The first half of Quintet Suite No. 4, which includes Quintet No. 7 and 8. Expanding rail and native habitats makes ethical room for all the displaced refugees, and they can even help to build them. 3D-printed soilcrete and hemp construction. Upgrade rail, the gigapress, ethical habitation, and population dispersion via drone delivery. Rediscover the ways of the Native Americans and live in balance with nature and each other. Ethereal interface with nature's sublimity.
I experimented with A-B-A (or Sonata) form here yet have since concluded that through-composed is a better form. Sonata form is a relic of the puritanical past, and I am attempting to discard pedantic use of sets, but rather a more open approach.
This piece is highly influenced by my great respect for the native Americans, and their journey across the Bering Strait, belying an advanced understanding of ocean currents and geography acquired by Western nations only later. They cultivated new plants for sustenance and medicine demonstrating amazing survival prowess. Native Mythologists enriched the chronicles of awe at nature's sublimity and introduced the ethics of environmental coexistence.  As such, I attempted to pay tribute to their unheralded accomplishments by rhythmically referencing Native American folk tunes.

String Quintet No7

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, 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 Jest of Moonlit Point for Pierrot Quintet, took place in 2024 and was performed by the Texas New Music Ensemble conducted by Bill Tacket. In 2021 Forest of the Birdsong for soprano sax (David Dees) and piano (Nataliya Sukhina) was premiered at Crickets Theater / Buddy Holly Hall.

Dr. Pekowski continues to compose classical instrumental. Recent works include String Quartet Suites No. 1-9 (2019-2022), Jest of Moonlit Point for Pierrot Quintet (2024), Brookhollow Bayou for Solo Flute (2024), and Suite for Orchestra No1-No2 (2023-2025).