Small Island Big Song LIVE
'Our Island' tour 2022/23/24
2022 JAN to APR USA 24 performing arts centers
2022 MAY Italy 2022 Capital of Culture
2022 DEC Taiwan 4 performing arts centers
2023 MAR Australia 2023 WOMADelaide
2023 APR Taiwan 2023 TIFA at National Concert Hall
2023 AUG South Korea 2023 ACC world music festival
2023 NOV UAE The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi & COP28 Dubai
2024 FEB to APR USA 19 performing arts centers
Small Island Big Song — a collaboration between artists of Island nations drawing from their shared seafaring heritage to unite the Pacific & Indian Oceans.
The performance ‘Our Island’ brings together some of the most prominent artists of Taiwan, Madagascar, Mauritius, Papua New Guinea, and Tahiti, who have made a choice to maintain the cultural voice of their people, to sing in the language, and to play the instruments of their land. These unique lineages mixed with their diverse contemporary styles - roots-reggae, beats, folk & spoken-word, establish a contemporary musical dialogue between cultures, drawing on their ancestral lineage to confront contemporary issues with a hope driven vision of the future. Framed with live visuals filmed across 16 island nations on a 3-year field trip by the project’s co-founders, creating “Beautiful cinematography and incredible music, one coherent, jaw-dropping piece" as described by Rob Schwartz - Billboard.
Moving beyond the concert experience, Small Island Big Song offers a wide range of opportunities for students and audiences to investigate the environmental, political, social and cultural contexts on our oceans’ islands.
Photos from our performances at TIFA 2023 at National Concert Hall Taiwan, 2023 WOMADelaide festival Australia, and our USA tour 2022 inc' Bing Concert Hall/ Stanford Univ', Symphony Space/ Broadway, Randolph W. Bromery Center/ UMASS, Penn State P.A.C./ Penn State Univ. & Scottsdale Center for the Arts. Taken by Gelée Lai, Tony Tsai, Samra Teague, and Kimmi Cranes.
PERFORMANCES
- Full concert 90 min' with intermission -
- Matinee show 60 min' no intermission -
- Artists' solo performances -
PRE-TOUR ENGAGEMENT
- Film screening + Virtual Q&A -
Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline
IN-PERSON OUTREACH PROGRAM
- Panel, Multi-media Lecture & Demonstration -
History from an Indigenous Perspective
Climate Crisis - Our Response As Artists
Indigenous Women Making Traditional Culture Relevant
The Genesis of Small Island Big Song
- Workshop -
Dance
Drumming
Trash to Music
Cooking
- Community Engagement -
Land acknowledgement
Food sharing
A walk with SIBS in nature
Inviting local guest musicians
Youth voice for local environmental issues
"Honestly [Small Island Big Song] was one of the best, most wonderful projects I have worked on in a presenting career that is going on 30 years!"
- Amy Vashaw - Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State Univ'
“Small Island Big Song was definitely worth the wait! Such a pleasure to get to know each of you and see what can be created from deep, extended collaboration such as what you have engaged in.”
- Laura Evans - Bing Concert Hall / Standford Live!
"We had a wonderful experience with Small Island Big Song. The entire team was warm and great to work with and the enthusiasm and thoughtfulness of Tim and BaoBao and the entire artistic collective was felt by all who participated in the residency activities. The class visits, discussions, and workshops were superb and engaged our students and community in meaningful ways. The performance was enthralling for everyone who attended - we received so many wonderful comments from audiences as they were leaving the theater."
- Shannon Hooker - Modlin Center at Univ' of Richmond
“I think I speak for everyone at MDC Live Arts when I say that we loved working with SIBS - they have been great every step of the way!”
