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Jeremy Dutcher TrioThis show is eligible for a 15% Discount when you purchase a Season Pass Membership.
“There is no one making music like this.” – NPR Music
“A total and captivating success.” – Rolling Stone France ★★★★
“A moment-defining record.” – CBC Music
“A lustrous work of high drama.” – The Globe and Mail
“There is a real weight behind these songs, and Motewolonuwok carries it with sombre grace.” – Mojo ★★★★
“As powerful as his lyrics, though, is Dutcher’s performance style.” – VOGUE
JEREMY DUTCHER is a Two-Spirit song carrier, composer, activist, ethnomusicologist, and classically trained vocalist based in Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), Québec. A Wolastoqiyik member of Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Dutcher is widely celebrated for his groundbreaking work that bridges Western classical music with the traditional songs and language of his people.
His debut album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, which earned the 2018 Polaris Music Prize and a Juno Award, reimagines archival recordings of his ancestors and breathes new life into the endangered Wolastoqey language. Dutcher’s work plays a vital role in a growing movement to revitalize Indigenous languages and cultures—resisting deficit-based narratives and instead highlighting the urgency, beauty, and strength of resurgence.
With fewer than 100 fluent first-language speakers of Wolastoqey, activists and artists like Dutcher are at the forefront of keeping the language alive—not as a relic of the past, but as a vibrant voice of the present and future. His music refuses colonial erasure, weaving jazz, opera, and traditional song into a sonic act of resistance and reclamation.
As Dutcher reminds us:
“Don’t bury it before it’s dead—communicate the urgency, and focus on the good work that’s happening to keep it alive.”
Jeremy Dutcher - Piano/Vocal
Naomi McCarroll-Butler - Woodwinds
Stefan Schnieder - Drums
This show is made possible thanks to the support of our sponsors Prestige Lakeside Resorts, The Bridge FM, Yum Son Night Owl Hospitality, Nelson District Credit Union, Kootenay Co-op, Bruce and Lisa Ramsay, Ellenwood Homes, Nelson Star and Hall Printing and our funders the BC Arts Council, BC Live Performance Network, Creative BC, Dance West Network, Canadian Heritage, and the Government of Canada. We also gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the City of Nelson and the Province of British Columbia.
Adult $65
Senior/Student $55.25
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
421 Victoria St, Nelson, BC, Canada, British Columbia V1L4K6
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