Cellist/composer/music director Cris Derksen will perform a selection of music accompanied by the following artists: Jennifer Kriesberg (vocalist), Rebecca Benson (vocalist), Aline Homzy (violin), TBC (violin), Rebecca Hennesy (trumpet), Marek Tyler (drums). Beany John (hoop dancer)
Juno nominated Cris Derksen is an Internationally respected Indigenous Cellist and Composer. Originally from Treaty 8 Northern Alberta she comes from a line of chiefs from NorthTall Cree Reserve on her father’s side and a line of strong Mennonite homesteaders on her mother’s. Derksen braids the traditional and contemporary, weaving her classical background and her Indigenous ancestry together with new school electronics to create genre-defying music. Derksen performs nationally and internationally as a soloist and in collaboration with some of Canada’s finest. Recent concert destinations include Carnegie Hall NYC, Norway, Chile, Hong Kong, Australia, Mongolia, Europe and a whole lot of Canada: the place Derksen refers to as home.
