Past Event, Social Justice, Arts & Culture
Salish Singing and Drumming Workshops Spring 2016
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement and SFU's Office of Aboriginal Peoples presented a free workshop series in fall of 2012. Those who partook learned social songs, drumming, and dance with Russell Wallace. Workshops were free and open to everyone!
Speaker Bio
Russell Wallace is a board member for Warriors Against Violence Society. Russell is a composer, producer and is a traditional Lil’wat singer. Wallace’s music has been part of a number of soundtracks (film, video, television) and theatre/dance productions. He was the composer in residence for the Chinook Winds Aboriginal Dance program from 1996-2003 at the Banff Centre for the Arts. He has produced CDs that have been nominated for awards at the Junos, Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, and the Native American Music Awards in the USA. Currently, Wallace works and teaches at the Native Education College, and works for the Office for Aboriginal People’s holding these Singing & Drumming workshops.
Co-Presented by
SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement and SFU Office for Aboriginal Peoples
