Janna Sailor, Conductor
Cris Derksen, cello/composer
Zoey Roy, spoken word poet/composer
Controlled Burn – Cris Derksen*
Ever, Beautiful– Zoey Roy*
Canada Mosaic – Jean Coulthard*
Contemplating Clouds on a Prairie Sky – Wayne Toews*
Frenergy – John Estacio*
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Maestra Janna Sailor returns home to lead the orchestra in an all-Canadian program featuring new works by Saskatoon’s Artist/Activist/Educator Zoey Roy, and local composer/educator Wayne Toews. The concert also includes Coulthard’s Canada Mosaic, John Estacio’s Frenergy, and a new piece by cellist/composer Cris Derksen.
Derksen joins the SSO to perform her fiery new work Controlled Burn. Commissioned by Montréal’s Orchestre Métropolitain, it simulates the sounds of the Indigenous Peoples’s centuries-old practice of using fire to clear forest debris and protect trees and wildlife.
Zoey Roy takes to the stage with her hip-hop-inspired spoken word poetry and her piece Ever, Beautiful which has been orchestrated by fellow performer Cris Derksen.
It’s a celebration of Canadian excellence!
*Denotes Canadian Composer
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The Program
Controlled Burn
Janna Sailor, Conductor
Cris Derksen, cello/composer
Zoey Roy, spoken word poet/composer
Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra
Frenergy
John Estacio*
Canada Mosaic
I. Lullaby for a Snowy Night
II. Mam’zelle Québécoise
III. D’Sonaqua’s Song
IV. Harbour Sounds
V. The Contented House
VI. Billowing Fields of Golden Wheat
VII. New Year in Chinatown
Jean Coulthard*
Ever, Beautiful
John Estacio*
Frenergy
Zoey Roy*
Orch. Cris Derksen*
Contemplating Clouds on a Prairie Sky
Wayne Toews*
Controlled Burn
Cris Derksen*
Program order subject to change.
*Denotes Canadian composer.
The Artists
Janna Sailor, conductor
Hailed by critics as “charismatic, crisp, precise, and elegant”, Janna Sailor has firmly established herself as a conductor, violinist, and groundbreaking visionary on the Canadian music scene. Originally from rural…
Cris Derksen, cello
Juno-nominated Cris Derksen is an Internationally respected Indigenous Cellist and Composer. In a world where almost everything—people, music, cultures—gets labelled and slotted into simple categories, Cris Derksen represents a challenge….
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Program Notes
Frenergy
The bulk of the musical material found in this piece comes from sketches for my Triple Concerto. These sketches were to be part of the proposed final movement for the…
Controlled Burn
While raging forest fires made headlines all summer and will likely increase in the coming years due to climate change, Cree composer Cris Derksen’s work is about controlled burns, a…
Join us at the Hub
The concert ends, you exit TCU Place, and you’re still brimming with excitement after such a fabulous evening. Where to next? Cross the street and join us over at the…
What’s happening at the Bassment
The Bassment is one of Canada’s premier jazz clubs and provides musicians of all skill levels a venue to showcase their talents in front of a live audience while accessing…
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