Rose-Anna Noah Franche-Nolan

• 1 Sublimation I 02:03
• 2 Nasz Dom 03:07
• 3 Haxan 04:47
• 4 Hawks 03:53
• 5 Prayer 05:44
• 6 Rotations 01:50
• 7 Sublimation II 03:21
• 8 A Triangle Is A Bird 06:16
• 9 Union Town 04:58
• 10 Devotion 02:09
• 11 Sublimation III 03:18
• Total Runtime 41:26

Info for Rose-Anna

Rose-Anna is Juno Nominated Noah Franche-Nolan’s second Cellar Live trio album with Jodi Proznick on bass and Nicholas Bracewell on drums. The album is named after his Acadian great grandmother Rose-Anna Chassé. Rose-Anna played the organ in her local church in Grand Falls NB. The album’s form is grounded in the recurrence of Noah’s variations on his composition Sublimation. The title of this piece alludes to the process of personal and spiritual transformation. Placed between these variations are songs that explore the spontaneous creativity of the trio’s improvisational ability, most notably the grooving anti-war anthem Hawks and the dynamic A Triangle is a Bird. Calling upon the name and music of his ancestor, Noah acknowledges the transformative power of the music and knowledge that has been passed on to him through his family.

Noah Franche-Nolan, piano
Jodi Proznick, bass
Nicholas Bracewell, drums

Recorded at Brentwood Presbyterian Church on January 3 2025
Engineered and Mixed by Sheldon Zaharko
Mastered by François Houle
Production Manager: Dominic Duchamp
Produced by Noah Franche-Nolan
Executive Producer: Noah Franche-Nolan & Cory Weeds

Noah Franche-Nolan
is a Juno-Nominated Canadian pianist, improviser, composer, and producer based in Vancouver, BC.

He leads the Noah Franche-Nolan Trio, featuring bassist Jodi Proznick and drummer Nicholas Bracewell. This trio also serves as the rhythm section for the Indo-Jazz Fusion Juno-Nominated group Raagaverse, led by Shruti Ramani, blending rich cultural traditions with contemporary jazz elements.

As a film composer and inter-disciplinary collaborator, Franche-Nolan has built a diverse portfolio, including the live score for the 1922 silent film Häxan. This project was commissioned by Vancouver’s independent theatre, The Cinematheque, and showcased his ability to merge historical cinematic art with modern musical sensibilities. Additionally, he composed the score for NYC filmmaker Talha Jalal’s documentary Rite of Passage and Vancouver playwright Shelby Satterthwaite’s play Light Rapid Transit.

In the realm of recording, Noah is the co-leader of Arid Landscapes, an electro-acoustic duo collaboration between Noah and Toronto-based guitarist/composer Dan Pitt. Their first self-titled record released on Signal Chain Records, a record label run by Noah and Dan.

Through his work as a performer, composer, and producer, Franche-Nolan strives to blend sincere emotional connection with musical intricacy and artistic curiosity, offering audiences and collaborators a uniquely expressive artistic voice.

As an educator, Franche-Nolan is on the faculty at VCC as jazz piano prof, and at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s School of Music, teaching in both the Jazz Department and the Classical Theory and Composition Department. He is also the coordinator of musicking at Brentwood Presbyterian Church in Burnaby.

This album contains no booklet.