San Francisco SymphonySan Francisco Symphony Chorus

works byJerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate

Tracing Mississippi Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ TateConcerto for Flute and Orchestra b. 19681. Taloowa’ (Song) (6:23)

2. Missipi’ Aabi (Tracing Mississippi) (6:23)

3. Shilombish Anompoli’ (Talking Spirits) (9:48)

4. Hashi’ Hiloha (Sun Thunder) (6:29)

Christine Bailey Davis, flute

Iholba’ Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ TateFor Solo Flute, Orchestra, and Chorus b. 19685. Halbina’ (The Gift) (15:01)

6. Iholba’ (The Vision) (10:44)

Thomas Robertello, flute

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Edwin Outwater, conductorChristine Bailey Davis, flute

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necessary to the success of the Chickasaw Nation because of theirability to move the culture along by expressing the beauty, strength,

intelligence and spirit of its people, and to enhance the rich legacy ofwho we were, who we are, and who we will be. We wish to improveoverall quality of life by creating a greater awareness of our unique

culture through the encouragement and promotion of artisticexpression and achievement.

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Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ TateComposer

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate was born in 1968 inNorman, Oklahoma, and is a citizen of the ChickasawNation. Mr. Tate is dedicated to the development ofAmerican Indian classical composition, and a recentreview by The Washington Post states that “Tate’sconnection to nature and the human experience was quiteapparent in this piece…rarer still is his ability to infuseclassical music with American Indian nationalism.” Thisreview was a response to a performance of Iholba’ (TheVision), for Solo Flute, Orchestra and Chorus, which wascommissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra andpremiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

In 2006, Mr. Tate was the recipient of the Joyce Award which supported the commissionof Nitoshi’ Imali, Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, which premiered in 2007 withsoloist Jason Vieaux and the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis, conducted by Cary JohnFranklin. His new work for orchestra and children’s chorus, commissioned by theAmerican Composers Forum Continental Harmony Project, celebrates the opening ofthe new Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma.

Mr. Tate received his BM in Piano Performance from Northwestern University where hestudied with Dr. Donald J. Isaak. He then completed his MM in Piano Performance andComposition at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied with Elizabeth Pastorand Dr. Donald Erb. Shortly after beginning his piano studies at the Cleveland Instituteof Music, Jerod’s first composition, Winter Moons ballet score, was commissioned by Dr.Patricia Tate and premiered at the University of Wyoming in 1992. Colorado Balletsubsequently performed it in 1994 and 1996.

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The San Francisco Symphony has been known since its first concerts in 1911 for championing new music andmusic by American composers. Under the leadership of Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director since 1995,the Symphony has not only performed much music created on native soil but has staged festivals devotedentirely to American music. The San Francisco Symphony therefore continues a tradition as it participatesin this groundbreaking project, recording works by American Indian composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate.

Over the years, the San Francisco Symphony has grown in acclaim under a succession of music directors:Henry Hadley, Alfred Hertz, Basil Cameron, Issay Dobrowen, Pierre Monteux, Enrique Jordá, Josef Krips, SeijiOzawa, Edo de Waart, Herbert Blomstedt, and, today, Michael Tilson Thomas. The SFS has won suchrecording awards as France’s Grand Prix du Disque, Britain’s Gramophone Award, and the United States’sGrammy. For RCA Red Seal, Michael Tilson Thomas and the SFS have recorded music from Prokofiev’sRomeo and Juliet, Mahler’s Das klagende Lied, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, two Copland collections, aGershwin collection, Stravinsky ballets (Le Sacre du printemps, The Firebird, and Perséphone), and Charles Ives:An American Journey. Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 inaugurated a Mahler cycle on the Symphony’s own labeland in 2003 captured a Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance. In 2004, the MTT/SFS recording ofMahler’s Third Symphony captured the Grammy for Best Classical Album, and last year their recording ofMahler’s Seventh Symphony captured Grammys for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Album.Some of the most important conductors of the past and recent years have been guests on the SFS podium,among them Bruno Walter, Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, and Sir Georg Solti, and the list ofcomposers who have led the Orchestra includes Stravinsky, Ravel, Copland, and John Adams. The SFS YouthOrchestra, founded in 1980, has become known around the world, as has the SFS Chorus, heard on recordingsand on the soundtracks of such films as Amadeus and Godfather III. Adventures in Music, celebrating its 20thanniversary in 2008, brings music to every child in grades 1 through 5 in San Francisco’s public schools. SFSradio broadcasts, the first in America to feature symphonic music when they began in 1926, today carry theOrchestra’s concerts across the country. In a multimedia program designed to make classical music accessibleto people of all ages and backgrounds, the SFS has launched Keeping Score on PBS-TV, DVD, the World WideWeb (keepingscore.org), and radio (The MTT Files). San Francisco Symphony recordings are available atshopsfsymphony.org.

