THE STORY OF PA I SHA PRESENTED BY THE BACH & BEETHOVEN EXPERIENCE
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)