through Internet | Vancouver, Canada | Straight.com. By Alexander Varty It’s good to be loved, and there’s no doubt that the CBC Radio Orchestra—a broadcast fixture that started in 1938—was one of the country’s most adored musical institutions. This became especially clear when the CBC axed the ensemble in 2008:...
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Caroline Rodgers La Presse L’ancien orchestre radiophonique de Radio-Canada renaît de ses cendres et prend le chemin de la modernité. Désormais, c’est en allumant son ordinateur que l’on pourra entendre symphonies et concertos interprétés par cet orchestre au destin particulier. Et même si l’Orchestre national de diffusion, version 2.0, se situe physiquement à l’autre...
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With two days to the end of the National Broadcast Orchestra’s $10 Challenge, the NBO has already received over $7500 in new gifts from supporters! This surge of generosity in the last two weeks was created by an anonymous donor who wanted to inspire all of our fans to make contributions of any size....
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Great news…the “National Broadcast Orchestra Company” (our official name) is now a registered charity in Canada! Our registration number is 817249220RR0001. We just got the letter from the Canada Revenue Agency today, and the timing is wonderful. We were about to announce ticket prices for our January 8 gala concert, and our charitable status...
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The National Broadcast Orchestra announced its first projects on September 15 at a media event in the Chan Centre’s Telus Studio Theatre. Here are some of the links to the stories that resulted from our announcement: CBC: Broadcast orchestra revived in B.C. Vancouver Sun: Cue the National Broadcast Orchestra Globe and Mail: CBC players...
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TO: Editors, Producers, Photographers and Reporters FROM: National Broadcast Orchestra SUBJECT: Press Conference announcing projects of the newly formed National Broadcast Orchestra (formerly CBC Radio Orchestra) Exclusive opportunity to record and film the orchestra in performance. WHEN: 12:15 p.m., Tuesday, September 15, 2009 WHERE: Telus Studio Theatre Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at...
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