ABOUT L.AB

Sonny-Ray Day Rider is a Blackfoot composer from the Kainai Blood Tribe. While Sonny-Ray has a broad musical palette, working within many genres, his music often conveys a connection to nature and the land with emotionality and ceremony. Day Rider explores Indigenous methodologies in his music rather than strictly adhering to a traditional sound palette. His music invites listeners to dive beneath the surface to uncover hidden stories and inspirations. His work, Napi and Rock, was premiered as part of the 2020 Education Series with the Calgary Philharmonic Symphony and most recently, he was selected as a Next Gen Composer for the 2024/25 season with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Sonny was a featured artist in the 2019 Indigenous Classical Music Gathering at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and has held tenure as a faculty member in the Intercultural Indigenous Choreography Creation Lab at the Banff Centre. Day Rider has also been a member of the Indigenous Advisory Circle to Library and Archives Canada.

Shaun Bellamy is a Canadian composer residing in Lethbridge, Alberta. He is an avid writer of instrumental concert music and often combines acoustic instruments with electronic sounds. Shaun has also worked as a composer and sound designer with independent film directors and animators. Most recently, he collaborated with director, Bryn Hewko, composing the soundtrack for his documentary, Visualising Agriculture. Bellamy is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where he completed graduate studies in composition. His research at the university was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and resulted in the invention of the CueTrack, a self-contained hardware and software system for real-time sound playback and processing. CueTrack allows a musician to easily perform new works, combining acoustic instruments and live electronics without needing an expensive computing infrastructure. In 2025, Bellamy co-founded High Level Studios Ltd., a VR (Virtual Reality) software company that develops interactive VR game experiences for smart devices (phones, tablets).

Lavinia Kell Parker loves the creative aspect of composing music that both fits her artistic vision and showcases the strengths of her performers. For instance, Lavinia Parker’s use of improvisation with traditional compositional elements has garnered her the New Genre Award from the International Alliance of Women in Music, as well as top prizes in choral composition including the New York Treble Singers, Vancouver Bach Choir, Choral Canada, and the Ruth Watson Henderson Choral Composition Competition. Among recent collaborations, Parker has especially enjoyed writing for the Allegra Chamber Orchestra, Penderecki String Quartet, guitarist Iliana Matos, and Clemson University’s carillonneur Linda Dzuris. Parker’s choral music has been performed by elite and community choirs in concerts internationally and over radio and television media on CBC Radio and PBS. Lavinia is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and an instructor at the University of Lethbridge Conservatory of Music. As a music educator with for over 20 years of experience, Parker has brought the joy of music to children and, for example, created the Coulee Composers Club, a composition club for youth in Southern Alberta. Parker’s published works are available through ECS Publishing, Galaxy Music, Canadian Music Centre, and Cypress Publishing.

Jordan Berg is an award winning composer from Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Jordan’s music has been performed at home and abroad by ensembles, solo musicians and orchestras in Canada, the United States, England, Portugal and Russia. Jordan recently completed his Bachelor of Music in Composition under Dr. Arlan N. Schultz at the University of Lethbridge and in the last few years has attended prestigious workshops at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, NYU Steinhardt, and the Atlantic Music Festival in Waterville, Maine. Jordan has also studied at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California, The University of Toronto under Dr. Roger Bergs, and the Berklee College of Music. In addition to composing, Jordan is an accomplished orchestral percussionist, jazz drummer and guitarist. As an educator, Jordan has taught music to hundreds of students over the years and continues to inspire them to try new things and find their own unique voice. He also holds an honors Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with minors in History and English and looks forward to continuing on with graduate studies in music.

Arlan N. Schultz is a composer, researcher, and an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Lethbridge. His research interests include composition, music theory, philosophy and music, computer-assisted composition, music hardware design and real-time audio spatialisation. He has received commissions of Polish oboist, Aleksandra Panasik, Penderecki String Quartet, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Stuttgart Wind Quintet with Canadian pianist Louise Besette, Hungarian violinist János Négyesy, Canadian pianist Sandra Brown, Ensemble Resonance of Calgary, and New Works Calgary, among others. Upcoming performances in 2025-26 include String Quartet No. 2 by the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and …saraba hana no sekai…saraba naki-sō… with Aleksandra Panasik on the live@CIRMMT concert series in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Schultz has contributed significantly to new music in Canada and has focused his work on expanding contemporary practices.

Scott Edward Godin began his musical training on piano, completing a Bachelor of Music Degree with Helmut Brauss at the University of Alberta. By winning the Johann Strauss competition, Scott was able to study in Vienna, Austria, with internationally renowned pianist Paul Badura-Skoda. Godin then completed graduate studies in Musical Composition with John Rea at McGill University in 2003. Scott’s music has been performed throughout Canada, Europe, Mexico, and the United States and has been featured on twelve compact disc releases. Godin was awarded the Joseph Stauffer Prize for Composition (2007) and was a finalist in both the Gaudeamus Competition and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Young Composers’ Competition, in 1999. He was a multi-prize winner in the SOCAN Young Composers Competition, and prizewinner at the 1997 German Radio NRW Symposium. Scott has worked with ensembles and soloists, including ensemble KORE, la Société de la Musique Contemporaine du Québec, ensemble de ereprijs, Orkest De Volharding, Continuum, Arraymusic, and the Windsor Symphony Orchestra.

Rolf Boon, composer and music educator, is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and has served as Board of Directors Chair for CMC Prairie, as well as representing prairie composers at national meetings of the Canadian Music Centre. Reaching audiences globally, Boon’s music has been performed in London, New York, Vancouver, Kraków, Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Los Angeles, Istanbul, Beijing, and throughout Canada. Rolf Boon has an impressive history of promoting and celebrating Canada. His music was selected to commemorate Canada’s 150th anniversary. For this project, his composition, Hyacinth Caelum Sesquie, was performed by both the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, and was one of several prestigious compositions to be featured in the Canada Mosaic Project. In 1995, Boon was the lead composer in charge of music for the 1995 Canada Winter Games, held in Grande Prairie, Alberta. In addition, Rolf has served multiple times as an adjudicator for the Canadian JUNO Awards. Rolf Boon’s career as a music education innovator spans thirty-four years. For example, he co-founded the successful Bachelor of Music curricula, referred to as the Digital Audio Arts, at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta after similar pioneering work at Grande Prairie Regional College, where he led the development of the Interactive Digital Design program. His activities as an educator have been recognised provincially, receiving the Alberta Provincial Teaching Award and the British Columbia Senior Arts Award.