David Toub

David Toub (born January 7, 1961 in Newark , New Jersey ) is an American composer .

Toub took violin lessons in his youth and began composing while attending Millburn Junior High School . From 1975 to 1977 he attended composition courses at the Mannes College of Music and studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Sylvia Rabinof , Craig Shuler , Rebecca Scott and Bruce Adolphe .

From dodecaphonic beginnings like Four Landscapes for Six Instruments , which was premiered at the Symphony Space in New York in 1980 by the Ensemble North / South Consonance under the direction of Max Lifchitz , Toub later came to compositions in the style of (post) minimalism . Objects for marimba, piano and electronic organ was the Sequenza 21-concert 2006 by Hugh Sung , Daniel Beliavsky and Bill Solomon in the Elebash Hall of the City University of New York premiered . Toub's music has been increasingly performed, including performances by the Diverse Instrument Ensemble, drummers Bill Solomon and Mike Lunoe, the San Diego New Music / NOISE Ensemble, pianists Stephane Ginsburgh and Nicolas Horvath, and Russian cellist Maxim Zolotarenko, the University of Tennessee at Martin Contemporary Music Group / Stephen Downing, and the Japanese violinist Yuka Matsumoto. Several works have been recorded commercially, including three albums from the OgreOgress label, one consisting exclusively of his works for electronic organ, one with the string quartet mf and another with the piece Dharmachakramudra for viola, cello and vibraphone. Ataraxia , an album with two piano works (quartet for piano, for four), was recently recorded by Stephane Ginsburgh for Maria de Alvear World Edition label from Cologne.

He received AB and MD degrees from the University of Chicago and an MBA majoring in Management Information Systems from Drexel University. Toub is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and a Diplomat on the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Since 2008 he has been the Medical Director of Gynesonics, a medical device company in California. In addition, the trained physician worked in Philadelphia for several years as the medical director of Planned Parenthood , was on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union and volunteer for ActionAIDS .

Works

four landscapes for Six Instruments , 1978-1979
oblivions for choir, 1979
ineffabilities for piano, 1980–1981
improvisational itudy No.1 (shingon mándaras) for piano, 1981–1982
textbook: music of solitary landscapes in hyperspace (piece for IPS) for piano and two double basses, 1984–1987
vector music for edward hopper for piano, 1988–1989
two sets for string quintet, 1990–1991
digitals for string orchestra, 1992–1993
cantorials for string orchestra and electronic organ, 1994–1995
brass piece for arielle victoria for three trumpets, two bass trombones and tuba, 1996–1997
streams of consciousness for string orchestra, 1997–1998
objects for marimba, piano and electronic organ, 1999
piece # 2 for electronic organ , 1999-2000
quadratics for choir, 2000
piece # 3 for electronic organ , 2001
piece # 1 for electronic organ , 2002-2004
mf for string quartet, 2004
five notes for christina fong for string quintet, 2004
for roger copland for alto flute, 2005
for philip glass for string quartet, 2006
this piece intentionally left blank for keyboard (or any group of instruments), 2006
may only pogrommen , open instrumentation, 2007
ushabti for violin and piano, 2007–2008
<10 ' , open instrumentation, 2008
bs piece for six marimbas, 2008
piece for rebecca for keyboard, 2009
two rhythmic spaces for two percussionists, 2009
two improvisations for synthesizer, 2009
zichron (in memory of bisan, maye, aya and nur abu al-aish) for saxophone quartet, 2009
torture memos (a survivor from guantánamo) for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, bass clarinet, marimba, electric bass, violin, cello and piano, 2009
4/4 for Electronic Organ , 2010
dharmachakramudra for vibraphone, viola and cello, 2010
piece for electronic organ and bongo drums , 2010
quartet for piano , 2010
four strings for violin, 2010
hevron-deir yassin , open instrumentation, 2011
I-IV-VI for violin, cello and vibraphone, 2011
music for cello , 2011
piece for contrabass, 2011
piece for keyboard and another instrument, 2012
flutes and trombone, 2012
two voices, for keyboard or any two instruments, 2012
for four, for piano or four instruments, 2012
brasstet, 2013
tbd for piano, 2013
300, for flute and bass clarinet, 2013
unfinished work for allan cronin for piano, 2013
12, open instrumentation, 2013
music for viola, 2013
for ruth first, two pianos, 2014
flute loops, flute loops flute solo + pre-recorded flutes, 2014
air waves, brass quintet and synthesizer, 2014
voices and organ, choir (SATB) + organ, 2014
focused music, piano, 2015–2016
untitled 1, open instrumentation, 2016
dystopia, 2 flutes, 2 bass clarinets, Farfisa organ, 2017
jk (bad canon for four violins), four violins, 2017
sonance, violin, cello, piano, 2017
quiet noise, violin and cello, 2017
variation, French horn and piano, 2018
subversives, for string quartet, 2018
improvisation-december 2018, open instrumentation, 2018
piano loops, four pianos, 2018
improvisation july 2019, open instrumentation, 2019
cello quartet, four cellos, 2019
improvisation April 2020, open instrumentation, 2020

Web links

Music of David Toub (annotated list of works with sheet music and audio files, English)

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Toub, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American composer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Newark , New Jersey