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Stories featuring Kathleen Ivaluarjuk Merritt

Inspiring Children through the Arts: Hip Hop Week at Rankin Inlet
December 11, 2015
Students in Rankin Inlet were treated to some very special performing arts lessons when Hip-Hop artists Godson, Nelson Tagoona and local throat-singer Kathleen Merritt shared their skills at Simon Alaittuq School (SAS) from November 24 - November 26. Following the success of last year’s…
Hip-hop in Baker Lake, Nunavut
April 22, 2015
The Music Alive Program: Nunavut funded a hip-hop week in Baker Lake from March 9 to March 12. Nelson Tagoona, who performed at the NAC’s Northern Scene a couple of years ago, taught eight workshops on a style he’s credited with inventing— an entirely new category of music called throat-…

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