Black Girl in Love (With Herself)
2025-05-24 19:30 (America/Edmonton) | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
Speak the unspeakable tings. Black Girl in Love. Finally, someone is going to talk about it!

An uncensored night of true sisterhood and support as we tackle the “taboo” topics of miscarriage, infertility, fibroids and of course, black women and therapy. We will also delve right in and ask the forbidden questions around motherhood, such as, “Do you regret having kids? Are you a good mom? And what do you do when the one glass of wine isn’t enough to deal with your life?” We will have a resourceful, fun, engaging expert panelist and real moms sharing their lives.

The night promises to have you exhaling, laughing, and begging for more.

BEHIND THE WORK

Trey Anthony is a bad-ass Jamaican-British-Canadian, truth-teller, award-winning writer, and wellness expert. She’s the girl to call when you want to turn your inner shame into success! Trey is known as the “Oprah of Canada”, the first Black woman in Canada to have her own prime-time series on a major network.

She is a former writer for OWN, Lionsgate, The Comedy Network, The Women’s Television Network, and Global Television. She is also a contributing writer for Huffington Post and the Toronto Star. Her popular new book, Black Girl in Love (with Herself) has been published by Hay House, the largest self-help publisher in North America.

Her award-winning play, Da Kink in My Hair, received four NAACP awards including Best New Playwright. Da Kink has broken box office sales records in Canada, England, and the United States. It has grossed millions, been critically acclaimed, and was named one of the top ten plays in Canada’s theatrical history. Trey is passionate about diversity, inclusion, and of course wellness, and she is a highly sought-after speaker. She has spoken at Harvard University and NYU and been a guest lecturer and speaker at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Waterloo, McMaster University, and Ryerson University. She’s the recipient of an Eve Ensler Vagina Warrior Award, which recognizes the contributions of dynamic women in the arts. She also has received a Walk of Fame Star in Brampton for her contribution to the arts. She is a recipient of the Harry Jerome Award for the Arts and was recently named one of the top 100 Black women in Canada to watch! Her popular touring theatrical wellness show, Black Girl in Love (with Herself), is a sold-out event every year. Trey is the Rockstar of Wellness for women!

I’m a black girl, trying to navigate a world that doesn’t truly see me… How can you love yourself when the mainstream media barely acknowledges your existence? Trey Anthony

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When Art is Activism
2025-05-25 14:00 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
In her upcoming talk, award-winning playwright Trey Anthony will delve into the theme “When Art is Activism,” drawing from her rich career and personal journey. With a focus on her acclaimed works, such as “da kink in my hair” and “how black mothers say I love you,” she will explore the transformative power of storytelling in addressing social issues and fostering community. Trey will share insights into how her experiences as a Black woman have shaped her artistic voice, emphasizing the vital role art plays in activism and the importance of representation in the creative landscape. Attendees can expect an inspiring discussion that highlights art’s ability to challenge norms and ignite change.

About Trey

Trey Anthony is a bad-ass Jamaican-British-Canadian, truth-teller, award-winning writer, and wellness expert. She’s the girl to call when you want to turn your inner shame into success! Trey is known as the “Oprah of Canada”, the first Black woman in Canada to have her own prime-time series on a major network.

She is a former writer for OWN, Lionsgate, The Comedy Network, The Women’s Television Network, and Global Television. She is also a contributing writer for Huffington Post and the Toronto Star. Her popular new book, Black Girl in Love (with Herself) has been published by Hay House, the largest self-help publisher in North America.

Her award-winning play, Da Kink in My Hair, received four NAACP awards including Best New Playwright. Da Kink has broken box office sales records in Canada, England, and the United States. It has grossed millions, been critically acclaimed, and was named one of the top ten plays in Canada’s theatrical history. Trey is passionate about diversity, inclusion, and of course wellness, and she is a highly sought-after speaker. She has spoken at Harvard University and NYU and been a guest lecturer and speaker at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Waterloo, McMaster University, and Ryerson University. She’s the recipient of an Eve Ensler Vagina Warrior Award, which recognizes the contributions of dynamic women in the arts. She also has received a Walk of Fame Star in Brampton for her contribution to the arts. She is a recipient of the Harry Jerome Award for the Arts and was recently named one of the top 100 Black women in Canada to watch! Her popular touring theatrical wellness show, Black Girl in Love (with Herself), is a sold-out event every year. Trey is the Rockstar of Wellness for women!

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Kiuryaq
2025-09-19 19:30, 2025-09-20 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
Presented by

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Never whistle at the Northern Lights. They will come down and get you. They will play soccer with your head. They are also ancestors calling you home. Kiuryaq is ‘Aurora Borealis’ in the Western Arctic Inuvialuit language of Inuvialuktun, in reference to their bright colours.

Kiuryaq is an immersive circumpolar theatre performance that explores our relationship with the Northern Lights. It is a multi-disciplinary piece created in collaboration with sound composers, digital media artists, and theatre artists from Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada, Greenland, Sápmi territory and Alaska.

We follow these northern stories of connection that inspire us through the aurora borealis, or kiuryaq in Inuvialuktun. These stories – frightening, spiritual, epic and playful – are situated in our memories of then and experiences of now. All are held in our vast cosmologies, converging in ways that could not have imagined when this journey began.

Kiuryaq is about two siblings born in the North, an older sister and a younger brother. One is taken down south by a forced adoption and raised with no knowledge of their place of birth, the other is raised under the Aurora with their grandparents. Under the ancestral connection of the Northern Lights, choices are made that change both their realities.

Kiuryaq is a transformative performance work which brings the circumpolar region together to share wisdom, warnings and humour to all those who are curious. In form, Kiuryaq blends theatre, with three performers embodying multiple roles; concert, featuring original music played by a live string quartet; and film, with expansive, immersive projections.

