New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Tour

The NAC Orchestra spends a morning with the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, and Alexander Shelley takes the podium.

For most musicians, Wolfville was the next stop on tour. For Andrew Johnson and Darren Hicks, it was home.

All tours must end, but some nights stay with you forever.

Beethoven, Blackbird, and a full house in Halifax.

Hundreds of students from across Cape Breton descended on Eskasoni on April 14, and the NAC Orchestra was waiting for them.

How a First Nations community on Cape Breton Island turned a playoff hockey rink into a concert hall overnight.

An evening of food, music, and the kind of welcome only Eskasoni can give.

Jeremy Dutcher and the NAC Orchestra perform an intimate concert at St. Thomas University in Fredericton, gathering on the land where these songs originate.

We open this tour with an honour song, which recognizes and uplifts elders, community members, guests, and important moments like these.

It started with a conversation backstage at Southam Hall. Now Alexander Shelley and Jeremy Dutcher are taking their collaboration on tour.

Before she takes the stage with the NAC Orchestra, here’s how Emma Stevens introduced herself to the world.

Years ago, Alexander Shelley told an Eskasoni audience the National Arts Centre Orchestra would return. That promise, and everything it carries, is what this tour is really about.