From Venezuela to the American Southwest

This chamber music program brings together works by María Teresa Carreño, Amy Beach, and Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, highlighting composers whose contributions expanded the classical canon across generations and cultures.

The program includes Carreño’s String Quartet in B minor from 1896. Carreño was a Venezuelan pianist, soprano, composer, and conductor whose 54 year career established her as an internationally recognized virtuoso. Often called the “Valkyrie of the Piano,” she composed approximately 75 works spanning solo piano, voice and piano, choir and orchestra, and instrumental ensembles.

Also featured is Amy Beach’s String Quartet in One Movement, Op. 89, written in 1921. Beach was an American composer and pianist and the first successful American female composer of large scale art music. Her “Gaelic” Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman.

The program concludes with Pisachi, meaning Reveal, by Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate. A Chickasaw classical composer and pianist born in 1968, Tate draws inspiration from North American Indigenous history, culture, and ethos. His commissioned works have been performed by major orchestras in Washington, DC; San Francisco; Detroit; and Minneapolis. His work Iholba’ marked the first time the San Francisco Symphony Chorus performed in the Chickasaw language. Pisachi was commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is featured on the ETHEL String Quartet album Documerica.

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