Sharing Indigenous Music

Wheels of Harmony

Our school tour sharing Indigenous culture and music along with traditional opera with mostly rural and Tribal schools.

Wheels of Harmony

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The next Wheels of Harmony tour is slated for Fall 2025. If you are an educator interested in bringing the tour to your school, please fill out this Google form.

Our Fall 2025 Wheels of Harmony tour is presented by Trust for Public Land.

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Trust for Public Land is a national nonprofit dedicated to connecting everyone to the benefits and joys of the outdoors. In partnership with the community, TPL has helped protect more than one million acres across the Northern Rockies, ensuring access to the region's natural wonders. Building on this commitment to people and place, TPL is working to return ancestral homelands, transform community schoolyards as hubs for cultural connection, and ensure Tribal communities have a voice in the stewardship of their lands. Learn more at tpl.org.

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ABOUT

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Thanks to a generous grant from The Elise R. Donohue Charitable Trust, with additional support from the Montana Arts Council, Applied Materials, Zoot Enterprises, XY Planning Network, and AdvicePay, we launched our first-ever school tour in April of 2023. Wheels of Harmony shared Indigenous culture and music along with traditional opera with mostly rural and tribal schools.

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GOALS

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1. To expose as many students as possible to Indigenous music and culture, including opera.

2. To engage students in meaningful discussion about Montana and the United States' Tribal Nations

3. To encourage students to consider music performance as an option in their life.

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Fall 2025 Artists

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Tenor Bo Shimmin (Pueblo of Acoma)

Soprano Kira Apaachuaq Eckenweiler (Inupiaq)

Pianist/Composer J Cruise Berry (Chickasaw)

Francesca Pine-Rodriguez (Apsáalooke/Crow and Tsitsistas/Northern Cheyenne), educational and cultural consultant

Alisa Magallón, educational consultant

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Download our Fall 2025 Study Guide!

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Artists and Educators

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Alisa Magallon

Educational Consultant

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Bo Shimmin

Tenor - Pueblo of Acoma

Francesca Pine-Rodriguez

Cultural Consultant

J Cruise Berry

Pianist/Composer- Chickasaw

Kira Apaachuuaq Eckenweiler

Soprano - Inupiaq

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