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Unquiet Hours wins the 2019 Sousa/Ostwald Prize
Unquiet Hours received the 2019 Sousa/Ostwald Prize from the American Bandmasters Association.
San Juan Symphony to Premiere New Work
David to write a new work to pair with Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony.
Fantastic Review of Trombone Concerto
“…a profound meditation on life’s mysteries…This was deeply personal music…The concerto itself is a fabulous mystery that deserves to be heard again”
David is a mentor composer with the American Composers Orchestra Earshot Readings
David will serve as a mentor composer along with Bright Sheng, Derek Bermel, and Margaret Brouwer for the American Composers Orchestra EarShot Readings with the Grand Rapids Symphony, September 25-30.
Cyclotron wins 2018 Rudolf Nissim Prize
David is the recipient of the 38th annual ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize. Selected from 140 entries judged anonymously by a panel of conductors, the Prize was awarded for Cyclotron, a 10-minute work for winds and percussion. The Prize is presented annually to an ASCAP concert composer for a work requiring a conductor that has not been performed […]
Glowing review of Red Vesper with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble’s performance of Red Vesper was given a glowing review in the Pittsburgh Post–Gazette: The first piece, Mr. Biedenbender’s “Red Vesper,” stole the show. Spacious and ceremonious, the work is inspired by national parks in the American West, where the Wisconsin-born composer would often go for reflection and meditation. His experimentation with sound was like a true […]
Radiant Spheres review at San Francisco Symphony Soundbox
Philip Campbell of the Bay Area Reporter reviewed Tim Higgins performance of Radiant Spheres at the San Francisco Symphony Soundbox series: “…the contemporary pieces that came later proved to be both explosively dramatic and intriguingly experimental. Radiant Spheres (2014) by David Biedenbender, which Higgins commissioned, managed to say an awful lot in just six minutes. From bluesy and introspective to anguished and finally pacified, the […]