David Campbell (composer)

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David Campbell (* 1959 ) is a Canadian composer, arranger and guitarist.

Campbell began playing the guitar at the age of fifteen. Around the same time he began composing his first symphony. In 1979 he went to Vancouver, where he played guitar and bass in various bands. From 1983 to 1985 he worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway . He then studied composition, arrangement, guitar and orchestration at Humber College for six years . His teachers were Ron Collier , Paul Read , Dave Stillwell , Clarke Anderson and Art Maiste and the guitarists Peter Harris , Tony Zorzi and Mark Crawford .

He then wrote arrangements for various bands in Toronto and composed for television. From 2003 he turned increasingly to electro-acoustic live performances and improvised music on the guitar. In addition, he worked steadily on the composition of symphonic and chamber music works. The Canada Council commissioned him to compose two symphonies, three string quartets and a number of smaller works.

Works

  • Symphony # 1 “Three Nights of the Full Moon” for large orchestra, saxophone quartet, percussion ensemble and mixed choir, (1977) 1979–2003
  • House of Stairs for guitar and percussion ensemble, 1984
  • The Rebel Wheel Broadcasts , book with pieces for wood, brass, string and percussion ensembles, 1984–94
  • Reverend Stink-finger for tape and sampler, 1985
  • String Quartet # 1 , 1991
  • Symphony # 2 “Three Roads to Thunder Bay” for small orchestra and off-stage sopranos, 1991–93
  • Symphony # 3 “Laura's Symphony” for large orchestra, 1993
  • String Quartet # 2 , 1994
  • String Quartet # 3 , 2000
  • Orchestral Song-set # 1 “Alterwise by Owl-light” based on texts by Dylan Thomas and Jack Kerouac for small orchestra and mixed choir, 2001–02
  • Symphony # 4 “The Jagged City” for small orchestra and sampler, 2002
  • String Quartet # 3 , 2003
  • Orchestral Song-set # 2 “The Petrarch Loop” based on texts by EE Cummings and Francesco Petrarca for small orchestra and mixed choir, 2003
  • Vostok-Sputnik Diaries for Tape Loops, 2003
  • Fold I, II, & III for electronics, 2005
  • Clamorous guitars for electric guitar and electronics, 2005
  • Cough! for tape and instrumental ensemble, 2005
  • The Futile Etudes for tape and string quartet, 2005

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SURNAME Campbell, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian composer, arranger and guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959