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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.
2001
I Look from Afar, an adaptation and arrangement of the Sarum chant Aspiciens a longe, was sung by the Grace Church Chancel Choir as part of an advent lessons and carols service on December 2, 2001.
Turmmusiken for two trumpets was performed by David Cooper and Kory Dahlen at the La Crosse New Music Festival on November 14, 2001.
Dig This, Spieser for solo tuba was performed by David Spies on September 28, 2001, at Texas Lutheran University in Seguin.
Liberal Media and Devil's Lake were broadcast on The Latest Score, Canary Burton's new music show on WOMR-FM in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on June 19, 2001.
ASCAP has awarded David a standard award for 2001.
Black Water was performed May 18, 2001, in Toronto by Carson Cooman.
A new recording of Liberal Media by the Oakwood Chamber Players can be heard on their CD Scenes.
Echoes was performed March 31, 2001, by Justin Richardson, Clay Wachholz, Sean Greene, and Jamie Mitchell at the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers Conference.
Black Water was performed March 4, 2001, by Jill Forrest at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Devil's Lake was broadcast January 19, 2001, on A New Stage, on NPS Radio 4 in The Netherlands.
2000
Dig This, Chris was performed November 15, 2000, at the La Crosse (WI) New Music Festival.
Black Water was performed November 12, 2000, by Jill Forrest at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Black Water was performed September 3, 2000, by Richard D. Gegner on the Mary M. Emery Memorial Carillon in Mariemont, OH.
Echoes for tuba quartet was broadcast August 5, 2000, on Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar on WGDR 91.1 FM in Plainfield, Vermont.
ASCAP has awarded David a standard award for 2000.
Y2K Bugs was performed by Ensemble Decadanse in Lunel, France on May 28, 2000, as part of their concert "2000 Miniatures for the Year 2000."
Echoes was performed April 15, 2000, at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro.
Black Water was performed February 20, 2000, by James R. Lawson on the Arvella Schuller Carillon at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA.
Echoes for tuba quartet was included in the Internet new-music show Mappings for the week of February 20, 2000.
Devil's Lake was performed by Ensemble GREEN on the Society of Composers, Inc., Region VII conference January 29, 2000, at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia.
1999
Snowflakes was broadcast on December 20, 1999, on FOLDOVER, a new-music show by Tom Lopez on WOBC 91.5 FM in Oberlin, Ohio.
Perspectives was broadcast on December 9, 1999 on "Vast Field (not to scale)," a new-music show produced by Ernesto Diaz-Infante on KAZU 90.3 FM in Pacific Grove, California.
Devil's Lake was broadcast on December 5, 1999, on RTQE, Gregory Taylor's show on WORT 89.9 FM in Madison.
Y2K Bugs, a set of 14 miniatures for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, was premiered November 17, 1999, at the Pumphouse Regional Arts Center as part of the La Crosse New Music Festival.
Echoes for tuba quartet was broadcast October 2, 1999, on Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar on WGDR 91.1 FM in Plainfield, Vermont. Visit their site for a Real Audio archive of this and many other wonderful shows.
Liberal Media and Devil's Lake were broadcast on The Latest Score, Canary Burton's new music show on WOMR-FM in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on September 28, 1999.
Millennial Stew, for violin, clarinet, horn, piano, bass, drum set, and narrators, was premiered by the EmergOrchestra on September 24, 1999, at St. Francis House in Madison.
Black Water was performed twice by Charles Semowich: July 16, 1999, at Middlebury College and July 29 at First Presbyterian Church in Stamford, Connecticut.
ASCAP has awarded David a standard award for 1999.
Liberal Media, for flute, viola, and bass, was premiered by the Oakwood Chamber Players on May 22, 1999. The piece was commissioned by the Madison Chapter of the Wisconsin Alliance for Composers.
Black Water was performed April 17, 1999, by George Matthew, Jr., on the Harkness Memorial Carillon at Yale University.
1998
Echoes was performed in December 1998 by The Dutch Tuba Quartet, and has been added to the list of pieces for the ITEC 2000 tuba quartet competition.
Devil's Lake was performed November 7, 1998, at Winona State University's first Festival of New Music.
Forgotten at Dawn, Snowflakes, Finding Time, and Perspectives were broadcast on The Latest Score, Canary Burton's new music show on WOMR-FM in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 11, 1998.
Snowflakes and Perspectives were performed August 8, 1998, by the Musical Diversions Society in St. Louis.
As Incredible As Is America was performed July 25, 1998, by the EmergOrchestra as part of their Sound Off! concert. All works on the program were settings of texts from the "Sound Off!" column of Madison's Capital Times newspaper, where readers submit their own editorial comments by telephone.
David attended the Digital Soundscapes Computer Music Workshop on Csound July 13-17, 1998. The workshop was presented by the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia, and was led by Jon Christopher Nelson. Partial support for the trip was provided by a Travel Fund Grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board.
Black Water was performed by Lyle Anderson on the University of Wisconsin Memorial Carillon on May 31, 1998, as part of a Wisconsin Sesquicentennial program.
Devil's Lake was performed May 16, 1998 at the First Unitarian Meeting House in Madison on a MadWAC benefit concert.
Devil's Lake, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano, was premiered by Music St. Croix, a concert series based in Stillwater, Minnesota, on February 21, 1998.
1997
A short prelude for carillon titled Black Water was premiered by Lyle Anderson on the University of Wisconsin Memorial Carillon on December 3, 1997. The piece was published in the Albany Carillon Book.
Electricity, for solo flute, was performed by Elizabeth Heetmann on October 18, 1997, at Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania) College, as part of the Society of Composers, Inc. Region III Conference.
Echoes was performed by the Tuba Tzars on a Sound--the Alarm! concert on May 13, 1997, at the Hyde Park Theater in Austin, Texas.
Electricity was performed at the Ear & Now concert on April 6, 1997, at Canterbury Booksellers & Coffeehouse.
A short new piece, Fanfare: Christ ist erstanden for two trumpets and horn, was performed as part of Easter services at Grace Episcopal Church in Madison. A version for three trumpets is now also available.
Forgotten at Dawn... was performed by Synchronia, the St. Louis new music ensemble, on February 9, 1997.