Creative Team

Producers: Akpik Theatre & TheaturtleDirector: Reneltta ArlukMusic Director: Carmen BradenWriters: Reneltta Arluk, Rawdna Carita Eira, Alon NashmanDramaturgy: Christopher MorrisCultural Envoy: Rawdna Carita EiraPerformers: Julia Ulayok Davis, Salik Lennert, Elin OskalChoreographer: Fia GrogonoTechnical Director: Jessica HanProduction Manager: Kayleigh SandomirskyStage Management: Ashley ReesLighting Design: Itai ErdalCostume & Props Design: Jay HavensComposer | Sound Designer: Carmen BradenLive Performance and Recording: Dior Quartet (Noa Sarid, Joanne Yesol Choi, Yuri Santos, Tobias Elser, Jacob Clewell, Caleb Georges) Set Design | Illustrator: Hailey VerbonacVideo Design: Chimerik 似不像Digital Content: Davis Heslep & Barry BilinskyVideo Dramaturgy: Barry BilinskyCollaborating Filmmakers: Riddle Films & Cabin ProductionsImage Design: Rise Frequency Intuitive Graphic DesignNew Media/Projection Design Support Team: Chimerik 似不像New Media/Projection Design Collaborator: Vanka SalimNew Media/Projection Design Consultant & Facilitator: Sammy Chien-MacCaullProjection Technical Consultant: Cody DysonLive Sound Technician: Mike Auty

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Grease Sing-A-Long
2025-09-25 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
As the sun-kissed summer of 1958 draws to a close, Danny, a sweet American boy, and Sandy, a wholesome exchange student, exchange vows of everlasting devotion and part ways, seemingly forever. However, an unexpected change of plans reunites the young dreamers at the bustling Rydell High for the new term; only, this year, something has changed. Once the cute boy next door, Danny is revealed to be the cocky leader of the riotous T-Birds greaser gang, will they be able to rekindle their romance?

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Kiuryaq in Inuvik
2025-09-25 19:30 | Midnight Sun Complex, Inuvik, NT, Canada
Presented by

A Production By

Never whistle at the Northern Lights. They will come down and get you. They will play soccer with your head. They are also ancestors calling you home. Kiuryaq is ‘Aurora Borealis’ in the Western Arctic Inuvialuit language of Inuvialuktun, in reference to their bright colours.

Kiuryaq is an immersive circumpolar theatre performance that explores our relationship with the Northern Lights. It is a multi-disciplinary piece created in collaboration with sound composers, digital media artists, and theatre artists from Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada, Greenland, Sápmi territory and Alaska.

We follow these northern stories of connection that inspire us through the aurora borealis, or kiuryaq in Inuvialuktun. These stories – frightening, spiritual, epic and playful – are situated in our memories of then and experiences of now. All are held in our vast cosmologies, converging in ways that could not have imagined when this journey began.

Kiuryaq is about two siblings born in the North, an older sister and a younger brother. One is taken down south by a forced adoption and raised with no knowledge of their place of birth, the other is raised under the Aurora with their grandparents. Under the ancestral connection of the Northern Lights, choices are made that change both their realities.

Kiuryaq is a transformative performance work which brings the circumpolar region together to share wisdom, warnings and humour to all those who are curious. In form, Kiuryaq blends theatre, with three performers embodying multiple roles; concert, featuring original music played by a live string quartet; and film, with expansive, immersive projections.

Creative Team

Producers: Akpik Theatre & TheaturtleDirector: Reneltta ArlukMusic Director: Carmen BradenWriters: Reneltta Arluk, Rawdna Carita Eira, Alon NashmanDramaturgy: Christopher MorrisCultural Envoy: Rawdna Carita EiraPerformers: Julia Ulayok Davis, Salik Lennert, Elin OskalChoreographer: Fia GrogonoStage Management: Ashley ReesLighting Design: Itai ErdalCostume & Props Design: Jay HavensComposer | Sound Designer: Carmen BradenLive Performance and Recording: Dior Quartet (Noa Sarid, Joanne Yesol Choi, Yuri Santos, Tobias Elser, Jacob Clewell, Caleb Georges) Set Design | Illustrator: Hailey VerbonacVideo Design: Chimerik 似不像Digital Content: Davis Heslep & Barry BilinskyVideo Dramaturgy: Barry BilinskyCollaborating Filmmakers: Riddle Films & Cabin ProductionsImage Design: Rise Frequency Intuitive Graphic Design

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Kiuryaq in Fort Simpson
2025-09-29 19:30 | Liidlii Kue Elementary School, Ft. Simpson, NT, Canada

Kiuryaq in Hay River
2025-10-01 19:30 | The Hay River Recreation Centre, Hay River, NT, Canada

Kiuryaq in Fort Smith
2025-10-02 19:30 | Salt River First Nation Business & Conference Centre, Ft. Smith, NT, Canada
Presented by

A Production By

Never whistle at the Northern Lights. They will come down and get you. They will play soccer with your head. They are also ancestors calling you home. Kiuryaq is ‘Aurora Borealis’ in the Western Arctic Inuvialuit language of Inuvialuktun, in reference to their bright colours.

Kiuryaq is an immersive circumpolar theatre performance that explores our relationship with the Northern Lights. It is a multi-disciplinary piece created in collaboration with sound composers, digital media artists, and theatre artists from Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of Canada, Greenland, Sápmi territory and Alaska.

We follow these northern stories of connection that inspire us through the aurora borealis, or kiuryaq in Inuvialuktun. These stories – frightening, spiritual, epic and playful – are situated in our memories of then and experiences of now. All are held in our vast cosmologies, converging in ways that could not have imagined when this journey began.

Kiuryaq is about two siblings born in the North, an older sister and a younger brother. One is taken down south by a forced adoption and raised with no knowledge of their place of birth, the other is raised under the Aurora with their grandparents. Under the ancestral connection of the Northern Lights, choices are made that change both their realities.

