Graham Lack, Author at The IFCM Magazine

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