When the violinist and composer Brandi Berry Benson was researching her Chickasaw heritage, she came across a photograph of a dozen or so Chickasaw women holding stringed instruments — violins, ...

AKRON, Ohio – Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate proudly embraces his identity as an American Indian classical composer. A 2000 graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Tate is a citizen of the ...

The choral work, premiering at Loyola University Chicago on Wednesday, features a libretto written in Chickasaw by the poet ...

The Chickasaw Nation was originally settled in the southeastern United States but after the Indian Removal act of 1830, the tribe was forcibly relocated to present-day, south-central Oklahoma. Though ...

The Seattle Symphony will present two intimate chamber music performances spotlighting Chickasaw American composer Jerod ...

The Music Man, a classic American musical brimming with small-town charm and a touch of con artistry, follows the fast-talking Harold Hill. He arrives in River City, Iowa, posing as a renowned boys' ...

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