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Forgotten Coast

Measha Brueggergosman

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Soprano Measha Brueggergosman

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 unquenchable hope. She collaborated with hip-hop artist Jay Vernon, violinist and composer/arranger Edwin Huizinga, and composer/arranger Aaron Davis to create poignant new works where opera meets hip-hop.

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Measha Brueggergosman describes her UNDISRUPTED episode

Special thank you to: Black Loyalist Heritage Centre and Africville Museum

Creative and Production Teams: Forgotten Coast

Episode curated and conceived by Measha Brueggergosman
Music Director and Conductor Alexander Shelley
Creative Producer Donna Feore
Composer & Arranger Edwin Huizinga
Piano, Composer & Arranger Aaron Davis
Visual Design & Production Normal Studio
Video Capture (Orchestra) ProdCan Inc.
Sound Production Carl Talbot (Musicom Productions Inc)
Lighting Designer Kimberly Purtell
Video Capture (Nova Scotia) Leaf-Music
Audio Recording (Nova Scotia)
Original Music Music Over Matter Inc.
Video editors Measha Brueggergosman and Anna Shepard (Leaf-Music)
Executive Producer Arna Einarsdottir
Producer Nelson McDougall
Producer Fletcher Gailey-Snell
Technical Director Pasquale Cornacchia
Behind the scenes a/v capture (NAC) no hands

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