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Inuit shamans, Sir Martin Frobisher, Indigenous hip-hop, music of sorrow, loss, pride and love – on Saturday, March 4 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, March 5 at 3:00 pm at the Ukrainian Labour Temple (591 Pritchard Avenue), Camerata Nova presents three powerful choral premières by Indigenous Canadian composers on the theme of “Taken.”

Curator Andrew Balfour and Curator/Conductor Mel Braun have done exceptional work with this show. All three compositions contain imaginative elements of solo performance art. New Brunswick Maliseet Jeremy Dutcher, now a Toronto composer/tenor, will join Camerata Nova to sing of the loss of his language. Lindsay Knight, aka Eekwol, the brilliant Muskoday hip-hop artist from Saskatoon, has written a strong, poetic rap text about loss of identity and culture – Camerata Nova will be her live beat! Finally, Andrew Balfour, Cree Artistic Director of the group, has written Quamaniq, a major choral drama starring Iqaluit throat/folk singer Madeleine Allakariallak and Jeremy Dutcher, about 16th-century explorer Martin Frobisher taking Inuit back to England to show as “curiosities.” Other featured artists are Manitoba-born baritone Jason Klippenstein and cellist Leanne Zacharias, and Fred Ford as narrator.

More big news! Camerata Nova is proud to announce that the National Arts Centre (NAC) has invited the group to perform Taken again in Ottawa on June 17, 2017, as part of the NAC’s major Canada Scene Festival – a big feather in the cap of this Winnipeg ensemble!

There will be a pre-concert talk with the composers at 6:45 pm on March 4 and 2:15 pm on Sunday, March 5.  Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for seniors and $15 for under-30s.