Indigenous Musicians on Sea-level Rise
Part of MDC Earth Ethic Institute’s Sustainapalooza
An intimate evening of music and conversation with the artists of Small Island, Big Song, the internationally-renowned collective of 100+ multi-award-winning indigenous musicians from 16 island nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans addressing the impacts of sea-level rise and climate change on their delicate homelands through song and global advocacy. Featuring musicians Charles Maimarosia (Solomon Islands) and Emily Muli (New Zealand) in conversation with MDC students.
Join us for an inspiring evening of climate-conscious music and conversation with indigenous musicians on the frontlines of climate change and sea-level rise.
It’s time to bring the Tidal Talk home.
Meet the artists:
Charles Maimarosia
Live Arts Miami
Emily Muli
Live Arts Miami
Charles Maimarosia
Contemporary artist born in A’re’A’re, Solomon Islands. He is the former lead singer, choreographer and songwriter of the globally-renowned music group, Narasirato, who have brought the traditional bamboo band onto the world stage, toured to Glastonbury UK, Fuji Rock Japan, Austronesian Music Festival Taiwan, BluesFest Australia and countless more. As a solo artist now based in Melbourne Australia, he continues his passion for the ancient A’re’ A’re ancestral music. Simplicity and grace define his solo performances, in which he plays the panpipe and guitar, and sings cultural and ancestral songs as audiences are transported from the past into the present moment and future.
Emily Muli
Young advocate and musician of the Pacific diaspora, raised in Aotearoa but a proud descendant of the Kingdom of Tonga. In 2017, she traveled with World Vision to visit the Solomon Islands and gather stories about climate change in the Pacific, which led to the establishment of ‘Mission To Zero’, a movement that empowers young people to address indigenous issues through creative arts and talanoa (Pacific term for meaningful dialogue). Muli was one of the youth delegates representing New Zealand at COP25. While she continues to stand for climate and cultural justice, she actively pursues her original music, fusing elements of contemporary R&B with her Pasifika heritage and a generational legacy of story-telling generating millions of views on Youtube.
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Date
April 7, 2021
Time
6:00 PM EST
