Upcoming Events

Tanya Tagaq, in celebration of Kronos Quartet: Five Decades tour, invites her long-time collaborators Kronos Quartet to premiere their new collaborative work, commissioned by Brown Arts Institute. The evening’s program includes performances by Tagaq with a groundbreaking Inuit throat singing choir featuring Nancy Mike, Cynthia Pitsiulak, Charlotte Qamaniq, and Varna Marianne Nielsen, music performed by Kronos Quartet, as well as Tagaq/Kronos collaborations Sivunittinni (2015, composed by T. Tagaq for 50 For The Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, arranged by Jacob Garchik) and Colonizer (arranged by T. Tagaq, performed with Kronos Quartet on her album Tongues, 2022). Tagaq and Kronos will also premiere a new work together, commissioned specifically for this performance.

Program to include:

Jlin (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Little Black Book **
Nicole Lizée / ZonelyHearts: PhoneTap + CCTV *
Aleksandra Vrebalov / Gold Came From Space *
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Sivunittinni **
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Tanya Tagaq, Kronos Quartet, and Joel Tarman) / Colonizer (Remix) +
Tanya Tagaq / NEW WORK *  world premiere

Post-Concert Q&A moderated by Avery Willis Hoffman.

Tanya Tagaq is in Residency at Brown from March 12-17; see the full lineup of activities here.