Winnipeg Alumni Gathering and Concert

As part of the Agassiz Cello Festival, Grebel Music Professor Karen Sunabacka will premiere her new ten-minute piece for eight cellos, titled Water, Reeling and Kin. The piece features text by Karen’s mother, Joyce Clouston, and was commissioned by the Agassiz Chamber Music Series Cello Festival.

Grebel guests will have a chance to visit, learn about Grebel today, enjoy treats, meet Professor Sunabacka, and ask questions of the composer. 

Schedule

6:00 - Visiting and treats

6:15 - Q&A with Professor Sunabacka

7:00 - Pre-concert chat with a guest cellist (optional)

7:30 - Concert

Karen Sunabacka is an Associate Professor of Music at Conrad Grebel University College, where she teaches music theory and composition. Karen often finds inspiration from puzzles, stories and her Métis and mixed European heritage. She has deep roots in the Red River Settlement and feels a strong connection to the Métis, Scottish, Swedish and Finnish cultures. This mix of cultural connections sometimes creates conflicts and new perspectives which she finds both interesting and challenging. Her music reflects this cultural mix through the exploration of the sounds and stories of the Canadian prairies. She often collaborates with her Métis mother, Joyce Clouston, who is a writer, an Indigenous Cultural Carrier, and social worker. Together they have completed numerous works that explore family stories and the intersections of Indigenous-Settler relations and philosophies.

Learn more about the Agassiz International Cello Festival of Canada.

Tickets

$35 covers reception and concert ticket. 

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