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An Inuk opera vocalist has made Canadian music history arsenic the archetypal Indigenous woman to triumph the Juno Award for classical creation of the twelvemonth arsenic a composer. Deantha Edmunds won for her portion titled Angmalukisaa.
Deantha Edmunds is archetypal Indigenous pistillate composer to triumph Juno for classical composition
Elizabeth Whitten · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 31, 2025 9:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 hours ago
An Inuk opera vocalist has made Canadian music history arsenic the archetypal Indigenous woman to triumph the Juno Award for classical creation of the twelvemonth arsenic a composer.
Deantha Edmunds won for her portion titled Angmalukisaa.
"This means truthful overmuch to me," Edmunds told the Juno audience Sunday in Vancouver.
She thanked her household for their support, including her parent Loretta and her precocious begetter Albert Edmunds.
"I would similar to convey my hubby Darin and our beauteous girl Annabelle, who are astatine location cheering maine on. I miss you guys," said Edmunds.
The enactment was commissioned by Mark Fewer, who conducted the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra for the recording.
Edmunds was besides nominated for the classical creation of the twelvemonth successful the ample ensemble category, alongside Fewer and Aiyun Huang, for the album Alikeness.
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Elizabeth Whitten is simply a writer and exertion based successful St. John's.
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