Performed by Mariana Gariazzo

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Wamak̄aṡk̄aƞ The Animal Kingdom

Wamak̄aṡk̄aƞ "The Animal Kingdom" - Bass Flute

Sunset on the Badlands

Sunset On The Badlands - native flute and piano

La Canción de Cardenio

La Canción de Cardenio | from Don Quixote - solo for Mezzo-soprano

Duet for two native 6-hole wooden flutes.

Commissioned by Sičháŋgu Lakȟóta Chief Leonard Crow Dog in 2020 for the reclamation of the Black Hills.

Enjoy the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota through this incredible aerial video.  Places include Mount Rushmore, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Pactola Lake, Rapid Creek, the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary, the Needles and the Black Hills National Forest. Video credit to the South Dakota Department of Tourism: https://www.travelsouthdakota.com

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Lament to the Black Hills - Ȟé Sápa Uŋkákičheyapi

Lament to the Black Hills - duet for two native flutes

The Seasons

Prelude 1

Prelude 1 - The Seasons

Spring Lullaby

Spring Lullaby - The Seasons

La Nuna de Julia

La Nanita Nana

La Nanita Nana - La Nuna de Julia

You are not alone

With love of my mother - La Nuna de Julia

Tu No Tengas Soledad

Tu No Tengas Soledad - La Nuna de Julia

Con Amores La Mi Madre

Con Amores La Mi Madre - La Nuna de Julia

La Casa De Los Animales

La Casa De Los Animales - La Nuna de Julia

Little girl

Little girl - La Nuna de Julia

Arrorró Mi Niño

Arrorró Mi Niño - La Nuna de Julia

This arrangement is directly from my choral work Chaŋté Wašté Hokšíla and is beautiful all on its own as a piano solo raised into a higher key for a more delicate sound.  For you theory sleuths, the melody in the piano is a direct countermelody to the original melody sung by the voice, sometimes in retrograde. 

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My Kind-hearted Boy - Lakota Lullaby for Piano

Mnicakmun for Solo Flute and Wind Ensemble by William Linthicum-Blackhorse. Mnicakmun is a composition for solo flute and wind ensemble in three sections (Mnicásniyanyanla, Mnicáluza, Mióhuta).

From the composer:

'Mnicakmun, or 'Sounds of Water,' began as a project for my composition studio class at Texas Tech University. The first movement was written with the total absence of classical triadic harmony. As I continued to write the piece, I began to break from the strict rules that I set for myself and developed what I believe is a beautiful representation of the different emotions a person experiences in life, using water as the imagery.

The title was a last minute realization that I had written the piece with the Lakota Sioux native flute in mind, so I found it suiting to name the piece and its movements in the Lakota language. The word Mnicakmun is both the description and terminology for the sound that water makes when moving over a rocky surface.'

Instrumentation:

    Solo Flute

    Flute 1 (and Piccolo)
    Flute 2
    Oboe 1
    Oboe 2
    English Horn
    (Bb) Clarinet
    (A) Clarinet
    Bass Clarinet

    (Bb) Trumpet 1
    (Bb) Trumpet 2
    (F) Horn 1
    (F) Horn 2
    (F) Horn 3
    Tuba

    Mnicega Tanka
    Percussion 1: Glockenspiel, Crotales, Xylophone
    Percussion 2: Xylophone, Windchimes, Vibraphone, Triangle, Crotales
    Percussion 3: Marimba
    Percussion 4: Suspended Cymbal, Gong, Crash Cymbals, Mark Tree, Xylophone, Crotales, Glockenspiel
    Percussion 5: Bass Drum, Timpani, Thunder Sheet (opt.), Ocean Drum, Windchimes

    Piano
    Harp
    Double Bass

Mnicakmun

Mnic̄ak̇muƞ Wind Symphony BGSU Terri Sanchez

Powerful performance by a very talented group of young men and women.

