Tragedy brought Connor & Cordelia’s musical partnership together and inspired them to create their debut album, Acceptance - a cathartic expression of friendship, love, loss and acceptance. Produced by Juno nominee Larry Roy, Acceptance blends jazz, pop and soul, and features New York City’s Curtis Nowosad, Jon Gordon, Toronto’s Ismaila Alfa, Vancouver’s Darryl Havers, and Winnipeg’s Julian Bradford, among others.

Connor Derraugh is a University of Manitoba Jazz Studies graduate with a double major in sax and piano. Connor has been featured at the 2018, 2019 and 2022 TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festivals, Mardi Jazz, Music & Mavens, Assiniboine Park’s Jazz in the Garden and Summer Concert series, and performs regularly with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra.

Singer/songwriter Cordelia Donovan grew up in Gimli and studied voice and classical percussion at the University of Brandon, before moving west to pursue a career in music. A powerhouse in the Vancouver music scene, Cordelia has performed across Canada with a variety of groups and recently released a new experimental pop project of original music.

This concert will not only launch Acceptance in music but in film, as the show will open with the mini-documentary Acceptance by filmmaker Ivan Hughes. The film tells the backstory of Connor and Cordelia’s project and its dedication to their best friend and musician Cole Ediger, who passed in 2020 due to an undiagnosed heart condition. Learn more about Connor & Cordelia

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