TRANSCESTRAL INCANTATIONS Set for 4/16 at Monument National

On the border of poetry, music and dance TRANSCESTRAL INCANTATIONS promises to be a real highlight of the event RAOTIHO?N:TSA - Focus on Firsts Nations' contemporary creation. Orchestrated by Moe Clark and Katia Makdissi- Warren, this performance is a blending of both First Nations' and Middle East cultures. The evening promises to be festive as well as introspective. It will allow us to travel between the exalted celebration of the founding identities, and dive into our own personal cultural composition.

TRANSCESTRAL INCANTATIONS echoes the spirit and lineage of ancestral voices, celebrating our collective desire to connect with one another through music, voice, poetry and dance.Collaborative performances by Josephine Bacon, Katia Makdissi-Warren, Moe Clark, Ziya Tabassian, Nina Segalowitz, Marianne Trudel, Michel Rakumon Dubeau, Leticia Vera and Aseel el Salek.

* Presented by La Chapelle in partnership with Nistami?kwan, as part of RAOTIHO?N:TSA - Focus on Firsts Nations' contemporary creation.

Moe Clark is a multidisciplinary Me?tis artist, looping pedal mistress, spoken word poet, educator, artistic producer, public speaker, activist. Moe Clark is a nomadic songbird with wings woven from circle singing and spoken word. Mistress of the looping pedal, she creates sonic landscapes of layered voice that invite audiences into a trance-like space. Her poetic songs soar through these landscapes, with tonal and lyrical resonance. In music collaborations, Moe's intuitive and sensual approach to vocal improvisation pulls from soul, gospel, folk and spoken word genres. She's trained with the likes of Rhiannon (Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra), Pura Fe? (Ulali) and David Smukler (Linklaterapproach).

Katia studied composition in Quebec City and Hamburg as well as Arabic and Syrian music in Beirut. She holds a PhD in composition and is a graduate of Michel Longtin's class. She participated in composition workshops given by Franco Donatoni, Ennio Morricone, Manfred Stahnke and P. Hage. n 2009, Katia was commissioned to compose the music for a permanent multimedia exhibit at the Burj-Dubai? Tower in Dubai, the highest structure in the world. She is the Artistic Director/Composer for the ensemble OktoEcho which specialises in mixed music of Middle-Eastern and Western roots.

La Chapelle thanks the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Que?bec, the Conseil des Arts du Canada, the ministe?re du Patrimoine canadien, the Conseil des arts de Montre?al, the Ministe?re de l'Emploi et de la Solidarite? sociale and Ville de Montre?al.