Timothy Long (Muscogee Creek/ Choctaw) Associate Professor and Music Director of Opera at the Eastman School of Music

Timothy Long is a conductor and pianist of Muscogee Creek and Choctaw descent from the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town. He has been praised by critics for his “sharp conducting” (Washington Post), and his orchestras have triumphed with displays of “breadth, depth and color” (Riverfront Times).

Tim’s training as a pianist and multi-instrumentalist led to conducting engagements with such companies such as Boston Lyric Opera, Wolf Trap Opera, Opera Colorado, Utah Opera, Tulsa Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, The Juilliard School, Yale Opera, the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, the Prague Summer Nights Festival Orchestra, the Trondheim Sinfonietta, and off-Broadway with The New Group.

Tim has been on grant panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, Opera America, American Lyric Theater, and the Urban Artist Initiative/NYC. He is an Associate Professor at the Eastman School of Music.

Tim conducted the 2017 World Premiere of Missing, a groundbreaking new work by Marie Clements and Brian Current about the 4,000 missing Indigenous women in Canada. In 2019, he conducted a Canadian tour of Missing with Pacific Opera Victoria, the Regina Symphony Orchestra, and the Prince George Symphony Orchestra. This extraordinary composition is the first opera to be sung in both the Gitxsan and English languages. These shows reached out with private performances for the Indigenous victims’ families, and offered traditional sacred healing to all audience members.

For more information about Timothy Long and any upcoming events please go to https://timothylongmusic.com/

https://events.rochester.edu/event/eastman_philharmonia_8604

Eastman School of Music will present the world premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Anthony Davis' How Bright the Sunlight, a work for symphony orchestra and narrator, with a libretto curated by the first Native American US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo. The narration, spoken by Joy, is based on both the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address and Joy’s poem, Thanksgiving in a Time of War and Confusion. Timothy Long will be conducting the world premiere as part of Eastman's ongoing Centennial celebrations.

In this episode we catch up with Landis Bahe ( Diné Nation), hailing from Flagstaff Az, Landis is an artist who's art spans several mediums including tattoos, fine art, skateboard decks, music and apparel. He is the Founder Co-curator of the PIVOT Exhibit an art showcase featuring 33 Indigenous Artists whereby the artists use Skateboard Decks as their canvas and they are able tell stories and share their art in a contemporary expression. The exhibit is currently being shown at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque New Mexico from Feb. 24, 2022 - Feb. 19, 2023.

Landis shares with us his philosophy on art and some of his guiding principles which he draws upon from his Diné culture. Join us in this conversation as he is an interesting person and incredibly talented artist.

Greetings, in the episode we get to meet Randy’L Teton (Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Member)

Randy’L was born and raised on the Fort Hall Reservation in Lincoln Creek District in southeastern Idaho. Randy’L is culturally active in her community and serves on various tribal and historical museum boards.

She serves as the Public Affairs Manager for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and is the point of contact for all external media, public relations and cultural tourism in partnership with regional, tribal, state, and federal agencies.  According to the United States Mint, Randy’L is the ‘Youngest & Only Living model’ on U.S currency. She served as the Shoshone model in 1998 for Santa Fe artist Glenna Goodacre and in 2000 the coin was released to the public. Teton spent two years after the release marketing the new dollar coin with the U.S. Mint.   Teton has travelled nationwide representing Sacajawea and her story as the only living model on a coin at a national level. Teton was also special guest at various large and small coin shows throughout the United States.

In this episode I get to meet an amazing artist and down to earth soul. Mr. John Isaiah Pepion an acclaimed artist, muralist and educator who hails from the Blackfeet Nation in northern Montana. His plains graphic art combines traditional design and contemporary illustrations to create a signature look that is instantly recognized throughout the country.

John’s considers his art journey as ceremony because his understanding of his past, family, and culture grows with each piece he creates.  “Through my art,” he says, “I find personal healing, cultural preservation and a deeper connection to place.”

John shares with me some of his challenges and successes as an indigenous artist and the work he is doing in his community to help the youth and the work he is doing with Native-owned Eighth Generation and their Inspired Natives Project with the goal of increasing his business capacity. His goal is to bring his cultural art to market while maintaining control over the stories embedded within it.

In this episode we meet an artist from the Zuni Nation of New Mexico, Gents Cheama is an artist that uses traditional art and images from his culture and finds a way to be respectfully marry those to contemporary artistic expression. He's an illustrator and painter and a Tattoo Artist, I came across his art when I was looking through images of art submissions for the Pivot Skateboard Art Show, currently on display at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque New Mexico. Gents is a soft spoken humble man with great talent and an awesome story to tell. Please enjoy.

In this episode I have the opportunity to reconnect with a friend and learn about the work she is doing and the impact she is having on telling stories and sharing Indigenous Knowledge through AI (artificial intelligence). She's an Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence and the Arts/ Digital Arts and Sciences, she's the founder of the successful podcast Wampum.codes. Through her work she is looking to develop and build an ethical framework for AI and software development based on principles as understood by Indigenous People and more specifically her people (Seneca Cayuga of Oklahoma.)

In this episode I can catch up with a former student and friend Dr. Michael Charles, he's a graduate of Cornell University where he and I met and became friends. His post-grad work has inspired and amazed me. I am proud to know him and am honored to host him on this podcast.

Dr. Michael Charles, An American Indian scientist from the Navajo Nation and recent Ph.D. graduate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University with research interest in bringing ecosystems into the design and decision-making of technical systems while exploring how to use academic research to impact social, political, and ethical issues

In this episode we catch up with Landis Bahe ( Diné Nation), hailing from Flagstaff Az, Landis is an artist who's art spans several mediums including tattoos, fine art, skateboard decks, music and apparel. He is the Founder and Co-Curator of the PIVOT Exhibit an art showcase featuring 33 Indigenous Artists whereby the artists use Skateboard Decks as their canvas and they are able tell stories and share their art in a contemporary expression. The exhibit is currently being shown at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque New Mexico from Feb. 24, 2022 - Feb. 19, 2023.

Landis shares with us his philosophy on art and some of his guiding principles which he draws upon from his Diné culture. Join us in this conversation as he is an interesting person and incredibly talented artist.

Greetings, in the episode we get to meet Randy’L Teton (Shoshone-Bannock Tribal Member)

Randy’L was born and raised on the Fort Hall Reservation in Lincoln Creek District in southeastern Idaho. Randy’L is culturally active in her community and serves on various tribal and historical museum boards. 

She serves as the Public Affairs Manager for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and is the point of contact for all external media, public relations and cultural tourism in partnership with regional, tribal, state, and federal agencies.

In this episode we catch up Deyowidront Teri Morrow Bomberry (Cayuga/ Wolf Clan of Six Nations) a Mother, Dietitian, Hunter, Yogi and all around Awesome Person. On the heels of the International Women's Day it's fortunate that I am able to spend this time speaking with Deyo about her practice as a Registered Dietitian and how she is able to incorporate Indigenous Food Knowledge and Indigenous teachings to work with Indigenous Communities on ways that they can make informed decisions on how food and health and well being are symbiotic and important to consider. She is a powerhouse and a wealth of knowledge and information. At the end of the interview she was generous enough to share a Haudenosaunee Seed Song with us. I hope you enjoy this episode and just to add a bit more authenticity and richness to the conversation you will hear her two young children in the background.