Juno-nominated artist Cris Derksen takes us into the weekend by performing a series of songs as part of our AGO Home Stage series. Between songs, Wanda Nanibush, Curator of Indigenous Art, and Bojana Stancic, Assistant Curator of Live Projects and Performance, will chat with the artist about music, love and life from their living rooms.

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Cris Derksen, originally from Northern Alberta Canada, is an Internationally respected Indigenous Cellist and Composer. As a composer she has her foot in many worlds working in Choral, Symphonic, film, theatre and dance, with a new commission from the Calgary Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra premiering in 2020. As a performer Derksen performs Nationally and Internationally. Recent destinations include Hong Kong, Australia, Mongolia, Europe, Mexico and a whole lot of Canada; the place Derksen refers to as home.