Relatives Ensemble

New Music Concerts launches the Relatives Ensemble, a brand-new all-Indigenous new music ensemble led by conductor Danielle Jagelski, with five newly commissioned world premieres by Raven Chacon, Jason Young, Karen Sunabacka, Danielle Jagelski and Eliot Britton. Soprano Melody Courage joins performers from across Turtle Island.

World premieres (2026): Raven Chacon, New Work; Jason Young, New Work; Karen Sunabacka, New Work (text by Joyce Clouston); Eliot Britton, New Work; Danielle Jagelski, New Work. Danielle Jagelski, music director/conductor; Melody Courage, soprano; Virginia Jessica Sparvier-Wells, flute; Tara-Louise Montour, violin; Colton Welch, clarinet; Jesse Plessis, piano; Kiegan Ryan, cello; Lorena Navarro, percussion. Doors 7:00 PM; pre-concert talk 7:15 PM; Young Artist Overture 7:45 PM; main show 8:00 PM. Tickets: $33.90 general; $28.25 senior; $22.60 student; $28.25 arts workers. In partnership with the Canadian Music Centre, with support from the Société de musique contemporaine du Québec and the University of Toronto Faculty of Music.