We are thrilled to share that our album Known to Dreamers: Black Voices in Canadian Art Song has been nominated for a 2025 JUNO Award in the category of Classical Album of the Year (Small Ensemble)!. This is the second JUNO nomination for a Canadian Art Song Project album. In 2020, baritone Peter Barrett, soprano Martha Guth, mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy, and pianist Helen Becqué were nominated for their contributions to Healey Willian: Summer Night in the category of Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral).
Known to Dreamers highlights the contributions of Black composers and writers to Canadian art song, featuring powerful performances by Measha Brueggergosman-Lee, Elliot Madore, Jonelle Sills, and pianist Steven Philcox.
The recording includes:
📀 The Confession Stone (Songs of Mary) – Robert Fleming & Owen Dodson
📀 Two songs by Larry Strachan, set to poetry by Thomas Hardy & Robert Nathan
📀 The Colour of Joy – Maria Thompson Corley, Kanika Ambrose & Christene Browne [2022 CASP commission]
📀 Moths – James Rolfe & André Alexis [2013 CASP commission]
We are so proud of this recording and its contribution to the recorded legacy of Canadian music.
Purchase or stream the recording by following this link: https://linktr.ee/knowntodreamers
We acknowledge the generous support from the Canada Council for the Arts and our community of donors and supporters who made this recording possible.