The San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus are honored to collaborate withcomposer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate in recording his music, bringing to a worldwide audience the worksof a composer descended from the original occupants of the North American continent.

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYMichael Tilson Thomas, Music Director

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUSRagnAr Bohlin, Chorus Director

Since then, Tate has received numerous commissions and his works have been performedby the National Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, the Buffalo PhilharmonicOrchestra, the Colorado Ballet, The New Mexico Symphony, the Contemporary MusicForum, Dale Warland Singers, the New Jersey Chamber Music Society and theOklahoma City University Wind Philharmonic, to name a few.

Mr. Tate is Artistic Director for the Chickasaw Chamber Music Festival. He isComposer-in-Residence for the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy and was Composer-in-Residence for the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American ComposerApprentice Project in 2004 and 2005. In 2007, he was Composer-in-Residence for TheJoyce Foundation/American Composers Forum, teaching composition to AmericanIndian high school students in Minneapolis.

Mr. Tate received the 2006 Alumni Achievement Awardfrom the Cleveland Institute of Music and has alsoreceived awards from Meet the Composer and thePercussive Arts Society. He is happily married to UrsulaRunning Bear, an enrolled member of the Rosebud SiouxTribe (Sicangu Lakota).

Mr. Tate’s middle name, Impichchaachaaha’, means “highcorncrib” and is his inherited traditional Chickasawhouse name. A corncrib is a small hut used for the storageof corn and other vegetables. In traditional Chickasawculture, the corncrib was built high off of the ground onstilts to keep its contents safe from foraging animals.

chofallina pisalika;foyopakma akmi.Oklhiliat aloota:toshpat kánnallikatilhpokonnat nokfónkhakat;fochik malili'at áyya'shaka.Akpi'so:Aamalilili Okkata' ba' Shinok paknaka?Ankano'mi Oklhiliat anola'chi ki'yo.

Nittaki:Himmaka'.Mishsha' pillaat shoppálla'a.Toomikat kallochikat,shotikat akka' mintit alakat,shilombishat sashoolikailbak-oshi' asafoloppichikatsashkin okchi' kashoochikat,kaniya' ishtasonaChihoowaat amanompola'chikaakhimonoka'chika.Aba’ Binni’li’, yakkookay.

cleaning them: I can see;its breath is frozen.The night is full:it moves quickly and,dreaming, remembers; there are shooting stars.I cannot see:Am I running on Seaor Sand?My cousin, Darkness, will not tell.

Morning:Now.In the distance it's light.Shining loudly,the sky coming down,its spirit hugs me,tracing me with its fingers,wiping away my tears,it takes me to whereI no longer have to waitfor God to talk to me.Thank you, Aba’ Binni’li’.

Edwin Outwater, conductor

Edwin Outwater is the newly appointed Music Director of theKitchener Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, Canada. Mr.Outwater recently concluded his tenure as Resident Conductorof the San Francisco Symphony. While there, he worked closelywith Michael Tilson Thomas, accompanied the orchestra ontour and conducted numerous concerts each season. He madehis subscription debut in 2002 with Kurt Masur conductingBritten’s War Requiem, and has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma,Evelyn Glennie, and many others. His programs wereconsistently innovative and featured the works of composerssuch as John Adams, Thomas Adès, Chen Yi, Gabriela LenaFrank, HK Gruber, Lou Harrison, Robin Holloway, Nathaniel Stookey, and Tan Dun. InJuly 2006 Mr. Outwater conducted the world premiere performance and recording of TheComposer is Dead, by Nathaniel Stookey and Lemony Snicket for an eventualHarperCollins release. From 2001-2005 Mr. Outwater was Wattis Foundation MusicDirector of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Mr. Outwater has conducted the Chicago Symphony, as well as symphony orchestras ofUtah, Louisville, New World, and Portland (ME). He has also conducted the New Yorkand Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the Symphony Orchestras ofBaltimore, Houston, Detroit, Seattle, and Indianapolis, among many others.

Mr. Outwater’s work in music education and community outreach has been widelyacclaimed. In 2004 his education programs were given the Leonard Bernstein award forexcellence in educational programming, and his Chinese New Year Program was giventhe MET LIFE award for community outreach. Demonstrating his commitment toeducation, he has appeared with the National Youth Orcehstra of New Zealand, theMusic Academy of the West, the National Orchestral Institute, the Festival-Institute atRound Top, and the Mannes Conservatory Orchestra. Mr. Outwater has served as musicdirector of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony, and has been on the faculties of theUniversity of Tulsa, the Idyllwild Arts Academy, and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

IHOLBA'

Nittaki:Oka' chihmilikat, yaakni' aakochchali,yaaknaat aahoyya sanalhchaba.Toshahli sawa'sihoot áyya'sha,himmaka' hashi'at asontoomikat,saholhpali, sahakshopat lokfi' tobaka.Ishtayali,ittimilinka'si hikalikat:Hikali .... hikali .... hikali ....

