Join us for a celebration of arctic sounds and Inuit artistry featuring legendary singer-songwriter Susan Aglukark and acclaimed throat-singing duo PIQSIQ.
Susan Aglukark is a Canadian icon and is the first Inuk artist to ever win a Juno Award. Her seminal 1995 album This Child went triple platinum in Canada, aided by the runaway hit “O Siem.” Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Aglukark has since gone on to write and record 10 albums, author two children’s books, earn a Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for lifetime artistic achievement, and is an officer of the Order of Canada. But more importantly, This Child provided her with a platform to speak up, learn, heal, and share, which has been her ultimate calling. Her passionate advocacy propelled her to found the Arctic Rose Project, which gives Inuit and Northern Indigenous youth a safe after-school space, and she is the co-founder of the Aboriginal Literacy Project.
Inuit throat-singing sisters Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik blend tradition with natural and technological inspiration. Using only their vocals and live looping techniques, the duo perform katajjaq, Inuit throat-singing, to create soundscapes that evoke the haunting darkness of perennial Arctic winters. In Inuktitut, “piqsiq” is a windstorm that conjures the impression of snow falling back up towards the sky. This phenomenon has coloured their “riveting… and truly haunting” (Vancouver Sun) music, while pushing the tradition of Inuit throat-singing forward as a living art. While katajjaq was once outlawed and almost extinct, PIQSIQ are reclaiming their culture with every spellbinding performance.
Sun Apr 12 2026 7:30PM
Chan Shun Concert Hall
Single tickets available June 13
Membership Plus gain early access from June 4, Basic Members from June 10
