Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate Teams with SDSO for Music Alive Residency
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 21, 2016
Music Alive prioritizes collaborative work and immersive experiences for composers, orchestra musicians, artistic leadership, and community members. Music Alive hopes to demonstrate - through active partnership with the participating residency pairings - the power and value of living composers working at the center of American orchestras.
"The SDSO is truly honored to be partnering with New Music USA, alongside such venerable institutions as the Philadelphia Orchestra and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra," said SDSO Music Director Delta David Gier. "The SDSO strives to build bridges in our community and across the state and region with the goal of connecting people through music, of creating understanding through sharing something we all love. Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate has already played an integral role in our Lakota Music Project. This new partnership will allow the orchestra to impact the communities we serve in even more significant ways."
The SDSO chose Jerod as its composer because of a long-history of impactful work together, Jerod's passion for and success in mentoring young composers, and the partnership's ability to assist the SDSO in addressing the state-wide issue of race relations through the Lakota Music Project. The SDSO's work with Jerod began in 2009 with the commission of Waktégli Olówa? (Victory Songs), sung in Lakota, based on five Sioux Warriors. Jerod's residency will focus on realizing the SDSO's vision for Phase III of its Lakota Music Project which includes in depth residency in a small number of South Dakota Communities.
The five new Music Alive composer-orchestra pairings are:
Lembit Beecher and The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Anna Clyne and Berkeley Symphony
Stacy Garrop and Champaign-Urbana Symphony Orchestra
Hannibal Lokumbe and The Philadelphia Orchestra
Jerod Tate and South Dakota Symphony Orchestra
Launched in 1999 as a joint program between Meet The Composer (now New Music USA) and the League of American Orchestras, Music Alive has been a steward and partner in a multitude of projects that foster strong working relationships between American orchestras and accomplished composers across the country. In its 17 years, the program has supported 115 composers, 77 orchestras, and 119 distinct residencies.
Music Alive is made possible due to a $1.5 million lead grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Francis Goelet Charitable Lead Trusts, The Amphion Foundation, and The ASCAP Foundation Bart Howard Fund.
The South Dakota Symphony Orchestra (SDSO) has been a visionary arts leader for over 94 years. The SDSO works to accomplish its mission: "To celebrate the tradition of live orchestral music and enrich the lives of people throughout our region" through concert, touring, education, and community engagement programs. The SDSO is grounded in ve core values: Community Engagement, Creating Partnerships, Lifelong Impact, Educational Opportunities, and Live Symphonic Music. The orchestra's 21-concert season includes four series. The SDSO's touring program brings live orchestral music to over 20 communities in South Dakota. The organization answers the question of relevance to its unique demographics through award-winning education and community engagement programs. The SDSO's extensive community engagement program includes the Lakota Music Project, Music as Medicine, and High School Residency. These programs and others reach over 15,000 preschool through high school children and underserved populations each season. During the 2015-16 season, over 250 musical events were performed, serving over 54,000 people. In 2012 with the John S. Edwards Award which commended the orchestra for its commitment to New American Music, and again in 2013 with the Morton Gould Award for Adventurous Programming, honoring the orchestra for extraordinary efforts beyond the usual-and-accustomed activity. In 2016, the SDSO was awarded the Bush Prize for Community Innovation, honoring the orchestra's pioneering work in engaging its unique community.
The League of American Orchestras leads, supports, and champions America's orchestras and the vitality of the music they perform. Its diverse membership of more than 2,000 organizations and individuals across North America runs the gamut from world-renowned symphonies to community groups, from summer festivals to student and youth ensembles, from conservatories to libraries, from businesses serving orchestras to individuals who love symphonic music. The only national organization dedicated solely to the orchestral experience, the League is a nexus of knowledge and innovation, advocacy, and leadership advancement. Its conferences and events, award-winning Symphony magazine, website, and other publications inform people around the world about orchestral activity and developments. Founded in 1942 and chartered by Congress in 1962, the League links a national network of thousands of instrumentalists, conductors, managers and administrators, board members, volunteers, and business partners. Visit americanorchestras.org.
New Music USA is devoted to fostering the creation, dissemination, and enjoyment of new American music. New Music USA places special emphasis on broadening the public community for the music and musicians whom we serve. Advocacy in the broadest sense is at the heart of all of New Music USA's work. It is inherent in the work of the online magazine NewMusicBox and radio station Counterstream, in all of New Music USA's grantmaking activity-which distributes more than one million dollars each year to the eld-and in New Music USA's role as a key voice in the national and international scenes. Go to NewMusicUSA.org for more.
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