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The Rock Performs: Season 1

The Rock Performs: Season 1

11 videos Last updated on May 7, 2025
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The Rock Performs is a multidisciplinary digital arts festival that highlights the exceptional talent of Canadian artists against the rugged and iconic beauty of our island’s natural landscape. It was initially created as an initiative during the Pandemic to employ artists while providing free and accessible art to isolated communities around the world. With its unprecedented success, we found a new platform to share our province and its stories.
1 Keith Roberts | The Rock Performs 00:56

Keith Roberts | The Rock Performs

With the cancellation of our annual Summer Festival, OOTA felt the need to develop a new project – one that would not only support local artists impacted by the situation, but also every art lover who was missing the joy of live performances. This led to a multidisciplinary project, combining hig...
2 Ruth Lawrence | The Rock Performs 01:42

Ruth Lawrence | The Rock Performs

For the fourth instalment of The Rock Performs we have Ruth Lawrence in beautiful Trinity reciting three poems by Ellen Bryan Obed that were written about her time spent in Newfoundland and Labrador. Filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. - - - Pour cet épisode de The Rock P...
3 Rob Power | The Rock Performs 05:00

Rob Power | The Rock Performs

For this instalment of The Rock Performs, join Rob Power on the Witless Bay Barrens as he performs a personal arrangement of the traditional folk song She’s Like the Swallow. Filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. - - - Pour cet épisode de The Rock Performs, rejoignez Rob Po...
4 Lynn Kuo | The Rock Performs 05:24

Lynn Kuo | The Rock Performs

Lynn Kuo walks the Water Street Pedestrian Mall in Downtown St. John’s while performing “L'Arte del Violino Caprice No. 2,” composed by Pietro Antonio Locatelli. Filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. - - - Lynn Kuo se promène le long du centre commercial piétonnier du rue W...
5 Kelly-Ann Evans | The Rock Performs 04:43

Kelly-Ann Evans | The Rock Performs

In this instalment of The Rock Performs, mystery and magic come together as Kelly-Ann Evans weaves across Chance Cove Beach performing the traditional folk song Maid on the Shore. Arranged and accompanied by Armondo Fowlow. Filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. - - - Dans c...
6 Eastern Owl | The Rock Performs 05:47

Eastern Owl | The Rock Performs

On Topsail Beach, Eastern Owl performs their song “Henrietta” inspired by the story of Henrietta Millek, an Inuk woman from Nain NL, who has been actively missing from St. John’s since 1982. Filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. To learn more about the plight of missing and ...
7 David Pomeroy | The Rock Performs 03:28

David Pomeroy | The Rock Performs

On the edge of the Southern Shore, David Pomeroy sings the Ode to Newfoundland at the scenic and historic Ferryland Lighthouse in the third instalment of The Rock Performs. Filmed by Roger Maunder and Photographed by David Howells. - - - Au bord extrême de la Côte Sud, David Pomeroy chante l’O...
8 Cheryl Hickman - The Rock Performs 04:27

Cheryl Hickman - The Rock Performs

For this instalment of The Rock Performs, please welcome Cheryl Hickman! Singing the traditional song Foggy Dew on the shore and stages of beautiful Fogo Island, this video was filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. - - - Pour cet épisode de The Rock Performs, veuillez bien...
9 Andy Jones - The Rock Performs 02:15

Andy Jones - The Rock Performs

In this instalment of The Rock Performs, Andy Jones walks Cobbler’s Path in Logy Bay, performing Agnes Walsh’s poem “The Wind has Borrowed the Legs Off a Mad Woman.” Filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. - - - Dans cet épisode de The Rock Performs, Andy Jones se promène le...
10 Alanna Fraize - The Rock Performs 04:39

Alanna Fraize - The Rock Performs

In sunny Fogo, Alanna Fraize performs Kate Read’s arrangement of “Ah! The Sea” by Ged Blackmore for another instalment of The Rock Performs. Filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. - - - À Fogo l’ensoleillé, Alanna Fraize chante « Ah! The Sea » de Ged Blackmore à l’arrangemen...
11 Abra Whitney - The Rock Performs 06:17

Abra Whitney - The Rock Performs

For the next instalment in The Rock Performs series, we have OOTA's own Abra Whitney. Singing on the rocky shore of Bonavista, Abra offers her rendition of Michel Conte's "Évangéline". Filmed by Roger Maunder and photographed by David Howells. - - - Pour le prochain épisode de la série The Roc...