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Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
WOODLAND SONGS
Dover Quartet: Music of Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha' Tate, Pura Fé, & Dvořák
Listening Link: soundcloud.com/jerodtate/sets…
Abokkoli' Taloowa' (Woodland Songs), commissioned by Dover String Quartet, is a modern Chickasaw composition about woodland animals from our Southeastern homelands. Our traditional woodland animals are so revered that our family clans are named after them. My family is Shawi' Iksa', Raccoon Clan. Each woodland animal has a special ethos and there are many traditional stories about them. In this work, five woodland animals are represented: Squirrel, Bird, Deer, Fish and Raccoon. Each movement is like an epitome - a deep, dramatic and rhapsodic expression of my feelings of being a Chickasaw man from a beautiful and robust culture. I love our animals, and I love composing works about them.
Abokkoli' Taloowa' is full of Chickasaw melodies, rhythms and musical structure. Sometimes these elements appear very clearly, where the melody may romantically soar above the ensemble. Sometimes they are abstracted into the texture of the quartet and hidden inside the spirit of the animal. I allow myself to fluidly dance between cultural clarity and modern expressionism. I am deeply inspired by our modern Native artists, choreographers, authors and film makers - each proudly expressing their individual identity within rich ancestry. I encourage each listener to create their own emotional story of each animal and imprint these legends into their hearts.
Fani' (Squirrel)
Bakbak (Woodpecker)
Issi' (Deer)
Nani' (Fish)
Shawi' (Raccoon)
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