NOVUM 2026
new Canadian choral works
presented on
Canada's Music Creator Day
Saturday, November 7th | 7:30 PM
Redeemer Lutheran Church
1499 Laurier Avenue, Vancouver
(Granville and Laurier)
Free parking available
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For more than three decades, musica intima has championed Canadian choral premieres, taking artistic risks and giving new compositions their first voice. Many composers whose works we premiered in the past have since become established voices in Canadian music. Our audiences have been part of that journey, discovering tomorrow's repertoire with us, sometimes long before the rest of the world hears it.
Established in 2014, NOVUM continues this tradition. Following a national call for submissions, five composers were selected for NOVUM 2026. Through readings, individual consultations with Dr. Ramona Luengen, and a masterclass with internationally renowned composer and conductor Ko Matsushita, they worked closely with musica intima's twelve singers to develop and refine five original compositions.
NOVUM 2027 Composers
Top row:
Diana Tayler
Francis Reyes
Bottom row:
Glenn Sutherland
Goushi Yonekura
Katya Pine
On November 7, Canada's newly established Music Creator Day, join us for the premiere of these new works. The rest of the program features much-loved works from musica intima's contemporary repertoire.
Be there at the beginning of something uniquely Canadian. Join musica intima in celebrating the composers, ideas, and creative possibilities shaping tomorrow's Canadian choral culture.
Program
not in order, subject to change
* NOVUM 2026
** from NOVUM 2024
*** Musica Printima
Symbiosis*
Diana Tayler
GONGMUDOHAGA (공무도하가)*
Text: anonymous
Music: Francis Reys
I Am Like A Leaf*
Text: Yone Noguchi
Music: Goushi Yonekura
Shanti (Peace)*
Text: Dipika Mukherhee
Music: Katya Pine
Silence Speaks*
Glenn Sutherland
Love Said to the Wind**
Text: Marjorie Pickthall
Music: Nicholas Ryan Kelly
picikîsksîs (Chickadee) Chant***
Sherryl Sewepagaham
Distancia
Text: Leonardo J. Amador Zendejas
Music: Kathleen Allan
Yellow
Text and music: Berryman, Buckland, Champion & Martin
arr. Saunder Choi
Four Directions***
John Balfour / Thomas Tallis
Photo credit: Risa Takahashi
THANK YOU TO OUR PROJECT SUPPORTERS
SOCAN Foundation
Music Creator Day Grant
The Hamber Foundation
Canadian Music Centre (BC)
Nagamo, 2022 | Sonny Assu
HELP US COMMISSION MORE INDIGENOUS VOICES!
Please donate to our dedicated commissioning fund today!
Established in Spring 2021, our First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Arts commissioning fund exists to help us broaden our circle of collaborations.
The fund is now open to donations to help support mâmowintowin the much anticipated follow-up to Nagamo featuring Andre Balfour and Sherryl Sewepagaham. The August 14-15 performances will be recorded live for a CD release in 2027.
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INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND SUPPORTERS
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Elsie & Audrey Jang Fund via Vancouver Foundation
Allan and Elizabeth Bell via Charitable Impact Foundation
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SOCAN Foundation
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Sumiko Nishizawa
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Manon Poitras
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Kelly Rayter
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Lisa Slouffman
Troy Topnik
Sandra Vestvik
Olga Volkoff
Stefan von Dehn
Jon Washburn
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Lynn Woodruff