BROWN ARTS INTITUTE
BROWN ARTS INTITUTE
II. Tanya Tagaq and Special Guests: In Concert
Featuring Paola Prestini, Jeffrey Zeigler, Christine Duncan, Jean Martin with Nancy Mike, Cynthia Pitsiulak, Charlotte Qamaniq, Varna Marianne Nielsen, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project
March 14, 2024, from 7-9pm (with post-concert conversation with the artists)
The Lindemann Performing Arts Center
Tickets: Full Price: $40; Brown/RISD Faculty & Staff: $20; Seniors: $20; Students: $5 (Ticket proceeds from Brown Arts Institute programming support artistic productions created by the various artistic communities on Brown’s campus and in Providence.)
The first of two evenings of innovative, genre-bending music by improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling author Tanya Tagaq (Ikaluktutiak, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut). A member of the Order of Canada, and Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner, Tagaq curates a special program of compositions performed by and with a number of long-time collaborators including Christine Duncan (improvisational singer and conductor), Jean Martin (drummer and electronic artist), Paola Prestini (classical music composer), and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello). For portions of the evening, Tagaq is accompanied by an Inuit throat singing choir featuring Nancy Mike, Cynthia Pitsiulak, Charlotte Qamaniq, and Varna Marianne Nielsen. Gil Rose conducts the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, with second conductor Christine Duncan.
III. Tanya Tagaq and Kronos Quartet: In Concert
In celebration of Kronos Quartet: Five Decades also featuring Nancy Mike, Cynthia Pitsiulak, Charlotte Qamaniq, Varna Marianne Nielsen
Sunday, March 17, 2024 from 7-9pm (with post-concert conversation with the artists)
Main Hall, The Lindemann Performing Arts Center
Tickets: Full Price: $40; Brown/RISD Faculty & Staff: $20; Seniors: $20; Students: $5
Tanya Tagaq, in celebration of Kronos Quartet: Five Decades tour, invites her long-time collaborators Kronos Quartet to premiere their new collaborative work, commissioned by Brown Arts Institute. The evening’s program also includes performances by Tagaq with an Inuit throat singing choir featuring Nancy Mike, Cynthia Pitsiulak, Charlotte Qamaniq, and Varna Marianne Nielsen, music performed by Kronos Quartet, as well as Tagaq/Kronos collaborations Sivunittinni (2015, composed by T. Tagaq for Kronos Fifty for the Future, arranged by Jacob Garchik) and Colonizer (arranged by T. Tagaq, performed with Kronos Quartet on her album Tongues, 2022).
For more information and tickets, visit arts.brown.edu/ignite/artistic-innovator-residencies/tanya-tagaq.
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ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM TORONTO
The evening at Royal Ontario Museum, will conclude with a one-time only throat singing performance by Tagaq, where she will be joined on stage by esteemed Inuit performers:
- Nancy Mike, throatsinger
- Varna Marianne Nielsen, drumdancer
- Charlotte Qamainiq, throatsinger
This performance will be accompanied by drummer Jean Martin and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler.
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The program will commence with an intimate and engaging moderated discussion between Tagaq and multimedia artist Omar Rivera, who produces art under the name Driftnote. The two will discuss the inspiration that gave rise to their new immersive film, Ajagutaq/Parhelion, which will make its North American debut as part of the program. This discussion will be moderated by the City of Toronto Photo Laureate, Nadya Kwandibens.
Tagaq will then introduce Ajagutaq/Parhelion – a cinematic journey inspired by a dream and an excerpt of the artist’s novel Split Tooth, that will transport viewers to the breathtaking landscapes of Nunavut, where Arctic beings and spirits become one. The evening will conclude with a one-time only throat singing performance by Tagaq, where she will be joined on stage by esteemed Inuit performers Nancy Mike, Varna Marianne Nielsen and Charlotte Qamainq. This performance will be accompanied by drummer Jean Martin and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler.
Following this presentation, guests will be invited to a reception with refreshments. As space is limited, advance registration is required. For further information about the program and to reserve tickets, please visit our website here.
About Tanya Tagaq (she/her)
From Nunavut, Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and author. A member of the Order of Canada, Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner and recipient of multiple honorary doctorates, Tagaq is an original disruptor, a world-changing figure at the forefront of seismic social, political and environmental change.