About this event
Mark your calendar for a spectacular concert on March 1 and 2 as the Amabile Choirs welcome JUNO-nominated Cree composer, Andrew Balfour and Cree/Dene SongKeeper, Sherryl Sewepagaham to conduct its 40th Anniversary Festival entitled Tâpwê: Songs of Truth.
In the language of the Plains Cree (y-dialect) people, the concept of Tâpwê represents Truth. Truth is a noun we often use when we agree with someone – you speak the truth – or when we believe what we see and hear. However, in Cree, it has deeper meanings. Tâpwê requires us to examine and reflect on our ways of knowing, our ways of being, and our ways of doing in our speaking and in our actions.
In this concert, the music of Andrew Balfour, Sherryl Sewepagaham, Beverley McKiver, and Hussein Janmohamed transports singers and audiences to honour and acknowledge the past and present, provoking us to unearth and reveal the painful truths of the past, leading us to heightened awareness and a path toward reconciliation.
March 1: 7 PM
March 2: 2 PM