Artist lives in: 
Iqaluit
Artist from: 
Pangnirtung (Pangniqtuuq)
Category: 
Musician
Sub-Genre: 

Contemporary music: solo, duet and full band

Emcee in both Inuktitut and English

Gospel Music

Inspirational speaking and teaching 

Music Education:  Inuit children, youth and adults

Casting Director

 

 

Credits/Experience: 

ALBUMS

I Will Rise Again (2018)
Inuktitut Christmas (2016)
Qulliit (2016)
Don't Give Up (1995), Recorded as Looee Nowdlak

COLLABORATIONS

2021 - Kuvianattuksovut itigangit (How Beautiful Are the Feet) - Messiah/Complex (Ensemble Album - Against The Grain Theatre and Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Johannes Debus)
2017 - I Know Who I Am - Composition by Looee Arreak & Laura Hawley for Nipiit Katittut Voices United

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS

Year Award Ceremony Nominee(s)/Work(s)  Category Result
2022 Junos Kuvianattuksovut itigangit (How Beautiful Are the Feet) - Messiah/Complex Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble)  Nominated
2016 Qilaut Songwriting Contest Paurit Qajaqturit - Looee Arreak Best Original Children's Songs in Inuktut 3rd Place
2015 Qilaut Songwriting Contest Ataatama Anaanama - Looee Arreak Best Original Song in Inuktut 2nd Place
2014 Qilaut Songwriting Contest Ullumi Nalliutivuq - Looee Arreak Best Original Birthday Song in Inuktut 1st Place

LIVE PERFORMANCES

Regular live performances touring through the Arctic and Canada.
Festival performances including: 

Alianait Arts Festival - Iqaluit, Nunavut
Aqpik Jam - Nunavik
Nunavut Community Festivals

2021 - Qaggiq Festival - Artistic Director
1999 -  Looee sang with Susan Aglukark, OC at the signing of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement. 

THEATRE

Year Title Position/Role
2017 Kiviuq Returns: An Inuit Epic Principal Writer, Assistant Director, Costume Designer

FILMOGRAPHY

Year Title Position/Role
2022 slash/back (film) Loop Group/Inuktitut Translator
2020 Messiah/Complex (visual album) Nunavut Soloist
2020 Ukaliq & Kalla (tv series) Narrator
2020 Anaana's Tent Nunavut Day Special (tv series) Self, Performer
2020 Anaana's Tent (tv series) Self, Performer

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