Chickasaw Composer's 'Shell Shaker' to Open in 2022
ADA, Oklahoma, May 5 -- The Chickasaw Nation, a federally-recognized Native American tribe, issued the following news release:
The notion of a grand, two-act opera to showcase Chickasaw culture struck classical music composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate like a lightning bolt.
Tate's epiphany will be a yearlong project to bring "Shell Shaker: A Chickasaw Opera" to life at the University of Massachusetts' Amherst College stage March 5, 2022.
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The notion of a grand, two-act opera to showcase Chickasaw culture struck classical music composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate like a lightning bolt.
Tate's epiphany will be a yearlong project to bring "Shell Shaker: A Chickasaw Opera" to life at the University of Massachusetts' Amherst College stage March 5, 2022.
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