Kiuryaq is a transformative performance work which brings the circumpolar region together to share wisdom, warnings and humour to all those who are curious. In form, Kiuryaq blends theatre, with three performers embodying multiple roles; concert, featuring original music played by a live string quartet; and film, with expansive, immersive projections.

Creative Team

Producers: Akpik Theatre & TheaturtleDirector: Reneltta ArlukMusic Director: Carmen BradenWriters: Reneltta Arluk, Rawdna Carita Eira, Alon NashmanDramaturgy: Christopher MorrisCultural Envoy: Rawdna Carita EiraPerformers: Julia Ulayok Davis, Salik Lennert, Elin OskalChoreographer: Fia GrogonoTechnical Director: Jessica HanProduction Manager: Kayleigh SandomirskyStage Management: Ashley ReesLighting Design: Itai ErdalCostume & Props Design: Jay HavensComposer | Sound Designer: Carmen BradenMusic Recording: Dior Quartet (Noa Sarid, Joanne Yesol Choi, Yuri Santos, Tobias Elser, Jacob Clewell, Caleb Georges) Set Design | Illustrator: Hailey VerbonacVideo Design: Chimerik 似不像Digital Content: Davis Heslep & Barry BilinskyVideo Dramaturgy: Barry BilinskyCollaborating Filmmakers: Riddle Films & Cabin ProductionsImage Design: Rise Frequency Intuitive Graphic DesignNew Media/Projection Design Support Team: Chimerik 似不像New Media/Projection Design Collaborator: Vanka SalimNew Media/Projection Design Consultant & Facilitator: Sammy Chien-MacCaullProjection Technical Consultant: Cody Dyson

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The Comic Strippers
2025-10-10 19:30, 2025-10-11 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
19+ ONLY!

WARNING! No Extreme Nudity, Just Extreme Hilarity!

The award-winning improv comedians are back with a new show with more moves and even quicker wits. A fictitious male stripper troupe (played by some of Canada’s best improvisational comedians) perform a sexylarious improv comedy show. They’re trying to be sexy… but it just comes out funny. Constantly grooving and gyrating, they banter with the crowd and perform hilarious improv sketches. Semi-undressed and completely unscripted, The Comic Strippers take off their shirts and take on your suggestions to create an entirely unique show and a whole new genre of comedy.

Canadian Comedy Award Winner of ‘BEST LIVE PRODUCTION’

The show is suitable for both men and women. An entertaining ride where anything goes. Rip It Up Magazine

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Matt Andersen
2025-10-17 19:30, 2025-10-18 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
With Opening Act Old Man Luedecke!

When Matt Andersen steps on stage, he brings a lifetime of music to every note he plays. His latest album, The Hammer & The Rose, is a veritable garden of heart; a (mostly) delicate collection of tender folk and stirring soul numbers that find the New Brunswick-born songwriter thoughtfully tending to the most important things in life. Andersen’s stage presence is informed by decades of cutting his teeth in dusty clubs, dim-lit bars, and grand theatres all over the world, delivering moving performances that run the gamut from intimate to wall-shaking. In the studio, he’s always brought the same attention to detail and commitment to craft as he has to his live show. The result is a multi-faceted and poignant body of work, which has led him to amass over 33 million streams on Spotify and 30 million views on YouTube.

In addition to headlining major festivals, clubs and theatres throughout North America, Europe, and Australia, he has shared the stage and toured with Marcus King, Beth Hart, Marty Stuart, Greg Allman, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Randy Bachman, Serena Ryder, Tab Benoit, and more.

Andersen nabbed the 2013 and 2016 European Blues Awards for Best Solo/Acoustic Act, was the first ever Canadian to take home top honours in the solo category at the 2010 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, won the CIMA Road Gold award in 2015, and has won multiple Maple Blues Awards. Matt Andersen & The Big Bottle of Joy was nominated for a Juno Award in 2024.

Back Again in the NWT As the Opening Act: Old Man Luedecke

Old Man Luedecke is the recording and performing name of two-time JUNO award-winning and Polaris prize-nominated singer/songwriter Chris Luedecke. He’s a multiple East Coast Music Award winner known for his high-energy, banjo-driven stompers, touching guitar ballads, and dry, humorous stories. Old Man Luedecke has been making a soundtrack to an authentic life for nearly twenty years.

Born in Toronto and long-time resident of the country near Chester, Nova Scotia, Luedecke began recording in the early 2000s DIY folk scene of Halifax. He made his two JUNO-winning albums for Black Hen Music in the late ‘00s, with Steve Dawson as producer, at Vancouver’s famed Factory studio. Luedecke has kept up many worldwide concert appearances, playing in Europe and around Canada and the USA, and six trips to Australia, including a memorable tour where his whole young family travelled with him around rural Queensland for the Festival of Small Halls.

And A Special NWT Collaboration with Pat Braden and Norman Glowach

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Sound of Music Sing-A-Long
2025-10-24 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
In 1930s Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When Navy Captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the abbey requesting a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. Over time, he and Maria find themselves falling in love, despite his engagement to a Baroness named Elsa and Maria’s status as a postulant. However, their personal conflicts soon become overshadowed by the unfolding world events.

