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Derksen performs nationally and internationally as a soloist and in collaboration with some of Canada’s finest.

A talk by Cris Derksen

Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer speaks at USask

Event

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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