i am a kwagiulth/salish/settler opera singer who loves great food and sailing. Host of Saturday Afternoon at the Opera on CBC Music.
Toronto
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So pleased to share my interview with the wonderful Élisabeth St-Gelais for CBC! Listen to Saturday Afternoon at the Opera this weekend to hear her beautiful recital too. #Indigenous #Opera #Singer #ClassicalMusic cbc.ca/music/elisabeth-st-ge…
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1. We have been been developing a Virtual Reality Witness Blanket. VR needs sound and I am excited to announce that, in the same way that we gathered the objects and stories for the original Blanket...
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Vancouver Symphony Orchestra hosting 100 free concerts for Day of Music @missprill
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I haven’t tweeted anything in a long while. Amplifying this is worth coming back for. Read this thread.
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I've had a lot of requests to share some free and accessible resources that folks can use to help identify and confront the growing phenomenon of residential school denialism as they see it, so here is a 🧵
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CW residential school denialism.
Pointing to the opinion of one Survivor to discount the testimony and experience of 37,000+ Survivors is not interesting, authoritative, or a “gotcha moment”. It is lazy, biased research and bad, misleading journalism.
It is false that indigenous children were forced to attend residential schools. Even when compulsory attendance was introduced in 1920, parents had a choice of day school or boarding. Lots of false narratives are going unchallenged by non-objective media. @NCTR_UM @CBCIndigenous
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There is extensive historical and firsthand evidence of forced and coerced attendance at residential schools in Canada.
Learn more: humanrights.ca/resource-guide…
publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.807…
indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residentia…
indigenouspeoplesatlasofcanada.ca/article/histor…
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@missprill sings #Iancusson “Five songs on Poems of Marilyn Dumont”@JefferyConcerts with @philchiupiano #NewOrfordStringQuartet m.facebook.com/story.php?sto…
I have been nominated for the 2022 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award.
If my grandma Boon were still with us she would be quite concerned about the size of my head by now… What a huge honour. I'm sincerely grateful. (Grandma Newman would be dancing...)😊
So looking forward to singing The Messiah with my dear friends in Vancouver this December 10th! Also can’t wait to see this gorgeous poster in person.
Our beautiful Messiah posters spotted in the wild! Tickets available here: vancouverbachchoir.com/event… @melodycourage @missprill #asithatennekoon @clarencefrazer @lesdala @CopilotDesigns
🧵👆🏽👇🏽This thread so well illustrates a baffling phenomenon I’ve been grappling with. I own each and every part of my ancestry. One cannot pick and choose what they are. I know that I must be accountable to all of it. I wish others the same wholeness I continue to lean into.
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I think that for most Indigenous people, this is much less surprising than many of the reactions in this thread. Settler colonial institutions, pedagogy, and thinking have largely yet to accept just how deeply humans are embedded within the ecosystems we inhabit.
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Powerful and engrossing, our new opera, Migrations, is unmissable
If you’re on the fence about attending one of our Autumn performances, listen to exclusive extracts of @Will_Todd_Music’s stunning score and read more about what to expect at wno.org.uk/news/migrations-n… #WNOmigrations
Super proud auntie here!! Check out what my amazing niece is up to! 🥳😊💖
Join us on Nov 15 at 1 p.m. ET to celebrate #NationalChildDay with Adelyn Newman-Ting. She is the gold award-winning Indigenous Child Author of ‘Finding the Language’ in the Voices of Future Generations Children’s Initiative.
Register now NationalChildDay.org
#8MillionRising
A thread for all Torontonians!
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Tonight is Nuit Blanche.
I’m very excited to finally talk about the unauthorized public art installation that I have been working on since August. I’ve got a few things to say about AusterityTO.art
Shout-out to my collaborator @truhig. (Follow him!)
I will remember this one. What a special and beautiful evening.
Une soirée de musique inoubliable avec quelques-uns des meilleurs musiciens du monde. Mari Samuelsen, Marion Newman, Alexander Shelley et les musiciens de l'Orchestre du CNA. Nous sommes ravis de lancer le festival SPHERE à vos côtés !
📸 Curtis Perry | #SphereOCNA
Absolutely one to remember. ❤️
An unforgettable evening of music with some of the greatest musicians in the world. Mari Samuelsen, Marion Newman, Alexander Shelley and the musicians of the NAC Orchestra. We're thrilled to be kicking off SPHERE festival alongside all of you!
📸 Curtis Perry | #NACOSphere
Merci!!
Nous sommes très heureux de partager la scène avec la très talentueuse Marion Newman ce soir. Nous aimons être en répétition avec vous, Marion ! Vous apportez toujours une telle lumière dans la pièce. ☺️ #SphereOCNA
📸 Curtis Perry | @CNAduCanada
ALT Alexander Shelley conducts vocalist Marion Newman and the NAC Orchestra in rehearsal.