David R. Holsinger

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David Rex Holsinger (born December 26, 1945 in Hardin, Missouri ) is an American composer , conductor and music teacher .

Life

David Holsinger studied at Central Methodist University, the University of Central Missouri and the University of Kansas , where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts in 2006. Donald Bohlen and Charles Hoag were among his teachers. From 1984 to 1999 Holsinger was a church musician and composer in residence in Grand Prairie, Texas . He then accepted a position as conductor of the Lee University Wind Orchestra in Cleveland, Tennessee , where he also teaches conducting and composition as a professor of music. He is also a guest conductor and composer at numerous US universities and professional wind orchestras.

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Holsinger has composed more than 100 works for wind orchestra. His music is characterized by changing metrics and accentuation and is often designed programmatically .

Wind band

  • 1970 The War Trilogy
  • 1974 Prelude and Rondo
  • 1982 The Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf
  • 1984 Liturgical Dances
  • 1985 Havendance
  • 1986 In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War
  • 1987 Nilesdance
  • 1988 Gathering of the Banks of Hebron
  • 1988 On Ancient Hymns and Festal Dances
  • 1989 On the Grand Prairie Texas
  • 1990 Graysondance
  • 1990 Symphonic Canticle
  • 1990 To Tame the Perilous Skies
  • 1991 On An American Spiritual
  • 1993 A Song of Moses for choir, wind orchestra and percussion
  • 1993 Gmyway's Revenge
  • 1994 From Grrrhart's 613th Regimental March
  • 1995 At the Strongholds of En Gedi
  • 1995 Easter Symphony
  • 1996 Little Mystery Music
  • 1998 Prairie Dances
  • 1998 Adagio for wind orchestra
  • 1998 On the Cul-de-Sac, Three O'Clock, Friday Afternoon
  • 1998 Jolly Walk in Hibertland
  • 2000 Pride of Buxmont
  • 2012 A Call to Celebration
  • 2012 Mountain Ayre and Wedding Dance
  • A Childhood Hymn
  • Abram's Pursuit
  • American Faces
  • Ballet Exaltare
  • Ballet Sacra
  • Deerpath Dances
  • In Praise of Gentle Pioneers
  • On a hymn song of Philip Bliss
  • Sinfonia Voci
  • Fantasy on a Gaelic hymn song
  • Hopak Raskolniki (A Dance for the Old Believers)
  • The Cluster Fluster Bluster March
  • The Adventures of Kid Cam the Rocketman!
  • Army Ants March & Boogie
  • Battle Music
  • The Chase
  • The City Symphony
  • Consider the Uncommon Man
  • The Deathtree
  • Deborah's Triumph / Jael's Revenge
  • Divertimented Dances
  • Elegy on an American Folktune
  • Elegy on an Evening Hymn
  • Every Morning New
  • Falcon attack
  • Fanfare and Caprice on "Annie Lisle"
  • Fanfare for brass and timpani
  • Fanfare for the Glorious Naycart
  • Fanfare Mid-America
  • Festiva Jubiloso
  • The Forbarsti Tryptych
  • The Fort Canterbury Adventure
  • Gears Pulleys Chains
  • Gypsydance
  • The helmet toccata
  • Hero Music
  • Homage: Three Tapestries
  • Hymn on a Tune of Lowell Mason
  • Hymn song on a tune of Robert Lowry
  • If You Must Doodle, Doodle Somewhere Else!
  • Kansas City Dances for tuba and wind band
  • Kaylen Dreaming
  • Legacy Music
  • A Little Adventure Music
  • Little Fantasy on an American Hymn
  • March of the Grand High Poobah
  • March on a Russian hymn song
  • Mobbusters!
  • On a Childhood Sunday Song
  • On a Southern Hymn Song
  • On the Overland Stage to El Paso
  • One Day, In a Small Town
  • Partita Allegro
  • The Peasant Village Dance (Threes plus Twos)
  • Praises
  • Providence Unfinished
  • Quiet River
  • Reagan of Illinois for narrator, choir and band
  • Reese's summer
  • Riding with the Frontier Battalion
  • Scootin 'on hard rock
  • Scrappy Bumptoe's Picture Cards and Ragtag Dances
  • Silver Celebration Overture
  • Solemn Hymn & Rowdy Dance
  • Some give all
  • Summer to Fall
  • Symphonia Glorioso
  • Symphonic Movement
  • Texas Promendade

Awards

Holsinger has twice received the Sousa / ABA / Ostwald Award from the American Bandmasters Association : 1982 for The Armies of the Omnipresent Otserf and 1968 for In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War . In 1995 he received an honorary doctorate from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota , at the premiere of his Easter Symphony . In 1998 Holsinger was named a member of the American Bandmasters Association . In 2003 he received the Excellence in Scholarship Prize from Lee University for his compositional work .

Recordings (selection)

  • Rise of the Firebird (2001, Walking Frog Records, WFR 316), Washington Winds, Edward Petersen (conductor).
  • Mind Sets (2010, Walking Frog Records, WFR 368), Washington Winds, Edward Petersen (conductor).
  • Celebrations (2011, Altissimo, ALT 61042), The United States Navy Band, Ralph M. Gambone (conductor).
  • Dances, Reflections & Suzpplications (2014, Mark Records, MCD 51050), Mansfield University Concert Wind Ensemble, Adam F. Brennan (conductor).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b David Holsinger. Lee University website, accessed July 5, 2017 .
  2. ↑ ABA Awards. The American Bandmasters Association, accessed October 29, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Read We Forget - Membership History 2012. (PDF; 619 kB) American Bandmasters Association, archived from the original on September 10, 2016 ; accessed on October 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Holsinger, David R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holsinger, David Rex (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, conductor and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Hardin (Missouri)