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
V. The Contented House
VI. Billowing Fields of Golden Wheat
Jean Coulthard*
Controlled Burn
Cris Derksen*
Intermission
Contemplating Clouds on a Prairie Sky
Wayne Toews*
Ever, Beautiful
Listen to the Water
Back in the Alley
The Tree
Answered Prayers
Up and Coming
My Muse
Guided Cookie
Zoey Roy*
Orch. Cris Derksen*
Program order is subject to change.
*Denotes Canadian composer.
The Artists
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