Polaris Prize Winner Jeremy Dutcher to Visit Unama’ki (Cape Breto

Polaris Prize Winner Jeremy Dutcher to Visit Unama’ki (Cape Breton Island) Jeremy Dutcher has been awarded the 2018 Polaris Music Prize for the album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa. This debut release involves the rearrangement of early 1900s wax cylinder field recordings from Dutcher’s community of Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick. The album is performed in the Wolastoq language and was a project undertaken by Dutcher over the past five years. Dutcher is a classically trained operatic tenor and composer who takes every opportunity to blend their Wolastoq First Nation roots into the music they create, blending distinct musical aesthetics that shape-shift between classical, traditional, and pop to form something entirely new. “Many of the songs were lost because our musical tradition was suppressed by the Canadian government. I'm doing this work as there are only about a hundred Wolastoqey speakers left. It's crucial that we're using our language because, if you lose the language, you're losing an entirely distinct way of experiencing the world.” On Thursday, September 27 at 4:45 PM, Dutcher will be speaking about the prize-winning album at the Atlantiar Knekk Tepaw: A Basque-Mi’kmaw Cultural Exchange conference being held at Cape Breton University (CBU). For conference information and to register, visit cbu.ca/atlantiar. Dutcher will be performing Thursday evening, September 27 at the United Heritage Church at 8:30pm. Through a partnership between Cape Breton University’s Unama’ki College and the Lumière Arts Festival, this performance will be free to the public. Tickets are required for entry but the event is nearing capacity. Reserve your seats today at lumierecb.com. On Saturday, September 29, Dutcher will perform at the Highland Arts Theatre during Lumière’s signature art-at-night event, alongside dozens of unique projects and performances taking place in the Sydney Waterfront District as part of the annual arts event. There will only be one performance during the art-at-night event at 8:00pm, running 45 minutes. This performance is free but seating will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. For full festival programming, artists, and workshop registration, visit lumierecb.com. Lumière is family friendly, accessible, and free to the public. For more information about Lumière visit www.lumierecb.com or find the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/393671411157603/ . The Lumière Arts Festival recognizes the support of Arts Nova Scotia and the Province of Nova Scotia. We are pleased to work in partnership with the Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage to develop and promote our cultural resources for all Nova Scotians.

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