On Cliff's Edge was commissioned by the J.T. Lambert Intermediate School Combined 6th Grade Band, East Stroudsburg, PA, Matthew Whitney, director. The work is abstract with the two sections representing opposites like light and dark, happiness and sadness as well as detached and sustained. On Cliff's Edge is the imaginary line which separates these opposites much like the horizon between land and sky.

On Cliff's Edge

Orange Band was under the direction of Mr. Joseph Dobos.

On Cliff's Edge - Christopher Tucker

Christopher Tucker's (b. 1976) music has been heralded as having wonderful maturity, musical imagination, and sensitivity. He has composed works for chamber ensembles, chorus, band and orchestra. Tucker has begun to amass numerous awards in composition and conducting from organizations including the College Band Directors National Association, Phi Beta Mu, the National Band Association, World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles and ASCAP. He has received praise for his radio broadcast production and personality work while at WRR Classical 101.1 FM in Dallas, Texas, winning a Communicator Award and being a finalist for a coveted Silver Microphone Award. Tucker holds memberships in ASCAP and the American Composers Forum. He is the Director of Artistic Planning and a founder of the Lone Star Wind Orchestra.

Christopher Tucker earned a Bachelor of Music degree cum laude in Music Composition with a minor in Music Theory from the University of North Texas, a student of Martin Mailman. He received his Master of Music from the University of Texas at Austin studying composition with Dan Welcher and Donald Grantham, while completing a Performance Certificate in Conducting with Kevin Sedatole. Other musical studies included masterclasses with notables Judith Weir, Lowell Liebermann, John Corigliano, Warren Benson, David Maslanka, Samuel Adler, Elliot Del Borgo and Walter Hartley, as well as additional work with Mark Camphouse, Timothy Mahr and Jack Stamp.

Christopher Tucker's music has been performed across the nation and all over the world including Japan, Germany and England. Tucker’s music is published by Southern Music Company, TRN Music, and C. Alan Publications, along with a large catalog of works self-published under the name Tucker Music Works.

On Cliff's Edge

Christopher Tucker

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