The Story of Pa I Sha

presented by The bach & beethoven experience

Date & Time
Friday, June 28, 2024 | 7:30 pm

Venue
Indiana History Center

Address
450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202

Presented by The Bach & Beethoven Experience, The Story of Pa I Sha is a through-composed work of Brandi Berry Benson’s original settings and arrangements of hymns, social dances, and traditional songs from the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations interwoven with English and Choctaw narration.

Rachael Youngman, narrator & vocalist (tribal affiliation: Choctaw)
Leighann Daihl Ragusa, Native American flute, and traverso
Brandi Berry Benson, BBE Artistic Director and period violin (tribal affiliation: Chickasaw)
Kiyoe Matsuura, period viola
Erica Rubis, period cello
Michaela Marchi, Chickasaw/Choctaw indigenous percussion (tribal affiliation: Isleta Pueblo)