Wearable art, metallic fringe, tie-dye sweatsuits: The looks from the 2020 edition of Indigenous Fashion Week
“Just as its inaugural in-person event two years ago, Indigenous representation was present at every step. The director of music composition was Cree cellist Cris Derksen, the fashion films were directed by Métis filmmaker Shane Belcourt and the runway program opened with messages from Plains Cree elder Pauline Shirt, Dene artistic director Sage Paul and director of development Kerry Swanson, who is of Cree, Ojibwe, Irish and French descent.”
CRITIC’S PICKS | Classical And Opera Streams You Absolutely Need To See This Week
“Oper Frankfurt | Simone Osborne and Gordon Bintner in Recital. Live streamed on Nov. 27 and now on demand, the two Canadians, fest artists at Frankfurt Opera, sing songs and arias by Mendelssohn, Verdi, Wagner, and musical theatre. Simone Di Felice is the pianist.”
World-renowned indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen live streams from the Tidemark this December
“In a world where almost everything — people, music, cultures — get labelled and slotted into simple categories, Cris Derksen represents a challenge.”
Cris Derksen plugs in her cello for PAC livestream
“Vollick will provide the visuals to Derksen’s unique sound, which has been described as ‘electronic cello’ — a mix of traditional aboriginal music with EDM and hip hop. It has kept her exceptionally busy, even during the pandemic, doing film scores, symphony commissions and performance art pieces.”
Gerard Schneider, Anna Gabler & Francisco Brito Highlight Tiroler Festspiele’s Winter Season
“The festival will also present a new production of Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” with Simon Bailey, Simone Osborne, Donato di Stefano, Francisco Brito, and Liviu Holender.”
Fall streams from Early Music Vancouver to explore heady mix of repertoires
“…there’s EMV’s Nov. 11 program pairing J.S. Bach’s extraordinary A Musical Offering with Jocelyn Morlock’s 2002 work Revenant. The Offering is a staggering display of virtuoso contrapuntal technique, based on a theme given to Bach by the music-loving monarch Frederick the Great of Prussia. More than 250 years later, Morlock took up the theme as the core material for her composition.”
Cross-Continental “Orbit” Features New Works by Indigenous Composers
“Cris Derksen’s Latency was designed with Zoom as both inspiration and model. Weary of waging war with bandwidth and its inevitable technical difficulty, Derksen simulates latency, creating its characteristic stutters and glitches using precisely calculated delay.”
‘I saw a hole in the classical music world that I wanted to fill,’ conductor/composer Bhate says
“Bhate has chosen his ensemble’s repertoire from contemporary composers and historical figures who, for one reason or another, have been invited out of the canon.”
Wednesday Noon Hours honours late School of Music Professor with a beautiful and stirring performance
“Not only was the music beautiful and stirring, it also served as a touching and heartfelt tribute to the late Piltz.”
Violist Marina Thibeault performs in a tribute to Hans-Karl Piltz on October 14
“Piltz was a longtime UBC Music faculty member who passed away in April of this year, but not before making a huge impression on his friend, violist Marina Thibeault.”