Picture caption: Raven Chacon, Laura Ortman, Kite, Michael Begay

Amerind supports Indigenous Composers at the Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Friday, September 20, 7 pm

Linda Ronstadt Music Hall

Tickets are free

Amerind’s community is proud to join our friends at the Tucson Symphony Orchestra (TSO) in supporting new compositions by four Native American Composers: Pulitzer Prize winner Raven Chacon (Diné), Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache), Kite (Oglala Lakota), and Michael Begay (Diné). Along with many other TSO supporters, Amerind is pleased to help sponsor this special musical event. Tickets are free and can be acquired at the TSO’s website https://www.tucsonsymphony.org/event/colaboratory-2024/.

Tucson Symphony Orchestra is proud to partner with the American Composers Orchestra to present EarShot CoLABoratory, a program designed to develop the work of composers from musical traditions that are underrepresented in the orchestra world. CoLABoratory Residencies provide artists with generative space with orchestral forces to develop ideas that are too big and beautiful for a traditional reading or commissioning model.

On September 20, TSO will read drafts of new compositions by four Native composers including Pulitzer Prize winner Raven Chacon (Diné), Laura Ortman (White Mountain Apache), Kite (Oglala Lakota), and Michael Begay (Diné). During this workshop session, the audience will get to observe the collaborative process between the composers and the orchestra. Composers will work with Maestro Gomez and the musicians of the orchestra to develop concepts and refine their work.