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Former Providence music professor to debut composition at New Music Festival

Feb 6, 2018 | News, University College

Opening Wednesday’s Winnipeg New Music Festival concert—WNMF5—will be a world premiere composed by Dr. Karen Sunabacka, a previous Associate Professor of Music Theory and Composition at Providence.

Currently Associate Professor of Music at the University of Waterloo’s Conrad Grebel University College, Dr. Sunabacka’s piece, entitled #DryColdConversations, will launch an evening of new music that will culminate in Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson’s 7 Friends. Pulitzer Prize-winner Ellen Taaffe Zwilich will also present the Canadian premiere of her Symphony No. 3.

As described by the Winnipeg New Music Festival website, #DryColdConversations “draws inspiration from Manitobans’ impressions of winter, collected by the composer through conversations on Facebook, with refugees, Metis relatives and friends.”

Dr. Sunabacka will also participate in a pre-concert panel ahead of the 7:30 p.m. start as well as a post-concert panel.

Providence is extremely proud of its association with Dr. Sunabacka and wishes her a successful premiere.

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