A ground-breaking series
Canadian visionaries Measha Brueggergosman, Shawnee Kish, Nicole Lizée, and Ana Sokoloviċ each curate episodes in which they use the power of music and video to share their stories using the NAC Orchestra as their megaphone.
Uncensored. Undivided. Undisrupted
Watch trailer Behind the scenes
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International award-winning Soprano Measha Brueggergosman’s episode is a rediscovery of her Black Loyalist heritage in Nova Scotia, evoking the Maritime traumatic experience, and pairing together themes such as generational poverty and...
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Composer Ana Sokoloviċ composed a 30-minute symphony for her episode which brings the viewer on an allegorical journey to dedramatize the COVID-19 pandemic by contextualizing it in the history of humanity. Featuring Canadian mezzo-soprano Ema...
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Montreal-based composer and filmmaker Nicole Lizée wrote the music, screenplay and directed her episode, which is a magical realist documentary. It tells the story of a mysterious character attending an NAC Orchestra...
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Mohawk and Two-Spirit singer-songwriter Shawnee Kish collaborated with young Indigenous artists who have never performed on a stage before, bringing them on a journey of self-discovery using music as medicine. Immersed in a nature-inspired setting,...
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Creative & Production Teams
- Music Director Alexander Shelley
- Creative Producer Donna Feore
- Visual Design Normal Studio
- Audiovisual Production ProdCan
- Sound Production Carl Talbot (Musicom Productions Inc.)
- Lighting Designer Kimberly Purtell
- Executive Producer Arna Einarsdottir
- Producer Nelson McDougall
- Producer Fletcher Gailey-Snell
- Technical Director Pasquale Cornacchia
- Marketing Lead Sarah Connell
- Communications Lead Alexandra Campeau
ProdCan Inc. | Video Capture (Orchestra)
- CEO of ProdCan, Producer Didier Bensa
- Producer/Coordinator Kim Savoie-Thibault
- Camera Director Benoît Guérin
- Technical Director John Castillo Oruezabal
- Assistant Director Hélène Lussier
- Camera Operator Giulia Frati
- Camera Operator Antoine Lescop-Sinclair
- Director of Photography and Camera Operator Pierre Thériault
- Camera Operator Guy Roberge
- Camera Operator Marc Pronovost
- Video editor Caylamina Roberts
Normal Studio | Visual Design & Production
- Creative Director & Scenic Design Philippe Belhumeur
- Producer Danielle Tremblay
- Multimedia Director Joey Booth
- Art Director Céline Arnaudeau
- Artistic Consultant Opening Sequence Fred Caron
- Opening/end credits Motion Designer Daravong Thongsavath
- Technical Director, Visual Content Valéria Petit
- Visual Content Coordinator Pei Yao Xu
- Online Editing Maxime Dumont
- Lead Motion Designer Jesse Santerre
- Motion Designer Sanam Ghods
Musicom Productions Inc. | Audio production and engineering
- Audio Producer Carl Talbot
- Sound Engineer Charles Gagnon
- Sound Engineer Francois Arbour