Join us for an open workshop with special guest Nicole Joy-Fraser.
We welcome singers of all abilities.
Tues. Oct. 13, 7-9:30pm
Holy Trinity Church, by the Eaton Centre, accessible south doors.
19 Trinity Square, TMU/Dundas Subway Station MAP
Paid parking under Bell Trinity Square, entrance on the east side of Bay, north of Queen.
This workshop/rehearsal is paid for by donation, suggested $20. cash in hat or On-line ticket here
Nicole Joy-Fraser (She/They-Tsa’tinée, Nehiyaw, Métis, Settler) is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist with mixed Settler and Indigenous bloodlines from Horse Lake First Nation, AB. For over 25 years they have been storytelling for stage and screen, across Turtle Island and beyond, and they are also a regular facilitator of Community Arts, invited Cultural Carrier and Oshkabewis or “Helper to the Elder”. As a proud Bear clan matriarch, 60’s scoop witness and 2Spirit Helper, supporting each other through healing and the Indigenous arts continues to be a passion of theirs. She is a regular cultural carrier at Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, Niagara Chapter Native Women, Brock University and Niagara Catholic District School Board. She’s collaborated as a visiting artist for choirs in the Ottawa region including the Ottawa Children’s Choir, Castenchel Choir, the Ottawa-Carlton District School Board and spent two semesters with the Music Department of Mohawk College introducing Anishnaabe ways of knowing and creating. She has been birthing hand drum songs over the last 15 years and is grateful to the urban Anishnaabe and Haudenosaunee Communities in Southern Ontario who continue to support Nicole’s healing journey and cultural reclamation.
Here is a video from Nicole that gives an idea of who she is and what she does and to learn the Welcome Song and the Song of Hope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-ONF0pf0Q0
If you would like to join us or have questions, please contact Anne:
info.echo@gmail.com
Photo by: Amber Lee Williams
