Hear Prairie Debut in your community

Selected the winner for a Pan-Canadian tour offered by Debut Atlantic, Jeunesses Musicales Canada, and Prairie Debut in 2019-2020, pianist Meagan Milatz and violinist Amy Hillis, who formed this musical union in 2011, will share with audiences across Canada a unique program that reflects their Saskatchewan origins, their Montreal studies, their international musical experiences, and connect them with music that has inspired them along the way.

Blending jazz, Afro-Cuban, and world rhythms, OKAN takes inspiration from the roots of Cuban music and contributes to the contemporary evolution of these powerful traditions in the global context. With a program consisting of arrangements of traditional songs and plenty of new compositions by multi-instrumentalists Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne, the OKAN quartet brings a fresh perspective to Latin and world jazz fusion through powerful vocals, incredible musicianship, and potent lyrical content.

Three of Canada’s most respected chamber musicians, clarinetist Jean-François Normand, violist Marina Thibeault, and pianist Philip Chiu, gather in this unique and compelling formation to form Trio Saint-Laurent. Complementing the warm and hauntingly beautiful colours from the existing repertoire for this formation, Trio Saint-Laurent reveals their fiery and passionate personalities with original transcriptions and new commissions.

Beethoven’s five sonatas are at the core of the cello repertoire and serve as the springboard for Canadian cello duo, VC2. Their program, Beethoven’s Cellists, provides a snapshot of the cello repertoire—historic and new compositions—with ties to the great composer. VC2’s Bryan Holt and Amahl Arulanandam introduce their own arrangements of works by Beethoven, including Ludwig’s cello colleagues Duport, Kraft, and Romberg.