Sky Macklay
Sky Macklay (born 1988) is an American composer of concert music and an oboist. She was winner of the Leo Kaplan Award (the top prize in the Morton Gould Young Composer Award of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) in 2013 and 2016.[1][2] Born in Waseca, Minnesota, she completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in composition from Columbia University in the City of New York in 2018.[3] She is a founding member of Ghost Ensemble[4] and serves as Assistant Professor of Composition at Valparaiso University.[5]
Selected compositions[]
Macklay has published a complete list of her works.[6] These include:
- Dissolving Bands (2012), an abstract orchestral reflection on the American Revolutionary War, commissioned by the Lexington Symphony and The Walden School for the tercentennial of Lexington, Massachusetts. The title is a reference to the United States Declaration of Independence.[7] It won the 2013 Leo Kaplan Award, the top prize in the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards.[1]
- Harmonibots (2015), a sonic and kinetic installation of inflatable harmonica-playing robots commissioned by the International Alliance for Women in Music.[8][9]
- Many Many Cadences (2016), a string quartet for Spektral Quartet, Macklay's second ASCAP Award recipient and a Grammy nominee.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Hayes, Tim (2013-03-28). "The ASCAP Foundation Names Recipients of the 2013 Morton Gould Young Composers Awards". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Press release). Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ Nevins, Cathy (2016-04-01). "The ASCAP Foundation Names 2016 Morton Gould Young Composer Award Recipients". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (Press release). Retrieved 2016-04-11.
...Sky Macklay of New York, NY (Waseca, MN);...
- ^ "Sky Macklay Wins Morton Gould Young Composer Award". The Department of Music at Columbia University. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ Carey, Christian. 24 Jun 2017. "Ghost Ensemble: We Who Walk Again (LP Review)" http://www.sequenza21.com/2018/06/ghost-ensemble-we-who-walk-again-lp-review/ Sequenza21. 24 Jun 2017. Web. 18 Jan. 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Valparaiso University. "Sky Macklay" https://www.valpo.edu/music/about/faculty/sky-macklay/ Web. 24 Jan. 2020.
- ^ Sky Macklay. "Sky Macklay: Works". skymacklay.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ Sky Mackley. "Dissolving Bands". skymacklay.com. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
As I was searching for a title for my piece, I recalled the first sentence in the Declaration of Independence which begins, "When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands...
- ^ "Harmonibots". Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States. 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
- ^ "Sky Macklay". Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States. Retrieved 2016-04-11.
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