This new, all-digital recording (funded in part by the Barlow Endowment) presents seven recent chamber and solo works by BYU composer Michael Hicks*. These angular yet often meditative avant-garde works, performed by faculty and top student performers at BYU, display what author Steven Johnson calls Hicks's "intellectual and spiritual independence [in] sound, which he treats intuitively, sensuously." The lavish packaging includes the composer's descriptions of each piece.
*not to be confused with the LDS composer/performer Michael R. Hicks.
Michael Hicks. You recognize the name: a life devoted to books, articles, poems, essays, and serious compositions. Now
there’s another side to Michael Hicks: The singer, the songwriter. Songs from Valentine St. Songs about love and life.
Songs from the heart. ...
This new, all-digital recording (funded in part by the Barlow Endowment) presents seven recent chamber and solo works by BYU composer Michael Hicks. These angular yet often meditative avant-garde works, performed by faculty and top student performers at BYU, displa...
