Taloyoak Music Festival
Taloyoak Music Festival. People from all regions are invited to sing.
Jaaji Opik and Joshua Haulli
Jaaji Okpik is one half of the musical duo of Twin Flames. He has toured across Canada and the Arctic and won Aboriginal Songwriters of the year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2016. Joshua Haulli is a young musician from Igloolik. Joshua had the opportunity to play his original music for Jaaji and receive guidance from the more experienced musician.
Kelly Fazer
Kelly Frazer is a young singer, songwriter and guitarist. She travels to communities to teach music and give her energetic performances. She talks about her inspiration in song writing.
Susan Arlukarq and Mary Poisey
Mary Poisey, from Pangnirtung started singing when she was very young. She performs at the Alianait concert in Iqaluit and talks about her singing career. We meet up with Susan Aglukark in Rankin Inlet. Susan talks about how she began singing as a child and how she decided to make a career out of music.
Qirraqtuviniq
Host: Kamiga Noah Segment 1: Alain Iyerak skinning and butchering caribou. Alain Iyerak is telling a story about a bowhead hunt, and to treat all animals with respect. Segment 2: Joshua Nuilaalik and other elders return to Kitikat River Crossing where he used to fish and grew up near Baker Lake. Segment 3: Rankin Inlet celebrates its 20th Hamlet Day Anniversary. Manitok Thompson on behalf of Rankin Inlet Council talks about the events and activities to be held on Hamlet day Segment 4: Inukjuak is hosting Music Festival with singers John Uvaut and fiddler Charlie Toomi
Inuit Circus
ARTCIRQ is an Inuit circus performance collective based in Igloolik, Nunavut. It was co-founded in 1998 by Guillaume Saladin, several circus artists from Montreal and youth from Igloolik. Its activities provide Inuit youth with a vehicle for creative expression that maintains strong links to Inuit traditions and performance styles such as acrobatics, juggling, clowning, throat singing, drum dancing and music.
Looee Arreak and Daniel Taukie
Looee Aareak is a singer originaly from Pangnirtung. She talks about how music has changed her life and how it helps express her feelings and give purpose to her life. Daniel Taukie is from Kinngait. He talks about how he started to play the guitar and write Inuktitut songs at a young age.
Inuit Muical Expression with Corey Panika, Leetia Kalluk and Geronimo Inutiz, Mister Lee Cloutier Ellsworth and Thomas Lamb
Geronimo Inutiq is an accomplished artist specializing in electronic music production, deejaying, and digital image and video production. He travelled to Iqaluit to work with three young aspiring musicians (Leetia Kadluk, Mister Lee Cloutier Ellsworth and Thomas Lamb) to work on a collaborative rap song.