Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (born in Norman, Oklahoma, on July 25, 1968) is a Chickasaw classical composer and pianist. He is one of a handful of American Indian classical composers, and his compositions are based on American Indian history and culture.

Selected compositions

• 2007 - Nitoshi' Imali, concerto for guitar and orchestra
• Iholba', solo flute, orchestra, and chorus
• Tracing Mississippi, concerto for flute and orchestra
• Worth of the Soul, symphonic wind ensemble, chorus, and narrator
• Winter Moons, ballet score
• Itti' Bo'li, for chorus and piano
• Elsie, solo timpani, wind ensemble, and percussion
• Iyaaknasha^', double bass and orchestra
• Diva Ojibway, operetta
• Spirit Chief Names the Animal People, orchestra and narrator
• Dream World Blesses Me, woodwinds, percussion, and narrator
• Oktibihah, solo timpani, strings and piano
• Fall 500, flute, cello, and percussion
• Inchokkillissa, guitar and percussion
• Taloa' Hiloha (Thunder Song), solo timpani

Discography

• 2008 - Works by Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate. Includes Tracing Mississippi and Iholba'. Performed by Christine Bailey Davis and Thomas Robertello, flutes, with the San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus, dir. Edwin Outwater. Cleveland, Ohio: Thunderbird Records.

External links

• Official website
  • Works
• "The Nation of Tate", The Official Site of the Chickasaw Nation
• NewMusicBox cover: Native Composer: Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate in conversation with Frank J. Oteri, October 17, 2008 (includes video)
• Member Bio, American Composers Forum
• Jerod Tate YouTube Channel
• "American Indian Composers Go Classical", by Felix Contreras, from All Things Considered, January 1, 2009