In anticipation of music intima's mâmowintowin: a gathering on August 14th & 15th, Cree composer and conductor Andrew Balfour chats with host Janna Sailor about identity, and his love of transforming early music with Indigenous language.

Playlist:

• musica intima - What Pow'r Art Thou?
• musica intima - Miserere
• musica intima - Byrd: Reges Tharsis
• musica intima - Pakaskitawew
• musica intima - Ambe
• musica intima - Da Pacem Domine
• musica intima - Trapped in Stone
• musica intima - Four Directions
• musica intima - O Lord make thy servant Elizabeth
• musica intima - Omaa Biindig
• musica intima - Ispiciwin
• Luminous Voices - Music is Vibration

To celebrate his nomination for the 2026 Western Canadian Music Awards, we're featuring our episode with Daniel Pelton from last year!

Playlist:

• The Daniel Pelton Collective - Klezmer Dances II
• The Daniel Pelton Collective - 34902-32407
• The Daniel Pelton Collective - Hymn to Freedom
• The Daniel Pelton Collective - Prelude and Jig

Our fourth Recap Month episode features award winning multi-disciplinary Cree artist Virginia J. Sparvier-Wells (formerly known as Jessica McMann)!

Playlist:

• Jessica McMann - The River Has Many Ways of Being - Spring
• Jessica McMann - Mountain Prairie
• Jessica McMann - The Mourning
• Jessica McMann - The River Has Many Ways of Being - Rushing Brook
• Jessica McMann - Otemihin
• Jessica McMann - Pekiwewina
• Jessica McMann - The Realities We Have Made
• Jessica McMann - Lady Slipper

For our third Recap Month special, we tune into our very first episode with Mexican-Canadian composer Luis Ramirez.

Playlist:

• Luis Ramirez - Leaven
• Luis Ramirez - Picante
• Luis Ramirez - Chido

In our second Recap Feature, host Janna Sailor talks with Roydon Tse about his creative output, approach to creating and teaching, and most recent commissions!

Playlist:

• Verona Quartet - Stippling, from Blank Canvas
• Matthew Li, Bass & Christopher Gaudreault, Piano - A Child Dying, from Triptych
• Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Hua Yifei, sheng solo - Radiant Light (2017) Concerto for Sheng & Orchestra
• Thomas Glenn (Tenor), Valdis Jansons (Bar.), iSing! Choir & the Philadelphia Orchestra - Yellow Crane Tower for baritone, tenor, SATB, orchestra

July is our Recap Month! This week, we revisit our feature of Mark Limacher, Calgary's own JUNO nominated pianist, composer, improviser and arranger!

Playlist:

• Mark Limacher - Overture in Sepia
• Mark Limacher - Coda in Sepia
• Mark Limacher - Was It This That Came First
• Caity Gyorgy & Mark Limacher - That Doesn't Matter
• Mark Limacher - Divje Babe, Pt. 1
• Mark Limacher - Interruption 4

In the final episode of our Pride series, Edmonton-based composer Stuart Beatch joins host Janna Sailor to chat about his journey finding success as a queer choral composer.

Playlist:

• Vox Humana Chamber Choir - Dream of Me as Water
• Tim Carter, tenor, Kimberley-Ann Bartczak, piano - Still Running: II. looking
• VoNo Ensemble - I Am Like Many: II. In the House of Commons
• VoNo Ensemble - I Am Like Many: III. The Debate
• i Coristi Chamber Choir - Jesus at the Gay Bar
• Chronos Vocal Ensemble - Chosen Family: IV. Chosen Family
• Luminous Voices, Timothy Shantz - Girl Hours
• VoNo Ensemble - I Am Like Many: I. Prelude
• Tim Carter, tenor, Kimberley-Ann Bartczak, piano - Still Running: VI: Still Running
• Musica Intima - a boy and a boy

In the final episode of our Pride series, Edmonton-based composer Stuart Beatch joins host Janna Sailor to chat about his journey finding success as a queer choral composer.

Playlist:

• Vox Humana Chamber Choir - Dream of Me as Water
• Tim Carter, tenor, Kimberley-Ann Bartczak, piano - Still Running: II. looking
• VoNo Ensemble - I Am Like Many: II. In the House of Commons
• VoNo Ensemble - I Am Like Many: III. In the House of Commons
• i Coristi Chamber Choir - Jesus at the Gay Bar
• Chronos Vocal Ensemble - Chosen Family: IV. Chosen Family
• Luminous Voices, Timothy Shantz - Girl Hours
• VoNo Ensemble - I Am Like Many: I. Prelude

This episode pays tribute to the life and musical legacy of the late cellist and composer Cris Derksen.

Playlist:

• Cris Derksen, cello - Lyre Birds
• Cris Derksen - Treaties
• Cris Derksen, cello - Buffalo Girls
• Cris Derksen, cello, Northern Voice - Round Dance
• Cris Derksen, cello, Jennifer Kriesberg, soprano - New Woman Song
• Cris Derksen, cello, Jennifer Kriesberg, soprano - Improvisations on the Sunset
• Cris Derksen, cello, Rebecca Benson, vocals, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Cosette Justo Valdes, conuctor - War Cry
• Cris Derksen - We Danced Mvmt 1
• Cris Derksen, cello - Nice and Clean
• Cris Derksen - Hindsight 20/20
• Cris Derksen, cello, Jennifer Kriesberg, soprano - White Gladis

Jeffrey Ryan joins host Janna Sailor for a dive into his latest projects with long-time collaborator, Michael MacLennan.

Playlist:

• Gryphon Trio - Equilateral: I. Breathless (excerpt 1)
• Tyler Duncan, baritone, Erika Switzer - "Night Music" from "Everything Already Lost"
• Adam Zinatelli - Open and Shut
• Gryphon Trio, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey - Equilaterial: I. Breathless (excerpt 2)
• Jacqueline Woodley, Nathan Keoughan, Rosemary Thomson - Excerpt from "The Laurels"
• Danika Loren, Steven Philcox - Poppies on the Wheat
• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey - The Linearity of Light