Ottawa Orchestra Demands Silence (From Its Employees)

Ottawa’s National Arts Centre has ordered its employees, including the members of the National Arts Centre Orchestra, to sign “a document promising to reveal no supposedly confidential information about the [NAC] for as long as they live.” The push for silence comes in the wake of months of controversy over NACO music director Pinchas Zukerman’s relationship with his musicians. As one might expect, the union representing the NACO players is not pleased with the proposal…