September 10, 2024 by
The Department of English
Since December 2020, Professor George Elliott Clarke has been commissioning Canadian composers to set poems to music. This project has resulted in two CDs:
- Wound Turned To Light: New Songs by James Rolfe, released in October 2023, featuring 16 commissions from Clarke.
- Poetry Project by jazz musician D.D. Jackson, which includes 12 Clarke commissions out of 13 tracks.
Professor Clarke has commissioned a total of 60 songs based on poetry by various poets, including Al Moritz, Leonard Cohen, Giovanna Riccio, and Louise Bernice Halfe.
Check out the rave review of the Poetry Project by D.D. Jackson in the Winnipeg Free Press.