Nittak:Naalhpoobaatsahaknip.Foshi'atsashilombish.Ittaat, tali'at, albaatsasho'li.Malilili ... malilili ... malilili ...Hooithána kaniya' ayala'chikat.Hoopisatok.Okaachiloha' ootlhopollikatanchokka' aya.

Oklhili:Shilombishat wakaatfolohónta,imanokfillaat shokmalli.Mahli kapassakat, sashkin fanni'shcha

THE VISION

Morning:Like water, I emerge from the ground,earth dripping off my back.Small pieces remain,now the sun, shining on me,bakes me, my skin becoming clay.I begin,stepping near:I step .... I step .... I step ....

Day:The animalsare my body.The birdsare my spirit.The trees, the rocks, the plantscarry me.I run ... I run ... I run ...They know where I am to go.They have seen.Going through the canyonthey lead to my home.

Night:Spirits flyin circles,thoughts shine.A cold breeze stings my eyes,

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A native of Santa Monica, California, Edwin Outwater attended Harvard University,graduating cum laude in 1993 with a degree in English literature. While at Harvard, hewas music director of the Bach Society Orchestra, the Harvard Din and Tonics (anacclaimed a cappella group), and wrote the music for the 145th annual production of theHasty Pudding Theatricals. He received his master’s degree in conducting from UC SantaBarbara, where he studied with Heiichiro Ohyama, and Paul Polivinick. He also studiedmusic theory and composition with John Stewart, Joel Feigin, and Leonard Stein.

Christine Bailey Davis is the principal flutist of the BuffaloPhilharmonic Orchestra, a position she has held since June1995. She has also performed as guest principal flute withthe Erie Philharmonic and guest assistant principal flutewith the St. Louis Symphony.

Ms. Bailey Davis has performed around the Buffalo area asa soloist and ensemble player since she was eleven yearsold. After soloing with the BPO on two daytime youthconcerts in 1990, she made her professional debut in 1992,at age 18, soloing with the New York City chamberorchestra Philharmonia Virtuosi at Artpark, in Lewiston,NY. She has also soloed with Ars Nova Musicians, as partof their Viva Vivaldi Festival and Red Jacket concert series.After two performances of Carl Nielsen’s Concerto forFlute and Orchestra with the Buffalo Philharmonic in1997, the Buffalo News called her playing “immaculately

accurate, but with a winning, casual, often jaunty approach to phrasing, while extremelycomplex runs and ornamentations seemed artlessly simple, beguiling sculptures of sound.”

Christine Bailey Davis is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was astudent of Philadelphia Orchestra flutist Jeffrey Khaner and Cleveland Orchestramembers Joshua Smith, Martha Aarons, and Mary Kay Fink. She has also studied withJames Galway, Carol Wincenc, Keith Underwood, and Marina Piccinini.

HALBINA'

Amanompoli, anchipotahma,amanompoli.Sachonkash anonka' chokmalo'st amanompoli.Ishnaakoot nanna amikbi' chiya.Ishnaakoot ishyámmoma'hi.

Lashpacha chokkillissa.Hashi' kanallaat yatofa.Kala'at iktoshpo.Hashi'at champoli.________________________Yappat oklhílli.Katiyaktaaanowa' yappat shokmalali?Yappa halililihookyaakpi'so.Ii.Yappat ammi'....________________________Toshpat akhoponna'ookyayaakni' hashtahlika pisali.Yaakni' himona' yappat nanna halbina' ilaka ittimíla.Kallochit foyopalit halbina' okchali.Kanallilikmat nanna móma saya.Ithánali.Yappat yámmoma'hi.

THE GIFT

Talk to me, my child,talk to me.Whisper to meinside my heart.You are my creation.You are supposed to be like this.

It is warm and silent.The time is soft. The colors are slow.The sun tastes good.____________________It is dark here.Where are thesefootprints sparkling?I feel them, butI don't see them.Yes.They are mine....____________________I open my eyes slowly butas it gets light I can see the land.This new landis a strange gift. Breathing deeply, I awaken the gift.When I move, I become all things.I understand.This was supposed to be like this.

