Remembering Sacagawea -- 2004

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The Equinox Chamber Players (ECP) are pleased to perform the WORLD PREMIERE of Woodwind Quintet No. 3 ("Sacagawea: Three Life Episodes") by David Cleary. Commissioned by the Equinox Chamber Players (ECP), the work draws inspiration from the life of Sacagawea, translator and good-will ambassador for the Lewis and Clark expedition. Its three movements depict her separation from her native Lemmi Shoshone tribe, her trek with Lewis and Clark, and her death some years later. The music runs a wide gamut of moods ranging from agitation to good-natured warmth to lamenting reflection, demonstrating appeal to audiences ranging from new concert-goers to seasoned listeners.

Please view the calendar page for more information about our composer-in-residence educational events surrounding the premiere.

The music of composer, critic, cellist, and writer David Cleary has been played and broadcast widely throughout North America, Europe, and Australia, including festival performances at Tanglewood, Warebrook, and New Music North. He's the recipient of many awards, including first prize in the Harvey Gaul Contest, a Continental Harmony commission, an Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Grant, and a MacDowell Colony residency. His critical writings appear in the Boston Globe,The Enterprise, New Music Connoisseur, and All Music Guide to Rock, 2nd and later editions. Formerly president of the group Composers in Red Sneakers, his bio is found in Marquis Who's Who in America and similar publications.

Visit David Cleary's website.

Generous financial assistance has been provided by the The Regional Arts Commission - St. Louis, Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Arts and Education Council, the Frank G. & Florence V. Bohle Scholarship Foundation, the Target Corporation, the Saint Louis Symphony Community Partnership Program and private donors.

Mid-America Arts Alliance program is made possible in part through a grant from Meet the Composer, Inc and with the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, ASCAP and the Virgil Thomson Foundation, Missouri Arts Council and private contributions to M-AAA.

Art by J kearns

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