INTERVIEW | Composer Cris Derksen Talks About Nîpîy’s Songwalks, A Concert With Amadeus Choir
Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen (BMus ’07) will premiere their work, A Prayer for Water/Mass for Nîpîy, about Indigenous water sovereignty at the season finale concert of the Amadeus Choir. Kathleen Allan (BMus ’11) is the Artistic Director and Conductor of Amadeus. LudwigVan/Photo by Tanja-Tiziana
Elektra sings Snewíyalh tl’a Staḵw (Teachings of the Water), an act of reconciliation through the arts
Teachings of the Water was conceived by ethnomusicologist Jeanette Gallant, the five-piece a cappella work is based on Squamish text gifted by Tsitsáyxemaat (Rebecca Duncan) and scored by Métis composer T. Patrick Carrabré
UBC Music Students In Conversation with Jeremy Dutcher
Composer, pianist, and vocalist Jeremy Dutcher in conversation with UBC School of Music students.
Jeremy Dutcher is a Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) member of the Tobique First Nation. Presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.