Sacred Spaces

John Mackey

General Info

Year: 2019
Duration: c. 3:55
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Osti Music
Cost: Score and Parts - Rental | (digital) - $60.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II-III
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Contra-Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III-IV
B-flat Bass Clarinet I-II
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III-IV
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Piano
Harp
Timpani
Percussion (7 players), including:

Bass Drum
China Cymbals
Crash Cymbals
Crotales
Glockenspiel
Hi-Hat
Marimba
Splash Cymbal
Suspended Cymbal
Tambourine
Triangle
Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Sacred Spaces was commissioned by the United States Army Field Band, Colonel Jim. R. Keene, Commander, for the band's 2019 concert tour. The theme of the tour program, "Sacred Spaces – A Grand Canyon Celebration," was designed to commemoration the 100th anniversary of Grand Canyon National Park, America's most iconic natural landmark. The theme was to "celebrate the park by telling the stories of the many people who visit and live in this amazing place, through their own voices and narratives."

- Program Note from Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12

Sacred Spaces is no exception to Mackey's masterful manipulation of timbre as it combines elements of military fanfare with the soundscape of the wind ensemble.

- Program Note from University of Utah Wind Ensemble concert program, 24 September 2019

Media

Audio flash drive: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Symphonic Band (Randall Coleman, conductor) – 2020
Video: Reference recording. U.S. Army Field Band (Jerry Junkin, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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James Logan High School (Union City, Calif.) Wind Symphony (Adam Wilke, conductor) - 21 February 2020 (2020 CASMEC Conference, Fresno)
University of Oklahoma (Norman) Wind Symphony (Shanti Simon, conductor) – 21 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southwestern Division Conference, Norman, Okla.)
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Symphonic Band (Randall Coleman, conductor) – 20 February 2020 (CBDNA 2020 Southern Division Conference, Natchitoches, La.)
Texas Christian University (Fort Worth) Wind Symphony (Matthew Garrett, conductor) - 13 February 2020 (2020 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
Texas Christian University Wind Symphony (Fort Worth) (Matthew Garrett, conductor) - 11 February 2020
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) Symphonic Band (Randall O. Coleman, conductor) – 1 February 2020
United States Army Band (Washington, D.C.) (Andrew Esch, conductor) – 25 January 2020 (Winchester, Va.)
Florida State University (Tallahassee) Wind Ensemble (Patrick Dunnigan, conductor) – 7 January 2020
Michigan State University (East Lansing) Wind Symphony (Kevin Sedatole, conductor) – 21 November 2019
Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fla.) Wind Ensemble (Patrick Dunnigan, conductor) – 13 November 2019
United States Army Field Band (Ft. Meade, Md.) (Jim R. Keene, conductor) – 12 November 2019 (High Point, N.C.)
University of North Texas (Denton) Symphonic Band (Andrew Trachsel, conductor) – 26 September 2019
University of Utah (Salt Lake City) Wind Ensemble (Scott Hagen) – 24 September 2019
Texas Christian University Wind Symphony (Fort Worth) (Bobby R. Francis, conductor) - 3 October 2019
University of Kentucky (Lexington) Wind Symphony (John Cody Birdwell, conductor) – 15 September 2019
United States Army Field Band (Jerry Junkin, conductor) – 26 July 2019 (San Antonio, Tx.) *Premiere Performance*

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music

Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2017/2020)

All Wind Works

Antique Violences (2017)
Asphalt Cocktail (2009)
Aurora Awakes (2009)
Clocking (2007)
Concerto for Soprano Sax and Wind Ensemble (2007)
Damn (1998)
Drum Music: Concerto for Percussion (2011)
Fanfare For Full Fathom Five (2015)
Foundry (2011)
The Frozen Cathedral (2012)
Harvest: Concerto for Trombone (2009)
High Wire (2012)
Hymn to a Blue Hour (2010)
Hymn to a Blue Hour (arr. Wallace) (2010/2021)
Kingfishers Catch Fire (2007)
Let Me Be Frank with You (2020/2021)
Let Me Be Frank with You (Flex instrumentation) (2020)
Lightning Field (2015)
Liminal (2016)
The Night Garden (2017)
Night on Fire. See: The Soul Has Many Motions
Places We Can No Longer Go (2018)
(redacted) (2013)
Redline Tango (2004)
The Rumor of a Secret King (2017/2018)
The Rumor of a Secret King (arr. Blegen) (2017/2018/2020)
Sacred Spaces (2019)
Sasparilla (2005)
Sheltering Sky (2012)
Sheltering Sky (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Dunnigan) (2012/2020)
Snarl (2018)
Songs from the End of the World (2015)
The Soul Has Many Motions (2013)
- Night on Fire (2013)
- Night on Fire (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Ambrose) (2013/2021)
Strange Humors (2006)
Strange Humors (Flex instrumentation) (2006/2020)
This Cruel Moon (2014/2017)
This Cruel Moon (Flex instrumentation) (2017/2020)
Turbine (2006)
Turning (2007)
Undertow (2008)
Until the Scars (2014/2019)
Wine-Dark Sea (2014)
Xerxes (2010)

Resources

Coleman, Randall O. "Sacred Spaces." In Teaching Music through Performance in Band. Volume 12, Compiled and edited by Andrew Trachsel, 842-847. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2021.
John Mackey website Accessed 10 July 2019
Perusal score