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Ms. Bailey Davis had the honor of performing Katherine Hoover’s Medieval Suite withthe Cleveland Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra after being named winner of theschool’s 1994 Spring Concerto Competition.

Christine resides in Buffalo with her husband Michael Davis and their two daughters.She would like to thank Chris and Angela Baranello and Montessori Friends, Will andBonnie Botsford, Daniel Cassidy, Ida Christie, Dorothy Christner, Paul and KarenFerington, L. Marcia Honsberger, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Swing, and Trinity Episcopal Churchof Hamburg, NY.

Thomas Robertello has been a member of the PittsburghSymphony, Cleveland Orchestra and National Symphony. Hehas also been a guest flutist with the San Francisco Symphony,New York Philharmonic, and Houston Grand Opera. He iscurrently on the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music atIndiana University and has also served on the faculties ofCarnegie Mellon University and the Cleveland Institute ofMusic. He has performed as soloist at Pacific Music Festival,Nara Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Brevard MusicCenter, Sarasota Music Festival, Kirishima Festival, SummerMusic Academy Halkidiki Greece, and Londrina FestivalBrazil. His art gallery in Chicago's West Loop has garneredcritical acclaim - see www.thomasrobertello.com

Iholba’, for Solo Flute, Orchestra, and Chorus

Iholba’ (The Vision) is a work inspired by the composer’s native Chickasaw culture. Themusical material of Iholba’ is based on a Chickasaw Garfish Dance song and is performedin the Chickasaw language. The text is original poetry by the composer, and thetranslation was provided by Onita Carnes, Catherine Wilmond and Pamela Munro. Thework is in two movements, entitled Halbina’ (The Gift) and Iholba’ (The Vision).

The Chickasaw language belongs to the Western Muskogean family of American IndianLanguages. Today, it is spoken primarily in the Chickasaw Nation of south-centralOklahoma. In order to preserve the language, the Chickasaw Nation has institutedlanguage revitalization programs including master-apprentice immersion.

Iholba’ was commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and theNational Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, inhonor of the 1996 American Residency Program in Wyoming. It was premieredSeptember 21, 2005 with members of the National Symphony Orchestra, Master Choraleof Washington, Thomas Robertello, Assistant Principal Flutist of the NationalSymphony Orchestra, conducted by Emil de Cou, Associate Conductor of the NationalSymphony Orchestra.

Iholba’ is dedicated to my grandmother, Juanita Foshi’ Keel Tate.

-J. Tate

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Tracing Mississippi, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Mississippi was the original homeland of the Chickasaw Nation until our removal toIndian Territory (now called Oklahoma) in the 1830's. This removal is commonlyknown as the Trail of Tears, and involved numerous tribes from the Southeastern UnitedStates.

Tracing Mississippi is a remembrance of the old country my family lived in andincorporates traditional songs and dance rhythms, along with American Indianpercussion instruments. In particular, the opening solo flute quotes a Chickasaw GarfishDance song. The Choctaw hymn, entitled Worth of the Soul, is quoted by the hornquartet during the final build of the first section (Taloowa'). Specific rhythms throughoutthe work are derived from Southeast Indian and other American Indian sources.

Also included is an original melody by my Comanche colleague and friend, composer andpianist, Dr. David Bad Eagle Yeagley. This melody appears in the third section(Shilombish Anompoli’), played by the solo flute in trio with the piccolo trumpet playingthe Choctaw hymn, and the vibraphone and crotales playing a segment of the GarfishDance song. The Comanche melody is an expression of the beautiful, mournful anddistant voice of the Moon.

Tracing Mississippi was commissioned by Christine Bailey Davis and premiered on March8, 2002 by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ron Spigelman. Ms. BaileyDavis was flute soloist. Tracing Mississippi is dedicated to my wife, Ursula Running Bear.

-J. Tate

Image courtesy of Moundville Archaeological Park, University of Alabama Museums

The cover art is taken from a carved stone disk, recovered from the traditionalhomelands of the old Chickasaw Nation, in Moundville, Alabama. This style of stone

carved disk was typical during the height of our Mississippian cultural era (c.1300-1600A.D.) In general, serpents are representations of the challenging earthbound aspects of

life, while the hand and eye symbols express transcendence and the divine. Thisparticular disk combines those images into a symbol of significant power.

- J. Tate

Tracing Mississippi, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra

Mississippi was the original homeland of the Chickasaw Nation until our removal toIndian Territory (now called Oklahoma) in the 1830's. This removal is commonlyknown as the Trail of Tears, and involved numerous tribes from the Southeastern UnitedStates.