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Diana Rockwell
2025-11-22 19:30 | The Underground, 4910 Franklin Ave, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Presented As part of the Northern Spark Emerging Artist Series

A Collaboration Between NACC and The UNDerground

Award-winning classical soprano Diana Rockwell returns to the North fresh from her Masters studies at the University of Manitoba with soprano Tracy Dahl. A dynamic and versatile performer, she has graced Yellowknife stages as an actor, dancer, singer and instrumentalist for many years. Before making her solo debut with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in Fall of 2024 and claiming the Madeleine Gauvin Scholarship with the Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg and the Rose Bowl Trophy with the Winnipeg Music Festival in 2024, she was the first person from the NWT to win the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers Association’s National Vocal Competition in 2023. During her musical studies, she took part in both Edmonton and Manitoba Opera’s choruses, and has performed roles such as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte with Summer Opera Lyric Theatre, Erste Dame in Die Zauberflöte and Mère Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites (excerpts) with University of Manitoba, Frederic from The Pirates of Penzance and La Contessa from Le nozze di Figaro (excerpts), with University of Alberta’s Opera Theatre, and Phoebe Dy’Squith in A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder with NUOVA Vocal Arts. Yellowknife audiences of all ages may recognize her from her recent school concert tour “Kings, Queens & Pheasants” in Fall of 2025, and Yellowknife Youth Choir’s “Opera Stars” concert in Spring of 2025.

Must be 19+

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ATTI! Showcase
2025-12-06 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
ATTI! Indigenous Artists Collectives is proud to launch their inaugural Performing Arts Mentorship Program to empower emerging Indigenous performers in the NWT. This program partners Indigenous musicians, singer-songwriters, playwrights, and dancers with accomplished Indigenous professionals in their field to elevate their craft. This initiative will help support the next generation of Indigenous professional artists by providing in-depth one-on-one training. Each mentor and mentee will collaborate on the development of an original performance piece to be performed in this showcase.

The Performing Arts Mentorship Program is made possible through generous support from Canada Council for the Arts, the administrative support provided by the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, and the dedication of the ATTI! Steering Committee.

Stacie Arden Smith is mentored by Celeigh Cardinal

Liz Leske is mentored by Reneltta Arluk

Stacey Sundberg is mentored by Reneltta Arluk

Christina Moore is mentored by Brad Henry

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Les Voix Humaines with Tyler Hawkins
2026-01-24 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
Les Voix Humaines are back in the NWT to grace our ears once again with this special Yellowknife performance, as founding member and most incredible gambist Susie Napper takes flight with the Russian harpsichordist Elizaveta Miller. Also featuring local baroque lutenist Tyler Hawkins, their collective programme ‘Adversaries in Love’ transports us to the connected worlds and unmatched genius of Gauthier, Marais, Abel, Bach(s) and Weiss, all played on authentic period instruments.

The viol duo, Les Voix Humaines, brings flair and brilliance to their performances! Susie Napper and Mélisande Corriveau have performed together as members of Les Voix Humaines Consort for two decades and collaborated on many projects. They have performed across Canada, in the USA, France and Belgium as a duo. They both play on historic viols by London luthier, Barak Norman.

The duo builds on decades of performances worldwide by Susie Napper and Margaret Little who’s musical complicity was compared to the skill of a pair of trapeze artists or the telepathic communion of jazz artists. Their many prizes and recordings are the foundation on which the new duo has built a creative repertoire and innovative style to inspire a new generation of music-lovers.

Anguille sous roche – Something Fishy, the duo’s latest recording and video features delicacies from the French repertoire offering humour, virtuosity and tenderness in a unique, creative programme. Last November they recorded a new CD of several iconic works by J.S. Bach arranged by Susie Napper for two viols.

The duo has been joined by many celebrated soloists including singers Suzie Leblanc, Daniel Taylor, Charles Daniels and Jonathon Adams and instrumentalists, Wieland and Bart Kuijken, Davide Monti and Nigel North. Susie Napper has the honour of performing with Russian harpsichordist Elizaveta Miller for this special performance in Yellowknife.

Recent recipient of the honour of Companion of Arts and Letters of Quebec, cellist, gambist and continuo player par excellence, Susie Napper is alternatively praised or admonished for her colourful and controversial performances of solo and chamber repertoire of the baroque!

A rebel to the core, from an artistic milieu in London, in her teens she played début performances of Ligetti and Stockhausen as well as performance-art productions in alternative venues. By contrast she studied at Juilliard in New York at the height of the Vietnam resistance and at the Paris Conservatoire at the end of the student riots of ‘68.

San Francisco followed, where, having had an epiphany on receiving a bass viol, she threw herself headlong into new-wave, HIP baroque music-making, teaching herself the viol by playing, reading treatises and creating new styles of performance inspired by old!

As well as co-foundiing Philharmonia Baroque with her partner and inspiration, baroque oboist and writer, the late Bruce Haynes, they spent decades parenting delightful kids and musicing in Montreal where she created the Montreal Baroque Festival, a vehicle to unite the multitalented, Montreal early music community.

She has spent decades with a foot on either side of the Atlantic recording, performing, teaching in Montreal and Copenhagen and touring around Europe, the Far East and Oceania often with the viol duo, Les Voix humaines. Amongst dozens of recordings, the complete Concerts a deux violes esgales by Sieur de Ste Colombe is a highlight and her arrangements of music stolen from the wider baroque repertoire amuse both musicians and audiences alike!

Either praised or criticized for her use of rubato, general freedom of expression, variety of bow strokes and undying preference for harmony over melody, she is constantly searching for rhetorical meaning and eloquence to bring the printed page to life!

Elizaveta Miller is a versatile historical keyboardist whose artistry spans harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord, organ, and modern piano. Her repertoire encompasses five centuries of music, with a particular focus on reviving underrepresented works, curating imaginative programs, and commissioning new compositions for historical instruments. She studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moskva and the Yale School of Music.

Winner of the First Prize at the 2013 Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Miller has since performed widely across North America and Europe at festivals such as the Montreal Baroque Festival, Montreal Bach Festival, Festival Classica, MA Festival Bruges, Beethovenfest Bonn, Bozar Music, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, and The Homecoming Festival. As a continuo player, she has collaborated with leading conductors including Václav Luks, Reinhard Goebel, Maxim Emelyanychev, Robert Hollingworth, and Christian Curnyn.

After nearly a decade on the faculty of the Moscow State Conservatory, she resigned in March 2022 in protest of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. She was subsequently appointed Assistant Professor of Harpsichord and Coordinator of the Early Music Area at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music.

