"Black Lion" is an investigation of the relationship between effects and the acoustic bassoon. The piece was created to integrate the two instead of relying on one as an effect. This recording features Michael Harley of Alarm Will Sound, and appears on 2014's "Beneath the Ice."

Black Lion (bassoon and guitar effects pedals)

My first track using the online DAW, Soundtrap. It's not the greatest thing, but it's definitely a useful tool when in need! Great for being creative as well. I wouldn't have come up with this if I hadn't tried it out!

Falling In Time

Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 arranged for Big Band by Kendra Harder

Performed by Footnotes Big Band at Winterruption 2024, featuring solos by Aaron Salkeld (alto saxophone) and Brett Graham (vibraphone)

The Footnotes Big Band:
Aaron Salkeld (alto 1), Julia MacPherson (alto 2), Connor Denomy (tenor 1), Jesse Koethler (tenor 2), Jude Leschyshyn (bari), Aaron Bueckert (trumpet 1), Colin Grant (trumpet 2), Ciel Butler (trumpet 3), David Snell (trumpet 4), Tiess McKenzie (trombone 1), Kathleen Morton (trombone 2), Libbie Smith (trombone 3), Mitchell Theriau (trombone 4), Spencer Krips (bass trombone), Everett Schwab (guitar), Brett Graham (vibes), Matthew Arsenault (piano), Rhett Schroeder (bass), Eric Redekopp (drums)

Composition Performance Archives

Opus 64 (big band)

15 Long,Long Ago

Music is dead! (for string orchestra and actor)
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Conductor: Edmond Agopian
The UofC String Orchestra
Actor: Edith Pritchard
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	The work is a musification of a nightmare, influenced by the idea of “the shadow” by Carl Jung. Jung viewed nightmares as comprehensive “statements” made by the unconscious. He observed that portions of our whole personality which we knowingly or unknowingly judge become disowned, and are frequently projected outward in dreams, taking the form of aggressors, devils, monsters, intimidating animals or natural events. He referred to these symbolic figures as “the shadow.”
	Whether we become aware of such elements of our shadow through nightmares or daymares, re-accepting these judged and disowned portions of ourselves is the message and the awaiting gift.

Music is dead!

Album Notes:
Recorded at Workhorse Recording Company in Saskatoon, SK
Troy Denet - recording/engineering, production, mixing
Jeffrey Popiel - mastering, production

Jon Henderson - drums, percussion, vocals
Heather Lake - alto saxophone, clarinet, keyboard, percussion, vocals
Skyler Cafferata - bass guitar
Stephanie Unverricht - bassoon, oboe, trumpet, melodica, vocals
Jeffrey Popiel - guitars, baritone ukulele, tuba, trumpet, valve trombone, accordion, flute, vocals

guests:
Scott McKnight - cello
Emily Young - viola

Album design by Emily Kohlert
Album cover graphic by Jeffrey Popiel

This album was made possible with support from Creative Saskatchewan's Sound Recording Grant Program

Barren Ground

FEEL LIKE A MAN 

I feel like a man
haven't cried for weeks now
I feel like a man 
I feel like a man

I make money, I’m in demand
You talk feelings from the edge of the bed
Saying I don't understand 
But you know, I’ve got solutions — I’d kill for you

I feel like a man

Saw the stars tonight dying one by one
Living by a light that's already done
Never tried so hard 
Oh I'm hunting what I can't see

I feel like a man

We who fly over seas to try to make it happen
We who must leave everything that's everlasting 
Never had so much to lose
Chasing hunting cursing killing what I can't see
What can't I see?
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written by DANIELA GESUNDHEIT and DAN GOLDMAN
lyrics written by DANIELA GESUNDHEIT
performed by 
DANIELA GESUNDHEIT Vocals, Guitars, Harp 
DAN GOLDMAN Vocals, Guitars, Synths
OWEN PALLETT Strings 
THOM GILL Guitar
ARIEL ENGLE Vocals
STEVEN FOSTER Drums
PHILIPE MELANSON Drums
DAN GAUCHER Drums
CHARLES JAMES Bass, Synth

Produced by DAN GOLDMAN, ROBBIE LACKRITZ, DANIELA GESUNDHEIT 
String Arrangements by OWEN PALLETT 
Mixed by STEPHEN KAYE
Mastered by DAVID TRAVERS-SMITH
Published by VISITING MARTHA (ASCAP/SOCAN)
Photograph by TERRI LOEWENTHAL 
Layout and design by Paul Henderson

Released July 12, 2016 via Outside Music 



Feel Like A Man

Carissa Klopoushak & Philip Chiu
SOUNDWORLDS: music of Janáček, Carrabré, Debussy, Vivier, and Willan

Carissa Klopoushak and Philip Chiu have performed extensively together.  Their musical partnership has taken them across the country, beginning with a 17-city Canadian tour for the Eckhardt-Grammatté Competition Winner’s Tour in 2009.  Since that time, they have performed together in many recitals and chamber music collaborations across Canada, appearing at Ottawa Chamberfest, Ritornello Chamber Music Festival, and touring the Maritime provinces for Debut Atlantic. Their 2016 recording SOUNDWORLDS presents some of their favourite works from their many tours together, capturing their explorations of many different characters and soundworlds.

The album features three sonatas for violin and piano by Leoš Janáček, Claude Debussy, and Healey Willan, written within three years of one another, each offering a unique perspective on the First World War.  Completing the album are two shorter works by Claude Vivier and T. Patrick Carrabré (world premiere recording).

SOUNDWORLDS Willan Sonata In E Minor III. Allegro Molto

Oboe - Erin Brophey; Bassoon - Stephanie Unverreight; Double Bass - Richard Carnegie
Performed at Convocation Hall in Saskatoon, SK as part of the SSO Sunday Chamber Music Series on May 12, 2019

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BSNPWR - Stephanie Unverricht