Lacuna

For Band
Duration: 6 minutes

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the word Lacuna as “a blank space or a missing part: gap.” It comes from the Latin word lacus, or lake. That word was modified to lacuna, or “pit.” It can be used to mean a void or missing part of a narrative or gap in historical records. In this context, lacuna refers more directly to historical lacuna that our educators help fill with their students. That lacuna could range from insight on American English and literature, to music education, and/or the history of the middle passage. Our educators give their lives to filling in this “void” and standing in the gap on behalf of their students

Commissioned by the Little Rock Southwest High School Band – José Holloway, Director