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SPHERE: Jeremy Dutcher and more at the National Arts Centre
Polaris Music Prize-winner Jeremy Dutcher will join the National Arts Centre Orchestra and conductor Alexander Shelley for an evening of new music as part of his Motewolonuwok tour. He invites audiences into an evening of personal, intimate musical experiences, marked by his unique soundscapes (Sept. 13). This concert is part of SPHERE at the NAC, a festival which explores themes of nature, and human relationships with our environment, through music, performance, talks, and visual arts. Dutcher also appears this fall in concert in St. Catharines (Sept. 18), Kingston (Sept. 20), and Halifax (Oct. 25-26), and in Toronto next spring (June 21). www.jeremydutcher.com
SPHERE runs at the National Arts Centre from Sept. 10 to 20, and will include the world première of UAQUE, a NAC Dance and Orchestra co-commission featuring choreography by Andrea Peña, photography by Edward Burtynsky, and the NAC Orchestra conducted by Alexander Shelley. The piece is set to music by electronic-music composer Eƨƨe Ran, as well as works by Pärt, Keiko Devaux, Ligeti, Puccini, and Knut Nystedt (Sept. 10, 11).
The festival will also feature a performance by Six Nations of the Grand River artist Santee Smith and Kaha:wi Dance Theatre. Smith has choreographed a multimedia performance that honours the relationship between Indigenous women, the land, and the water. The concert will be preceded by a three-course dinner of Indigenous cuisine, hosted by NAC Resident Chef Chris Commandant (Sept. 19,20). www.nac-cna.ca
ANDREW BALFOUR’S MAMACHIMOWIN at the Orchestre Métropolitain
As is tradition at the Orchestre Métropolitain, the orchestra and the Choeur Métropolitain will open their season with the work of an Indigenous composer. Cree composer and conductor Andrew Balfour’s Mamachimowin (The Act of Singing Praises) was premièred in 2020 by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and will be paired here with Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum, and Symphony No. 9. Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts (Sept. 22). www.orchestremetropolitain.com
TANYA TALAGA: THE KNOWING
Award-winning Anishinaabe author Tanya Talaga will launch her new book, The Knowing, this fall at Koerner Hall, in an evening co-presented by RamsayTalks. The book offers a retelling of the history of Canada through Talaga’s perspective as an Indigenous woman. The journalist, documentary filmmaker, author and podcast host will discuss her book in an interview with Mark Sakamoto, and later in a question-and-answer session with the audience (Sept. 23). www.rcmusic.com
WILDLANDS LEAGUE & MUSHKEGOWUK COUNCIL PRESENT: TAWICH IN THE CITY
The RCM’s 2023 Evening Commemorating the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Also at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Tawich in the City will combine Indigenous music with visual art, science, and more. “Tawich” is a Cree word which refers to the coastal and offshore areas of the James and Hudson bays. The evening will pair wildlife footage captured by the Water Brothers with talks by Omushkego leaders like Mushkegowuk Council’s Deputy Grand Chief Natasha Martin, Peawanuck’s Sam Hunter, Juno Award-winner Lawrence Martin, Wildlands League’s Conservation Director Anna Baggio, National Audubon Society’s Dr. Carrie Gray, and coastal oceanographer Dr. Zou Zou Kuzyk. On the visual arts side, the evening will showcase Indigenous artists Betty Albert, Robin Kioke and Jeronimo Kataquapit. Tanya Talaga and musical guest Adrian Sutherland, a popular musician from Attawapiskat First Nation, will round out the evening (Sept. 25). www.rcmusic.com
An Evening Commemorating the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
This evening, curated by Denise Bolduc and hosted by CBC’s Falen Johnson, will commemorate the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Bringing together internationally acclaimed Inuk singer Tanya Tagaq, classical soprano Emma Pennell, the Manitou Mkwa Singers, the Royal Conservatory Orchestra and conductors Christine Duncan and Jennifer Tung, the concert will pair incredible musical experiences with moments of healing, testimony, and storytelling (Oct. 1). www.rcmusic.com
LAMENT with the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Conductor Anne Manson will join forces with Nêhiyaw-Michif (Cree-Métis) baritone Jonathon Adams, Cree flutist and composer Jessica McMann, and Nêhiyaw (Plains Cree) interdisciplinary video artist Tyson Houseman for an evening of musical lamentations, both old and new. On the program are works by Zelenka and McMann herself (Sept. 25). www.themco.ca
CONTROLLED BURN in Saskatoon
Cellist/composer Cris Derksen is a Juno-nominated artist from Northern Alberta, whose career took off in 2006. Since then, she has performed as a soloist with symphony orchestras across Canada and has been commissioned by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Thunder Bay Symphony and Orchestre Métropolitain. This fall, she will join the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and conductor Janna Sailor for a performance of her new work, Controlled Burn, programmed alongside a new work (TBA) by Saskatoon’s own Zoey Roy (Oct. 26). www.saskatoonsymphony.org
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