- Kathryn Garcia - Miami-Dade College / Live Arts Miami
2024 Christopher Cohan Center/CalPoly, San Luis Obispo CA
2024 Center for Faith and Life/Luther College, Decorah, IA
2024 Moss Center/Virginia Tech Univ, Blacksburg VA
2024 Stewart Theater/NC State Univ, Raleigh NC
2024 Wright Auditorium/East Carolina Univ, Greenville NC
2024 Center for the Arts/George Mason Univ, Fairfax VA
2024 Pittsburgh Playhouse/Point Park Univ , Pittsburg PA
2024 Luhrs Center/Shippensburg Univ, Shippensburg PA
2024 Wharton Center/Michigan State Univ, Lansing MI
2024 The Strand/FirstWorks, Providence RI
2024 Mahaney Center/Middlebury College, Middlebury VT
2024 Tsai Center/Boston Univ, Boston MA
2024 Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon WA
2024 Meany Center/Washington Univ, Seattle WA
2024 Fields Arts and Events Hall, Port Angeles WA
2024 Newman Center/Univ of Denver, Denver CO
2024 Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe AZ
2024 Noorda Center/Utah Valley Univ, Orem UT
2024 Musco Center/Chapman Univ, Orange CA
2023 COP28, Dubai UAE
2023 The Arts Center NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi UAE
2023 COP28, Dubai UAE
2023 The Arts Center NYU Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi UAE
2023 ACC World Music Festival, Gwangju South Korea
2023 Moon Sea Concert, Taitung Taiwan
2023 TIFA Taiwan International Festival of Arts National Concert Hall, Taipei Taiwan
2023 WOMADelaide Festival, Adelaide, Australia
2022 Cloud Gate Theatre, Taipei Taiwan
2022 Taitung Art Museum, Taitung Taiwan
2022 2022 Italian Capital of Culture, Procida Italy
2022 Warner Grand Theatre, San Pedro CA
2022 Univ. of California in Santa Barbara, Santa Babara CA
2022 James Madison Univ. & Forbes P.A.C., Harrisonburg VA
2022 Zeiterion Perf. Art Center, New Bedford MA
2022 Dartmouth College & Spaulding Auditorium, Hanover NH
2022 Lehigh Univ. & Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem PA
2022 Penn State Univ. & Penn State P.A.C., State College PA
2022 Moraine Valley community college & Dorothy Menker Theater, Palos Hills IL
2022 Univ. of Massachusetts & Randolph W. Bromery Center, Amherst MA
2022 Symphony Space & World Music Institute, New York City NY
2022 Univ. of Richmond & Camp Concert Hall, Richmond VA
2022 Univ. of Illinois in Urbana & Foellinger Great Hall, Urbana IL
2022 Fox Cities P.A.C., Appleton WI
2022 Miami-Dade College & North Beach Band Shell, Miami FL
2022 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale AZ
2022 Univ. of Arizona & Centennial hall, Tucson AZ
2022 Stanford Univ. & Bing Concert Hall, Stanford CA
2022 Pantages Theatre, Tacoma WA
2022 Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham WA
2022 Vashon arts center, Vashon WA
2022 Town Hall Seattle, Seattle WA
Album 'Our Island'
Concert Tour
2019 Colors of Ostrava Festival, Ostrava Czech Republic
2019 Rudolstadt Festival, Rudolstadt Germany
2019 MTC Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Australia
2019 Verona Palace, Sydney Australia
2019 Kaohsiung Container Arts Festival, Kaohsiung Taiwan
2019 Torba Arts Festival, Mota Lava Vanuatu
2018 Legacy, Taipei Taiwan
2018 Taoyuan Music Festival, Taoyuan Taiwan
2018 Førde World Music Festival, Førde Norway
2018 EtnoSur Festival, Alcalá la Real Spain
2018 Pllek, Amsterdam Holland Prachtwerk
2018 Prachtwerk, Berlin Germany
2018 Peace Boat, Copenhagen Denmark to Reykjavik Iceland
2018 Indigenous Celebration, Bali Indonesia
2018 South by South West, International Day Stage, Austin USA
2017 World Stage Design (Work in progress), Taipei Taiwan
Album 'Small Island Big Song'
Concert Tour
2020- Theatrical cinema release, 14 cities in Japan
2021 See you Sound Music Film Festival, Turin Italy
2020 LUCfest, Tainan Taiwan
2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Melbourne Australia
2019 Antenna Int' Documentary Film Festival, Sydney Australia
2019 Ânûû-rû Âboro Int' Film Festival, Noumea New Caledonia
2019 Jeju Film Festival, Jeju Island South Korea
2019 Ishigaki Film Festival, Ishigaki Island Japan
2019 Torba Arts Festival, Mota Lava Vanuatu
2019 Landjuweel Festival, Amsterdam Holland
2019 Kino x MoMo Fest, Rotterdam Holland
2019 Watershed, Bristol UK
2019 Castle Cinema, London UK
2018 Bali Indigenous Film Festival, Bali Indonesia
2018 Okinawa International Film Festival, Okinawa Japan
Film 'Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline'
Screening Tour
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