The Performance Series

Life’s Mess & Majesty

Tara MacLean

The Performance Series

Life’s Mess & Majesty

Tara MacLean

8:00pm

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Brigantine Room

90 mins

Singer-songwriter Tara MacLean has had an extraordinary musical career but she hasn’t, until now, disclosed the details of how the power of song saved her from a childhood filled with danger. Join her for a special evening of music and stories from her heartbreaking and provocative memoir and album. In Song of the Sparrow, MacLean explores her journey from the backwoods of Prince Edward Island to her meteoric rise in music, learning how to fight for survival and to find sanctuary and strength in song.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Performance

How to attend

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

Singer-songwriter Tara MacLean has had an extraordinary musical career but she hasn’t, until now, disclosed the details of how the power of song saved her from a childhood filled with danger. Join her for a special evening of music and stories from her heartbreaking and provocative memoir and album. In Song of the Sparrow, MacLean explores her journey from the backwoods of Prince Edward Island to her meteoric rise in music, learning how to fight for survival and to find sanctuary and strength in song.

This event will be followed by a book signing.

Performance

Featured Authors

Canadian singer/songwriter Tara MacLean has been an internationally renowned and award-winning recording and touring artist for over twenty-five years. She has written and recorded six solo albums and two with her band, Shaye. A playwright, author, poet and mother, Tara lives in her home province of PEI and on Salt Spring Island, BC. Song of the Sparrow is her first book.

Read more about Tara MacLean

8:00pm

Tuesday, September 26

Brigantine Room

90 mins

How to attend

Students and youth save up to 50% on passes.

What to read

Song of the Sparrow by ,
TIFA 2023

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