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Musical and Cultural Connections
This summer, the Dover Quartet is coming to Kingston, RI, to give the world-premiere performance of Woodland Songs, a commissioned piece from composer Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha' Tate (Chickasaw). They will also perform a classical orchestration of Rattle Songs by Pura Fé (Tuscarora), transcribed by Tate for this program.
On August 1st, join us for a roundtable discussion about the relationship between Native American culture and contemporary classical composition. Often unrecognized and historically underrepresented, the influence of Indigenous musical traditions on acoustic bowed instrument performance invites meaningful artistic and intercultural exploration.
These ideas will be discussed from the perspective of a composer, an academic, and two musicians: including Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha' Tate, Emmy-award winning composer and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation; Camden Shaw, cellist of the Dover Quartet, named one of the greatest string quartets of the past 100 years by BBC Music Magazine; Mary Linn, Curator of Cultural and Linguistic Revitalization at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage; and Adam Hanna, URI professor of trombone and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.
This event is free and open to the public with advanced registration. To register for this free event please complete the RSVP form at https://forms.gle/AfsgnNuX8Zmqawna6.
On August 2, the concert will be held at 7:30 P.M. in Edwards Hall at the University of Rhode Island (following a mini-recital at 6:30 P.M. by a different artist). Get tickets at www.kingstonchambermusic.org.
Tate’s music has been described as “rich, provocative and moving” (The New York Times). His Woodland Songs is a five-character suite celebrating the animals that represent different clans of the Eastern Woodlands People, including squirrel, bird, deer, raccoon, and fish. “My compositions typically express Native culture through highly dramatic and theatrical lenses, and this work is meant to amplify the wonderful personalities of each animal,” Tate says. His transcription of Rattle Songs by Pura Fé is the first time the piece will be presented in classical orchestration. Fé is one of the founding members of Ulali, an Indigenous women’s group whose music combines native roots and contemporary styles through vocals, drumming, rattling turtle shells, and stomping.
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