Barbara McAlister was born Muskogee, Oklahoma, in 1942.[1] She is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, a descendant of Old Tassel, and half German/Cherokee through her mother. She aspired to be a country-western singer in her youth, but learned to love opera from her parents.[1]
For her dedication to promoting the Cherokee language, she was awarded the Cherokee Medal of Honor from the Cherokee Honor Society.[2]
Musical careeredit
She won the Loren Zachary Competition in Los Angeles, which launched her career.[3] She has since performed in the opera houses of Passau, Koblenz, Bremerhaven, and most notably Flensburg, where she was engaged for a decade. She has given solo performances at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and has performed with companies throughout Europe and the United States.[3]
Visual artsedit
McAlister also paints in the Bacone style of flat-style Native painting from Prairie, Plains, and Eastern tribes.[4] She has exhibited her paintings at the Five Civilized Tribes Museum and Jacobson House Native Arts Center in Oklahoma, the Wharton Art Gallery in Philadelphia, and Bullock's in Los Angeles.[3]
Referencesedit
^ abConley, Robert J. A Cherokee encyclopedia. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2007: 147–148. (retrieved through Google Books, 7 April 2009) ISBN978-0-8263-3951-5.
^Duvall, Deborah L. Tahlequah and the Cherokee Nation. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2000: 112. ISBN0-7385-0782-2.
^ abcResume. Barbara McAlister. (retrieved 7 April 2009)
^Williams, John L. "Bacone College." April 17, 2010, at the Wayback MachineOklahoma History Center's Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. (retrieved 6 Nov 2009)
External linksedit
Official website
May 09, 2024
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