Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate
Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano
PostClassical Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez

PCE’s beloved New Year’s tradition, Amazing Grace, returns with a captivating program for chamber orchestra and vocal soloists. This annual event celebrates the universal expression of the human spirit through music, inviting a living composer to curate a concert designed to uplift and inspire. In January, PCE welcomes Native American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, who will guide us on a journey of fire and light. The program includes Tate’s Chokfi’ for strings and percussion, his evocative Hymn, selections from his rhapsodic cantata Standing Bear performed by baritone Javier Arrey, and Lowak Shoppala’ (Fire and Light), a work expressing Tate’s Chickasaw heritage through music, with texts by poet Linda Hogan. The concert will also feature Samuel Barber’s dreamlike Knoxville: Summer of 1915 performed by Mvskoke soprano, Kirsten C. Kunkle.

Program

• Jerod Tate: Hymn from Lowak Shoppala’
• Tate: Spider Brings Fire from Lowak Shoppala’
• Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
• Tate: Chokfiꞌ for Strings and Percussion
• Sergei Prokofiev: Larghetto from Symphony no. 1 "Classical"
• Tate: Selection from Standing Bear: A Ponca Indian Cantata
• Traditional: Amazing Grace