Darcy James Argue

composition, conducting, piano · 1975 · Vancouver

Canadian composer and conductor, trained at McGill and then at the New England Conservatory under Bob Brookmeyer, who settled in Brooklyn in 2003. Since 2005 he has led the Secret Society there, a big band of eighteen musicians.

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Styles

• Modern big bands
• Current scene (New York, Chicago, worldwide)

Landmark tracks

• Phobos (2009)
• Zeno (2009)
• Habeas Corpus (for Maher Arar) (2009)

Sources

• Source

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