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The Music Gallery and Native Women in the Arts present
Inuit Showcase: Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt IVA, Taqralik Partridge and Nukariik, part of the Kwe Performance Series.
Saturday, November 5
Doors: 7pm Concert: 8pm
The Music Gallery, 197 John St.
Tickets: $20 Regular $10 Members/Students $15 Advance at musicgallery.org
Native Women in the Arts Catalyst Series has presented several memorable shows at the Music Gallery over the years featuring artists such as isKw, Tara Williamson and Skookum Sound System. This concert and workshop showcasing the genius of Inuit throat singing marks our first full collaboration with NWIA. Kwe Performance Series presents performance based work from innovative Indigenous artists from diverse nations and communities.
On November 5, we join forces to present three female Inuit artists preserving and innovating within Inuit throat singing traditions: Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt, Taqralik Partridge, and Nukariik.
Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt also known as IVA will take you on a journey through the Arctic with vocal interpretations of the wind, birds, landscape and sea. Iva is a throat-singer, poet, writer and collaborator from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. She has performed alongside Tanya Tagaq, Susan Aglukark, Owen Pallett, DJ Spooky, Mike Stevens and the NAC Orchestra among others.
Taqralik Partridge is a spoken word performer, throat singer, voice actor and writer originally from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik in Northern Quebec. She has performed on stages from Toronto to Iqaluit to the UK and Norway. She teaches poetry and story-telling workshops for children and adults, and she loves to sew.
Nukariik is a group of two sisters, Karin and Kathy Kettler, who work together to preserve and share Inuit culture from Canada. Their heritage is from Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik. While the members of Nukariik have lived most of their lives in southern Canada, they have developed a strong connection to their heritage and culture through their Inuit friends, Elders and family.
On November 3 at 6:30pm, Nukariik will present a free workshop with discussions about traditional and modern Inuit life, i.e., music, the land and animals, how people live, and the Inuttitut language. They will perform a couple throat songs, explain throat singing, invite participants to join in, and answer questions.
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