David Berlin

David Berlin (born January 23, 1943 in Pittsburgh ) is an American composer and music teacher.

Berlin studied at Carnegie Mellon University with Forrest Stanley (horn), Oleta Albertson Benn (music education) as well as Leonardo Balada , Nikolai Lopatnikoff , James Beale and Roland Leich (composition) and at West Virginia University with Gerald Lefkoff (music theory) and John Beall ( Composition) and taught music theory, composition, electroacoustic music and multimedia arts at the North Allegheny School District from 1965 to 1999 . He then gave courses at Carnegie-Mellon University . Since 1996, he has also taught in the Arts Education faculty of the Pennsylvania Governor's Institute . He developed content for the Partners in Distance Learning project and wrote papers on the training of music educators.

In addition to electroacoustic and multimedia works, Berlin composed chamber music, choral and orchestral works. He is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), the Society of Composers , the Music Educators National Conference, and a founding member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association . As a music teacher he received a. a. Awards from the Pennsylvania Council on the Art and the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association , as a composer the Salop-Slates Award for chamber music, awards from the International Electronic Music Plus Festival , the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and others.

Works

• Synchronization for tape and tape, 1971
• Octet for Chamber Ensemble , 1972
• Variants for Orchestra , 1972
• Three Mixtures for four Bassoons and Tape , 1973
• Articulations for Soprano and Tape , 1973
• Interactions for Flute and Tape , 1973
• Music for Brass and Percussion , 1973
• Quadrophonics foir Brass Quintet , 1974
• Exclamations for mixed chorus , 1974
• Fragments for Percussion Ensemble , 1974
• Essences for violin and tape, 1974
• Quniete for Bassoon and Strings , 1975
• Structures for Chamber Orchestra , 1975
• Patterns for saxophone quartet, 1975
• Caricature for Wind Band , 1976
• Fluctuations for flute choir, 1976
• Synergism # 1 for instrumental ensemble, 1976
• Trio for Flute, Oboe and Guitar , 1977
• Trio for Flute, Oboe and Clarinet , 1977
• Quintet for Woodwinds , 1977
• In Two , cello duet, 1978
• Jabberwocky for tape, 1978
• Menagerie for chamber orchestra, 1979
• Quintet for Wind Instruments , 1979
• Three Miniatures for guitar, 1979
• Metamorphism for chamber orchestra, 1980
• Museum Piece for male voice and piano, 1980
• Intermix for horn and electronic sounds, 1980
• Antitheses for piano, 1981
• Cheyt-M after a painting by Victor Vasarely for percussion and tape, 1981
• Quartet for Clarinets , 1982
• Extensions for clarinet and tape, 1983
• Music for Six for wind quintet and tape, 1984
• Concerto grosso for Winds, Percussion and Electronic Tape , 1985
• Playing for Time for cello and tape, 1986
• Palindromos for tape, dancers and storytellers, 1986
• Common Threads for Alto Saxophone and Tape, 1987
• At Some Point in Time for wind quintet, 1987
• Shenanigans for oboe, bassoon and tape, 1987
• No More Masks for tape, 1987
• Clippings - Media Cycle for tape, soprano, piano, actors, dancers and laser projections, 1989
• Songs of Love and Death , song cycle for soprano and piano, 1989
• Orbis Vitae Discipult for flute, alto saxophone, trumpet, piano and percussion, 1989
• Homage to Theo for narrator and tape recording (text: Rosaly Roffman ), 1990
• Hotel Fiesta for storytellers, tapes and dancers (text: Lynn Emanuel ), 1990
• Suite of Popular Dances for tape, 1990
• Most Inopportune for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1990
• Fanfare for the Future for band and excellent electronic sounds with laser show, 1990
• Memoirs for tape and dancers, 1990
• Renga for chamber ensemble and voice (text: Rosaly Roffman), 1991
• Johnny cain't Read! for soprano and piano, 1990
• Characters and Criters for wind quintet or tape, 1991
• Doctor Zoology for jazz combo and voice, 1991
• Margie Barker has filed suit for soprano and piano, 1989
• Panorama for wind orchestra, 1992
• Christopher's Quest , incidental music for a children's theater production, 1992
• Colloquy for tuba and electronic sounds, 1992
• Love Songs of lost Things and Discards for narrator, mezzo-soprano and piano (text: Rosaly Rofman), 1993
• Festival Prelude for symphony orchestra, 1993
• Sonata for Cello and Piano , 1993
• Doctor Zoology , electronic music for theater production / video, 1994
• Decisions for an ensemble of five instruments up to a full orchestra, 1994
• Short Suite for flute, violin, tonewoods and cello, 1994–95
• March for brass quintet, 1994
• Music for Multi-Media Production Vol. 1 , 1995
• Ancient Elements from the Vessel of Infinity , interactive CD-ROM, 1995
• Interactive Music , CD-ROM, 1997I
• Monologue for solo flute, 1997
• Poetic Pots , interactive CD-ROM, 1997
• Brilla La Luz ala Gente del Sol for audio CD-ROM, computerized ideaphones, video projections and dancers, 1998
• Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra , 1999
• MC Richards Soundfugue for four storytellers and electronic sounds, 2000
• Yet Another Millennium , electronic music, 2000
• Connect (dis) Connect for live musicians and electronic sounds, 2001
• Fanfare for brass quintet, 2001
• Allegheny Fantasy for string quintet and piano, 2001
• Declaration for Brass Quintet , 2001
• Poem for Unaccompanied Cello , 2001
• After the Fall electronic music for performance with storytellers and dancers (text: Rosaly Roffman, choreography: Holly Boda-Sutton ), 2002
• Character Pieces for violin and piano, 2002
• The World Curator for a performance with storytellers and dancers (text: Rosaly Roffman, choreography: Holly Boda-Sutton), 2003
• Conflux for violin and electronic sounds, 2003
• The Landscape of Sorrow; the Little Match Girl , electronic music for performance with storytellers and dancers (text: Rosaly Roffman, choreography: Karen Clemente ), 2004
• Fanfare for the Uncommon Student for Brass and Percussion, 2005
• Etude in 016 for piano, 2006
• Out of the Deep for music, poetry and dance, 2006
• Music for Friends , 2006
• Humpback Rhapsody for electronics, 2007
• Sixty Second Music vol. 1 for electronics, 2007-09
• Furoshiki for music, poetry and dance, 2007–09
• Whirligig for electronics, 2008-09
• Dear Boy for singer / actor and piano / orchestra, 2010
• Critical Response for three cellos and drums, 2010

Web link

• Homepage of David Berlin

source

• Vox Novus - David Berlin