Tracing Mississippi is a remembrance of the old country my family lived in andincorporates traditional songs and dance rhythms, along with American Indianpercussion instruments. In particular, the opening solo flute quotes a Chickasaw GarfishDance song. The Choctaw hymn, entitled Worth of the Soul, is quoted by the hornquartet during the final build of the first section (Taloowa'). Specific rhythms throughoutthe work are derived from Southeast Indian and other American Indian sources.

Also included is an original melody by my Comanche colleague and friend, composer andpianist, Dr. David Bad Eagle Yeagley. This melody appears in the third section(Shilombish Anompoli’), played by the solo flute in trio with the piccolo trumpet playingthe Choctaw hymn, and the vibraphone and crotales playing a segment of the GarfishDance song. The Comanche melody is an expression of the beautiful, mournful anddistant voice of the Moon.

Tracing Mississippi was commissioned by Christine Bailey Davis and premiered on March8, 2002 by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ron Spigelman. Ms. BaileyDavis was flute soloist. Tracing Mississippi is dedicated to my wife, Ursula Running Bear.

-J. Tate

Image courtesy of Moundville Archaeological Park, University of Alabama Museums

The cover art is taken from a carved stone disk, recovered from the traditionalhomelands of the old Chickasaw Nation, in Moundville, Alabama. This style of stone

carved disk was typical during the height of our Mississippian cultural era (c.1300-1600A.D.) In general, serpents are representations of the challenging earthbound aspects of

life, while the hand and eye symbols express transcendence and the divine. Thisparticular disk combines those images into a symbol of significant power.

- J. Tate

Ms. Bailey Davis had the honor of performing Katherine Hoover’s Medieval Suite withthe Cleveland Institute of Music Chamber Orchestra after being named winner of theschool’s 1994 Spring Concerto Competition.

Christine resides in Buffalo with her husband Michael Davis and their two daughters.She would like to thank Chris and Angela Baranello and Montessori Friends, Will andBonnie Botsford, Daniel Cassidy, Ida Christie, Dorothy Christner, Paul and KarenFerington, L. Marcia Honsberger, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Swing, and Trinity Episcopal Churchof Hamburg, NY.

Thomas Robertello has been a member of the PittsburghSymphony, Cleveland Orchestra and National Symphony. Hehas also been a guest flutist with the San Francisco Symphony,New York Philharmonic, and Houston Grand Opera. He iscurrently on the faculty of the Jacobs School of Music atIndiana University and has also served on the faculties ofCarnegie Mellon University and the Cleveland Institute ofMusic. He has performed as soloist at Pacific Music Festival,Nara Festival, Grand Teton Music Festival, Brevard MusicCenter, Sarasota Music Festival, Kirishima Festival, SummerMusic Academy Halkidiki Greece, and Londrina FestivalBrazil. His art gallery in Chicago's West Loop has garneredcritical acclaim - see www.thomasrobertello.com

Iholba’, for Solo Flute, Orchestra, and Chorus

Iholba’ (The Vision) is a work inspired by the composer’s native Chickasaw culture. Themusical material of Iholba’ is based on a Chickasaw Garfish Dance song and is performedin the Chickasaw language. The text is original poetry by the composer, and thetranslation was provided by Onita Carnes, Catherine Wilmond and Pamela Munro. Thework is in two movements, entitled Halbina’ (The Gift) and Iholba’ (The Vision).

The Chickasaw language belongs to the Western Muskogean family of American IndianLanguages. Today, it is spoken primarily in the Chickasaw Nation of south-centralOklahoma. In order to preserve the language, the Chickasaw Nation has institutedlanguage revitalization programs including master-apprentice immersion.

Iholba’ was commissioned by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and theNational Symphony Orchestra of Washington, DC, Leonard Slatkin, Music Director, inhonor of the 1996 American Residency Program in Wyoming. It was premieredSeptember 21, 2005 with members of the National Symphony Orchestra, Master Choraleof Washington, Thomas Robertello, Assistant Principal Flutist of the NationalSymphony Orchestra, conducted by Emil de Cou, Associate Conductor of the NationalSymphony Orchestra.

Iholba’ is dedicated to my grandmother, Juanita Foshi’ Keel Tate.

-J. Tate

Tom

Stio

A native of Santa Monica, California, Edwin Outwater attended Harvard University,graduating cum laude in 1993 with a degree in English literature. While at Harvard, hewas music director of the Bach Society Orchestra, the Harvard Din and Tonics (anacclaimed a cappella group), and wrote the music for the 145th annual production of theHasty Pudding Theatricals. He received his master’s degree in conducting from UC SantaBarbara, where he studied with Heiichiro Ohyama, and Paul Polivinick. He also studiedmusic theory and composition with John Stewart, Joel Feigin, and Leonard Stein.

