JEREMY DUTCHER PARTNERS WITH ORCHESTRAS IN CITIES ACROSS CANADA TO PERFORM HIS AWARD WINNING LP, WOLASTOQIYIK LINTUWAKONAWA
ORCHESTRA TOUR DATES BEGIN SEPTEMBER 27
DUTCHER PAIRS WITH SPOTIFY TO LAUNCH INDIGENOUS PLAYLIST
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Today, Jeremy Dutcher announces his upcoming nation wide tour, partnering with orchestras in cities across Canada to present his JUNO Award and Polaris Music Prize winning album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa in a special symphony format. Arranged by Lucas Waldin, the performance premiered with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra at the Carlu Hall in Toronto in April. “This orchestra tour means so much to me,” says Dutcher. “It sews together two musical halves of myself. A tour like this would not have been possible just one generation ago, and I am honoured to bring our sounds into the concert hall and give them the treatment their beauty commands.” Full tour route, including orchestra dates and solo performances throughout Europe and North America, can be found below.
Dutcher has also paired up with Spotify to launch the official Indigenous playlist on the platform! Entitled "Indigenous. Music by us, for us", it is a guest curated playlist showcasing the large variety of indigenous talent from Canada and abroad. Jeremy's personal choices includes songs by Tanya Tagaq, Elisapie. Nehiyawak and Buffy St-Marie.
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A classically trained operatic tenor and composer who takes every opportunity to blend his Wolastoq First Nation roots into the music he creates, Dutcher blends his distinct musical aesthetics that shape-shift between classical, traditional, and pop to form something entirely new. Dutcher’s debut release, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, involves the rearrangement of early 1900s wax cylinder field recordings from his community. “Many of the songs were lost because our musical tradition was suppressed by the Canadian government. I'm doing this work as there's 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 entire distinct way of experiencing the world.”
WATCH JEREMY DUTCHER’S PERFORMANCE OF “SAKOWAMIT”
AT THE 2019 JUNO AWARDS
WATCH JEREMY DUTCHER’S CBC MUSIC FIRST PLAY LIVE
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JEREMY DUTCHER TOUR DATES
05/24: Burlington, ON - Art Gallery of Burlington
06/14: Toronto, ON - Luminato
06/29: San Francisco, CA - Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
07/03: Montreal, QC - MTL Jazz Fest
07/06: Los Angeles, CA - Grand Avenue
07/10: Amsterdam, NL - Amsterdam Roots Festival
07/12-15: Gáivuotna, NO - Riddu Riddu Festival
07/26: Indian River Festival, PEI - St. Mary's Church
07/27: Canso, NS - Stan Rogers Folk Fest
08/01: Campbellford, ON - Westben
08/03: Huntsville, ON - Huntsville Festival of the Arts
08/08: Reese, DE - Haldern Pop Festival
08/15: Moncton, NB - Congres Mondial Acadien
08/17-18: Woody Point, NL - Woody Point Heritage Theatre
09/25: Ottawa, ON - NAC
09/27: Kitchener, ON - Centre in the Square %
09/28: Kitchener, ON - Centre in the Square %
10/03: St. Catharines, ON - FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
10/09: Winnipeg, MB - Burton Cummings Theatre %
10/17: Halifax, NS - Rebecca Cohn Auditorium %
10/19: Regina, SK - Conexus Arts Centre %
10/23: Vancouver, BC - The Commodore Ballroom
10/24: Victoria, BC - Alix Goolden Performance Hall
10/26: Edmonds, WA - Edmonds Center for the Arts
11/08: Calgary, AB - Jack Singer Concert %
11/09: Saskatoon, SK - TCU Place %
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