John Michael Pekowski, PhD John Pekowski Lubbock A native-born Texan, John Michael Pekowski, PhD (b. 1975) began composing music at age 11. Simple improvisations on the family upright piano were followed by electronic compositions in BASIC code on the TI-99 computer. In Junior High (1988) he was elected President of the Science Club, served as Social Chairman of the band, was awarded the John Philip Sousa Award, and was a featured soloist on trumpet. In High School (1994) John was section leader, co-principal trumpet of LYSO, Jazz One soloist (TTU Band Camp), and TMEA All-State Concert Band participant. He was a member of the Texas Tech University Jazz One, Symphonic Band (1994-2002), recorded with the fee-improvisation ensemble YATE, and his dissertation greatly advanced our understanding of the hierarchical organization of pitch-interval cycles within a voice-leading context, and was in contention for the Graduate Achievement Award. The world premiere of his composition Forest of the Birdsong (2021) for soprano sax (David Dees) and piano (Nataliya Sukhina) took place on November 14, 2021, at the Crickets Theater of Buddy Holly Hall in Lubbock Texas. Dr. Pekowski continues to compose classical instrumental. Recent works include Three Piano Suites (2016-2019), Suite for Trumpet and Piano (2019-2020), Suite for Violin and Piano (2019-2021), String Quartet Suites No. 1-9 (2019-2022), String Quintet Suites No. 1-6 (2019-2023), String Sextet No. 1 (2019-2023), Suite for Orchestra (2023-2024), and Suite for Pierrot Quintet (2024). John Michael Pekowski, PhD’s tracks String Quintet Suite No7 by John Michael Pekowski, PhD published on 2023-10-26T03:15:08Z String Quartet Suite No3 by John Michael Pekowski, PhD published on 2023-10-23T20:21:46Z Second Piano Suite Movement 3 by John Pekowski by John Michael Pekowski, PhD published on 2017-05-29T15:53:17Z Conjunction of Planets by John Pekowski MV9 Piano Suite by John Michael Pekowski, PhD published on 2016-05-02T22:02:46Z Lunar Eclipse By John M. Pekowski by John Michael Pekowski, PhD published on 2016-03-23T12:42:33Z Capture And Landing At Gliese 581 by John Michael Pekowski, PhD published on 2015-07-19T19:17:50Z
Second Piano Suite Movement 3 by John Pekowski by John Michael Pekowski, PhD published on 2017-05-29T15:53:17Z
Conjunction of Planets by John Pekowski MV9 Piano Suite by John Michael Pekowski, PhD published on 2016-05-02T22:02:46Z