The No Normal Episode Five: Out Of The Polar Vortex by New Music Edmonton

Cris Derksen and Shumaila Hemani are the featured artists for this episode, which will include their newly commissioned works and interviews.
Nice and Clean, composed by Cris Derkesen, features the composer on ‘cello, and pianist Darren Creech. The interviewer for this segment is musician Matthew Cardinal, known to many for his work as a soloist, composer and member of nêhiyawak.

Shumaila Hemani’s Once Upon A Time In Kobé, Japan, is an acousmatic composition, and she is interviewed here by journalist and DJ, Piyush Patel.

For more information on the artists:
https://www.crisderksen.com
https://matthewcardinal.bandcamp.com
https://www.shumailahemani.com
https://bandcamp.com/piyush
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