Jeremy Dutcher Concert

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JEREMY DUTCHER - THE MOTEWOLONUWOK ᒣᑏᐧᐁᓓᓄᐧᐁᒃ TOUR​

 
Presented in partnership with MacKenzie Art Gallery, Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists’ Collective Inc., the Faculty of MAP, and the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Regina.
 
Five years after rising to international acclaim with his seminal, award-winning album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, Jeremy Dutcher returns to the stage with a new band and pivotal new music. On the Motewolonuwok tour, Dutcher invites audiences to be transformed by music that is more personal and intimate than ever, yet pushes the boundaries of his unique sonic landscape.
 
This next sonic journey is rooted in an ancestor quote:
Tan qiniw iyuwok wasis kpomawsuwinuwok, ‘tankeyutomon-oc kihtahkomikomon.
As long as there is a child among our people, we will protect the land.

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Jeremy Dutcher, photography by Kirk Lisage

Tickets are available for $25 + taxes in advance or $35 + taxes  at the door. 

Doors open at 7pm and the performance begins at 8pm, and consists of two sets with an intermission. 

For more information please contact Dr Charity Marsh at charity.marsh@uregina.ca. 

Biography

Jeremy Dutcher is a Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, ethnomusicologist and classically-trained vocalist from New Brunswick, Canada who currently lives in Montréal, Québec. A Wolastoqiyik member of the Tobique First Nation in North-West New Brunswick, Jeremy is best known for his debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (The Songs of the People of the Beautiful River), recorded following a research project on archival recordings of traditional Wolastoqiyik songs at the Canadian Museum of History. Jeremy transcribed songs sung by his ancestors in 1907 and recorded onto wax cylinders, transforming them into “collaborative” compositions. The album earned him the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the 2019 JUNO Awards. His 2019 NPR Tiny Desk Concert has over 85,000 views.
Jeremy studied music and anthropology at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. After training as an operatic tenor in the Western classical tradition, he expanded his professional repertoire to include the traditional singing style and songs of his community. Jeremy’s music transcends boundaries: unapologetically playful in its incorporation of classical influences, full of reverence for the traditional songs of his home, and teeming with the urgency of modern-day resistance.
 
Jeremy has toured the world, from Australia and Norway to Italy and the Philippines. He has worked with and performed for iconic artists such as Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joni Mitchell, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Jeremy is regularly sought out for his perspectives on queerness, Indigeneity, language revitalization, and fashion, including a 2022 appearance as a guest judge on Canada’s Drag Race. In 2022, Jeremy and his family launched Kekhimin, the first ever Wolastoqey language immersion school, in Fredericton New Brunswick.

Biographie

Originaire du Nouveau-Brunswick, au Canada, et vivant actuellement à Montréal, au Québec, Jeremy Dutcher est porteur de chant, compositeur, activiste, ethnomusicologue et vocaliste de formation classique bispirituel. Membre Wolastoqiyik de la Première nation Tobique, dans le nord-ouest du Nouveau-Brunswick, Jeremy est surtout connu pour son premier album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa (Les chansons du peuple de la belle rivière), enregistré à la suite d’un projet de recherche sur les archives sonores de chansons traditionnelles Wolastoqiyik au Musée canadien de l’histoire. Jeremy a transcrit des chansons chantées par ses ancêtres en 1907 et enregistrées sur des cylindres de cire, les transformant en compositions « collaboratives ». L’album lui a valu le prix de musique Polaris 2018 et le prix de l’album de musique autochtone de l’année aux prix Juno 2019. Son concert NPR Tiny Desk de 2019 a été visionné plus de 85 000 fois.
 
Jeremy a étudié la musique et l’anthropologie à l’Université Dalhousie à Halifax, en Nouvelle-Écosse. Suite à une formation de ténor d’opéra dans la tradition classique occidentale, il a élargi son répertoire professionnel pour y inclure le style de chant traditionnel et les chansons de sa communauté. La musique de Jeremy dépasse les frontières : elle est résolument ludique dans son incorporation d’influences classiques et pleine de révérence pour les chants traditionnels de son pays, tout en regorgeant de l’urgence de la résistance moderne.

Jeremy a tourné partout dans le monde, de l’Australie à la Norvège en passant par l’Italie et les Philippines. Il a travaillé avec des artistes emblématiques dont Buffy Sainte-Marie, Joni Mitchell et le violoncelliste Yo-Yo Ma. Jeremy est régulièrement sollicité pour ses points de vue sur l’identité et l’expression de genre, l’autochtonie, la revitalisation des langues et la mode. Il a notamment participé en 2022 à l’émission Canada’s Drag Race en tant que juge invité. En 2022, Jeremy et sa famille ont lancé Kekhimin, la toute première école d’immersion en langue Wolastoqey, à Fredericton, au Nouveau-Brunswick.
Jeremy Dutcher Concert was last modified: October 24th, 2023 by Jaecy Bells