Inuit throat singers join Winnipeg symphony

Inukshuk Aksalnik and Pauline Pemik of Rankin Inlet will perform with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for two nights this month, then take part in a tour of the northern Manitoba communities of The Pas, Flin Flon, Thompson, Gillam and Churchill.

The duo, who first appeared with the Winnipeg orchestra in 2003, will perform a composition by Winnipeg composer T. Patrick Carrabre called “Inuit Games.”

Aksalnik and Pemik have also performed for Maori people in New Zealand, in Hanover, Germany, and at home in Rankin Inlet.

Their two appearances in Winnipeg are scheduled for Sept. 17 and 18, and their northern Manitoba tour will run from Sept. 20 to Sept. 25.