Join us this month during Anishnabe Azejicigan for The Importance of Voice with storyteller Dillan Meighan Chiblow; actor, singer, and artist, Tara Sky; and Mezzo-Soprano, Rebecca Cuddy. The gathering will be moderated by Algonquin Knowledge Carrier Monique Manatch.
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SPEAKERS
Dillan Meighan Chiblow is an Ojibwe storyteller from Ketegaunseebee (Garden River First Nation). A Sheridan Music Theatre grad, and has earned a Masters degree in Musical Theatre from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Dillan is also honoured to have won the Musical Stage Company’s Banks Prize this year (2020-2021). As well as teaching singing lessons at Sheridan, Dillan also recently taught Indigenous Education at McGill University. Dillan has a passion for circular storytelling that isn’t scared of truth! Led by a Re Indigenized lens and a decolonial worldview, he is excited for the opportunity to continue to collaborate with other storytellers in this way. Select credits : Murdoch Mysteries (CBC,CityTv) Children Of God – Tommy (Urban Ink,Citadel, Segal Center, The Clutch, Western Canada Theatre) . Only Drunks And Children Tell The Truth (Magnus.)
Tara Sky is a queer mixedblood Indigenous womxn who grew up in Tkarón:to/Toronto. Their father is from Kitimat BC and is Haisla, Scottish and Russian. Her mother grew up in Kimberley BC and is Metis, French and Scandinavian.
She is a second generation artist and a graduate of The National Theatre School of Canada for Acting. And while their focus is mostly on acting she has a passion for singing, a love for writing, an interest in directing and a drive to try just about everything.
They also have a history of Activism due to being one of the few Indigenous womxn in a room at any given moment. She has been beading for 4 years and fell in love with the process and community. They are currently in the process of setting up an online shop to sell their work.
Métis/Canadian Mezzo-Soprano Rebecca Cuddy is a fast up and comer on Canadian operatic stages. Acknowledged as ‘moving’ (Gilks, Opera Canada 2019) and ‘the next generation who are going to do incredible things’ (Newman, The Whole Note 2019), her 2020 season saw her twice nominated at the Dora Awards for exceptional ensemble work, winning for Soundstreams’ Two Odysseys; Pimootewin and Gállábártnit.
Career highlights include world premieres of the roles La Métisse in Riel; Heart of the North (Regina Symphony Orchestra), Kwe in Shanawdithit (Tapestry Opera/Opera on the Avalon), and Bunny in Flight of the Hummingbird (Vancouver Opera/Pacific Opera Victoria) Rebecca is a member of the Canadian Opera Company Circle of Artists, the National Theatre School of Canada Indigenous Advisory Circle and is a Grand Council Member with The Indigenous Performing Arts Alliance. She is the current Indigenous Artist in Residence at the National Theatre School of Canada in Tiohtià:ke (Montreal).
