The Winnipeg Arts Council is proud to present Sing me a song you’ve (never) heard before, an exploration of words that give us place, a sense of home in the unknown.

It’s all part of City of Song: a celebration of Winnipeg’s 150th birthday taking place throughout 2024. City of Song showcases the best of Winnipeg’s talents and creates spaces for Winnipeggers to engage in the power of singing with friends and neighbours across the city.

Featuring artists from across disciplines, Sing me a song… is the world premiere of Too Far to Walk, a song cycle composed by Karen Sunabacka with poetry by John Samson Fellows. Sunabacka takes existing text from Samson Fellows’s work as lyricist for The Weakerthans and as a solo artist, and resets them with new original compositions for piano (Lisa Rumpel) and voice (Aaron Hutton).

This exciting new work was commissioned with the generous support of the Winnipeg Arts Council and City of Song, and will be performed by Lisa Rumpel and tenor Aaron Hutton, two of the city’s most renowned and in-demand operatic musicians. The night will also include a special collaboration between Winnipeg Poet Laureate Chimwemwe Undi and cellist Nathan Krahn, as well as a performance by acclaimed singer-songwriter Theresa Thor.

This event is presented in partnership with 101.5 UMFM.