Join the Acadia University School of Music, and the Acadia University community in an interdisciplinary celebration of water in our environment and our world. This four-day long celebration will include special guest Dr. T. Patrick Carrabré, a film screening, as well as concerts and talks by AUSOM students and faculty, the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and guests.

Events will take place from March 20 - 23, 2025, click on individual calendar events for details. All events are open to the community, please join us in this celebration.

This series of events also recognizes World Water Day. World Water Day is an annual United Nations Observance – held on 22 March. World Water Day celebrates water and inspires action to tackle the global water crisis. A core focus of World Water Day is to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.

On Sunday, March 23, the Acadia University Singers will present their spring concert, "Teachings of the Water."

Rooted in climate activism, this concert will feature a diverse program of music reflecting on humanity's deeply intertwined relationship with water - culminating in a performance of T. Patrick Carrabré's "The Teachings of the Water."  Sung in the Squamish language, "The Teachings of the Water" is centered on five water teachings, highlighting the key role that Indigenous women play in water protection and in teaching Indigenous ways of knowing to the wider population.  

This concert begins at 3pm in the Festival Theatre.  Admission is by freewill donation at the door.