We are priveleged to know Kendra Harder from our time living in Saskatoon and even more thrilled that she wrote the piece Cat Fight for us. Inspired by our two cats Artemis and Xena who incidentally are also from Saskatoon.
Kendra is making waves as a composer by writing works for opera in Musique 3 Femmes: The Next Wave and is now working with the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and Toronto based ensemble Collectif on a project called “Mozart Reimagined”.
Cat Fight is a sort of limping tango (Artemis is a three-legged cat) with comic and Klezmer inspired elements. It is a single movement work for clarinet, marimba and snare drum, highly melodic and fun it will be featured mid program. Stay tuned for recorded snippets of this work.
Without further adieu, our contenders:
Announcer Voice:
In this corner, the three-legged terror, Artemis the Hunter!!!!! Thunderous applause
#teamArtemis
And in this corner, Warrior Princess, destroyer of couches, Xeeeeeena! Thunderous Applause
#teamXena