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A Chat with Ry Moran
Dive into the creative heart of Echo: Memories of the World with Ry Moran, founding director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
In this compelling conversation, Ry reflects on the collaborative roots of the project, which blends storytelling, narration, and a sweeping musical tapestry performed by the Gryphon Trio and mezzo-soprano Marion Newman.
Hear how artists from around the world came together to explore the preservation of cultural heritage—and how any attack on it diminishes the richness of our shared human experience.
Musical Program
| Eliot Britton | Soundscape | |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Balfour | Omaa Biindig | |
| Margaret Atwood, poet | Water Flows | |
| Reena Esmail | Saans | |
| Dr. Dave Courchene, Elder | speaker | |
| Ry Moran, arr. Eliot Britton | Hope | |
| Kelly-Marie Murphy | Give me Phoenix Wings to Fly – III | |
| Rawdna Carita Eira, poet | Tell Me a Story | |
| Eliot Britton | original composition | |
| Ry Moran, arr. Eliot Britton | Introductions – Screen | |
| Ry Moran, arr. Eliot Britton | ||
| Rawdna Carita Eira, poet | ||
| Katie Patterson, artist/creator | ||
| Valentin Silvestrov, composer | ||
| Dr. Richard Ovenden – Bodley’s Librarian, University of Oxford, UK | ||
| Eliot Britton | Introductions – Stage | |
| Joy Harjo, poet | Remember Me | |
| Arvo Pärt | Spiegel im Spiegel | |
| Marion Newman Nege’ga | Kinanu | |
| Mavis Underwood, Elder | speaker | |
| Ry Moran, arr. Eliot Britton | Mavis | |
| Valentin Silvestrov | Fugitive Visions of Mozart – II | |
| Katie Paterson, creator Future Library | speaker | |
| Eliot Britton | Future Library | |
| Ole Bull | Sigrid’s Sang | |
| Rawdna Carita Eira, poet | Lifestream | |
| Eliot Britton | original composition | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | Excerpt, Piano Trio Opus 1, No.3, | |
| Allegro con brio | ||
| J.S. Bach | Excerpt, Menuet Trio in G Minor, BWV 929 | |
| Felix Mendelssohn | Excerpt, Piano Trio No 1. in D Minor, Op.49, | |
| Allegro molto agitato | ||
| Valentin Silvestrov | Excerpt, Postlude DSCH | |
| Rawdna Carita Eira, poet | Tears | |
| Eliot Britton | original composition | |
| Ian Cusson | The Devil's Language | |
| Marilyn Dumont, libretto | ||
| Traditional Inuvit | Dabby Dow Lullaby | |
| (recorded performance by Reneltta Arluk) | ||
| Dr. Barney Williams, Elder | speajer | |
| Ry Moran, arr. Eliot Britton | Heart | |
| Carey Newman, artist/creator | speaker | |
| Red Sky, arr. Eliot Britton | Witness Blanket | |
| Dr. Wilton Littlechild, Elder | speaker | |
| Ry Moran, arr. Eliot Britton | Resistance | |
| Emily Dickinson, poet | Hope is the thing with feathers | |
| Reena Esmail | Saans | |
| Ry Moran, arr. Eliot Britton | Hope (reprise) | |
| Katie Patterson | speaker | |
| Rawdna Carita Eira | speaker | |
| Dr. Richard Ovenden | speaker | |
| Dr. Dave Courchene | speaker | |
| Dr. Duke Redbird, poet | The Power of the Land | |
| Eliot Britton | original composition |
Artist Bios
- Cheri Maracle – Actress (Six Nations of the Grand River Territory)
- Marion Newman – Nege’ga – Mezzo Soprano (Kwagiulth and Stó:lō First Nations)
- Gryphon Trio
- Reneltta Arluk – co-creator, director
- Ry Moran – co-creator, composer
- Alison Mackay – co-creator
- Eliot Britton – composer, co-creator
- Andrew Balfour – composer
- Rawdna Carita Eira – poet, artistic collaborator
- Hugh Conacher – lighting designer
- Anthony Crea – sound
- Matthew Maaskant – multimedia
- Caroline Hollway – project manager, artistic collaborator
- Holly Vivian – production manager