Royal Conservatory of Music | National Day of Truth and Reconciliation,

Indigenous artists will gather to reflect, pay respect, and to give hope to survivors of residential schools. The evening, curated by Denise Bolduc, will be hosted by CBC’s Falen Johnson and will include healing laughter, storytellers, testimony, traditional drum and dance, performances by the Manitou Mkwa Singers, Glenn Gould School soprano Emma Pennell accompanied by GGS faculty pianist David Eliakis, and others.

The headliner of the event will be the internationally celebrated Inuit singer Tanya Tagaq performing Qiksaaktuq (Inuktitut word for grief) with the Royal Conservatory Orchestra conducted by Jennifer Tung. Written by Tagaq, Christine Duncan, and Jean Martin, the piece is dedicated to missing and murdered Aboriginal women and girls, and those who grieve for them. The evening also includes an Indigenous marketplace set up in the lobby of Koerner Hall by the Native Canadian Centre and is part of Culture Days.

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