“A COLLECTIVE LANDSCAPE”

“A COLLECTIVE LANDSCAPE" is Gather Hear’s new project in partnership with Sincangu Lakota Oyate members from Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. 

“A Collective Landscape” is the title of our new show for Lakota singing and classical piano with performers Chaz White Feather (Lakota/Rosebud) and Miki Sawada (Japanese/Boston). The two performers and their art forms - seemingly from completely different worlds - will come together over the course of the show, their underlying common musical language and worldview revealed with use of newly written materials and audience-interactive electronics. On the artistic team are composers Brendon Randall-Myers (NYC, featured composer of Gather Hear West Virginia) and Trevor New (Boston), with Trevor also as Interactive Sound Designer.

We are supported by our Rosebud friends and cultural liaisons, Butch and Billie Artichoker and Justin Baker. Dr. Kathy May Tran of the Rural Medicine Program continues to support us after making the initial introduction of those involved.

It is an honor to be entrusted with their knowledge and traditions, with the understanding that we will amplify Chaz’s voice and Lakota culture, while also creating a work that is daring, novel, and offers glimpses of a future where we focus on all the ways in which we are interconnected. 

We plan to premiere the work at Rosebud Reservation in Fall 2026, and touring it nationally in 2027 and beyond.