Christine Bailey Davis is the principal flutist of the BuffaloPhilharmonic Orchestra, a position she has held since June1995. She has also performed as guest principal flute withthe Erie Philharmonic and guest assistant principal flutewith the St. Louis Symphony.

Ms. Bailey Davis has performed around the Buffalo area asa soloist and ensemble player since she was eleven yearsold. After soloing with the BPO on two daytime youthconcerts in 1990, she made her professional debut in 1992,at age 18, soloing with the New York City chamberorchestra Philharmonia Virtuosi at Artpark, in Lewiston,NY. She has also soloed with Ars Nova Musicians, as partof their Viva Vivaldi Festival and Red Jacket concert series.After two performances of Carl Nielsen’s Concerto forFlute and Orchestra with the Buffalo Philharmonic in1997, the Buffalo News called her playing “immaculately

accurate, but with a winning, casual, often jaunty approach to phrasing, while extremelycomplex runs and ornamentations seemed artlessly simple, beguiling sculptures of sound.”

Christine Bailey Davis is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music, where she was astudent of Philadelphia Orchestra flutist Jeffrey Khaner and Cleveland Orchestramembers Joshua Smith, Martha Aarons, and Mary Kay Fink. She has also studied withJames Galway, Carol Wincenc, Keith Underwood, and Marina Piccinini.

HALBINA'

Amanompoli, anchipotahma,amanompoli.Sachonkash anonka' chokmalo'st amanompoli.Ishnaakoot nanna amikbi' chiya.Ishnaakoot ishyámmoma'hi.

Lashpacha chokkillissa.Hashi' kanallaat yatofa.Kala'at iktoshpo.Hashi'at champoli.________________________Yappat oklhílli.Katiyaktaaanowa' yappat shokmalali?Yappa halililihookyaakpi'so.Ii.Yappat ammi'....________________________Toshpat akhoponna'ookyayaakni' hashtahlika pisali.Yaakni' himona' yappat nanna halbina' ilaka ittimíla.Kallochit foyopalit halbina' okchali.Kanallilikmat nanna móma saya.Ithánali.Yappat yámmoma'hi.

THE GIFT

Talk to me, my child,talk to me.Whisper to meinside my heart.You are my creation.You are supposed to be like this.

It is warm and silent.The time is soft. The colors are slow.The sun tastes good.____________________It is dark here.Where are thesefootprints sparkling?I feel them, butI don't see them.Yes.They are mine....____________________I open my eyes slowly butas it gets light I can see the land.This new landis a strange gift. Breathing deeply, I awaken the gift.When I move, I become all things.I understand.This was supposed to be like this.

Jim B

ush

Edwin Outwater, conductor

Edwin Outwater is the newly appointed Music Director of theKitchener Waterloo Symphony in Ontario, Canada. Mr.Outwater recently concluded his tenure as Resident Conductorof the San Francisco Symphony. While there, he worked closelywith Michael Tilson Thomas, accompanied the orchestra ontour and conducted numerous concerts each season. He madehis subscription debut in 2002 with Kurt Masur conductingBritten’s War Requiem, and has collaborated with Yo-Yo Ma,Evelyn Glennie, and many others. His programs wereconsistently innovative and featured the works of composerssuch as John Adams, Thomas Adès, Chen Yi, Gabriela LenaFrank, HK Gruber, Lou Harrison, Robin Holloway, Nathaniel Stookey, and Tan Dun. InJuly 2006 Mr. Outwater conducted the world premiere performance and recording of TheComposer is Dead, by Nathaniel Stookey and Lemony Snicket for an eventualHarperCollins release. From 2001-2005 Mr. Outwater was Wattis Foundation MusicDirector of the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Mr. Outwater has conducted the Chicago Symphony, as well as symphony orchestras ofUtah, Louisville, New World, and Portland (ME). He has also conducted the New Yorkand Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestras, as well as the Symphony Orchestras ofBaltimore, Houston, Detroit, Seattle, and Indianapolis, among many others.

Mr. Outwater’s work in music education and community outreach has been widelyacclaimed. In 2004 his education programs were given the Leonard Bernstein award forexcellence in educational programming, and his Chinese New Year Program was giventhe MET LIFE award for community outreach. Demonstrating his commitment toeducation, he has appeared with the National Youth Orcehstra of New Zealand, theMusic Academy of the West, the National Orchestral Institute, the Festival-Institute atRound Top, and the Mannes Conservatory Orchestra. Mr. Outwater has served as musicdirector of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony, and has been on the faculties of theUniversity of Tulsa, the Idyllwild Arts Academy, and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

IHOLBA'

Nittaki:Oka' chihmilikat, yaakni' aakochchali,yaaknaat aahoyya sanalhchaba.Toshahli sawa'sihoot áyya'sha,himmaka' hashi'at asontoomikat,saholhpali, sahakshopat lokfi' tobaka.Ishtayali,ittimilinka'si hikalikat:Hikali .... hikali .... hikali ....

