NAC Orchestra

Ovation

Music Classical music Masterworks Violin Piano

Randall Goosby © Kaupo Kikkas

7 or more events starting at $155

Our Ovation Series will bring you to your feet with musical riches featuring stellar artists from around the world and here at home. Guest pianist Jonathan Biss celebrates Beethoven, American violin sensation Randall Goosby makes his NAC debut, and we warmly welcome back to Southam Hall esteemed guest performers like pianists Marc-André Hamelin and Angela Hewitt. Our spotlight also shines on NACO’s Principal Trumpet Karen Donnelly, and NACO Creative Partner Gabriela Montero, and we present iconic works like Beethoven’s Fifth, and Stravinsky’s epic The Rite of Spring. Be swept away by the great masterpieces you cherish performed by the artists you love!  

  1. In-person
     © Jonathan Biss

    Powerhouse conductor Jessica Cottis inspires orchestras to new heights with her magnetism and energy and has led some of the finest orchestras in the world  

  2. In-person
     © Karen Donnelly

    Experience a captivating musical journey from the windswept shores of Scotland with Felix Mendelssohn's "The Hebrides" to the world-class trumpet artistry of NACO's Karen Donnelly in John Estacio's concerto, all guided by the rising star…

  3. In-person
     © Randall Goosby

    Two Black musicians make their mark on the classical canon when guest violinist Randall Goosby fills Southam Hall with the music of Florence Price.

  4. In-person
     © Marc-André Hamelin
  5. In-person
     © Angela Hewitt
  6. In-person
     © Gabriela Montero

    Gabriela Montero’s supernatural musical instinct and dexterity has made her a worldwide phenomenon.  

  7. In-person
     © Alexander Shelley and the NAC Orchestra

    This is a night for mysteries and magic. Some of the classical world’s most otherworldly music from both traditional and contemporary composers. Rite of Spring creates a cathartic, unruly, and beautiful musical world that will…