A talk by Cris Derksen
Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer speaks at USask
Date: Friday, Oct. 25
Time: 12:30–1:30 pm
Location: Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre, 5 Campus Dr., Saskatoon
Free and open to the public
About this event
Juno-nominated Cris Derksen is an internationally respected Indigenous cellist and composer. Originally from Treaty 8 territory in Northern Alberta, she comes from a line of chiefs from NorthTall Cree Reserve on her father’s side and a line of strong Mennonite homesteaders on her mother’s. Derksen braids the traditional and contemporary, weaving her classical background and her Indigenous ancestry together with new school electronics to create genre-defying music.
Derksen performs nationally and internationally as a soloist and in collaboration with some of Canada’s finest. Recent concert destinations include Carnegie Hall NYC, Norway, Chile, Hong Kong, Australia, Mongolia, Europe and a whole lot of Canada: the place Derksen refers to as home.
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