David Dzubay Conducting Videos
Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
N e w M u s i c E n s e m b l e
February 26, 2004
Stefan Wolpe,Chamber Piece No. 1, 1964 [8:50] 82MB
Lee Hyla, Pre-Pulse Suspended, 1984 [13:35] 116MB
Garrett Byrnes, Piano Concerto, 2003, world premiere [15:02] 144MB
Jihye Chang-Sung, piano
March 10, 2007
David Dzubay, Double Black Diamond, 2007 [10:05] 107MB
October 1, 2009
Juan Orrego-Salas, Introduccion y Allegro Concertante, op. 117, 1999, world premiere [10:35] 131MB
Fred & Marina Hammond, pianists
Silvestre Revueltas, Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca, 1936 [11:52] 145MB
George Crumb, Ancient Voices of Children [24:13] 137MB
Rebecca Duren & Emily Noel, sopranos
February 6, 2010
Hans Abrahamsen, Winternacht [12:32] 81MB
Aaron Travers, Las Guitarras Azules, world premiere [20:10] 160MB
Nathan Fischer, guitar; Sharon Harms, soprano
David Dzubay was born in 1964 in Minneapolis, grew up in Portland, Oregon, and earned a D.M. in Composition at Indiana University in 1991. Additional studies included a fellowship in composition at Tanglewood (1990) and two summers as co-principal trumpet of the National Repertory Orchestra (1988, 1989). His principal teachers were Donald Erb, Frederick Fox, Eugene O'Brien, Lukas Foss, Allan Dean and Bernard Adelstein.
David Dzubay's music has been performed by orchestras, ensembles and soloists in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Asia. His music is published by Pro Nova Music, Dorn, and Thompson Edition and is recorded on the Sony, Bridge, Centaur, Innova, Crystal, Klavier, Gia, First Edition and Indiana University labels. Recent honors include Guggenheim, MacDowell, Yaddo, Copland House and Djerassi fellowships, the 2009 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Composition Competition, the 2007 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition, the 2005 Utah Arts Festival Commission and the 2004 William Revelli Memorial Prize from the National Band Association.
He is currently professor of music, chair of the composition department and director of the New Music Ensemble at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington. Dzubay has conducted at the Tanglewood, Aspen, and June in Buffalo festivals. He has also conducted the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, the Greater Dallas Youth Symphony Orchestra, Music from China, Voices of Change, and an ensemble from the Minnesota Orchestra. From 1995 to 1998 he served as Composer-Consultant to the Minnesota Orchestra, helping direct their "Perfect-Pitch" reading sessions, and during 2005-2006 he was Meet The Composer "Music Alive" Composer-in-Residence with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra. Full Biography >>