Carissa speaks with Ryan Davis of The Upnote about maintaining a varied career, talks artistic practice in the time of COVID with Steve Andrusiak of Nasha Kasha, and hosts the 50th Anniversary celebration NACOcast.
3 weeks ago, I fell and broke a bone in my left hand. It’s a hairline fracture of the 5th metacarpal, and I’ve been seen by the best available specialists and know I’m being very well cared for. I anticipate my recovery to take some time, of course, but it’s going well so far. And now there’s this virus…
I’m excited to be performing the Canadian premiere of Vivian Fung’s first violin concerto next weekend in my hometown, Saskatoon. The concerto draws on the sights and sounds that Vivian Fung experienced on a trip to Bali. The opening measures sparkle and sing, but the ensuing sections take the listener on a wild ride through an unfamiliar but beautiful countryside. I’m loving sinking my teeth into this wonderful piece (and “playing like a rockstar!”)
Carissa is featured in the June edition of La Scena Musicale ahead of a busy summer of chamber music.
Carissa’s quartet, Ironwood, have become the new Artistic Directors of the Classical Unbound Festival. The 2019 edition is July 26-28 in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
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On Saturday, November 10, Carissa Klopoushak joins John Kofi Dapaah in his second Studio Session at Ottawa Pianos & Keyboards. Repertoire includes Beethoven’s “Kreutzer” Sonata, John Adams’ Road Movies, “Blues” from Ravel’s Sonata No. 2 in G major, Myroslav Skoryk’s Melody, and some jazz.
Carissa Klopoushak thanks the Canada Council for the Arts Musical Instrument Bank for its support through the loan of the 1851 Jean Baptiste Vuillaume (Maggini model).
What happens when you take one JUNO Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, one National Arts Centre Orchestra violinist, one genre-defying contemporary dancer and one critically-acclaimed singer-songwriter and see what they create? We're about to find out.
Carissa Klopoushak to co-compose, co-arrange, perform, and record ballet score for Ancestors & Elders, a one-act production by the Ukrainian Shumka Dancers and a team of Indigenous artists.