National Arts Centre Orchestra

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About this organization

The NAC Orchestra is the resident orchestra of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Its 2026-2027 lineup spans classics, new works, Pops favourites, movies in concert and family concerts. The National Arts Centre also presents English, French and Indigenous theatre, dance and popular music.

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Upcoming Concerts

Sun

Nov 8

3:30 PM

Music for a Sunday Afternoon: Fall Edition

Relaxed weekend chamber music from members of the NAC Orchestra with John Storgårds, in the acoustics of Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.

Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Tue

Nov 17

8:00 PM

Brahms X Radiohead

An epic symphonic synthesis of Radiohead's OK Computer and Brahms's First Symphony for full orchestra and three solo vocalists, with each wo...

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Thu

Dec 3

8:00 PM

Storgårds & Sibelius: Winter Solstice

Music Director John Storgårds leads two symphonies by Sibelius, an introduction to the Finnish composer's alternately austere and lush music...

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Fri

Dec 4

8:00 PM

Storgårds & Sibelius: Winter Solstice

Music Director John Storgårds leads two symphonies by Sibelius, an introduction to the Finnish composer's alternately austere and lush music...

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Tue

Dec 15

7:00 PM

Handel's Messiah

One of Ottawa's most beloved holiday traditions returns to Southam Hall: Handel's Messiah, with its Hallelujah Chorus, conducted by Simon Ri...

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Wed

Dec 16

7:00 PM

Handel's Messiah

One of Ottawa's most beloved holiday traditions returns to Southam Hall: Handel's Messiah, with its Hallelujah Chorus, conducted by Simon Ri...

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Wed

Jan 20

TBD

Storgårds, Beethoven & Tetzlaff

John Storgårds leads a program between bold heroism and brooding drama, with Christian Tetzlaff in Elgar's Violin Concerto.

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Thu

Jan 21

TBD

Storgårds, Beethoven & Tetzlaff

John Storgårds leads a program between bold heroism and brooding drama, with Christian Tetzlaff in Elgar's Violin Concerto.

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Wed

Jan 27

TBD

Storgårds & Hewitt

Pianist Angela Hewitt returns home to Ottawa for Schumann's Piano Concerto, with John Storgårds conducting.

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Thu

Jan 28

TBD

Storgårds & Hewitt

Pianist Angela Hewitt returns home to Ottawa for Schumann's Piano Concerto, with John Storgårds conducting.

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Sun

Feb 21

3:30 PM

Music for a Sunday Afternoon: Winter Edition

A chamber program curated by NAC Orchestra Principal Bass Sam Loeck honouring the legacy of Jewish composers, in the sanctuary of St. Andrew...

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Ottawa)

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Wed

Mar 31

TBD

Mozart, Ravel & Aphrodite Patoulidou

Mozart's dramatic Symphony No. 40 and works of melancholy and nostalgia from the NAC Orchestra's 2026-27 season.

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Thu

Apr 1

TBD

Mozart, Ravel & Aphrodite Patoulidou

Mozart's dramatic Symphony No. 40 and works of melancholy and nostalgia from the NAC Orchestra's 2026-27 season.

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Sun

Apr 4

3:30 PM

Music for a Sunday Afternoon: Spring Edition

Relaxed weekend chamber music from members of the NAC Orchestra, in the acoustics of Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.

Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Thu

Jun 17

8:00 PM

Shelley Conducts Mahler

Alexander Shelley conducts Mahler's Third Symphony, an expansive hymn to the love that unites nature and humankind.

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

Fri

Jun 18

8:00 PM

Shelley Conducts Mahler

Alexander Shelley conducts Mahler's Third Symphony, an expansive hymn to the love that unites nature and humankind.

National Arts Centre

National Arts Centre Orchestra

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