Week Five - Beautiful Blends

When planning for Herstory 2.0, I knew hands down that I wanted to discuss Tanya Tagaq and Reena Esmail - I simply love their music! At first I had no theme in mind; but as I got lost in their beautiful blends of music, I realized that their collaborations of their respective traditional music with Western Classical was precisely the connection I was looking for. 

​Composers we're looking at this week are:

Tanya Tagaq (L)
​Reena Esmail (L)

L = Living Composer

Class Resources

​YouTube Playlist
Non-YouTube Listenings:
Sivunittinni (vocal demo) - Tanya Tagaq
Sivunittinni - Tanya Tagaq

​Week Five PPT Notes

Sources

Tanya Tagaq
Official Website - tanyatagaq.com
50 for the Future - Tanya Tagaq | Kronos Quartet
Tanya throat sings to a sold-out audience | Marlet.ca
Watch Tanya Tagaq and TSO perform powerful lament for missing and murdered Indigenous women | CBC Radio
Tanya Tagaq with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra dedicates Qiksaaktuk to MMIWG | MUSKRAT Magazine
"North of the 49th," Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Program Notes, January 2016
​Tanya Tagaq | Canadian Encyclopedia

Reena Esmail
Official Website - reenaesmail.com
Hats Off Gentlemen, A Genius | Serenade Magazine
Q & A with Reena Esmail, Composer & Luna Lab Mentor
Orchestra Underground: Eastern Wind Composer Spotlight - Reena Esmail | Sound Advice
Reena Esmail at TEDx SkidRow
A Songbird Speaks | The Red Elephant Foundation
E-mail interview with Reena Esmail, by Kendra Harder

Other sources
National Inquiry | KAIROS Canada
Final Report | MMIWG
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
MMIWG Fact Sheet (download)
MMIWG cases continued at same rate even after national inquiry began | CBC News

'New wave' of Inuit throat singers reach the Canadian  mainstream music scene | radio canada international​
Inuit Vocal Games | Canadian Encyclopedia

​The Bloody Legacy of Indian Partition | The New Yorker