Nittak:Naalhpoobaatsahaknip.Foshi'atsashilombish.Ittaat, tali'at, albaatsasho'li.Malilili ... malilili ... malilili ...Hooithána kaniya' ayala'chikat.Hoopisatok.Okaachiloha' ootlhopollikatanchokka' aya.

Oklhili:Shilombishat wakaatfolohónta,imanokfillaat shokmalli.Mahli kapassakat, sashkin fanni'shcha

THE VISION

Morning:Like water, I emerge from the ground,earth dripping off my back.Small pieces remain,now the sun, shining on me,bakes me, my skin becoming clay.I begin,stepping near:I step .... I step .... I step ....

Day:The animalsare my body.The birdsare my spirit.The trees, the rocks, the plantscarry me.I run ... I run ... I run ...They know where I am to go.They have seen.Going through the canyonthey lead to my home.

Night:Spirits flyin circles,thoughts shine.A cold breeze stings my eyes,

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Since then, Tate has received numerous commissions and his works have been performedby the National Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, the Buffalo PhilharmonicOrchestra, the Colorado Ballet, The New Mexico Symphony, the Contemporary MusicForum, Dale Warland Singers, the New Jersey Chamber Music Society and theOklahoma City University Wind Philharmonic, to name a few.

Mr. Tate is Artistic Director for the Chickasaw Chamber Music Festival. He isComposer-in-Residence for the Chickasaw Summer Arts Academy and was Composer-in-Residence for the Grand Canyon Music Festival’s Native American ComposerApprentice Project in 2004 and 2005. In 2007, he was Composer-in-Residence for TheJoyce Foundation/American Composers Forum, teaching composition to AmericanIndian high school students in Minneapolis.

Mr. Tate received the 2006 Alumni Achievement Awardfrom the Cleveland Institute of Music and has alsoreceived awards from Meet the Composer and thePercussive Arts Society. He is happily married to UrsulaRunning Bear, an enrolled member of the Rosebud SiouxTribe (Sicangu Lakota).

Mr. Tate’s middle name, Impichchaachaaha’, means “highcorncrib” and is his inherited traditional Chickasawhouse name. A corncrib is a small hut used for the storageof corn and other vegetables. In traditional Chickasawculture, the corncrib was built high off of the ground onstilts to keep its contents safe from foraging animals.

chofallina pisalika;foyopakma akmi.Oklhiliat aloota:toshpat kánnallikatilhpokonnat nokfónkhakat;fochik malili'at áyya'shaka.Akpi'so:Aamalilili Okkata' ba' Shinok paknaka?Ankano'mi Oklhiliat anola'chi ki'yo.

Nittaki:Himmaka'.Mishsha' pillaat shoppálla'a.Toomikat kallochikat,shotikat akka' mintit alakat,shilombishat sashoolikailbak-oshi' asafoloppichikatsashkin okchi' kashoochikat,kaniya' ishtasonaChihoowaat amanompola'chikaakhimonoka'chika.Aba’ Binni’li’, yakkookay.

cleaning them: I can see;its breath is frozen.The night is full:it moves quickly and,dreaming, remembers; there are shooting stars.I cannot see:Am I running on Seaor Sand?My cousin, Darkness, will not tell.

Morning:Now.In the distance it's light.Shining loudly,the sky coming down,its spirit hugs me,tracing me with its fingers,wiping away my tears,it takes me to whereI no longer have to waitfor God to talk to me.Thank you, Aba’ Binni’li’.

Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ TateComposer

Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate was born in 1968 inNorman, Oklahoma, and is a citizen of the ChickasawNation. Mr. Tate is dedicated to the development ofAmerican Indian classical composition, and a recentreview by The Washington Post states that “Tate’sconnection to nature and the human experience was quiteapparent in this piece…rarer still is his ability to infuseclassical music with American Indian nationalism.” Thisreview was a response to a performance of Iholba’ (TheVision), for Solo Flute, Orchestra and Chorus, which wascommissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra andpremiered at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

In 2006, Mr. Tate was the recipient of the Joyce Award which supported the commissionof Nitoshi’ Imali, Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra, which premiered in 2007 withsoloist Jason Vieaux and the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis, conducted by Cary JohnFranklin. His new work for orchestra and children’s chorus, commissioned by theAmerican Composers Forum Continental Harmony Project, celebrates the opening ofthe new Chickasaw Cultural Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma.

