Tickets available here or by visiting/phoning our box office.
Historic St. Mary’s, 1374 Hamilton Rd – (902) 836-3733, open Tuesday to Sunday from 12 – 5pm.
| On June 16th – Jeremy Dutcher has infused his roles as a performer, composer, activist, musicologist into his art. His music, too, transcends boundaries: unapologetically playful in its incorporation of classical influences, full of reverence for the traditional songs of his home, and teeming with the urgency of modern-day struggles of resistance.A member of Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Jeremy first did music studies in Halifax before working in the archives at the Canadian Museum of History, painstakingly transcribing Wolastoq songs from 1907 wax cylinders. Jeremy heard ancestral voices singing forgotten songs and stories that had been taken from the Wolastoqiyik generations ago. As he listened to each recording, he felt his own musical impulses stirring from deep within. Long days at the archives turned into long nights at the piano, feeling out melodies and phrases, deep in dialogue with the voices of his ancestors. These “collaborative” compositions, collected together on his debut LP are like nothing you’ve ever heard. Delicate, sublime vocal melodies ring out atop piano lines that cascade through a vibrant range of emotions. The anguish and joy of the past erupt fervently into the present through Jeremy’s bold approach to composition and raw, affective performances enhanced by his outstanding tenor techniques. This concert will be opened by two artists from Lennox Island First Nation, both members of the Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors. |
| Richard Pellissier-Lush is a Mi’kmaq man from Lennox Island First Nation, PEI. His passions are based on his Mi’kmaq culture, traditions, loyalty and love of the First Nations communities and his family, the Mi’kmaq People. Richards first book will be out in just a few months called “The Creators Plan”, and he is excited to see how well it will do. Richard is one of the founders and original members of Mi’kmaq Legends (Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors), an all Indigenous Theatre Group that specializes in telling the stories, traditions, songs, dances, and culture of the Mi’kmaq from the past, and present. He has acquired and thrived in skills of public speaking, hosting engagement sessions, and educating non-Indigenous and Indigenous people of the Mi’kmaq on PEI, as well as working with and teaching the next generation about their culture and traditions. |
Sean Pellissier-Lush is a Mi’kmaq man from Lennox Island First Nation, PEI. He is currently a student a UPEI taking his undergraduate degree in Psychology. He loves to sing, drum and act with his theatre group, Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors, which he started with at the age of 6. He grew up with the culture in his blood, in everything he does and how he sees the world. As a cultural actor Sean has travelled all over the Atlantic sharing his love for his culture, to Toronto, to Dieppe France. When he is not working at school, or sharing his culture, Sean is passionate about his rap music, and his first CD will be out soon, but he can still be found on Spotify right now if you want to hear more.
On June 18th – After a long four years, Spire Choir will return to the stage at St. Mary’s! Under the direction of Kelsea McLean, and in partnership with the Sirens Choral Association, Spire Choir is our community choral collaboration. We are so pleased to be joined by the Arioso Chorus and the Summerside Community Choir for the concert.
Come join us for the afternoon to enjoy an excellent selection of choral works, and stay afterwards to enjoy a strawberry social on the lawn. Admission is pay-what-you-can/by donation.
t
