JAMES M. DAVID, composer
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Works for Solo Instruments / Electroacoustic Media


Sheets of Sound (2009)

for tenor saxophone and digital audio
commissioned by Peter Sommer (director of jazz studies, Colorado State University)
duration ca. 7 minutes

selected for performance at the 2009 World Saxophone Congress in Bangkok, Thailand
selected for performance at Electronic Music Midwest 2011
selected for performance at the 2010 North American Saxophone Alliance Conference, Las Vegas, NV
selected for performance at the 2011 Florida State University Festival of New Music
selected for performance at the 2011 College Music Society Regional Conference, Denver, CO

Recording: Peter Sommer at the World Saxophone Congress


The Locomotive Geryon (2002)

for alto saxophone and piano
commissioned by Cary Brague (professor of saxophpone, Valdosta State University)
accompaniment arranged for percussion ensemble by Paul Vaillancourt
duration ca. 8 minutes

selected for performance at the 2002 World Saxophone Congress
selected for performance at the 2005 Society of Composers, Inc. National Conference
selected for performance at the 2008 North American Saxophone Alliance Regional Conference

published by Pebblehill Music Publishers
distributed by Luyben Music

Recording: Dr. Amy Griffiths, saxophone and the Columbus State University Percussion Ensemble


Memento (1998)

for solo flute
duration ca. 5 minutes

first runner-up, 1998 Music Teachers National Association Young Artists Composition Competition, Southern Division

  • Home
  • news
  • about
  • wind ensemble
    • Lost Illusions
    • Flexible Instrumentation
    • March Tumbao
    • Lookfar
    • Menlo Park, 1879
    • Symphony no. 1
    • Zephyrus
    • iowa Consortium
    • With Soul Serene
    • Swing Landscape
    • I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold
    • Ghosts of the Old Year
    • Concerto for Vibraphone
    • The Moorlands
    • Big Four on the River
    • All Dark Is Now No More
    • Temple's Grace
    • From the Shaken Tower
    • Two-Lane Blacktop
    • Sinfonietta no. 3
  • compositions
    • wind ensemble
    • clarinet >
      • all clarinet works
      • clarinet sonata
      • AUTO '66 - Clarinet Concerto
    • saxophone >
      • all saxophone works
      • Saxophone Sonata
      • L'oiseau dans l'espace
      • Saxophone/Percussion Double Quartet
    • trombone >
      • Trombone Sonata
      • Song of the Valar
      • Bass Trombone Sonata
      • Partiels 2
      • Garden of the Gods
    • Other Brass Works >
      • Trumpet Sonata
    • Percussion >
      • The Dandelion
      • NOLA - BELA - SOWEGA
    • large ensemble >
      • LASCAUX
      • KAFKA - Sax Concerto
    • chamber ensemble >
      • Clarinet and Horn Trio
    • solo / electroacoustic
    • choral / vocal >
      • KUBLA KHAN
  • contact