SMALL AND MIGHTY - MAY 2025
MINGLING
Saturday
7 pm
Monthly Community Gathering: A night filled with music, dance, and other art forms!
SMALL AND MIGHTY
May 2025
May 24, 2025
Lead Artist: Heidi Chan
Join us at The Jamii Hub for a vibrant evening of music, connection, and celebration! Saturday Mingling on May 24 brings our May Cycle to a joyful close with performances that lift the spirit and bring neighbours together.
The evening will open with a performance by Nova Scotia-raised, Ottawa-based folk singer-songwriter Malia Rogers. Through stirring Celtic and bluegrass-inspired melodies, Malia’s songs explore identity, relationships, loss, and growth, inviting listeners to find kindness, forgiveness, and self-compassion along the way.
Following Malia, experience a powerful performance by the Japanese folk ensemble TEN TEN, featuring Aki Takahashi and May Cycle lead artist Heidi Chan. TEN TEN is a living, evolving experiment rooted in Japanese folk traditions, blending music and movement to create an unforgettable shared experience.
This is a wonderful opportunity to gather with friends, neighbours, and artists, celebrate creativity, and enjoy a night of heartfelt performances.
Spots are limited, so be sure to register today!
This Saturday Mingling event is part of Jamii's May cycle, guided by lead artist Heidi Chan, and centred around the theme of Small & Mighty. Through these workshops, activities, and performances, we will reflect on how ancient teachings and simple acts connect us to nature, to each other, and to the cycles of life. “This is an invitation to reinterpret the meaning of Small & Mighty, finding the joy and value in doing one thing, but doing it well by slowing down and zooming in.” - Heidi Chan.
Photos by Laura Dittmann
Heidi Chan
Heidi Chan was born in Canada to parents from Hong Kong and has worked with music and sound for theatre, dance, and film. Heidi plays bamboo flutes, percussion, and synthesizers, and is a member of Japanese folk music ensemble ten ten. Heidi also collaborates frequently with cross-cultural and experimental music collectives and has performed at various arts festivals, including Women From Space, XAvant, Eclectic Electric, and Older and Reckless.
In theatre, Heidi has worked at the Shaw Festival and Blyth Festival and has provided sound design and original music for productions with Theatre Gargantua, Outside the March, Company of Fools (Ottawa), and others.
Heidi currently teaches music and sound design at Toronto Metropolitan University and Humber College.
Photo by Sabrine S. Hakam