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Chad Hughes: S​.​L​.​I​.​C​.​E.

from Project Encore, Vol. 1 by Timothy McAllister and Liz Ames

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Chad “Sir Wick” Hughes studied composition under James Aikman, Erik Santos, Bright Sheng, Curtis Curtis-Smith, Dinos Constantinides, Craig Weston, and Pulitzer-Prize winning composer William Bolcom. His compositions have been performed by The Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Gainesville Symphony Orchestra, University of Florida, The Georgia Symphony, Indiana University, Penn State University, University of Michigan, and more. As an audio technician, Hughes has engineered Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming, Dear Evan Hansen, and Marvel’s Falcon and Winter Soldier. His album, “A Tale of Two Fools”, went No. 1 on the UK Soul Charts. Hughes hails from Detroit, MI graduating from Cass Tech High School. He earned his BMus from the University of Michigan, MM from Kansas State University, and PhD from Louisiana State University. Dr. Hughes is currently Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Morehouse College, where he also teaches history of jazz, counterpoint, and orchestration.

Hughes composed S.L.I.C.E. (Soulful Latin in a Classical Environment) (2017/rev.2019), as a commissioned work for this recording. Replete with rhythmic figures influenced by Afro-Cuban traditions, jazz harmonies, and contrapuntal episodes, this piece displays a compelling blend of vernacular emblems and European compositional techniques. This blend is apparent in the first thirteen measures of the piece, as Hughes exposes pivotal characters: (1) the pervasive, syncopated gestures introduced in the saxophone and piano, (2) jazz piano voicings, and (3) imitative counterpoint. The jazz influence is even more prevalent in the intricate soli lines in the ensemble and the middle section which explores tonal regions separated by half step (à la Miles Davis, “So What”). The three characters are asserted at various times and in different textures, as one encounters episodes where imitative ideas sound simultaneously with familiar syncopated gestures. Taken together with an overall formal clarity, Hughes’s development of these three characters generates a fresh and stimulating ride.
- Horace Maxile, PhD.

Publisher Maestrowick Music, Admin by Sir Wick Music (ASCAP).

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from Project Encore, Vol. 1, released August 24, 2022

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Timothy McAllister is one of today’s most celebrated wind soloists, a member of the renowned PRISM Quartet, and a champion of contemporary music credited with almost 50 recordings and over 200 premieres of new compositions by eminent and emerging composers worldwide. McAllister has appeared with more than 40 of the world’s top orchestras and ensembles in over 20 countries. ... more

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