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Dear friends and supporters of Pro Coro Canada As mentioned in last week’s newsletter, this past summer we commissioned 8 Edmonton composers to write works for four voices. On our website you can learn about how the works came to be, what process the composers went through, and in what ways the pandemic impacted the creation of a piece of musical art. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will introduce the composers on our blog. In today’s instalment, read about composer Jennifer McMillan. Here are the 8 selected composers with their works: Stuart Beatch - My Mother’s Body text by Zara Neukomm Jane Berry - Singing in the end text by Brandon Wint John Estacio - A prayer to bring you home text by Alice Major Allan Gilliland - How good will it feel text by Jemma Hicken Laura Hawley - Droplets text by Jeny Couzyn Margaret King - The Heart of Night text by Bliss Carman Jennifer McMillan - What is the feeling text by Sauvé McBean Sherryl Sewepagaham - Yôtin (the wind), text in Woodland Cree-Dene We are grateful to the Edmonton Arts Council for supporting this project through a Connections and Exchanges Grant, and to these choral leaders who provided votes for the selection of the 8 composers: Dr. Joy Berg, Eva Bostrand, Dr. Debra Cairns, Dr. Laurier Fagnan, Heather Johnson, Scott Leithead, Dr. Brendan Lord, Russ Mann, Dr. Leonard Ratzlaf, Dr. Ardelle Ries, Dr. Timothy Shantz, and Dr. John Wiebe.
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