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Chickasaw Father & Composer
Chickasaw Hall of Fame Inductee
Creativity Ambassador: State of Oklahoma

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Chickasaw Bro's!!
#IndigenousPeoplesDay2026 taken in First Americans Museum by @jerodtate

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On this Mindful Monday and Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're celebrating Native American history and culture through music!

Revisit a Carnegie Hall Live broadcast from this past February featuring @doverquartet and Chickasaw composer @jerodtate. Here's a snippet of "Deer" from Tate's "Woodland Songs," a beautiful soundtrack for devoting a peaceful moment to mindfulness. 🦌 Listen to the full broadcast on-demand at the link in bio. by @jerodtate

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FOR YOUR GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION: Featured as part of ACO’s album “America in Weimar: On the Margins” released on Platoon, Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate’s Lowak Shoppala’: Scene 4, Clans honors Chickasaw identity and culture through modern classical music and theatre. Clans, the fourth of the work’s eight scenes, focuses on seven family lines within the clan system. Maintained through matrilineal descent, each clan also has an animal name. Swipe through to learn some more exciting facts about the work!

Stream the full album with the link in our bio!/LISTEN HERE:

https://platoon.lnk.to/americainweimar by @jerodtate

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My work Lowak Shoppala' (Fire and Light) is featured on the American Composers Orchestra’s album America in Weimar: On the Margins, released digitally on Platoon. Clans focuses on seven of these family lines—Minko Hall’s Fall of the Weimar Republic: Dancing on the Precipice, a citywide festival in 2024 exploring the thriving creative period in Germany between World War I and World War II. Led by conductor and pianist Rei Hotoda, the program features my piece alongside music by iconic American composers George Antheil, Duke Ellington, and Kurt Weill, and new works by John Glover & Kelley Rourke and Tonia Ko that reflect on parallels and redirections of the past, with performances by mezzo-soprano Chrystal E. Williams and accordionist Felipe Hostins.

Lowak Shoppala' (Fire and Light) is a work that expresses Chickasaw identity through modern classical music and theater. The entire work is in eight scenes and features an orchestra, narration, children’s chorus, traditional Chickasaw and modern dancers, traditional Chickasaw and classical vocalists, and Chickasaw storytellers. Each scene depicts a part of Chickasaw culture and history; Clans is the fourth of eight scenes. In traditional Chickasaw culture, a family clan system was maintained through matrilineal descent. Each clan has an animal name. Clans focuses on seven of these family lines—Minko, Bird, Alligator, Squirrel, Skunk, Panther, and Raccoon—and incorporates numerous traditional Chickasaw melodies and rhythms.

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https://platoon.lnk.to/americainweimar taken in Carnegie Hall by @jerodtate

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Chimaafami Nittak Achiyoppa'shki!!
Happy 13th Birthday, Heloha Tate!!
#ProudChickasawFather
#ChickasawBalletDancer
#ChickasawHornPlayer
📸 @shevyvision taken in Indian Territory by @jerodtate

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In partnership with Debaser, askiy collective are proud to première I̱hollo Taloowa’ (Love Songs) by renowned Chickasaw composer Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha’ Tate at Pique #21. This four-part suite for flute and piano was commissioned by askiy’s @indigenousflutist for herself and @bev.piano

V.J. Sparvier-Wells and Beverley McKiver are part of a vanguard of Indigenous musicians and composers making their mark in contemporary classical music. V. J. Sparvier-Wells is a leader in commissioning, performing and recording works by Indigenous composers, including her own. McKiver’s work has been lauded by American Music Teacher Magazine and included in the Royal Conservatory of Canada’s syllabus. Both composers were contributors to the ground-breaking “Weaving Sounds”, a volume of elementary piano pieces by Native and Indigenous composers.

Sparvier-Wells and McKiver invite acclaimed solo violist Kathryn Patricia Cobbler @kathrynpatriciaviolist to complete askiy collective. Cobbler was featured in the Boston based Concert series, Castle of Our Skin’s Black Composers Miniature Challenge, and recently commissioned by the National Art Gallery of Canada to compose a piece of music for their exhibit, Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment.

Don’t miss this world premiere presentation of I̱hollo Taloowa’ (Love Songs) by Jerod Impichcha̱achaaha’ Tate, presented alongside compositions and improvisational scores by Sparvier-Wells and McKiver, performed by askiy collective at Piqeu #21. Stick around after the performance for a Q&A with the artists.
Seating is limited and first-come, first-served!

📆 September 26, 2026
🕓 19:30
📍LabO Theatre @artscourt

Made possible with support from @cdn.heritage @ontarioartscouncil

🎶 bg music in video is courtesy of VJ Sparvier-Wells by @jerodtate

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Happy National Dance Day, Heloha Tate!!
Mom and I are so proud of you and look forward to watching your career grow!
Aya, Heloha! Go get'em, Thunder! ⚡️🌪️
#ChickasawBalletDancer by @jerodtate

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Thrilled to open the 2026 Kirkpatrick Animal Conference!! taken in Oklahoma Contemporary by @jerodtate

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I am so proud of my Native Maestro Composition Academy students! Help me brag about their success by sharing these videos of their works, performed by members of Dover Quartet and Escher String Quartet, and by watching this super-fun documentary by Gallery America!! Yakkookay, First Americans Museum, for making this all possible!! ✊🏼🎶🪶

Watch the documentary:
https://www.pbs.org/video/jerod-tate-uvrio3/

Watch the live performances:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMSBh_V-i0gw

Renowned Chickasaw composer Jerod Tate is an Emmy Award-winning musician, US State Department Cultural Ambassador & Chickasaw Hall of Fame inductee. Jerod's favorite role is to mentor young composers at the First Americans Museum's Native Maestro Composition Academy. Students spend a week creating original music, then hear their works performed live, empowering them with confidence to pursue their dreams. taken in First Americans Museum by @jerodtate

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As Americans stand together today in solemn remembrance of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, we are reminded of the collective sense of compassion that prevailed to help our country persevere and heal.

We continue to remember the people we lost, and we continue to share our deep gratitude for the many responders whose actions exemplified what duty and service to our fellow Americans truly means.

- Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation Governor Emeritus taken in Indian Territory by @jerodtate

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🎼 Did you miss the premiere of our newest episode featuring acclaimed Chickasaw composer Jerod Tate as he empowers the next generation through a camp for composition?

That's okay! We're airing it again the next THREE Thursday evenings on OETA. The episode is also available to stream anytime for free at PBS.org or on the app.

Chinittakat chinchokma'shki! Have a Great Day! by @jerodtate

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HELOHA TATE
Tulsa Ballet Scholarship Student!!
#ChickasawBalletDancer taken in Tulsa Ballet Center for Dance Education by @jerodtate

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