Tag: Inovator

Pat Crofts After working in Oklahoma as a consultant, Pat Crofts was happy to accept a job offer from the Muscogee Creek Nation and make the move from Nevada. He already knew that despite a commonly held belief to the contrary, eastern Oklahoma was beautifully green.  He had worked before with Native American tribes and enjoyed those interactions, and he liked...

In January of this year, Smithsonian Magazine named Tulsa composer and pianist Barron Ryan one of its “Ten Innovators to Watch in 2021.” In the article running under that headline, writer Rasha Aridi concentrated on Ryan’s being commissioned by Chamber Music Tulsa to write a piece in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, and how...