Ever since his compositions are performed all over the world. Mackey’s first work for wind ensemble was a commission to reorchestrate his 2003 orchestral work “Redline Tango”. He then studied with John Corigliano at Juilliard School of Music, receiving a Master of Music degree in 1997. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1995 from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Donald Erb. John Mackey was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, and grew up in Westerville, Ohio. In Mackey’s words, “ Places we can no longer go starts in the present, or maybe even in the future, and over the course of 22 minutes, goes in reverse, as confusion turns to clarity, and grief turns to comfort”. The work is available on rental directly from the composer. The lyric soprano part needs a “clean tone” and requires amplification. Mackey also uses three out of 7 clarinet parts in the audience. The instrumentation calls for a standard wind ensemble setting, with the addition of double bass, piano, harp, and 9 percussionists (6 on stage, 3 in the audience). “Places we can no longer go” was written for Elizabeth, Mackey’s mother, after a text by A.E. The concept of this fascinating work is to introduce percussionists to the idea that there are more imaginative ways to perform other than with the traditional percussion instruments. Written in 2019 for wind ensemble with soprano, the work was commissioned by a consortium led by the School of Music in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, for the ASU Wind Orchestra under conductor Gary Hill, which premiered the piece on February 22, 2019, at the CBDNA National Conference in Tempe, Arizona, with guest soprano soloist Lindsay Kesselman. The first piece for band at this grade level by this popular and most creative composer. “ Places we can no longer go“, by American composer John Mackey, is our Composition of the Week.
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