Aboriginal culture honoured with powerful opera
The Cord, article by Cristina Almudevar:
https://thecord.ca/aboriginal-culture-honoured-with-powerful-opera/
https://thecord.ca/aboriginal-culture-honoured-with-powerful-opera/
The Cord, article by Cristina Almudevar:
https://thecord.ca/aboriginal-culture-honoured-with-powerful-opera/
https://thecord.ca/aboriginal-culture-honoured-with-powerful-opera/
Opera Laurier: Video Introductions to Giiwedin by Opera Laurier Artists
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZrKng3Nz4Ei-VmGGSQnEm9FKy25w28f0
CBC Morning Edition (Kitchener-Waterloo):
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2439810910
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Release:
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“Giiwedin (The North Wind), blends Baroque and traditional Indigenous music and aesthetics. It was written and cocomposed by librettist Spy DénomméWelch, an Aboriginal education consultant at Laurier, and Catherine Magowan. Written in Anishnaabemowin, French and English, and set in Northeastern Ontario, Giiwedin tells the story of NoodinKwe, a 150yearold Aboriginal woman, and her struggle to protect her ancestral land.
“‘This production offers a unique opportunity to our students to engage with First Nations history and culture, most of them for the very first time,’ said Professor Kimberly Barber, administrative coordinator of Opera at Laurier. ‘It also allows us to tell an important and mostly untold story about first contact and its impacts and implications in a way that is both accessible and theatrically intense, while allowing students to collaborate with the Aboriginal community.'”
Music, Life, and an iPhone, blog post by JKMBASSOON:
https://jolenebassoon.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/best-bassoon-week-ever-12013-12613/
“And youtube video of the week is brought to you by Das Fagott Mannschaft, and Eve Angelica.”
Orchestras Canada website:
http://orchestrascanada.org/2011/02/04/more-wild-concerts-in-southern-ontario/
“The Aradia Ensemble presents an innovate concert that features 5-minute works for baroque instruments by contemporary Canadian composers, selected through a competitive process – and the “winning” composer will be invited to write a longer work for Aradia in a future season. The ten composers taking part are: Ian McAndrew, Rose Bolton, Taylor Brook, Catherine Magowan & Spy Dénommé-Welch, Scott Maynard, Chris Meyer, Dustin Peters, Ronald Royer, Caitlin Smith, and Kevin Mallon.”
The Wholenote, article by Jack Buell:
“Marion’s season so far has included … the lead role of Noodin-Kwe in the world premiere run of Giiwedin, a first Nations opera by Spy Dénommé-Welch and Catherine Magowan.”
Opera Canada, review by Paula Citron:
CBC News:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/dora-theatre-award-nominees-named-in-toronto-1.950756
“2010 Dora Award Nominees for New musical or opera: The Children’s Crusade; The Princess & the Handmaiden; RobinHood, The Environmental Family Musical; Giiwedin; Mimi.”
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts, Dora Award Nominee Listing:
https://tapa.ca/dora-awards/past-awards/nominees/