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From ‘Winter Moons’ to ‘Appalachian Spring’
Oregon East Symphony presents free
pair of American ballet suites based
on Native and pioneer experiences
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P
ENDLETON, HERMISTON —
Thanks to a grant from the
Roundhouse Foundation, the
Oregon East Symphony will off er
free general admission to its
spring concert “Winter Moons.”
Performances are set for
7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 12,
at the Vert Auditorium, 480 SW
Dorion Ave. in Pendleton, and
2:30 p.m., Sunday, March 13, at
the Hermiston High School Audi-
torium, 600 S. First St.
Complimentary general ad-
mission tickets to each concert
are available at the OES offi ce,
345 SW Fourth St. in Pendleton.
For a list of other ticket loca-
tions, visit OregonEastSym-
phony.org. Reserved seating is
available for purchase by calling
541-276-0320 or visiting the
website. Masks are required at
both performances.
OES conductor and artistic
director Dr. Beau Benson will
lead the symphony in performing
a pair of American ballet suites
from Native American and
pioneer experiences: Jerod
Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s
“Winter Moons” and Aaron
Copland’s “Appalachian Spring.”
According to a press release,
“Winter Moons” is a ballet based
on American Indian legends
from the Northern Plains and
Rocky Mountains. The title of the
ballet comes from the idea that
American Indian stories are best
told during the full moons of the
wintertime. “Winter Moons” was
Tate’s fi rst composition, com-
missioned and choreographed
by Tate’s mother, Dr. Patricia
Tate, in 1992, for the University
of Wyoming Department of The-
atre and Dance.
The younger Tate, a classi-
cal composer and citizen of the
Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma,
is dedicated to the development
of American Indian classical
composition. A Washington Post
review states that “Tate is rare as
an American Indian composer of
classical music. Rarer still is his
ability to eff ectively infuse clas-
sical music with American Indian
nationalism.”
We thank these Chambers Members
for their continued support
Shevaun Williams/Contributed image
Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate composed “Winter Moons,” featured in the
March 12 and 13 performances by the Oregon East Symphony.
His commissioned works
have been performed by the
National Symphony Orches-
tra, San Francisco Symphony
and Chorus, Dallas Symphony
Orchestra, Detroit Symphony
Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra,
Buff alo Philharmonic Orchestra,
Oklahoma City Philharmonic,
Winnipeg Symphony Orches-
tra, South Dakota Symphony
Orchestra, Colorado Ballet,
Canterbury Voices, Dale War-
land Singers, Santa Fe Desert
Chorale and Santa Fe Chamber
Music Festival.
In addition to his work based
upon his Chickasaw culture,
Tate has worked with the mu-
sic and language of multiple
tribes, such as Choctaw, Na-
vajo, Cherokee, Ojibway, Creek,
Pechanga, Comanche, Lakota,
Hopi, Tlingit, Lenape, Tongva,
Shawnee, Caddo, Ute, Aleut,
Shoshone, Cree, Paiute and Sal-
ish/Kootenai.
Tate’s middle name, Impich-
chaachaaha’, means “his high
corncrib” and is his inherited
traditional Chickasaw house
name. A corncrib is a small hut
used for the storage of corn and
other vegetables. In traditional
Chickasaw culture, the corncrib
was built high off the ground on
stilts to keep its contents safe
from foraging animals.
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