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Graham Lack

Graham Lack studied at Goldsmiths’ College and King’s College (University of London), Bishop Otter College (University of Chichester) and the Technical University Berlin, held a Lectureship in Music at the University of Maryland 1990-1998, has chaired symposia on contemporary music for the University of Oxford and the Goethe Institute, and contributes to Groves Dictionary and Tempo Magazine. He resides in Germany. Choral commissions: Sanctus (Queens’ College Cambridge), Hermes of the Ways (Akademiska Damkören Lyran), Estraines (King’s Singers, Signum), Petersiliensommer (Munich Philharmonic Chorus), Four Lullabies (VOCES8, Signum), Im Dunkel (All the King’s Men, Edinburgh Festival 2012), Demesnes (Quartonal, Mecklenburg Vorpommern Festival 2013, Sony Classics). The Legend of Saint Wite was a 2008 BBC competition prize-winner, and REFUGIUM was premiered by Trinity Boys Choir in London 2009 (CD, DVD & LP 2013). Instrumental works: Wondrous Machine (multi-percussionist Martin Grubinger), The Pencil of Nature (‘musica viva’, 2011), Michaelmas Dark for organ (St Paul’s Cathedral 2012). Orchestral works: Five Inscapes, Nine Moons Dark. Works for chorus and orchestra: The Angel of the East, A Sphere of Ether (Young Voices of Colorado). Future projects: Piano preludes, The Windhover (solo violin and orchestra) for Benjamin Schmid. Corresponding Member of the Institute of Advanced Musical Studies King’s College London; regular attendee ACDA conferences. Publishers: Musikverlag Hayo, Schott, Thomi-Berg. Email: graham.lack@t-online.de

Many Voices: The New Polyphony in Anglo-American Choral Music of the Twenty-First Century, Part Two

2020-10-15
By: Graham Lack
On: October 15, 2020
In: Repertoire
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The Tallis Scholars at Forty - An interview with Peter Phillips

2013-07-15
By: Graham Lack
On: July 15, 2013
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

By Graham Lack, composer & ICB Consultant Editor

 

Graham Lack: How do you account for the sound of the Tallis Scholars?

Peter Phillips: Well, after all the…Read More →

Peter Phillips: What We Really Do

2013-07-15
By: Graham Lack
On: July 15, 2013
In: Book Review
With: 0 Comments

The Tallis Scholars

Review by Graham Lack, composer & ICB Consultant Editor

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Second International Competition for Choral Composition

2013-04-15
By: Graham Lack
On: April 15, 2013
In: IFCM News
With: 0 Comments

Report by President of the Jury, Graham Lack

 

Some  competitions  are  like  transatlantic  long-haul  flights;  others  resemble  the  short  hop domestic connexion. The present competition was certainly in the…Read More →

A Carol for Christmas: The King’s Singers Foundation Inaugurates First Composition Competition 

2013-04-15
By: Graham Lack
On: April 15, 2013
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

By Graham Lack, composer & ICB Consultant Editor

A sense of expectation goes hand in hand with any new competition, and ‘A Carol for Christmas’, held for the first time in 2012 under the auspices of King’s College, Cambridge and…Read More →

The Art of Singing One Voice to a Part

2013-01-15
By: Graham Lack
On: January 15, 2013
In: Choral Technique
With: 0 Comments

An Occasional Series of ICB Interviews

Graham Lack

composer & ICB Consultant Editor

 

Joe Roesler, of the Calmus Ensemble

 

Graham Lack: Thank yo…Read More →

Spotlight on Scotland

2012-10-15
By: Graham Lack
On: October 15, 2012
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

Graham Lack, composer and ICB Consultant Editor

 

As far as I know, the ICB has not yet focussed on the music of Scotland. There is a wealth of music to be discovered and I hope this brief spotlight on the countr…Read More →

The 13th A Cappella Festival Leipzig

2012-07-15
By: Graham Lack
On: July 15, 2012
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

Amacord Hosts Ensembles From Around the World

 

Graham Lack, composer and ICB Consultant Editor

 

The well-wooded hills of the River Saale impinge on its course, as this tributary of the …Read More →

Call for Scores: Second IFCM International Competition for Choral Composition

2012-04-15
By: Graham Lack
On: April 15, 2012
In: IFCM News
With: 0 Comments

A year or so has passed since the ‘1st IFCM Composition Competition for Choral Music’ was held, and the announcement of the next contest seems a good opportunity to assess the impact of the original event. During the aftermath of the first competi…Read More →

The New Eve and the Tactics of Guerrilla Celibacy

2012-04-15
By: Graham Lack
On: April 15, 2012
In: Choral World News
With: 0 Comments

‘Placebo’ premiered at the Choregie Festival in Maribor

 

Graham Lack

composer and ICB Consultant Editor

 

It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that vir…Read More →

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