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Music at Noon concert series
Transfixed
Featuring Nora Wilson & Koda Maxon
March 25 | 12:15 p.m. | University Recital Hall
This concert may contain descriptions of extreme violence and offensive language.
Free admission

Our program is a musical tapestry of electronically generated and altered sounds, vocals, and trombone, portraying our lived experiences as gender diverse people. We invite audiences to sit with not only the violence and discrimination we often face, but also the beauty and serenity of authenticity amplified through defiant acceptance of self.

Nora Wilson is a trombonist and the Associate Professor of Low Brass at Brandon University. She has performed with several professional ensembles including the Winnipeg and Regina Symphony Orchestras, the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, and the Brandon Chamber Players. Although the traditions of classical and jazz trombone will always be important to her, Nora’s true passion lies in creating new music for her instrument. She has commissioned several new works from Canadian composers, including a new piece for trombone and 8-bit accompaniment by Kenley Kristofferson that was premiered at the 2024 International Trombone Festival. Nora has been exploring her relationship to Truth and Reconciliation through a Canada Council for the Arts funded project called Sonic Dreaming. With her collaborator, Peter Morin, they are developing a land-based methodology for music and art making. This work has been deeply personal and transformative. Through being on the land, both she and Peter have started to develop and plan recording projects and art installations that will be shared/presented in the next couple of years. Nora is a fierce advocate for 2SLGBTQIA+ rights. She appears frequently on discussion panels and in presentations advocating for the empowerment gender diverse people. Her talks center on the role of music and art in her own transition as well as the need for educators to foster safe spaces for 2SLGBTQIA+ students. 

Nora is a founding member of Transfixed, an experimental music ensemble with Brandon University alum, Koda Maxon.