In 2024, she co-founded the ensemble Les Temps Perdus with cellist Jessica Korotkin, continuing her commitment to reimagining early music through performance and scholarship, and to mentoring emerging artists at the outset of their careers.

Joined by Yellowknife’s own Tyler Hawkins, recognized for his versatile guitarist work, levels up with this rare performance on his Baroque Lute featuring the music of Weiss, Bach and Gauthier. He received a BFA Honours in Performance on multi-string classical guitars (1990) and later released both online and CD versions of Tyler Hawkins – Bach on Seventeen Strings (2007) and Georg Philipp Telemann Lute Duets for Classical Guitar – Tyler Hawkins & Christopher Irvine (2009).

As director of the NWT International Lute Festival (2007 – 2017) he became immersed into the fascinating and very real world of early music, having commissioned a period accurate replica 13 course Sebastian Schelle baroque lute, hand made by the luthier duo Barber & Harris in London England, 2011. For this life-long guitarist the migration to lute has been an ultimate game changer giving way to an exciting new trajectory.

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Moana Sing-A-Long
2026-01-31 13:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
An adventurous teenager sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana meets the once-mighty demigod Maui, who guides her in her quest to become a master way-finder. Together they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds. Along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she always sought: her own identity.

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Tyler Hawkins in Norman Wells
2026-01-31 19:30 | Royal Canadian Legion, 25 MacKenzie Dr, Norman Wells, NT, X0E 0V0, Canada
Yellowknife’s own Tyler Hawkins, recognized for his versatile guitarist work, levels up with this rare performance on his Baroque Lute featuring the music of Weiss, Bach and Gauthier. He received a BFA Honours in Performance on multi-string classical guitars (1990) and later released both online and CD versions of Tyler Hawkins – Bach on Seventeen Strings (2007) and Georg Philipp Telemann Lute Duets for Classical Guitar – Tyler Hawkins & Christopher Irvine (2009).

As director of the NWT International Lute Festival (2007 – 2017) he became immersed into the fascinating and very real world of early music, having commissioned a period accurate replica 13 course Sebastian Schelle baroque lute, hand made by the luthier duo Barber & Harris in London England, 2011. For this life-long guitarist the migration to lute has been an ultimate game changer giving way to an exciting new trajectory.

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Alteration
2026-02-14 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
How do our lives intertwine? How do we manage to prosperous balances? What happens when they break down? Alteration addresses the transformations that punctuate our lives and our abilities to influence our own destiny and that of others. Aly Keita depicts an oscillating humanity on an intimate and societal level, between stability and uncertainty, anchoring and uprooting, change and resistance, renewal and repetition. The relationship with the other and the complexity of ties lead to the need to hear and rebuild our relationship with ourselves and with our environment. Exploring the meaning of relationships in our society in a wide-ranging way, both interpersonal relationships and those with other-than-human beings, this work opens the way to the construction of possible new links that are formed through ecological and spiritual dimensions. Here, life takes the form of a cycle of transformations. Memories of past experiences and scars – in other words, alteration – are transmuted into a vital breath through reactivating movements, both individual and collective, that revitalize our bodies and rekindle our inner power.

This show includes the use of smoke, which may persist throughout the performance. In addition, vibrating sounds and low frequencies are used, which may cause physical sensations. Please take this into account if you are sensitive to these effects.

This multi-arts work is as much a choreographic piece as a circus piece, a musical work as well as a work of visual art. Martin Bellemare (Note d’intention)

Kira is a word in Sousou, the language of Guinea, meaning “path”. It evokes the idea that life is a path where we walk, gather, and unite. Founded in 2023, Kira Arts creates staged works that bring together different artistic practices on equal footing and promote intercultural dialogue. In this way, they cultivate an inclusive and diverse environment based on principles of knowledge sharing and collaboration. Their artistic approach focuses on mediation as a field for research and creation. When selecting collaborators, it is essential that each artist possess a deep understanding of the body, rhythm, and movement. The uniqueness of each body and individual is a tool that can enrich shared creation. Their approach is to invite artists to embody the multiple interpretations of a single event.

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Brett Hansen's Confluence
2026-02-28 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
Presented In Collaboration With

A six-person ensemble featuring some of Canada’s greatest Jazz musicians

Possessing “one of the purest sounds on the six string” (The Listening Sessions), guitarist-composer Brett Hansen has boldly stepped out from his work as one of Canada’s first-call session musicians with a striking debut album of his own, Confluence. Hansen’s compositions showcase his fleet technical skill and cinematic sonic palate, but perhaps most notable is his emotional and dynamic capacity to tell stories without words. Influences from his work in folk, rock, jazz, and orchestral ensembles shine across the album, which has remained on the international jazz charts since its release in 2024 and has garnered critical acclaim, drawing comparison to Pat Metheny and John Abercrombie. Brett Hansen has studied with the likes of Mike Stern, Julian Lage, Oz Noy, Matthew Stevens, Nir Felder, Jim Head, and Rez Abassi. He performs regularly as a part of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, has toured internationally through Asia, Europe, and Canada, and has performed on hundreds of recordings across genres with some of Canada’s finest musicians across many genres of music. Without a doubt, Brett Hansen a guitarist “deserving of your attention” (The Intelligencer).

Brett Hansen’s Confluence is a live show experience that brings together folk-inspired sensitivity, muscular rock phrases, and Latin rhythms to conjure a sound both atmospheric and powerful, while showcasing a six-person ensemble featuring some of Canada’s finest jazz musicians: Mallory Chipman on vocals, Luis Tovar on percussion, Murray Wood on bass, Joel Jeschke on drums, and Chris Pruden on keyboards.

