Ritual Grounds

This new, all-digital recording (funded in part by the Barlow Endowment) presents seven recent chamber and solo works by BYU composer Michael Hicks* (1956- ). These angular yet often meditative avant-garde works, performed by faculty and top student performers at BYU, display what author Steven Johnson calls Hicks' "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 (1974- )



TRACK LIST

1. Rain Tiger

2. Exegesis of Soul

3. Strategy of Looms

4. Gate Thirteen

5. The Empress of Japan

6. Spell

7. Sacral Segments

CREDITS

Produced by Michael Hicks and Murray Boren