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Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate (Chickasaw, born in Norman, Oklahoma, on July 25, 1968) is a Chickasaw classical composer and pianist.〔(Karl Gehrke, "American Indian traditions come to classical music" ), Minnesota Public Radio, 26 October 2007〕 His compositions are inspired by American Indian history and culture. He has had several commissioned works, which have been performed by major orchestras in Washington, DC; San Francisco, Detroit, and Minneapolis, among others. When the San Francisco Symphony Chorus performed and recorded his work ''Iholba' '' in 2008, it was the first time the chorus had sung any work in Chickasaw or any American Indian language.〔 Tate has also worked to develop younger musicians and composers. He is founder and artistic director of the Chickasaw Chamber Music Festival. He was Co-Founder and Composition Instructor for the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy. He has served as composer-in-residence. Since 2011 he has been an adjunct instructor on the music faculty of Oklahoma City University. ==Biography== Jerod Sheffer Impichchaachaaha' Tate〔 was born in 1968 in Norman, Oklahoma, and is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. With both parents involved in music, theatre and dance, he grew up immersed in classical music. His Chickasaw father, Charles Tate, is a classically trained pianist and baritone, who played at home as well as in professional performance. Through his paternal grandmother, Jerod Tate is part of the Shawi clan.〔 His mother, Dr. Patricia Tate, is of Manx Irish descent.〔 She was a professor of dance and a choreographer.〔 His parents recognized and nurtured Jerod's musical talent. His parents were influential in encouraging his work in music, and by accompanying his father to tribal events, Jerod heard much American Indian music among the peoples of Oklahoma. His Chickasaw middle name, ''Impichchaachaaha’'', means “high corncrib.” It is his inherited traditional Chickasaw house name, traditionally used in a manner similar to a European-American surname.〔 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 of the ground on stilts to keep its contents safe from foraging animals.〔 Tate received his BM in Piano Performance from Northwestern University, where he studied with Dr. Donald J. Isaak. He received his MM in Piano Performance and Composition from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Elizabeth Pastor and Dr. Donald Erb.〔(Jerod Tate Profile and Videos ), American Composers Forum, ''Chickasaw Arts and Humanities'', Chickasaw.TV〕 Shortly before he began his piano studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music, his mother Dr. Patricia Tate commissioned his first composition, asking him for a ballet score. He wrote ''Winter Moons,'' exploring traditions of the tribes from the Northern Plains and Rockies, which premiered at the University of Wyoming in 1992. He found this was a way to combine American Indian tradition and classical training.〔 The Colorado Ballet subsequently performed this ballet in 1994 and 1996. Tate later commented about the experience of composing this work: "I didn't mix my identities of being a classically trained musician and being an American Indian. I never saw that there was even a possible relationship between those two until I started composing. And that's when they came together in a way that made me feel just wonderful."〔 After this, he returned to the Cleveland Institute of Music and initiated his second major, in composition, in addition to piano studies. He also worked with his father and others to study Chickasaw music more deeply.〔 Tate has said an important influence was Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, ”the first ethnomusicologist that was aware of his own folk music; he did it so naturally and so joyfully that I felt the same impulse to do the same thing from where I come from.”〔 (includes video)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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