Premiere of the Month: Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s work for the Dover Quartet

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Traditional Chickasaw melodies evoke woodland animals

In Woodland Songs, American Indian composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s new five-part work for string quartet, five woodland animals are brought to life. ‘In the piece I’m influenced by the songs of my Chickasaw tribe, but I’m also mirroring those songs back out to my ancestors through my modern Chickasaw lens,’ he says…

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