Chantil Dukart (she/her) | 2023 Native Launchpad Associate Artist

Tribal Affiliation: Tsimshian & Sugpiaq (Alutiiq)

Artistic Discipline: Music

Location: Denver, CO

Chantil dawayuu. L’axgiik d’ipdaagu. T’simshian aada Sugpiaqnuu. N’toixsn n’uusm.

Chantil Dukart is from the Eagle clan. She is the granddaughter of Anna and Cecil Barnes and a descendant of the T'simshian and Sugpiaq (Aluutiq) Indigenous People of Alaska. Through the lens of her ancestral roots, personal experiences and contemporary influences, she writes and produces a blend of pop and jazz music. Not seeing enough visibility of female Native artists in the jazz/pop world, Chantil hopes to inspire younger women by working hard to progress her career and future opportunities for all Native female jazz artists.

Chantil is an accomplished jazz pianist/singer/composer who earned her 2014 Bachelor of Arts in Music at the prestigious Frost School of Music at University of Miami, Florida. She has performed all over the world from five-star hotels in Miami, to an Australian cruise, as well as local venues in her hometown of Anchorage, Alaska. Chantil’s versatility on and off stage make her a young professional that is both fun and easy to work with. In September 2022, she released a post-pandemic album entitled Lady and the Champ which has been highly received due to its polished blend of pop and jazz music. Her first album, In the Beginning, gained her unsolicited contact from five major record labels. Recent performance highlights include the Julia Keefe Indigenous Big Band at the WSU Campus.

Chantil is also a five+ year on-air host as a radio DJ at the premiere jazz radio station in Colorado Springs, Jazz 93.5. Becoming a prominent and known community member through her personality and knowledge of jazz on-air has been an excellent parallel motion that has propelled her musical career and ability to publicly host and speak at events.

Chantil has shared the stage with such world class musicians as Jill Scott, Junius Bervine (Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar); Michael Piolet (Hamilton); Dwayne Moore (Beck, Lauren Hill); Adam Deitch (Lettuce); and Kris Myers (Umphrees Mcgee).