Maite Itoiz & Duke Redbird: Music and Poetry at Friends United

Music by Maite Itoiz and poetry by Duke Redbird come together in this Friends United video from the Friends United Convention Centre in Cape Breton Island.

This is not an interview, but a short music and poetry performance that connects European musicianship, Indigenous poetry, spoken word, memory, and cultural expression within the Friends United media archive.

Video: 11 minutes, music and poetry, English – Watch on YouTube

A Music and Poetry Performance at Friends United

This Friends United video presents music by Maite Itoiz and poetry by Duke Redbird at the Friends United Convention Centre in Cape Breton Island. Unlike the interview pages in this series, this video is not a conversation, but a cultural performance combining music, spoken word, memory, reflection, and artistic expression.

The performance brings together two artistic voices from different cultural contexts: Maite Itoiz, a European musician from Navarra, Spain, and Dr. Duke Redbird, an Ojibwe Elder, poet, broadcaster, filmmaker, and public intellectual from the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. Within the Friends United media archive, this video has a distinct place as a music and poetry performance rooted in cultural expression, memory, and respectful artistic exchange.

In this video

Music by Maite Itoiz
Poetry by Duke Redbird
A cultural performance at the Friends United Convention Centre
European musicianship and Indigenous poetry in one Friends United video
Spoken word, memory, nature, and reflection
Music and poetry as forms of cultural expression
A short video connected to the wider Friends United media archive

People and context

Maite Itoiz

Maite Itoiz is a European musician from Navarra, Spain. She is known as a soprano, composer, producer, and instrumentalist, with a background in opera singing and classical guitar. Her wider work includes projects such as Elfenthal, Kingdom of Navarre, and the duo Maite Itoiz & John Kelly.

Duke Redbird

Dr. Duke Redbird is an Ojibwe Elder, poet, artist, broadcaster, filmmaker, educator, and public intellectual from the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. He is widely recognized as an important voice in First Nations literature in Canada and has worked across poetry, visual art, theatre, film, public speaking, and cultural education.

Friends United International Convention Centre

The video location is in Unama’ki, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Connected to Friends United’s work in cultural education, art, and respectful dialogue.

Video information

Series: Friends United Videos & Performances

Format: Music and poetry video

Language: English

Length: 10 minutes and 50 seconds

Location: Friends United International Convention Centre, Unama’ki, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

YouTube URL: Watch the Video on YouTube

Published: July 23, 2018

Main topics: Music, poetry, spoken word, cultural expression, memory, nature, Indigenous poetry, European music, Friends United Convention Centre

Chapters: Unbound Yet United, Mirror Of The Soul, Tobacco Smoke Medicine, Psychic Shore Memories, Summer Love Echoes, Autumn Disguise Return, Youthful Regret Closing