biography of David Dzubay

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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 study was undertaken as a Koussevitzky Fellow in Composition at the Tanglewood Music Center (1990), at the June in Buffalo Festival, and as co-principal trumpet of the National Repertory Orchestra in Colorado (1988, 1989). His principal teachers were Donald Erb, Frederick Fox, Eugene O'Brien, Lukas Foss, Oliver Knussen, Allan Dean and Bernard Adelstein.

David Dzubay's music has been performed in the U.S., Europe, Canada, Mexico, and Asia, by ensembles including the symphony orchestras of Aspen, Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Detroit, Honolulu, Kansas City, Louisville, Memphis, Minnesota, Oregon, Oakland, St. Louis and Vancouver; the American Composers Orchestra, National Symphonies of Ireland and Mexico, New World Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra and New York Youth Symphony; and ensembles including Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Montreal), Onix (Mexico), Manhattan Brass, Voices of Change (Dallas), the Alexander and Orion String Quartets, the League/ISCM, Earplay and the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players. His music has been championed by soloists including Christine Schadeberg, Thomas Robertello, Corey Cerovsek, Carter Enyeart, James Campbell, Liana Gourdjia, Eric Nestler and David Starobin, and conductors including James DePreist, George Hanson, David Loebel, Michael Morgan, Eiji Oue, Richard Pittman, Lawrence Leighton Smith, Carl Topilow, David Wiley, Samuel Wong, Kirk Trevor and David Zinman. His music is published by Pro Nova Music, Dorn, and Thompson Edition and is recorded on the Sony, Centaur, Bridge, Innova, Crystal, Klavier, Gia, First Edition and Indiana University labels.

Recent honors include Guggenheim (2007), MacDowell (2006, 2007), Yaddo (2008), Copland House (2008) and Djerassi (2007) fellowships; the 2009 Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival Composition Competition, 2007 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition, 2005 Utah Arts Festival Commission, 2005 Columbia Orchestra American Composers Competition, 2004 William Revelli Memorial Prize from the National Band Association, 2003 Commission from the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, 2001 Walter Beeler Memorial Prize, 2000 Wayne Peterson Prize; and grants from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music for all-Dzubay CDs by Voices of Change (innova 588) and the Manhattan Brass (Bridge). Dzubay has also received awards from the NEA (1992-1993), BMI (1987, 1988), ASCAP (1988, 1989, 1990), the American Music Center, Composers, Inc., Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Indiana State University, Indiana University (including the “Outstanding Junior Faculty Award”), the Tanglewood Music Center, and the Cincinnati Symphony.

David Dzubay 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. He was previously on the faculty of the University of North Texas in Denton. 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, an ensemble from the Minnesota Orchestra, the Kentuckiana Brass and Percussion Ensemble and strings from the Louisville Orchestra at the Maple Mount Music Festival. 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/American Symphony Orchestra League Music Alive Composer-in-Residence with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra.

Orchestral performances include
American Composers Orchestra, Arkansas, Ann Arbor, Aspen, Atlanta, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Cleveland Institue of Music, Detroit, Eastern Music Festival, Flint, Grand Rapids, Green Bay, Honolulu, Indiana University, National Symphony of Ireland, Kansas City, Louisville, Manhattan School of Music, Memphis, Minnesota, National Repertory, New England Philharmonic, New World, New York Youth, Oakland East Bay, Oregon, National Orchestra of Mexico, Saint Louis, South Bend, Vancouver, Wintergreen Music Festival, University of Utah, University of Denver, and Young Musicians Foundation (LA).

Commissioning Organizations
Meet The Composer, Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard, Chamber Music America, National Endowment for the Arts, Barlow Foundation, US-Mexico Fund for Culture, Continental Harmony, Minnesota Orchestra, Walker Art Center, National Repertory Orchestra, Oregon Symphony, New York Youth Symphony (First Music 7), fEARnoMUSIC, Detroit Chamber Winds, Voices of Change, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Musashino Academy of Music, Camerata Chamber Orchestra, Carolina Chamber Symphony, Manhattan Brass Quintet, St. Louis Brass Quintet, Maple Mount Music Festival, Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Carmel Symphony, Utah Symphony (Utah Arts Festival), University of North Carolina - Greensboro, and the Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players.

Awards
2007 Guggenheim Fellowship, 2007 Djerassi Artist Residency, 2007 Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra Composition Competition, MacDowell Colony FellowshipS (2006, 2007), 2005 Utah Arts Festival Commission, 2005 Columbia Orchestra American Composers Competition, 2004 NBA William Revelli Composition Contest, 2001 Walter Beeler Prize, 2000 Wayne Peterson Prize, 1999 Quad City Symphony Association Competition, 1995 Barlow International Competition for Orchestra Music, NEA Individual Artist Grant (1992-1993), BMI Student Composer Awards (1987, 1988), ASCAP Young Composer Awards (1988, 1989, 1990), Composers Inc (Lee Ettelson Composer's Award), Indiana Arts Commission, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Indiana State University (Contemporary Festival Prize), Indiana University (1989 & 1990 Dean's Prize), Tanglewood (Koussevitsky Fellowship), the Cincinnati Symphony Young Composers Competition, and the American Music Center (Margaret Fairbanks Jory Copying Grant).

SHORT VERSION BIOGRAPHY

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, the Kentuckiana Brass and Percussion Ensemble and strings from the Louisville Orchestra at the Music at Maple Mount Festival. 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.