Amazing Grace: Fire and Light

Drew Peterson, pianist

Josephine Baker

John Edward Hasse, guest curator

Felix Conteras, conga

Ellington Carthan, pianist and narrator

Jeffrey Mumford, guest curator

Annie Jacobs-Perkins, cello

Katerina Burton, soprano

CAAPA Choir

Robin De Jesús, actor

David Strathairn, actor

Kevork Mourad, artist

Derek Goldman, playwright/director

José Sacín, bass baritone (Don Quihote)

Israel Lozano, tenor (Master Peter)

Jennifer Zetlan, soprano (Trujaman)

Ricardo Marlow, Flamenco guitar

Philip Kennicott, guest curator

Hany Hassan FAIA, visuals

Flávio Chamis, guest curator

André Mehmari, pianist and composer

Tatjana Mead Chamis, viola

Elin Melgarejo, vocalist

Jerod Tate, guest curator

Nino Rota, composer

Amazing Grace: Fire and Light

Honoring composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate with PCE's American Roots Artist Award

PCE’s seasonal tradition ringing in the New Year, Amazing Grace, returns with a stirring program of music for chamber orchestra and vocal soloists. Celebrating the universal expression of the human spirit through music, PCE’s annual Amazing Grace prompts a living BIPOC composer to curate a concert of music they connect with deeply, as well as sharing their own work. In January, Native American composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate takes PCE on a journey of fire and light in a program featuring selections from his moving cantata Standing Bear and Lowak Shoppala’ (Fire and Light), a work expressing Tate’s Chickasaw heritage through music, among others. The concert also includes Samuel Barber’s dreamlike Knoxville: Summer of 1915 performed by Mvskoke soprano, Kirsten C. Kunkle.

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As a special tribute, PCE will present Mr. Impichchaachaaha’ Tate with PCE’s American Roots Artist Award for outstanding contributions to American music. Bring the family and join us in singing Amazing Grace with the whole ensemble at the end of the evening.

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Concert

Amazing Grace: Fire and Light

Mon. Jan. 13, 2025 7:30p.m

Terrace Theater | The Kennedy Center | 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC

Presented without intermission

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Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate

Kirsten C. Kunkle, soprano

PostClassical Ensemble, conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez

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Program:

Jerod Tate: Hymn

Tate: Spider Brings Fire from Lowak Shoppala’

Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915

Tate: Chokfiꞌ for Strings and Percussion

Tate: Selection from Standing Bear: A Ponca Indian Cantata

Traditional: Amazing Grace

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