Bruce Cockburn has enjoyed an illustrious career shaped by politics, spirituality, and musical diversity. His remarkable journey has seen him embrace folk, jazz, rock, and worldbeat styles while earning high praise as a prolific, inspired songwriter and accomplished guitarist. He remains deeply respected for his activism and humanist song lyrics that thread throughout his career. On all his albums, Cockburn has deftly captured the joy, pain, fear, and faith of human experience in song.
Bruce Cockburn has won 13 JUNO Awards, been inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, received a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, and has been made an Officer of the Order of Canada, among many other accolades. He has 22 gold and platinum records, including a six-times platinum record for his Christmas album. Cockburn continues to tour internationally.
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National Arts Centre
Canada's bilingual, multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts, featuring four performance venues, the NAC Orchestra, and the 1 Elgin restaurant with Rideau Canal views. A National Historic Site with Brutalist architecture and a striking 2017 glass addition by Diamond Schmitt Architects.
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musicOct 14Roderick Cox and the Scottish Symphony: With the NAC Orchestra
National Arts Centre — Southam Hall
Nature, poetry, and history come alive in this program of music spanning three centuries. Be whisked away to Scotland with Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony—a musical postc...
musicOct 18Spooky Symphony: NAC Orchestra Family Adventures
National Arts Centre — Southam Hall
It’s all treats, no tricks inside Southam Hall! From an excerpt from The Sorcerer’s Apprentice to the theme from Ghostbusters and other hair-raising tunes, this concert is sure to cast a spell on y...
musicOct 18Ray Chen in recital: Great Performers Series
National Arts Centre — Southam Hall
Violinist Ray Chen first gained international attention after winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition and has since built one of the largest digital audiences of any classical soloist. His recitals...
musicOct 20Loreena McKennitt: The Mask and Mirror: 30th Anniversary Tour
National Arts Centre — Southam Hall
Next fall, award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter, Loreena McKennitt, will be commemorating the 30th anniversary of her album, The Mask and Mirror, with an extensive tour of Eastern Canada. Widel...
musicOct 22STAR WARS and beyond: The music of John Williams
National Arts Centre — Southam Hall
Feel the power of the Force in John Williams’s legendary music from the Star Wars saga! Since the release of the first Star Wars film in 1977, the Rebel Alliance’s quest to defeat Darth Vader’s Imp...
musicOct 25Allison Russell: with AHI
National Arts Centre — Southam Hall
Montreal born and Nashville based, Allison Russell is a Grammy, Juno, Americana and Folk Awards winning artist, actor, author, songwriter, producer, human rights advocate, survivor and mother. She ...
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