#  Darcy James Argue 

 

 



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 Title: *Real Enemies*  
Commission: 2014  
Completed: 2017 (submitted)  
Instrumentation: big band  
Premiere Location: November 18, 2015 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music  
Premiere Ensemble: Secret Society  
Notes:

 “For a wholly original take on big band’s past, present and future, look to Darcy James Argue” — so says *Newsweek*’s Seth Colter Walls. The Vancouver-born, Brooklyn-based composer and bandleader has toured nationally and internationally with his 18-piece ensemble, Secret Society, garnering countless awards and nominations and reimagining what a 21st-century big band can sound like. “It’s maximalist music of impressive complexity and immense entertainment value, in your face and then in your head” writes Richard Gehr in the *Village Voice*. *Stereophile*’s Fred Kaplan adds “Argue is tying together the disparate strands of music that have shaped his life and his rambling era.”



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Commission Date
    
     [2014](/commissiondate/2014)
- ## Completion Date
    
     [2017](/completion-date/2017)
- ## Composer
    
     [Argue, Darcy James](/composer/argue-darcy-james)
- ## Commissions
    
     [Past Commissions](/pastcommisions)