News
2006
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble premiered Tiny Cheesehead Haiku on December 14 at the ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn.
Twenty-four was performed November 21 at the University of Oregon by The Eugene Contemporary Chamber Ensemble.
ASCAP has awarded David a standard award for 2006.
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble premiered Beneath the Planet of the Tiny Cheesehead Music on August 15 at the Chelsea Art Museum.
Erik Carlson of The New York Miniaturist Ensemble premiered Revenge of the Tiny Cheesehead Music on July 9.
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble premiered Curse of the Tiny Cheesehead Music on May 31 at the Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn.
On May 18, Con Vivo premiered Battipalo, a new work commissioned by the ensemble and scored for clarinet, horn, bassoon, cello, and bass.
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble premiered Tinier Cheesehead Music on May 15 at Juilliard.
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble's first program of tape music featured a Tiny Cheesehead Music remix called Chase Etude Is My Niche. The concert took place May 3 in Manhattan.
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble premiered another tiny piece on March 27 as part of Frank Oteri's 21st Century Schizoid Music series. That one is called Shadow of the Tiny Cheesehead Music.
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble performed one of my tiny little pieces on February 23 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in New York. The focus of that program is the premiere of 1. Natürliche Dauern by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Philip Dawson, Josep Miralles, and Marta Hatler performed Liberal Media again on February 10, 2006, as part of the “Música contemporània” series at the Es Baluard Contemporary Art Museum in Palma de Mallorca.
2005
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble premiered another new piece at their concert on December 10, 2005. This one was called Tiny Cheesehead Music, Episode II.
De Profundis was performed November 9 at Annett Recital Hall as part of the La Crosse New Music Festival.
The New York Miniaturist Ensemble performed a tiny new piece called Whispers at their concert on August 31, 2005.
Thanks to George at Eclectic Mix for featuring my work on his podcast.
Con Vivo has commissioned a new piece for quintet to be premiered in May of 2006.
My former student Jeff Stanek has won a BMI Student Composer Award. Congratulations, Jeff!
Kevin Ducey, with funds from the Puffin Foundation, has commissioned incidental music for his play Dust Music.
ASCAP has awarded David a standard award for 2005.
Liberal Media was performed May 9, 2005, in Palma de Mallorca by Philip Richard Dawson with members of the Orquestra Simfonica de Balears.
L’Ensemble Portique premiered Microcast in four concerts: April 29, 2005, in Oak Park and Wilmette, IL; April 30 in Milwaukee; and May 1 in Madison. Thanks to Lisette Kielson, Pasqualé Lorino, Jennifer Barron, and John Chappel Stowe for excellent performances.
2004
Thanks to B.C. Brown for spinning a few tracks on Radio Literature, special Winter Solstice edition, on WORT 89.9 FM in Madison.
L’Ensemble Portique has commissioned a new work to be premiered in April, 2005.
Liberal Media will be performed May 9, 2005, in Palma de Mallorca by Philip Richard Dawson and other members of the Orquestra Simfonica de Balears as part of the orchestra's chamber music series.
ASCAP has awarded David a standard award for 2004.
2003
Electricity was performed by Tara Kelly on November 11 at the La Crosse New Music Festival, Christ Episcopal Church, La Crosse.
ASCAP has awarded David a standard award for 2003.
2002
A short setting of Puer Natus in Bethlehem was performed by the Grace Church Chancel Choir as part of a pre-service musical presentation on Christmas Eve.
On April 20, the Oakwood Chamber Players with Bill Lutes premiered Twenty-Four, a new work for chamber ensemble with narrator. The text for the work is Kevin Ducey's updated paraphrase of the 24th canto of Dante's Inferno. Twenty-Four was commissioned by the Madison Chapter of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers.
ASCAP has awarded David a standard award for 2002.
A new work in memory of September 11 victims, De Profundis for clarinet, cello, and piano, was premiered January 27, 2002, at the First Unitarian Meeting House.