UA IPY Events: Celebration of the North: Pamyua in Concert

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The University of Alaska International Polar Year office is sponsoring a concert by the Inuit tribal funk band Pamyua at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1, at the Hering Auditorium. The concert is a celebration of the unique cultures of the north and their people’s ability to adapt to changes in both cultural and natural landscapes.

The Alaska-founded group, Pamyua, started ten years ago as a dream by two brothers to share the ancient stories of their people through music and dance. Stephen and Phillip Blanchett, who are of Yup’ik Inuit and African American descent, quickly gained international attention and formed Pamyua after being joined by Chefornak, Alaska, dancer Ossie Kairaiuak and Greenlandic Inuit singer Karina Moller.

Pamyua was chosen at the 45th annual Grammy Awards to represent Native American music and performed at Times Square Studios for the Celebration of American Music in 2003. Their latest album, “Drums of the North,” is their first strictly traditional Yup’ik album ever produced. “Drums” was recently awarded a 2007 Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Award for Best Inuit Traditional CD.

Tickets to the concert can be purchased for $5 in advance from UAF Wood Center, Gulliver’s Books, McCafferty’s and UAF Center for Research Services, or at the door. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for general seating. Proceeds from the concert will be used to support IPY education programs in Fairbanks schools.

For more information contact Cherie Solie, statewide IPY outreach manager at 474-6264 or c.solie@uaf.edu or Jenn Wagaman, outreach coordinator at 474-5082 or jenn@alaska.edu.

Visit Pamyua's website tribalfunk.wordpress.com.

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