TALOOWA' CHIPOTA | Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate

About the work:
Taloowa’ Chipota is a work composed for middle school aged chorus. The songs are reminiscent of traditional stomp dancing and are based on old Chickasaw melodies. Stomp dances begin at dusk and end at dawn. The first movement depicts the beginning sunlight of the morning. The second movement is full of abstracted textures emulating the shell shaking in stomp dances. The vocables have no translated meaning and are pronounced in English.
About the concert:
On March 5, 2022, Resonance Ensemble returned to Cerimon House to present ABYA YALA: a gathering that spotlights the words, music, and visual art of indigenous artists from Portland and across the Pan Americas. The evening features works by composers Gabriela Lena Frank, Mari Esabel Valverde, and Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate - culminating in the world premiere of Resonance’s latest commission, the Abya Yala Choral Suite, by Chilean-born Portland composer Freddy Vilches. This substantial work will include musical accompaniment by Vilches’s own group, Matices Latin Ensemble.
Additional works and guest artists include:
Hombre Errante by Gabriela Lena Frank, a substantial work which loosely adapts Peruvian poems and tales to tell the story of a “wandering man of the Andes.”
Oregon Symphony principal cellist Nancy Ives to perform Mari Esabel Valverde’s profound reflection Border Lines and Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s Taloowa’ Chipota.
A photo exhibit by local photographer Joe Cantrell was installed at Cerimon House.