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with Aaron White & elijah jamal asani
Artist in Residence

Echoes of the Canyon: A Live Performance

A live, improvised musical performance interweaving Native flute and evolving soundscapes to trace the canyon’s story as if newly remembered. Featuring Native American flutist Aaron White and Nigerian American musician elijah jamal asani, this ephemeral sonic collaboration invites listeners to experience the canyon not as a monument, but as an ongoing tale of time, erosion, and resonance within the land.

View of the south rim
Aaron White

Aaron White

Aaron White is a Grammy-nominated guitarist, singer-songwriter, Native American flutist and flute maker known for his pioneering role in blending Indigenous music with acoustic and contemporary sounds. A founding member of Burning Sky, he helped shape a genre that earned national acclaim and multiple awards, including Best Flute Recording from the Native American Music Awards.

elijah jamal asani

elijah jamal asani 

elijah jamal asani is a Nigerian-American artist, composer, writer, and educator whose work is coloured by abstract-romanticism. In 2025, he released the sound art project ",,, as long as i long to memorise your sky,,,", a long-lost Canyon origin story that emerged from his 2022 artist-residency with Grand Canyon Conservancy.