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Back in 2018, Cree composer Andrew Balfour was visiting Saint Joseph’s Oratory on Mount Royal, when his late wife mentioned Kateri Tekakwitha. Kateri, Balfour learned, was a Mohawk woman from the 1600s, who became the first Indigenous saint from North America when she was canonized in 2012.

Tara-Louise Montour remembers 30 years ago, when she was one of the only Onkwehón:we performers in the classical music scene.

Phœnix, a violin concerto, was commissioned by French violinist Marie Cantagrill and the Orchestre de chambre d’Ariège, who premiered it in a chapel in Foix, France, to an intimate audience in 2015.

The McGill Chamber Orchestra (MCO) and Indigenous producers after their performance at the St. Francis Xavier Mission. From left to right: Alejandro Ronceria, choreographer, Mohawk violinist Tara-Louise Montour, Boris Brott, artistic director and MCO conductor, Indigenous dancer Julianne Blackbird, Mohawk actress Kennedy Bomberry, and Odawa composer Barbara Croall. (Natalia Fedosieieva, The Eastern Door)