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Charles Shadle: Postcards from Native America for Wind Quintet (PDFs)

$70.00

For many years the Oklahoma vehicle registration plate bore the slogan “Native America” and as a Choctaw I took a certain delight in noting the recognition this gave to Indigenous people in the State where I was born. While the slogan has been replaced—perhaps it was deemed too politically charged—it surely reflected how deeply connected Oklahoma was to the Native American world. In my Postcards from Native America, I celebrate five of the tribes who call the region home, as well as evoking some of the character and history of the places that are the historic centers of their tribal governments. Postcards from Native America is a suite in five short movements.

For many years the Oklahoma vehicle registration plate bore the slogan “Native America” and as a Choctaw I took a certain delight in noting the recognition this gave to Indigenous people in the State where I was born. While the slogan has been replaced—perhaps it was deemed too politically charged—it surely reflected how deeply connected Oklahoma was to the Native American world. In my Postcards from Native America, I celebrate five of the tribes who call the region home, as well as evoking some of the character and history of the places that are the historic centers of their tribal governments. Postcards from Native America is a suite in five short movements.

Postcards from Native America (Five Tribal Capitols) was composed during the Spring of 2024 and was commissioned by Kae Wilbert (Cherokee) for the E-Yeh-Pah-Hey Wind Quintet with generous funding from the Cady Grant of the United Methodists of Upper New York.

Charles Shadle (b.1960, Ardmore OK), an enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, teaches composition, music theory, and music history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he serves as Senior Lecturer in Music, and as Theory Coordinator. He was educated at the University of Colorado, Tulane University, and Brandeis University, where he received his Ph.D. in Composition and Theory. Dr. Shadle’s catalogue includes chamber music, four operas, four symphonies, six film scores for the National Film Preservation Foundation, and numerous choral pieces and songs.

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