Jerod
Impichchaachaaha' Tate was born in 1968 in Norman, Oklahoma and
is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. Mr. Tate is dedicated to the
development of American Indian classical composition, and a recent
review by The Washington Post states that "Tate's connection
to nature and the human experience was quite apparent in this piece
rarer
still is his ability to effectively infuse classical music with
American Indian nationalism." This review was a response to
a recent performance of Iholba (The Vision), for Solo Flute,
Orchestra and Chorus, which was commissioned by the National Symphony
Orchestra and premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts.
Iholba'
and Tracing Mississippi, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra,
were recorded in 2007 by the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco
Symphony Chorus and are currently available on Thunderbird Records.
In
2006, Mr. Tate was the recipient of the Joyce Award which supported
the commission of Nitoshi' Imali, Concerto for Guitar
and Orchestra, which premiered in 2007 with soloist Jason Vieaux
and the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis, conducted by Cary John Franklin.
His new work for orchestra and children's chorus, commissioned
by the American Composers Forum Continental Harmony Project, celebrates
the opening of the new Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma.
In 2008, he was appointed Cultural Ambassador for the State of Oklahoma.
Mr.
Tate received his BM in Piano Performance from Northwestern University
where he studied with Dr. Donald J. Isaak. He then completed his
MM in Piano Performance and Composition at the Cleveland Institute
of Music where he studied with Elizabeth Pastor and Dr. Donald Erb.
Shortly after beginning his piano studies at the Cleveland Institute
of Music, Jerod's first composition, Winter Moons ballet
score, was commissioned by Dr. Patricia Tate and premiered at the
University of Wyoming in 1992. Colorado Ballet subsequently performed
it in 1994 and 1996.
Since
then, Tate has received numerous commissions and his works have
been performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,
Colorado Ballet, The New Mexico Symphony, the Contemporary Music
Forum, Dale Warland Singers, the New Jersey Chamber Music Society
and the Oklahoma City University Wind Philharmonic, to name a few.
Mr.
Tate is Artistic Director for the Chickasaw Chamber Music Festival.
He is Composer-in-Residence for the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy
and was Composer-in-Residence for the Grand Canyon Music Festival's
Native American Composer Apprentice Project in 2004 and 2005. In
2007, he was Composer-in-Residence for The Joyce Foundation/American
Composers Forum, teaching composition to American Indian high school
students in Minneapolis. Mr. Tate received the 2006 Alumni Achievement
Award from the Cleveland Institute of Music and has also received
awards from Meet the Composer and the Percussive Arts Society. He
is happily married to Ursula Running Bear, an enrolled member of
the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota).
Mr.
Tate's middle name, Impichchaachaaha', means "high
corncrib" and is his inherited traditional Chickasaw house
name. A corncrib is a small hut used for the storage of corn and
other vegetables. In traditional Chickasaw culture, the corncrib
was built high off of the ground on stilts to keep its contents
safe from foraging animals.
Jerod
Impichchaachaaha' Tate
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate was born in 1968 in Norman, Oklahoma
and is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. Mr. Tate is dedicated
to the development of American Indian classical composition, and
a recent review by The Washington Post states that "Tate's connection
to nature and the human experience was quite apparent in this piece
rarer
still is his ability to effectively infuse classical music with
American Indian nationalism." This review was a response to a recent
performance of Iholba (The Vision), for Solo Flute, Orchestra and
Chorus, which was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra
and premiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
http://www.jerodtate.com/
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