Mark A. Lackey
Sacred Words In Dead Languages
Catherine Wong, A clarinet
Devin Adams, alto saxophone
Daniel Miller, B-flat trumpet
Iain Roush, guitar
Dave DeDionisio, guitar
Mark A. Lackey, electric guitar
Doug Perry, vibraphone
Sacred Words In Dead Languages is dedicated with gratitude to these performers and to guitarist Tristan Panniers (now residing in Japan) and trumpeter Brody Gusar (now in Florida). I made the acquaintance of Cat, Devin, Iain, Doug, Tristan and Brody a few years ago, when they were near the beginning of their conservatory studies at The Peabody. They invited me to join their table in the cafeteria one day. Half-jokingly, perhaps, first one and then another asked me to compose something until they were all asking for new pieces. I noted a remarkable camaraderie among the group in spite of deep differences in world view, and decided it might be interesting to write a stochastic piece, a work that would focus on the group dynamic by giving them figures to play but letting them decide, in performance, when to enter, how many times to repeat a figure and so on.
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