"Buoyant, at times playful...a classical, yet unrestrained lyricism" (ArtsBham).
As a composer of vocal, electronic, chamber, orchestral, and wind ensemble music, Mark Lackey has garnered premieres from many gifted artists including Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro (Brasília), Rhymes With Opera, and the Eastman Wind Orchestra. His music is available on the Centaur and Potenza Music labels, through Dorn Publications, and on his own Julian Date Music imprint. Honors include a public reading by the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, an Encore Grant from the American Composers Forum, and selection as finalist in the American Composer Competition of the Columbia (MD) Orchestra.
Mark Lackey is also an energetic educator. As Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music at Samford University's School of the Arts, he teaches composition and music theory. His teaching has earned him a Johns Hopkins University Arts Innovation Grant and a Samford University Innovative Technology Grant. He 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 of Johns Hopkins University where his teachers included Christopher Theofanidis, Bruno Amato, and Nicholas Maw. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda national honor society in music, the American Composers Forum, the Birmingham Art Music Alliance (past president and past treasurer), and the College Music Society.
Mark Lackey is also an energetic educator. As Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Studies in Music at Samford University's School of the Arts, he teaches composition and music theory. His teaching has earned him a Johns Hopkins University Arts Innovation Grant and a Samford University Innovative Technology Grant. He 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 of Johns Hopkins University where his teachers included Christopher Theofanidis, Bruno Amato, and Nicholas Maw. He is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda national honor society in music, the American Composers Forum, the Birmingham Art Music Alliance (past president and past treasurer), and the College Music Society.