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Deantha Edmunds

Life

Deantha Edmunds is Canada’s first Inuk professional classical singer. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in December, 2023 for her activity as a performer, writer, composer, and mentor, work which seeks to empower Indigenous people and share their stories. She is currently based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her work has international reverberation as well as community integrity. She brings a level of professional excellence to Canada’s Indigenous art scene that is unique and important.

Her contribution to the internationally-acclaimed Messiah/Complex with Against the Grain Theatre and Toronto Symphony Orchestra helped garner the production a 2022 JUNO nomination, and the project also won the first ever Opera America Digital Excellence Award in 2022.

Deantha performs as a soloist with professional ensembles across Canada and abroad. In the fall of 2023, she was a featured soloist with the Netherlands Chamber Choir in the world premiere of Flights of the Angakok by Austrian-American composer Lera Auerbach in Amsterdam.

As one of Canada’s official delegates at the Opera Europa conference in Copenhagen, Denmark in October, 2023, Deantha had the opportunity to introduce her opera Irngutaq, the first opera written and composed by an Inuk.

Creating original music, collaborating with other musicians, contributing to Indigenous productions, and mentoring young artists, Deantha shares her voice and vision with her whole heart, and is drawing accolades from across Canada and the world.

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