Han Mitakuyepi! Boo-zhoo! A-Ho!

Greetings & Welcome to First Nations Composer Initiative (FNCI), we are program of the American Composers Forum.

A huge thank you to everyone for making our benefit concert such a success!

It was a cold night yet hundreds braved the sub-zero temperatures to experience "THE SPIRIT OF OUR MUSIC" FESTIVAL, a benefit concert featuring R. CARLOS NAKAI with Mitch Walking Elk & SUGARPOINT,  the Oshkii Giizhik Singers fresh from their NAMMY win & Hok-A-Hey, a local drum group

The concert benefitted "Common Ground." Common Ground grants are designed to give an immediate financial boost to the artists at a critical time in their careers.

Pena-gigi! Pidamayaye ye! Miigwetch!

FNCI is dedicated to the encouragement and propagation of American Indian music and musical traditions in all its forms, and by increasing the appreciation, understanding, and facilitation of Native American music for future generations of Native Americans and for the enjoyment of audiences everywhere and in all media.

FNCI is a program of the American Composers Forum (ACF). ACF was founded 35 years ago by musicians as a student-run group at the University of Minnesota. By 1995, ACF had grown to become a national organization with national chapters. In 2002, Native composer Brent Michael Davids (Stockbridge-Munsee) suggested a virual chapter as a program within the nurturing structure of ACF and FNCI was born!

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