To celebrate International Woman's Day, we're revisiting when CMC Prairie Director Janna Sailor sat down with award-winning bassist Jodi Proznick and band manager Lisa Buck of the Canadian all-female jazz supergroup, the Ostara Project to discuss the release of their newest album Roots and their experience navigating the barriers faced by women in jazz. The Ostara Project: [...]
A look into the life and continuing legacy of Black Canadian composer Robert Nathaniel Dett!
To celebrate his 50th birthday and recent premieres and performances with orchestras across Canada, we're looking back at Vincent Ho's conversation with CMC Prairie Region Director Janna Sailor on MUSING!
To celebrate the release of Mark Limacher's new album with Juno-winning vocalist Caity Gyorgy, "Caity Gyorgy with Strings", we're revisiting his conversation with CMC Prairie Director Janna Sailor from earlier this year, as they discussed his artistic and collaborative journey.
In honour of Dr. Roydon Tse being appointed Assistant Professor of Composition and Theory at the University Saskatchewan, we're revisiting his conversation with CMC Prairie Director Janna Sailor, as they discussed his newest projects, including a performance with the Kensington Sinfonia back in June!
Janna Sailor, CMC Prairie Region Director and host of the Musing podcast, sat down with composer and performer Carmen Braden to discuss composing, creative evolution, parenting, and life in the far north!
CMC Prairie Director Janna Sailor sits down with Czech-Canadian pianist Zuzana Šimurdová to discuss her new album that features all-Canadian female composers, Vertical Landscapes!
CMC Prairie director Janna Sailor sits down with Michalis Andronikou to discuss his newest album, Heliostagma!
CMC Prairie director Janna Sailor in conversation with violist Jesse Morrison, discussing his recent solo album, Transitions! Creative Process and Collaborations Janna: How do you describe yourself and your creative output as an artist and how does this project tie into that? Jesse: For me, what's always brought so much energy and focus into what [...]
Born in Moscow in 1899, Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (1899-1974) trained on both piano and violin, a rare combination for a composer. She initially studied at the Paris Conservatory, and later continued her music education in Berlin. Eckhardt-Gramatté was a well-travelled performer, often performing her compositions for both violin and piano. In 1920, she married painter [...]