Drawing comparison to the likes of Pat Metheny and John Abercrombie, Brett’s skills as a guitarist are only met by his expressivity as a composer, weaving together years of influence and experience from his work as a side person with award-winning and internationally touring ensembles across genres, and resulting in a sound that is simultaneously sophisticated and raw.​

Tender yet fierce… relatable yet fresh… Confluence showcases Brett’s focus on lyricism in both writing and performance while showcasing traits of modern jazz/improvised music with contemporary production techniques.

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Hughes
2026-03-07 22:30 | The Underground, 4910 Franklin Ave, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Presented As part of the Northern Spark Emerging Artist Series

A Collaboration Between NACC and The UNDerground

Hughes is the folk‑alt‑country project of Yellowknife musician Benji Straker. Blending folk, alt‑country, and indie sensibilities, Hughes creates music that is honest, atmospheric, and deeply personal. The project draws inspiration from the stark beauty of the North and the quiet complexities of lived experience, offering listeners space to reflect, breathe, and connect.

With textured arrangements, intimate lyrics, and a grounded sense of place, Hughes crafts soundscapes that feel both expansive and close to home. The self‑titled debut full‑length album, released in July 2025, captures the heart of the project’s sound — vulnerable, spacious, and rooted in the lived‑in details of northern life and relationships.

Must be 19+

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Chicago Sing-A-Long
2026-03-12 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
When nightclub sensation Velma murders her philandering husband, Chicago’s slickest lawyer Billy Flynn is set to defend her. But when Roxie also winds up in prison, Billy takes on her case too and turns her into a media sensation. The two death-row murderesses develop a fierce rivalry while competing for publicity, celebrity, and a sleazy lawyer’s attention.

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Degrees of Separation
2026-03-27 19:30, 2026-03-28 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
An Adaptation By

Tinged with Alison McCreesh’s signature blend of humour and humanity, Degrees of Separation is a story of the North and transformation. Following Alison’s personal journey from young adulthood to motherhood, the piece explores themes of connection, change, and anxiety told through the unique lens of a Northern life.

The Tin Can Collective’s new staged adaptation brings McCreesh’s story to life, celebrating lived experiences of the North and the impact of female friendships during these pivotal years, and featuring a score composed by Yellowknife’s own Grace Clark.

Formed in 2024, The Tin Can Collective is an emerging multidisciplinary performance collective, guided by new ideas, connection, and community-driven storytelling based in the NWT. The Tin Can Collective was formed by Gwenan Guillas-Letain, Kacie Hall, and Sophie Rivers.

The tension between free-spirited off-grid living and prosaic adult responsibility runs through Alison McCreesh’s tender and loving ode to the people and landscapes of the far North. Joe Sacco, Paying the Land on “Degrees of Separation: A Decade North of 60” by Alison McCreesh

About Alison McCreesh

Alison is a Yellowknife-based graphic novelist, illustrator and fibre artist. Over almost two decades in the North, Alison has enjoyed numerous opportunities to travel the Arctic and Sub-Arctic – experiences which have greatly influenced her creative work. Since 2015, Alison has published three graphic novels, all of which explore aspects of contemporary day-to-day life north of the 60th parallel. Her most recent book, ‘Degrees of Separation: A Decade North of 60’, was released in April 2024 and was named one of the Best Canadian Comics of 2024 by CBC Books. It also earned Alison invitations to be a guest author at several literary festivals such as the Vancouver Writers Festival, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and the Stockholm International Comics Festival. Most recently, “Degrees of Separation” has been nominated for a 2025 Eisner Award in the “Best Graphic Memoir” category.

The staged adaptation of Degrees of Separation is produced with support from the GNWT Arts Council.

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Effortless
2026-04-17 19:30 | The Underground, 4910 Franklin Ave, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
Presented As part of the Northern Spark Emerging Artist Series

A Collaboration Between NACC and The UNDerground

Effortless is a collection of short contemporary dance works created by professional and emerging choreographers based in Yellowknife. This one-time performance calls into question the idea that dance is simply “beautiful” or easy; revealing the labour, risk, and creative process beneath what appears seamless on stage.

Featuring choreography by Fia Grogono, Tomiko Robson, Jordyn Riou, and Benjamin Mujuni, Effortless offers audiences an investigation into how movement stories are built, shaped, and refined.

A Q&A with the artists will follow the performance. Choreography: Haha (Fia Grogono), Big Monster (Fia Grogono, Jordyn Riou), Masc Masks (Tomiko Robson), Silence (Benjamin Mujuni), Fantasmagoria (Fia Grogono, Benjamin Mujuni, Tomiko Robson)Cast: Ady McLeod, Benjamin Mujuni, Fia Grogono, Johanna Tiemessen, Jordyn Riou, Karen Wasicuna, Katie Schauerte, and Tomiko Robson

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Juliet & Romeo
2026-05-09 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
This Lost Dog show reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet. It turns out they didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding; they grew up and lived happily ever after.

Well, they lived.

Now in their 40s and struggling with a mid-life crisis, they feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love. They decide to confront their current struggles by staging a performance about themselves. Their therapist told them it was a terrible idea.

With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatre, and comedy, this duet directed by Olivier Award nominated Ben Duke takes on our cultural obsession with youth and our inevitable issues with longevity.

Comic awkwardness tipping into vulnerable emotion is a hallmark of Ben Duke’s work. The Independent

Ben is Artistic Director and co-founder of Lost Dog. He trained at Guildford School of Acting, the London Contemporary Dance School and has a first-class degree in English Literature from Newcastle University. His work is an attempt to reconcile those three subjects.

In 1997 Ben saw Alain Platel’s show Bernadetje at the Newcastle Playhouse and has since been trying to recreate the feeling of confusion and joy he had while watching that piece in his own artistic practice. Most of his artistic output has been within Lost Dog.

