David Voss is an award-winning composer who the Pi Kappa Lambda Composition Award described as “a composer…whose artistic concepts are complex and multi-faceted.” He was a finalist for the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award and the Sarasota Orchestra EarShot residency. His works have been performed all over the country and have been recorded by such ensembles as Yarn/Wire and Singer Pur. He attended the Atlantic Music Festival, Nief-Norf Summer Festival, and the Fresh Inc Festival, where he worked with a number of respected composers, including Anna Thorvaldsdottir, David Ludwig, Hannah Lash, and Ken Ueno, to name a few. He has been commissioned by individuals and arts organizations like the International Double Reed Society and continues to enjoy writing music for his friends.
He graduated with his Master of Arts in composition from Stony Brook University, where he worked with Perry Goldstein and Daria Semegen, and received his Bachelor of Music in music theory/composition from Lawrence University, studying with Asha Srinivasan and Joanne Metcalf.
Works List
large ensemble
Sailing on Titan Seas
for orchestra (in progress)
Blowhole Rainbows (2017) 6.5’
for double reed choir
Reaper (2016) 9’
for orchestra
chamBer
Train Beer (2019) 6’
for piano & percussion quartet
Tweak (2016) 5.5’
for Pierrot ensemble + percussion
Kogarashi (2015) 5’
for flute, clarinet, bassoon & piano or marimba
White Locust (2014) 6’
for flute quintet
choral/vocal
Access (2018) 12.5’
for soprano, tenor, and piano
The Resurrection Promise (2016) 25’
for SATB choir, organ, trumpet & handbells
The Portent (2015) 2.5’
for SATB choir or STTTBarB
solo
• (2017) 2.5’
for cello or bass trombone & piano
Huracán (2016) 5.5’
for baritone saxophone
Three Vossiennes (2011) 6’
for piano