Peroration by Brian Elias McKenzie Warriner, soprano

Kitty Xiao (composer) and Jessica Hiemstra's (poet) still there in your body was commissioned for Slow Rise Music's production Fair Use, a programme of new vocal works for SATB vocal quartet and vocal soloists themed around the legal doctrine of the same name. Still there in your body more specifically draws textual inspiration from the work of Audre Lorde and musically explores ideas of transformation and deconstruction in art. Fair Use was presented at Native Earth's Aki Studio on September 10, 2022 and made possible with the generous help of the Canada Council for the Arts, SOCAN Foundation, and private donors. The full text of poem below: "you poured your love wake them up laughing mourn the dead so loud until rain comes that lover you miss still there in your body dust light catches pleasure to be your compass flickering in your body" McKenzie Warriner - Soprano https://www.facebook.com/SlowRiseMusic/ https://www.slowrisemusic.ca/ http://www.kittyxiaomusic.com/ https://www.jessicahiemstra.ca/ https://www.mckenziewarriner.com/

Beginnings composed by Tristan Zaba McKenzie Warriner, soprano and piano

Ma belle, si tu voulais composed by Philippe Leroux McKenzie Warriner, soprano

Tristan Zaba's (composer and poet) Elsewhere There Was Daylight was commissioned for Slow Rise Music's inaugural production Hanging By a Thread. Hanging By a Thread was a program of entirely new works around a theme of "survival," with Elsewhere There Was Daylight's text being more specifically constructed from fragments of eyewitness accounts of major volcanic eruptions. Hanging By a Thread was co-produced by CMC Ontario and performed on November 26th, 2021 at the Canadian Music Centre's Chalmers Performance Space. Both this piece and performance were made possible with the generous help of the Canada Council for the Arts, SOCAN Foundation, and private donors. McKenzie Warriner - Soprano & Piano Tristan Zaba - Bass-Baritone & Electric Guitar https://www.facebook.com/SlowRiseMusic/ https://tristanzaba.com/ https://on.cmccanada.org/

Ruby-Throated Moment composed by Emily Doolittle McKenzie Warriner, soprano