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Theatre Safety Workshop
2026-09-10 18:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
Over the years, Brian Wainwright has worn just about every hat imaginable, including educator, director, performer, and technician. To this day, Brian continues to work with NACC as a fly rigger, piano tuner, and set builder. Join him for this two-hour workshop is designed for community performing arts groups who want to learn more about how to safely operate in the NACC space.

Participants will get a practical, walkthrough-based introduction to our backstage areas, and the load-in/load-out process – all with a focus on safety.

Registration is free for this two-hour workshop. The workshop will be held at the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre. Registration is not required.

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James Ehnes
2026-09-18 19:30 | Northern Arts and Cultural Centre (NACC), 4701 52nd Ave, Yellowknife, NT, X1A 2N7, Canada
James Ehnes has established himself as one of the most sought-after musicians on the international stage. Gifted with a rare combination of stunning virtuosity, serene lyricism and unfaltering musicality, Ehnes is a favourite guest at the world’s most celebrated concert halls.

Ehnes has an extensive discography and has won many awards for his recordings, including two Grammy Awards, three Gramophone Awards and twelve Juno Awards, the most of any classical musician in history. In 2021, Ehnes was announced as the recipient of the coveted Artist of the Year award at the 2021 Gramophone Awards which celebrated his recent contributions to the recording industry, including the launch of a new online recital series entitled ‘Recitals from Home’ which was released in June 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent closure of concert halls.

Ehnes began violin studies at the age of five, became a protégé of the noted Canadian violinist Francis Chaplin aged nine, and made his orchestral debut with L’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal aged 13. He continued his studies with Sally Thomas at the Meadowmount School of Music and The Juilliard School, winning the Peter Mennin Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Leadership in Music upon his graduation in 1997.

He is a Member of the Order of Canada and the Order of Manitoba, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and an honorary fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, where he is a Visiting Professor. Since 2024, he has been Professor of Violin at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music.

Ehnes will embark on his 50th birthday recital tour in his native Canada, with performances in every province and territory. The setlist of his 50th birthday recital tour features an original composition by the NWT’s own Carmen Braden. This composition was commissioned by the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre in support of the creation of new work in the NWT and local artists.

Carmen Braden is a creator and performer of new, beautiful and sometimes weird music. She is a two-time Juno Award nominated force in the world of new music, hailing proudly from the Northwest Territories. Moving smoothly between genres of composing and songwriting, Carmen is recognized as a “brilliant, young Yellowknife-based composer” (Ottawa Citizen) an “acoustic ambassador of the Canadian Subarctic” (Musicworks).

Carmen’s work in music, theatre, songwriting and dance has been performed across Canada and beyond, from Atlin BC to Helsinki, Finland. Her work has a special focus on northern themes as well as the influences of play and parenthood.

Carmen has released four albums to national acclaim. Her contemporary classical compositions are regularly commissioned and performed across Canada and are being increasingly recorded across Canada and beyond.

Carmen is an Associate Composer with the Canadian Music Centre, and is signed to Truant Artist Management for representing her compositional work. She is actively engaged as a contemporary classical composer as well as a performer of her original quirky songs throughout Canada.

quirky and clever… à la Joni Mitchell THE WHOLENOTEabout Carmen Braden’s songwriting

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Morningside Music Bridge in Inuvik
2026-09-26 19:30 | Igloo Church / Our lady of Victory Parish, Inuvik, NT, Canada
An international scholarship program for gifted artists aged 12–18, Morningside Music Bridge brings together the finest emerging artists to perform on an international stage and measure themselves against the absolute best performers globally.

Since its inception in 1997, more than 1,000 young artists from almost every continent have benefited from the barrier-free music-making experience offered by Morningside Music Bridge. Their alumni have become today’s leading classical musicians, performing on stages around the world, holding key positions with the best orchestras, and teaching at the top music schools. Equally important are the cultural bridges and lifelong friendships Morningside Music Bridge participants, guest artists, and partner organizations enjoy.

Morningside Music Bridge is pleased to collaborate with the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre to commemorate the 30th anniversary tour of the Morningside Music Bridge, its first tour to the Northwest Territories.

With the Morningside Music Bridge International Quartet, they will be bringing four exceptional MMB alumni artists, as well as the NWT’s own Wesley Hardisty, across the NWT for a special concert series. The MMB International Quartet consists of Anna Stube (violin), Emad Zolfaghari (viola), Brandon Leonard (cello), Irene Huang (piano), and Wesley Hardisty (fiddle).

Wesley Hardisty, Guest Musician

Wesley Hardisty is Dene First Nation from Tulita and Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ (Fort Simpson) Northwest Territories. Wesley is a vibrant fiddle player, composer, and collaborator who started playing the fiddle at age 12.

Notable performances include: the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the Inuvik 2011 Truth and Reconciliation Commission National event, and the National Arts Centre events Canada Scene and Northern Scene. His album 12:12 won the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Award in 2012.

Wesley is an instructor for the Kole Crook Fiddle Association. As a student through the program, he performed for William and Kate in Yellowknife on their 2011 Royal Tour of Canada. He attended the Gulf Island School of Performing Arts and was formally in the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre Mentorship Program, mentored by acclaimed violinist/producer/composer Jesse Zubot.

This mentorship led to a contribution to Jesse’s music score for the Bones of Crows TV Series, nominated for 12 Canadian Screen Awards. Wesley’s contributions with Carmen Braden and the Canadian Chamber Choir led to a nomination for a JUNO award Classical Album of the Year, for their album Where Waters Meet. Wesley is a highly sought-after musician, collaborator, and commissioned for many projects with fiddle players, classical ensembles, and singer-songwriters.

He mentors in mentorship programs and provides valuable feedback to up and coming musicians. Wesley stays involved in the not-for-profit sector by serving on the Board of Directors as the Vice President of the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre, taking part in the Atti! Indigenous Artists Collective Committee and Salt Spring Island Foundation Committee. Since 2023, he has been involved with V’ni Dansi workshops and performances, which aims to educate both the aspects of Métis history and culture in schools and communities. He is also an ambassador for the Downie-Wenjack Fund.

