Musing – Episode April 20, 2026

Program: Musing

Length: 60 minutes

Host Janna Sailor sits down with Métis composer Karen Sunabacka to discuss how her identity and shared history have inspired her music.

Tracklist

  • Hiding
    Darryl Friesen • Karen Sunabacka: Culicue
  • Born By the River (Excerpt)
    Sara Davis Buechne, Symphony Nova Scotia, Holly Mathieson • Defiant Dances
  • ...Our Inner Lives Were Entwined...Embroidered with the Same Pattern (excerpt)
    Darryl Friesen • Karen Sunabacka: Curlicue
  • Jack the Fiddler (excerpt 1)
    Elation Pauls, violin, David Braid, piano, Karen Sunabacka, narrator • Sustenance – Violin Music From Canada
  • Curlicule
    Darryl Friesen • Karen Sunabacka: Curlicue
  • Never to Return (excerpt)
    Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, James Sommerville • Never to Return
  • Mama’s Painting: Louis Riel’s Dream (excerpt)
    Andromeda Trio, Rebecca Diderrich, Sharon Lee • Mama’s Painting: Louis Riel’s Dream
  • Jack the Fiddler (excerpt 2)
    Elation Pauls, violin, David Braid, piano, Karen Sunabacka, narrator • Sustenance – Violin Music From Canada
  • Falling in the Water (excerpt)
    Darryl Friesen • Karen Sunabacka: Curlicue