Composer: T. Patrick Carrabré
Artists: Rebecca Cuddy, mezzo-soprano; Amy Hills, violin;
M Gillian Carrabré, violin; Laurence Schaufele, viola;
Ariel Carrabré, cello
Recording details:
WinterWind Records, released September 15, 2023
Métis Songs was commissioned by Harbourfront Centre for their Summer Music in the Garden concert series. Following the Red River Resistance (1869–1870) and the Battle of Batoche (1885), it was often dangerous to publicly identify as Métis. This album includes a cycle of three songs that explore manifestations of Métis identity from the 1800s to the present and our continued struggle to be recognized as a unique people and claim space wherever we might now live.