PRESS RELEASE! Roots in Motion: A JazzTale Project with Perpie & Her One Village Orchestra Brings Music, Healing, and Connection to Calgary
For: Immediate Release
Calgary, AB – November 4, 2025 – In a world facing disconnection, hardship and uncertainty, multi-award-winning saxophonist, vocalist, and composer Perpetual Awele Atife, known professionally as Perpie, invites audiences to reconnect through the power of live music, poetry and storytelling with Roots in Motion: A JazzTale Project, explore themes that uniquely set us apart and purposefully connect us. The concert will take place at Grace Presbyterian Church in Calgary, Alberta.
Presented by Perpie & her One Village Orchestra, this immersive sonic and storytelling experience blends Jazz, Western Classical, and African musical idioms to explore themes of love, community, grace, and hope. The musical dialogue aims to bridge cultures, generations, and emotions during a time when the world feels divided by economic, political, and social unrest.
“My artistry is largely influenced by the true concept of community. A community that shares cultural and economic bonds in creative spaces,” shares the award-winning Saxaphonist. “Despite the brokenness today, community is like that unexplainable channel between divinity and humanity through which healing and beauty can be restored. So when I make art and centre practices and themes that remind us of us, it is intentional. In that harmony, anything is possible.
Known for her rich, lyrical tone and sold-out performances, Perpie is celebrated as one of Calgary’s leading live music artists, captivating audiences across the cultural spectrum—from Canadians and Africans in the diaspora to music lovers seeking soulful authenticity. Her performances have graced stages such as the Canadian Jazz Festival, Ethnik Festival, and the Studio Bell Performance Hall, where she produced her own orchestral concert Ije Live.
At Roots in Motion, audiences will be treated to exclusive new compositions that will later be recorded for Perpie’s upcoming album, a deeply personal body of work inspired by hope.
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About Perpie
Perpetual Awele Atife (Perpie) is a contemporary African saxophonist, vocalist, and composer whose music fuses Jazz, Soul, Classical, and African Indigenous traditions. Her work explores the intersection of heritage, hope, and human connection.
In addition to successful runs of her multiple sold-out Ije Live concert series in Canada and the UK from 2021-2024, Perpie is the recipient of the YYC Music Award for Jazz Recording of the Year (2023), has directed multiple theatre productions across Calgary in 2024 and 2025, and is the proud recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal (2023), the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award (2022), and the New Canadian Artist Award (2021).
Her deep commitment to Calgary’s growing community reflects her belief that music and words are tools for unity, healing, and transformation. Through her work, Perpie continually seeks to nurture spaces where culture and creativity intersect, inspiring audiences to see the richness of classical and jazz traditions through a modern African lens. Her artistry is shaped by early exposure to Afrobeat legends like Fela Kuti, the soulfulness of Don Williams and Dolly Parton, and a lifelong reverence for African folk and gospel traditions that brings an enriching fusion of sound that celebrates the diversity and vitality of Calgary’s music scene. Through performances that feel both intimate and transcendent, she continues to shape Calgary’s evolving music landscape and inspire audiences across Canada.
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