Night of Indigenous Music | Cris Derksen and nêhiyawak

A NIGHT OF INDIGENOUS MUSIC | Cris Derksen and nêhiyawak
McMaster Museum of Art
Thursday, September 26, 7 – 9 p.m.

Cris Derksen
A rising star on the Canadian world / classical / folk / electronica scenes, award-winning Indigenous cellist Cris Derksen is known for building layers of sound into captivating performances. Her music braids the traditional and contemporary in multiple dimensions, weaving her traditional classical training and her Indigenous ancestry with new school electronics, creating genre defying music.
http://crisderksen.virb.com/

nêhiyawak
nêhiyawak hails from amiskwaciy in Treaty 6 Territory. The trio of Indigenous Canadian artists – Kris Harper (vocals, guitars), Marek Tyler (drums), and Matthew Cardinal (synths, bass) – transcends a new intersection of contemporary sound and the traditional storytelling of their ancestry. Their music is a resonant expression of indigeneity in the modern world.
http://www.killbeatmusic.com/nehiyawak

This event is free and open to the public.

Presented as a complement to the exhibition/project Peripheral Vision(s). Supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art.