Anna Stube, violin

Hailed a “sensation.. brilliant display of poise and virtuosity” (Classical Voice North America), Latvian violinist Anna Štube (b. 2005) has astounded audiences with her depth of expression throughout her international performance career, devoted to sharing the compassion and humanity of music. Anna has made festival appearances as a featured guest artist at the Banff International String Quartet Festival, Toronto Summer Music, and the Rockport Chamber Music Festival.

Her numerous accolades include First Prize at the OSM Manulife Competition as their youngest-ever winner, the Glenn Gould School’s 2024 Corcoran Concerto and Chamber Music Competitions, and Grand Prize at the Canadian Music Competition. Anna is featured on the Grammy-nominated ARC Ensemble’s studio album released by CHANDOS Records in fall 2025, invited to create the inaugural recording of the Kanitz Violin Sonata with acclaimed pianist Kevin Ahfat. The album received resounding praise from the industry’s most prolific platforms including Gramophone, The Strad, and BBC Classical Music. Anna has also collaborated with preeminent ensembles such as the Kronos Quartet, Calidore String Quartet, Emerson Quartet, and the New Orford String Quartet. She has worked with celebrated musicians such as Midori, James Ehnes, and Pinchas Zukerman, among many others. Anna recently performed with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in their 2024/25 season as a MacLachlan Ridge Emerging Artist, having made her solo debut with the CPO at age 13. With regular appearances in Toronto’s Koerner Hall as well as a recent concert with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra and Earl Lee, Anna has also played with ensembles including the Niagara Symphony Orchestra, National Ballet Orchestra of Canada, Calgary Civic Symphony, and Kensington Sinfonia. Twice the recipient of the prestigious Sylva Gelber Award, Anna currently studies at The Glenn Gould School with Jonathan Crow. She plays on a 1667 Andrea Guarneri violin and Fétique bow, generously loaned by CANIMEX Inc.

Emad Zolfaghari, viola

Canadian violist Emad Zolfaghari came to international attention after winning the first prize and audience prize at the 2024 Primrose International Viola Competition. Emad was accepted into the Curtis Institute of Music at age 16, where he earned his bachelor’s degree studying with Hsin-Yun Huang, Misha Amory and Roberto Diaz. In fall 2026, Emad will attend the Juilliard School, studying with Cynthia Phelps and Hsin-Yun Huang as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellowship.

Other major competition prizes include winning the Klein, ArsClassica, Morningside Music Bridge, Johansen, Tokyo and the OSM international competitions. He also was awarded Charlotte White’s Salon de Virtuosi Career grant in 2024, won the Nobuko Imai Förderpreis at the Kronberg Academy and was listed as one of CBC Music’s 30 under 30 Hot Classical Musicians.

Solo appearances include the Tokyo Philharmonic, Montreal Symphony, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre Métropolitain under the baton of Yannick Nezet-Seguin, National Philharmonic, Oakville Chamber Orchestra, Peninsula Symphony and more.

Emad continues to perform at renowned music festivals, such as Marlboro, ChamberFest Cleveland, ChamberFest West, Four Seasons and Music in the Vineyards, among others.

Emad currently plays on a fine 1700 Matteo Goffriller viola on generous loan from the Rachel Barton Pine Foundation, and a Eugène Sartory bow from CANIMEX, inc. His studies are generously supported by a Sylva Gelber Foundation award.

Brandon Leonard is a twenty-year-old cellist from Stone Mountain, Georgia. He studied with Karen Freer of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the Talent Development Program and currently studies with Natasha Brofsky at the Juilliard School as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship. He was the winner of the 2023 National Sphinx Competition and has soloed with orchestras such as the Atlanta Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and the Hilton Head Symphony. He has attended summer music camps, including the Center Stage Strings program and the Morningside Music Bridge program.

As a member of the Sycamore Trio, he won 1st prize at WDAV’s Young Chamber Musicians Competition and 2nd prize at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2022. Most recently, he was a prizewinner at the 2025 Washington International Competition for Strings.

Growing up in Toronto, Irene Huang began her piano studies at age three and earned her ARCT Performance Diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music with First Class Honours with Distinction in 2018. She also studied violin from the age of four, receiving the Royal Conservatory of Music Gold Medal for the highest ARCT violin mark in Ontario in 2022.

Irene has extensive experience collaborating with instrumentalists and vocalists in a wide range of settings, including recitals, competitions, festivals, and examinations. She has served as pianist of the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra, collaborative pianist for the North Toronto Songbirds, and composer-in-residence for the Chinese Artists Society of Toronto Youth Orchestra, working closely with young artists in both solo and chamber contexts.

As a pianist, Irene has performed in major venues including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Jordan Hall, Roy Thomson Hall, Koerner Hall, and Kilbourn Hall, and has participated in festivals including Morningside Music Bridge, Connecticut Summerfest, and the Wintergreen Music Festival.

Alongside her collaborative work, Irene is a passionate composer. Her piece “Face the Music” won first prize in the United Nations’ Pitching Peace Youth Music Challenge and was featured at its inaugural International Day for Disarmament event in 2023. Her orchestral work “The Light of Yule” received the Promising High-School Composer Prize from the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra, and her composition “Deaf Pillows” was selected for premiere at Carnegie Hall by the Musical Life Foundation. In 2024, Irene’s string orchestra work “Still Small Voice” premiered at Jordan Hall. Most recently, her song “BE HAPPY!” won first prize at Sparks & Wiry Cries’ songSLAM.

Of all thing’s music, Irene is particularly passionate about championing works by emerging composers and enjoys engaging directly with them to explore interpretive possibilities. She is currently pursuing her studies at the Eastman School of Music.

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