Click here to listen to the Potenza Music album Agents of Espionage by clarinetist Brian Viliunas, which includes two new works by Mark Lackey: Paths of the Seas and Particles.
Composer Mark Lackey has garnered premieres from the Eastman Wind Orchestra, Definiens Ensemble, Samford University Wind Ensemble, Druid City Ensemble, cellist Craig Hultgren, violinist Courtney Orlando, and many other gifted musicians. His music is available on the Potenza Music album Agents of Espionage by the extraordinary clarinetist Brian Viliunas, as well as through Dorn Publications, and on his own Julian Date Music imprint. Dr. Lackey is an Assistant Professor of Music at Samford University's School of the Arts where he teaches music theory, aural skills, orchestration, music technology, and composition. He previously served on the faculty at Towson University and at Johns Hopkins University, with courses in music theory, musicianship, American music history, and an introduction to computer music. He has received awards including a Johns Hopkins University Arts Innovation Grant, a Samford University Innovative Technology Grant, and an Encore Grant from the American Composers Forum. He is currently treasurer and president-elect of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance.
Lackey earned the degrees Doctor of Musical Arts in composition, Master of Music in theory pedagogy, and Master of Music in composition from The Peabody Conservatory where his teachers included Christopher Theofanidis and the late Nicholas Maw. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda national honor society in music, the American Composers Forum, the Birmingham Art Music Alliance, and the College Music Society.
Composer Mark Lackey has garnered premieres from the Eastman Wind Orchestra, Definiens Ensemble, Samford University Wind Ensemble, Druid City Ensemble, cellist Craig Hultgren, violinist Courtney Orlando, and many other gifted musicians. His music is available on the Potenza Music album Agents of Espionage by the extraordinary clarinetist Brian Viliunas, as well as through Dorn Publications, and on his own Julian Date Music imprint. Dr. Lackey is an Assistant Professor of Music at Samford University's School of the Arts where he teaches music theory, aural skills, orchestration, music technology, and composition. He previously served on the faculty at Towson University and at Johns Hopkins University, with courses in music theory, musicianship, American music history, and an introduction to computer music. He has received awards including a Johns Hopkins University Arts Innovation Grant, a Samford University Innovative Technology Grant, and an Encore Grant from the American Composers Forum. He is currently treasurer and president-elect of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance.
Lackey earned the degrees Doctor of Musical Arts in composition, Master of Music in theory pedagogy, and Master of Music in composition from The Peabody Conservatory where his teachers included Christopher Theofanidis and the late Nicholas Maw. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda national honor society in music, the American Composers Forum, the Birmingham Art Music Alliance, and the College Music Society.
