david biedenbender | composer

news


02/02/2012

A fabulous recording of Randy Hawes and Kathryn Goodson performing Liquid Architecture has been posted. Check it out!
01/30/2012

If you are interested in joining the consortium to commission a saxophone concerto, more information can be found here.
01/29/2012

Check out Alarm Will Sound's recording of Schism.
11/17/2011

A live recording of a line between two spaces has been posted. This work is a collaboration with the amazing Robert Alexander. Check it out!
09/24/2011

The recording of Alarm Will Sound performing Schism has been posted. Check it out!
04/05/2011

David has been awarded an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award for you've been talking in your sleep.
03/15/2011

David has been selected as a resident composer for the Second Mizzou New Music Summer Festival where his new work will be performed by Alarm Will Sound.
12/18/2010

Recordings of Abend, Herbst, and Lösch mir die Augen aus have been uploaded. Take a listen.
12/16/2010

The premiere performance of Three Rilke Songs was reviewed on Sequenza 21.
Click below to listen to each movement:
Abend, Herbst, Lösch mir die Augen aus
11/28/2010

On Wednesday December 8th, 2010, Jerry Blackstone and the University of Michigan Chamber Choir will premiere Herbst (Autumn) and Abend (Evening), the second and third parts of a set of three choral works with texts by Rainer Maria Rilke. The set also includes Lösch mir die Augen aus (commissioned by Dale Voelker and Washington Kantorei). See performances for information.
09/20/2010

A (live) recording of you've been talking in your sleep has been posted. Many thanks to the PRISM Quartet for an amazing performance!
07/22/2010

David will travel to India to study the mridangam and Carnatic music.
06/07/2010

David's you've been talking in your sleep, commissioned by the PRISM Saxophone Quartet, was featured on WNYC's Soundcheck with John Schaefer.
05/15/2010

David has been commissioned by Randy Hawes and Kathryn Goodson to write a duo for bass trombone and piano.
04/15/2010

David has accepted a fellowship offer from the University of Michigan and will begin the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in composition program in the fall of 2010.
04/08/2010

David has been commissioned by Jonathan Yanik and Megan Fergusson to write a trio for alto saxophone, viola, and piano.