Women Composers of the Prairies are in the spotlight this week, as host Janna Sailor sits down with Mari Alice Conrad, Kristin Flores, and Lavinia Kell Parker to share their experiences balancing a composition career and raising a family!

Playlist:

• Tatiana Warszynski, violin - Horizon (Version for Solo Violin) II. Sunrise (excerpt)
• Erin James, violin, Todd Yaniw, piano, featuring Mari Alice Conrad, amplified percussion - Fabricated Fantasies for Violin, Piano, and Amplified Objects: II. Mistress of the Needle & Scissors (excerpt)
• Ensemble ArtChoral - Dum Felis Dormit
• Mari Alice Conrad - Troposphere for prepared piano
• Edmonton Winds - The Mountains Rend Themselves Apart (excerpt)
• Debra Fast, violin - In the Mountains
• Zuzana Šimurdová - Remembrance
• Astralis Quartet - Old Strathcona
• Iliana Matos - Frozen Coulee (excerpt)
• Brevitas Ensemble - Sweet Hour of Serenity
• Penderecki String Quartet - Other Names for Birds (excerpt)
• Erin James, violin, Todd Yaniw, piano, featuring Mari Alice Conrad, amplified percussion - Fabricated Fantasies for Violin, Piano, and Amplified Objects: I. The Machine Woman (excerpt)