The Vision

WORLD PREMIERE OF OSCANA
a multimedia extravaganza

Conexus Arts Centre, Regina, September 3, 2010. Tickets on sale now at the Box Office. Buy online by googling Conexus Arts Centre.
Starring Herds of Buffalo that roamed the prairies
World Premier of Andrew Balfour’s Oscana,
 a
multimedia 
extravaganza takes place in Conexus
 Arts
 Centre, Regina,
 on
 September
3,
2010. 
OSCANA has four movements. First movement: a musical multimedia painting of life 
on
 the
 prairies
500 years back, before
 the
 Europeans 
arrived, before the horses arrived, before the guns arrived on
 the
 scene. The music featuring herds of buffalo stampeding across the prairies. Regina Symphony playing the challenging music of Andrew Balfour, under his direction. The piece will try to create an "earth shaking sound” that was created by the stampeding buffaloes.
Second 
movement 
will paint
 the 
picture
 of
 the arrival of the Europeans, the
 signing of the treaties between Queen Victoria and the Chiefs. A bag pipe, part of the enhanced Regina Symphony Orchestra, will herald in Queen Victoria. Aboriginal drum will herald in the Chiefs.
Third movement will paint the confused life on the prairies, two societies adapting to each other, learning from one another, and adapting to the harsh environment. Arrival of the steam engine, disappearance 
of 
the
 buffalo 
and
 the
 life of the pioneers.

The
 fourth movement
will paint optimism of the life on the prairies today.
The
 funds 
saved
 in
 this
 project
 will 
go
 to
 into a trust fund, which will be used to inspire youth through music. Bringing optimism into their lives.