Chickasaw composer’s “Shell Shaker” to open in 2022

The notion of a grand, two-act opera to showcase Chickasaw culture struck classical music composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate like a lightning bolt. Tate’s epiphany will be a yearlong project to bring Shell Shaker: A Chickasaw Opera to life at the University of Massachusetts’ Amherst College stage March 5, 2022. “It is a perfect two-act grand […]