What was normal won’t be again, and the only “new normal” is no normal at all.
Welcome to a new year of The No Normal! New Music Edmonton is happy to return with Season Six of our iconic podcast. We have some great interviews with amazing people from Edmonton and around the world lined up for the coming months, and we’re looking forward to sharing their work and their words with you! The podcast will also include feature stories, conversations with friends in other organizations, and much more. Scroll down for details about each episode.
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The No Normal is created and produced by:
Ian Crutchley – Co-creator, producer and interviewer
Oskar Zybart – Series emcee and senior producer
Reid Contreras Woelfle – Interviewer
Episode 6.1 In the newest episode of New Music Edmonton’s The No Normal podcast, Reid interviews composer, performer and educator Matthias McIntire. Over the past few years, Matthias has been teaching composition at Dalhousie University, serving as the composer-in-residence at the Lunenburg Academy of Music and has been touring his multimedia songcycle, “Sing Nature Alive,” around the world with renowned pianist and soprano, Rachel Fenlon. In this interview, Matthias discusses his immense passion for art, education and sound exploration in nature. His composition, “The Forest Reclaims the Land,” will soon be performed by the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra on April 24, 2026.