Please learn and treat these songs with respect.  In traditional circles this song is still used, though rarely, for calling the spirits.  Regardless of its traditional purpose and use, these songs will disappear if nobody writes them down and learns them.  As students of music, we never stop learning and it is our responsibility to preserve and learn the songs that define our collective humanity.  **** I do not expect all my relatives to understand what I am doing with traditional song, but this is part of my Wówaŋyaŋke and I must live it through to honor the Tȟuŋkášila that gave me these beautiful dreams and sounds ****

Translation:
Wakȟáŋtȟaŋháŋ hótȟaŋiŋ’pe
(Wakantanhan hotanin’pe)
[sacred brother] [make one’s voice audible]
my sacred brother is making himself heard

hená kiŋyáŋ Wakíŋyaŋ oyáte
(hena kinyan Wakinyan oyate)
[they] [fly] [Thunderbeing] [nation]
the Thunderbird nation is flying

čha hótȟaŋiŋ’pe
(cha hotanin’pe)
[in order to] [make one’s voice audible]
making their voices heard

IPA:
[wɑ-ˈkʁʰɑ̃-tʁʰɑ̃-ˌhɑ̃] [ˈho-tʁʰɑ̃-ĩ-pɛˌ]
[hɛ-ˈnɑ] [kĩ-ˈjɑ̃] [wɑ-ˈkĩ-jɑ̃] [o-ˈjɑ-te]
[ʧʰɑ] [ˈho-tʁʰɑ̃-ĩ-ˌpɛ]

2022 TMEA All-State Tenor Bass Choir

Wakȟáŋtȟaŋháŋ Hótȟaŋiŋ Pe - TMEA All-State TTBB Choir 2022

Florida Music Educators Association
TTBB Choirs
directed by Brandon Boyd

FMEA All-State SSAA & TTBB High School Chorus

Thuŋkašila Imayaluškiŋ

Thuŋkašila Imayaluškiŋ (Grandfather Spirit, You Make Me Happy)

Pentatonic 6-hole Wood Flute with Electronics

The Thunderbeings Are Coming - native flute and electronics

Composer, Researcher, Musician, LGBT+

Multi-ethnic Music Composer in North America that has been actively commissioned, writing music for ensembles and performers across the globe. He has taught as an Adjunct Professor of Western Music Theory and performed as a Guest Artist for numerous ensembles. His works include a wide array of themes stemming from his cultural, environmental, and spiritual influences. He is currently a freelance composer living in the United States of America.

Dr. Blackhorse (They/He) identifies as Two-Spirit and is an active member of the global LGBT+ community, giving voice to all of those who are marginalized for identifying outside of the hetero-normative Anglo-Christian/American colonial stereotypes—with the goal of one day being accepted, or at the very least tolerated, in our collective humanity.

He began composing on his own at the age of 12, attending Baylor University in 2007 to study Aerospace Science. In 2014 he was accepted into the graduate program for composition at Texas Tech University, completing his Master’s degree in 2016 and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree (DMA) in 2019.

Dr. Blackhorse is a Pipe-carrier in the traditional spirituality and medicine of the Lakȟóta of South Dakota, United States of America.

As a Čhaŋnúŋpa Yuhá (pipe-carrier), he has spent decades participating in ceremony and spiritual education with a desire to provide factual and honest information to the public. In 2021 MOSAIC was launched as a platform that consolidates the research and knowledge of traditional spirituality. Dr. Blackhorse learned from prominent chiefs and holy-men, wičháša-wákȟaŋ, like Albert White Hat Sr., Sičháŋǧu Lakhóta, among other spiritual leaders.

As a carrier of a two-spirited čhaŋnúŋpa, he has chosen to adhere to a spiritual calling giving a voice to other LGBT+ individuals in the community.  

Dr. Blackhorse represents only himself and does not speak for or on behalf of any Tribal Nation in the United States.

Linthicum-Blackhorse

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