{"id":55756,"date":"2018-09-18T09:18:47","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T13:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=55756"},"modified":"2018-09-18T09:18:47","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T13:18:47","slug":"the-scoop-toronto-based-tenor-jeremy-dutcher-wins-2018-polaris-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/09\/18\/the-scoop-toronto-based-tenor-jeremy-dutcher-wins-2018-polaris-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Toronto-Based Tenor Jeremy Dutcher Wins 2018 Polaris Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The 2018 Polaris Prize crowns Toronto-based pianist and singer Jeremy Dutcher, at last nights Music Prize gala in Toronto.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In grand fashion, the Polaris Prize has crowned classically trained opera tenor\u00a0Jeremy Dutcher<\/strong>\u00a0as this year’s winner at last nights Music Prize gala in Toronto.<\/p>\n

The prize was awarded for Dutcher’s 2017 album, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa<\/em>, and includes a $70,000 cash prize.<\/p>\n

The album\u00a0<\/i>offers a unique blend of music inspired by century-old archival field recordings of Indigenous peoples living near the St. John (Wolastoq) River basin.\u00a0 Described as a hybrid of musical aesthetics, including classical, contemporary, traditional, and jazz, the project, who took five years to complete. The process had Dutcher meticulously transcribe\u00a0100-year old Wolastoq songs which he sought re-introduce to the world. These songs were at one time banned by the Canadian government\u2019s prejudicial Indian Act from\u00a01876.<\/p>\n

The Toronto-based First Nations musician has been a featured soloist with the Mississauga Chamber Choir, Soundstreams Canada. He won Opera New Brunswick\u2019s Young Artist Award in 2012 and the Canada Council for the Arts Aboriginal Music Award. Dutcher studied classical music at Dalhousie University and spent time learning from Passamaquoddy musician Maggie Paul.<\/p>\n