Cypress Choral Music Music is Vibration - Gregorio/Balfour - SATB

• Composer/Author: BALFOUR, ANDREW
• Instrumentation: SATB A CAP
• Model # CP2068

Lyrics: Dominic Gregorio
Composer: Andrew Balfour
Format: Choral Octavo
Voicing: SSATBB a cappella

Commissioned for the 2022 National Youth Choir of Canada and Jean-Sebastien Vallee.

Prominent Winnipeg composer Andrew Balfour, of Cree descent, has written a body of choral, instrumental and orchestral works, including Take the Indian, Empire Etrange: The Death of Louis Riel, Migiis: A Whiteshell Soundscape, Bawajigaywin, Gregorio's Nightmare, Wa Wa Tey Wak (Northern Lights), Fantasia on a Poem by Rumi, Missa Brevis and Medieval Inuit. He has been commissioned by the Winnipeg, Regina and Toronto Symphony Orchestras, Ensemble Caprice, the Winnipeg Singers, the Kingston Chamber Choir and Camerata Nova, among others. His works have been performed and broadcasted locally, nationally, and internationally. Andrew is the Artistic Director of Winnipeg's Camerata Nova known for their inter-genre and interdisciplinary collaborations. He is passionate about music education and outreach, particularly in schools located in low-income areas of Winnipeg and in northern communities.