Amazing Grace: Fire and Light
PostClassical Ensemble’s New Year tradition, Amazing Grace, will feature Native American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, who will showcase his works, including selections from his cantata Standing Bear, and will receive the American Roots Artist Award for his contributions to American music.
PostClassical Ensemble’s seasonal tradition of ringing in the New Year, Amazing Grace, returns with a captivating program featuring music for chamber orchestra and vocal soloists.
Celebrating the universal expression of the human spirit through music, Amazing Grace invites a BIPOC composer to curate a concert that resonates with them personally and share their own work. In January, Native American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate will lead PCE on a journey of fire and light.
The program includes selections from his poignant cantata Standing Bear and Lowak Shoppala (Fire and Light), which reflect Tate’s Chickasaw heritage. The concert will also feature Samuel Barber’s dreamlike Knoxville: Summer of 1915, performed by Mvskoke soprano Kirsten C. Kunkle.
Program
- Jerod Tate: Hymn
- Tate: Spider Brings Fire from Lowak Shoppala’
- Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915
- Tate: Chokfiꞌ for Strings and Percussion
- Tate: Selection from Standing Bear: A Ponca Indian Cantata
- Traditional: Amazing Grace
Artists
- Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, composer and guest curator
- Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano
- Javier Arrey, baritone
- PostClassical Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Practical information
- Phone: (202) 467-4600
- Venue: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Terrace Theater, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566
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