Silent Dawn Productions and the Galiano Concert Society for the Invictus Games

Sounding Thunder: the Song of Francis Pegahmagabow

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Sun Feb 09 2025 3:30pm

Chan Shun Concert Hall

Sounding Thunder: the Song of Francis Pegahmagabow, tells the story of Canada’s most highly decorated WWI veteran.

Go on a musical journey into the life of the renowned Ojibwe WWI sniper, decorated officer of the Canadian military and Indigenous political activist, Francis Pegahmagabow. Sounding Thunder is a complex work divided into three acts, exploring Pegahmagabow’s early years immersed in the world of the Anishinaabe spirits, his extraordinary accomplishments in the trenches of WWI, and finally his political life as Chief of the Wausauksing Ojibwe and founder of the early Indigenous political moment in Canada.

Narrated by Francis’ great grandson, Brian McInnes and performed by some of Canada’s greatest classical musicians, Sounding Thunder includes the singing of Jodi Contin Baker and the acting brilliance of Sage Cloud.

Music by Juno-nominated Canadian composer, Timothy Corlis and spoken word libretto by award-winning Indigenous writer, Armand Ruffo.

I am overwhelmed by this amazing performance and the story that it tells.

Former Senator, Chief Justice and Queens University Chancellor Murray Sinclair CC OM MSC.

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