Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 2:00 pm
St. Andrew's United Church, Halifax
Featuring Joel Tranquilla, conductor
Canta Mara Youth Choirs of the Annapolis Valley (Heather Fraser, director)
Soundtrax (Frances Farrell, director)
The Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra
Thank you to Halifax Regional Arts and its staff for their assistance in making this concert possible.
| Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Overture from Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus ("The Creatures of Prometheus"), Op. 43 | 5' |
| Kelly-Marie Murphy (b. 1964) From the Drum Comes a Thundering Beast | 14' |
| Sydney Guillaume (b. 1982) Tchaka | 4' |
| Tawnie Olson (b. 1974) Urban Legend | 6' |
| Anaïs Mitchell (b. 1981) Wait for Me from Hadestown | 4' |
| INTERMISSION: 20 MINUTES | |
| Franco Prinsloo (b. 1987) Wieglied | 3' |
| Jennifer Higdon (b. 1962) Blue Cathedral | 11' |
| Emile Deedes-Vincke (b. 1999) Ignite | 4' |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1781) The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), K. 620: “Heil sei euch Geweihten” Final Chorus | 3' |
| Jacob Narverud (b. 1986) Ad Astra (To the Stars…) | 3' |
| Katerina Gimon (b. 1993) Language of the Stars | 4' |
| Kristopher Fulton (b. 1978) Prometheus |
We, the Nova Scotia Youth Orchestra, operate here in Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral and contemporary lands of the Mi’kmaq. We acknowledge that the Mi’kmaq have stewarded this land since time immemorial and that colonization led to their physical and cultural genocide, including the loss of many musical and artistic practices. Here in Mi’kma’ki, we operate under the Peace and Friendship Treaties, and as young musicians, it is our responsibility to learn about the atrocities of colonization, the colonial roots of Western classical music, and work together to decolonize the way that the NSYO, and ourselves as musicians, relate to the land and people by collaborating and learning from Mi’kmaw artists, integrating wellness and relationship building into our program, and by continuing to learn and challenge the colonial systems in which we operate.