Rebecca Foon & Aliayta Foon-Dancoes ~ Reverie

What a joy to hear these sisters playing together! Cellist Rebecca Foon is well-known as an integral member of Thee Silver Mt. Zion and Esmerine, while violinist Aliayta Foon-Dancoes has won awards for her own work.  Those who saw Esmerine live on

ACL 2024 ~ Top Ten Modern Composition

When a composer dies, a world falls silent; two of the composers honored below are no longer with us, but their music lives on.  One album stretches back even further to highlight a 9th century princess; another recalls the woman

Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Rebecca Foon ~ First Sounds

If three composers can be considered a supergroup, then Sarah Neufeld and Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire and Bell Orchestre) and Rebecca Foon (Esmerine, Saltland, Thee Silver Mt. Zion) fit the definition.  They first improvised together in Montreal back in