Jeremy Dutcher live in concert at The Great Hall in Toronto, Ontario
Background information
Born
(1990-11-08) November 8, 1990 (age 33) Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Origin
Fredericton
Genres
Classical
Indigenous
Opera
Occupation(s)
Singer, pianist, composer, activist
Years active
2014–present
Labels
Secret City Records
Website
jeremydutcher.com
Musical artist
Jeremy Dutcher is a classically-trained Canadian Indigenous tenor, composer, musicologist, performer and activist,[1] who previously lived in Toronto, Ontario and currently lives in Montréal, Québec.[2] He became widely known for his first album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize[3] and the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the 2019 Juno Awards.[4]
A Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) member of the Tobique First Nation in North-West New Brunswick, Dutcher studied music and anthropology at Dalhousie University.[5] After training as an operatic tenor in the Western classical tradition, he expanded his professional repertoire to include the traditional singing style and songs of his community.[2]
He recorded Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa following a research project on archival recordings of traditional Maliseet songs at the Canadian Museum of History, many of which are no longer being passed down to contemporary Maliseet youth.[6][7]
He appeared as a guest judge in an episode of the third season of Canada's Drag Race in 2022.[8]
In 2023, he released the album Motewolonuwok on Secret City Records.[9] The album again features some songs performed in the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language like on his debut, but also features some English-language songs.[10]
Dutcher identifies as two-spirit,[11] a modern, pan-Indian, umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe aboriginal people fulfilling a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) ceremonial cultural role in their community.
^"Jeremy Dutcher breathes new life into century-old Wolastoq recordings" Archived 2018-06-18 at the Wayback Machine. Halifax Chronicle-Herald, May 8, 2018.
^ ab"How Jeremy Dutcher Keeps His Ancestors' Language Alive". The Walrus. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
^"Jeremy Dutcher Wins 2018 Polaris Music Prize". Exclaim!, September 17, 2018
^"Shawn Mendes the biggest winner as bulk of Juno Awards handed out Saturday". CBC News, March 17, 2019.
^"A powerful mix of culture and craft: Dutcher's debut brings ancestors' melodies, words into present day". Winnipeg Free Press, June 16, 2018.
^"Jeremy Dutcher : chanter avec les voix ressuscitées de ses ancêtres". Ici Radio-Canada, May 22, 2018.
^Friend, David (April 28, 2018). "Singer Jeremy Dutcher reaches across a century to connect with Wolastoq language". The Toronto Star / The Canadian Press. Retrieved November 4, 2018.
^Joey Nolfi (June 29, 2022). "Brooke Lynn Hytes reunites with Werk Room crush Miss Vanjie on Canada's Drag Race season 3". EW. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
^Alex Hudson, "Jeremy Dutcher Announces Sophomore Album 'Motewolonuwok,' Shares New Single 'Ancestors Too Young'". Exclaim!, June 20, 2023.
^David Friend, "Jeremy Dutcher worried about getting 'stuck' in his archival past before second album". Toronto Star, October 12, 2023.
^"Tenor Jeremy Dutcher revives the songs of his Maliseet ancestors at the Queer Arts Festival". The Georgia Straight, June 13, 2018.
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