Musing – Episode March 23, 2026

Program: Musing

Length: 60 minutes

Women Composers of the Prairies are in the spotlight this week, as host Janna Sailor sits down with Mari Alice Conrad, Kristin Flores, and Lavinia Kell Parker to share their experiences balancing a composition career and raising a family!

Tracklist

  • Horizon (Version for Solo Violin) II. Sunrise (excerpt)
    Tatiana Warszynski, violin • Horizon - Single
  • Fabricated Fantasies for Violin, Piano, and Amplified Objects: II. Mistress of the Needle & Scissors (excerpt)
    Erin James, violin, Todd Yaniw, piano, featuring Mari Alice Conrad, amplified percussion • Fantasy Vignettes
  • Dum Felis Dormit
    Ensemble ArtChoral • Dum Felis Dormit
  • Troposphere for prepared piano
    Brad Parker, piano • Troposphere
  • The Mountains Rend Themselves Apart (excerpt)
    Edmonton Winds • The Mountains Rend Themselves Apart
  • In the Mountains
    Debra Fast, violin • In the Mountains
  • Remembrance
    Zuzana Šimurdová • Vertical Landscapes
  • Old Strathcona
    Astralis Quartet • Old Strathcona
  • Frozen Coulee (excerpt)
    Iliana Matos • Soundscape as Meditation
  • Sweet Hour of Serenity
    Brevitas Ensemble • Sweet Hour of Serenity
  • Other Names for Birds (excerpt)
    Penderecki String Quartet • Other Names for Birds
  • Fabricated Fantasies for Violin, Piano, and Amplified Objects: I. The Machine Woman (excerpt)
    Erin James, violin, Todd Yaniw, piano, featuring Mari Alice Conrad, amplified percussion • Fantasy Vignettes