2008 Performances
November 16
"Sounds from the Southwest"
Dream World, for woodwinds, percussion and narrator, will be performed by Voices of Change at 7:30 p.m., Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church in Dallas, TX, with Jerod appearing as Guest Composer and Narrator.
Program:
Dan Welcher - Dante Dances for clarinet and piano
Ellen Seldin - Futility for vocal quartet and piano
Anne Strickland - New Work Wind Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon
Jason Ballman - The Lake for vocal quartet and marimba
Ian Clarke - Zoom Tube for solo flute
Jerod Tate - Dream World for 2 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, percussion and narrator (the composer)
That week, Tate will tour elementary schools with Voices of Change and perform his work Spirit Chief Names the Animal People.
November 9
Seven of Jerod's composition students will have their works performed by The Ambrosia Quartet, at the National Museum of the American Indian, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during the third annual Classical Native Music Program. Emmanuel Gray (Navajo) will play a solo guitar recital, followed by The Ambrosia Quartet, performing the works of Paris Fairbanks (Ojibway), Wyas Parker (Chickasaw), Coutrney Parchcorn (Chickasaw), Emmanuel Gray (Navajo), Joel Waukazo (Ojibway), Kate Duty (Chickasaw) and Ryan Hoosava (Hopi).
July 17
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, with Resident Conductor Thomas Wilkins, will perform Shakamaxon for String Orchestra, at the the Max M. Fisher Music Center.
July 14-25
Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy
Jerod will be Composer-in-Residence for the fourth annual Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy. The Chickasaw Nation is the only tribe in the United States that sponsors it's own fine arts academy. Chickasaw and American Indian students, ages 8-19, major in Art, Dance, Literature, Music Composition Theatre and Video Production, culminating in a grand public performance at the end of the academy. For more information, contact Laura.Stewart@chickasaw.net.
June 14
Conductors/Musicians: Role of Performers in the Community
Jerod was a guest panelist for the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, CO. Addressing the needs of creative thinking in the classical community, he was joined by:
Alan Fletcher, President and CEO of the Aspen Music Festival and School; Michael Morgan, Music Director of Oakland East Bay Symphony; Robert Wagner, Principal Bassoon with the New Jersey Symphony; Gaylon Patterson, assistant principal second violin for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra; Lisa Dixon, Director of Community Engagement & Operations for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
June 10
Ryan Warner, host of KCFR's Colorado Matters, interviews Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate about the release of his new album, recorded by the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus.
A clip of Jerod's interview was also featured during Morning Edition on KCFR.
May 17
"...it effectively invokes the timeless lives of a people who inhabited this region for 15,000 years before the first European settlers crossed the Atlantic." - Tom Purdom
Read the full Broad Street Review
May 13
Sequenza/21
"Tate has an uncanny ability to synthesize his nationalistic ideas into his musical language instead of smearing nationalistic touches onto the music like icing on a cake." - Jay Batzner
Read the full Sequenza/21 Review
May 9
Jerod's new composition entitled Shakamaxon, commissioned by the Philadelphia Classical Symphony, will premier Friday, May 9 at 8:00 p.m. at the Trinity Center, 22nd & Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, conducted by Karl Middleman.
April 25 & 26
Taloa' Hiloha, for Solo Timpani will be performed by The Playground at the King Center recital hall at the University of Colorado Denver College of Arts and Media, Auroria Campus. Both concerts are at 7:30pm and are free to the public. The Playground is a musical ensemble dedicated to the ground-breaking works of the 20th century, as well as the music of our own time. With intriguing programs in diverse settings they aim to expand common conceptions of both contemporary music and the chamber ensemble.
March 12
Jerod interviewed on The Oklahoman - NEWSOK.com
February 6-9
Jerod was Resident Composer and Guest Lecturer for Dr. Edward Knight's composition students and Dr. Matthew Mailman's conducting students at Oklahoma City University.
That evening, he was officially inducted as a Creativity Ambassador for the State of Oklahoma, an honor bestowed upon him by Kim Henry, First Lady of the State of Oklahoma. The official launch of this Oklahoma Creativity Project took place with a gala event at the Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. There, his composition entitled Dream World was performed by faculty members from Oklahoma City University, conducted by Dr. Matthew Mailman, with Jerod appearing as Narrator.
February 6
Jerod interviewed on Channel 9 in Oklahoma City.
