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Mali Obomsawin With Dwayne Tomah
September 27, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
FreeMali Obomsawin is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist and a citizen of Odanak First Nation (W8banaki). She is a bassist, composer, and vocalist whose work spans from jazz and roots music to film scoring, teaching, and indie-shoegaze. Obomsawin is an international touring artist with her own projects and as an accompanist.
Obomsawin’s performance is part of week-long residency with Lunder Institute for American Art Senior Fellow Dwayne Tomah. Tomah will speak about his work translating wax cylinders holding the recordings of Passamaquoddy speakers from 1890. During this residency Tomah will interface with faculty, staff, students, and community members through academic course visits, workshops, a public panel, and more, closing with this concert.
For free tickets, please visit: https://arts.colby.edu/reserve-tickets/