Alejandra Nuñez (born in Santiago, Chile; lives in Toronto, ON, Canada) is a vocalist, percussionist, composer, and mother to Natalia and Mathew. Nuñez has lived and worked as a musician in Canada and the United States, and performed in Europe, as well as throughout North and Central America. Her training on percussion has taken her to Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, New York, and Egypt.
Programs
Talking Treaties—Text and Image
Location: Small Arms Inspection Building (2019)
Open to adults and older youth of all experiences, backgrounds, and abilities, this workshop begins with a presentation and facilitated discussion of the key symbols of Toronto’s Indigenous presence and governance structures. Symbols found in the text of Treaty 13: The Toronto Purchase, further reveal another set of imagery to…
Talking Treaties—Text and Sound
Location: Small Arms Inspection Building (2019)
Open to adults and older youth of all experiences, backgrounds, and abilities, the activity begins with a presentation of the Treaty text and images from the previous workshop, along with the poetry from the Before All Else: Place and Relationship activity pack. In small teams, these texts are collaboratively disassembled…