Mr. Tate received his BM in Piano Performance from Northwestern University where hestudied with Dr. Donald J. Isaak. He then completed his MM in Piano Performance andComposition at the Cleveland Institute of Music where he studied with Elizabeth Pastorand Dr. Donald Erb. Shortly after beginning his piano studies at the Cleveland Instituteof Music, Jerod’s first composition, Winter Moons ballet score, was commissioned by Dr.Patricia Tate and premiered at the University of Wyoming in 1992. Colorado Balletsubsequently performed it in 1994 and 1996.

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The San Francisco Symphony has been known since its first concerts in 1911 for championing new music andmusic by American composers. Under the leadership of Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director since 1995,the Symphony has not only performed much music created on native soil but has staged festivals devotedentirely to American music. The San Francisco Symphony therefore continues a tradition as it participatesin this groundbreaking project, recording works by American Indian composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate.

Over the years, the San Francisco Symphony has grown in acclaim under a succession of music directors:Henry Hadley, Alfred Hertz, Basil Cameron, Issay Dobrowen, Pierre Monteux, Enrique Jordá, Josef Krips, SeijiOzawa, Edo de Waart, Herbert Blomstedt, and, today, Michael Tilson Thomas. The SFS has won suchrecording awards as France’s Grand Prix du Disque, Britain’s Gramophone Award, and the United States’sGrammy. For RCA Red Seal, Michael Tilson Thomas and the SFS have recorded music from Prokofiev’sRomeo and Juliet, Mahler’s Das klagende Lied, Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique, two Copland collections, aGershwin collection, Stravinsky ballets (Le Sacre du printemps, The Firebird, and Perséphone), and Charles Ives:An American Journey. Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 inaugurated a Mahler cycle on the Symphony’s own labeland in 2003 captured a Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance. In 2004, the MTT/SFS recording ofMahler’s Third Symphony captured the Grammy for Best Classical Album, and last year their recording ofMahler’s Seventh Symphony captured Grammys for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Classical Album.Some of the most important conductors of the past and recent years have been guests on the SFS podium,among them Bruno Walter, Leopold Stokowski, Leonard Bernstein, and Sir Georg Solti, and the list ofcomposers who have led the Orchestra includes Stravinsky, Ravel, Copland, and John Adams. The SFS YouthOrchestra, founded in 1980, has become known around the world, as has the SFS Chorus, heard on recordingsand on the soundtracks of such films as Amadeus and Godfather III. Adventures in Music, celebrating its 20thanniversary in 2008, brings music to every child in grades 1 through 5 in San Francisco’s public schools. SFSradio broadcasts, the first in America to feature symphonic music when they began in 1926, today carry theOrchestra’s concerts across the country. In a multimedia program designed to make classical music accessibleto people of all ages and backgrounds, the SFS has launched Keeping Score on PBS-TV, DVD, the World WideWeb (keepingscore.org), and radio (The MTT Files). San Francisco Symphony recordings are available atshopsfsymphony.org.

The San Francisco Symphony and San Francisco Symphony Chorus are honored to collaborate withcomposer Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate in recording his music, bringing to a worldwide audience the worksof a composer descended from the original occupants of the North American continent.

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONYMichael Tilson Thomas, Music Director

SAN FRANCISCO SYMPHONY CHORUSRagnAr Bohlin, Chorus Director

Among those leading America into the 21st century are the proudpeople of the Chickasaw Nation. We believe that the arts are

necessary to the success of the Chickasaw Nation because of theirability to move the culture along by expressing the beauty, strength,

intelligence and spirit of its people, and to enhance the rich legacy ofwho we were, who we are, and who we will be. We wish to improveoverall quality of life by creating a greater awareness of our unique

culture through the encouragement and promotion of artisticexpression and achievement.

Bill Anoatubby, GovernorLona Barrick, Administrator for the Division of Arts and Humanities

Robyn Elliott, Administrator for the Division of Communications

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Produced in cooperation with the Chickasaw Nation

Recorded June 26 and 27, 2007Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA

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works byJerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate

Tracing Mississippi Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ TateConcerto for Flute and Orchestra b. 19681. Taloowa’ (Song) (6:23)

2. Missipi’ Aabi (Tracing Mississippi) (6:23)

3. Shilombish Anompoli’ (Talking Spirits) (9:48)

4. Hashi’ Hiloha (Sun Thunder) (6:29)

Christine Bailey Davis, flute

Iholba’ Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ TateFor Solo Flute, Orchestra, and Chorus b. 19685. Halbina’ (The Gift) (15:01)

6. Iholba’ (The Vision) (10:44)

Thomas Robertello, flute

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