Opus 200 - "It's Already Happening"

TRILLOQUY

• INTRO: “Golliwog’s Cakewalk” by Claude Debussy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Rhv1E3tEM); “6 Keys to Having Genuine Dialogue” (https://www.sgi-usa.org/2022/05/09/6-keys-to-having-genuine-dialogue/);
• MOVEMENT ONE: “The Minnesota Orchestra presents the world premiere of ‘brea(d)th’” (https://dailyplanetdc.com/2023/04/28/the-minnesota-orchestra-presents-the-world-premiere-of-breadth/); “Breadth” by Carlos Simon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btA17lhNXfU&t=6s); “Why is classical music making a comeback?” (https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/why-is-classical-music-making-a-comeback/); “Reckoner” arr. Robert Glasper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsl4TW3Hm1o)
• MOVEMENT TWO: “Money Good” perf. Megan Thee Stallion and Phony Ppl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYJ03MIPoIk&t=1283s); “Don’t You (Forget Me)” by Simple Minds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdqoNKCCt7A)
• MOVEMENT THREE: Interview feat. Bethany Reed (https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/surviving/its-already-happening-with-QBpJ3oYy62T/); Laurie Anderson’s “Statue of Liberty” arr. Lara St. John (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFe9WiYZHCY); “Vision Chant” by Andrew Balfour (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWpJ7zXAHrk); Open Letter from Indigenous Classical Musicians (https://ipaa.ca/open-letter-from-indigenous-classical-musicians/); “It’s Already Happening” Credits: Jacob Crane (he/him) of Indigenous Climate Action on "Climate, Alleyship, Music", opened by musician Andrew Burn (he/him), historical Bassoonist; Dr. Lise Vaugeois (she/her, pronounced Lee-s Vow-jwa), Professor at Lakehead University on "Settler Colonial Values in the Classical Music World" opened by musician Dwayne Trudeau of Sudbury ON, Blues Guitar; Danielle Klein (she/her), UX Research Manager at Wealthsimple on "Design Thinking in Action: An interactive intro to UX"; Vu Le (he/him, pronounced "voo lay"), Nonprofit AF and Community Centric Fundraising, on "Money, Funding, and Equity", opened my musician Grace Martins, Vocalist, of St. Catharines ON; Caroline Whiddon (she/her), Co-founder to the Me2/Orchestra, on "Building an Orchestra from the Groud Up: melding mental health and classical music"; Lara St John (she/her), International Violin Soloist, Musical Maverick, Survivor, on "Surviving Sexual Assault in the Classical Music Sector"; Andrew Balfour (he/him), Composer, Conductor (recently Juno nominated), on "Indigenous Musical Sovereignty & the future of "classical music'; Parmel Attariwala (she, her, pronounced Pahr' mullah Atahr' ee wah la), Violinist, ethnomusicologist, composer, music educator and equity advocate on "How the Western Orchestra and Western classical music are problematic symbols in the era of social justice and equity" with opening music by Lucy Nesbitt, French Horn, of Toronto ON; Mx. Xavia A. Publius (she/her or ze/hir, for how to pronounce Xavia click here, for how to pronounce Publius click here), Dept. of Drama, PhD Student, University of Albert on "Transgender Inclusion in Classical Music", opened with music by Hamilton ON's finest, B.A. Johnston; Gaitrie Persaud (she/her) , Tkaronto-Guyanese, Deaf IBPOC/QIBPOC activist, empowerer of Deaf artists, on "Empowering Deaf Artists", with short-film opening ROAD TO NOWHERE, an Electric Moose production, created by Brian Solomon, muti-disciplinary artist, including dance, instillations, painting and drawing, born in the remote community of shebahonaning (i pronounce it 'sheba-non-aning', but this isn't correct. there are many ways to pronounce this Anishinaabemowin (the Ojibwe/Ojibwa language) word and I have further learning to do, so take my pronunciation with salt); A limited time screening of the Film Orchestrating Change, Executive Producers/Directors: Emmy-winning Margie Friedman & Barbara Multer-Wellin was made available for several days or the project (it was a doc made about the Me2/Orchestra); Joey Solomon, Sudbury ON based visual artist, produced the logo.; 100s of other people offered time, expertise, support, knowledge, and co-created this event together: I want to acknowledge them for the importance they deserve, as this event was molded, shaped, and made possible by a community of peoples.
• MOVEMENT FOUR: “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday” by Boyz II Men (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtkbfkmW808)

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