David Felder (1953- )
David Felder has long been recognized as a leader in his generation of
American composers. His works have been featured at many of the
leading international festivals for new music, and earn
continuing recognition through performance and commissioning
programs. Felder’s work has been broadly characterized by its
highly energetic profile, through its frequent employment of
technological extension and elaboration of musical materials (including
his Crossfire
video series), and its lyrical qualities. Felder has received numerous
grants and commissions including many awards from the National
Endowment for the Arts, two New York State Council commissions, a New
York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Guggenheim, two Koussevitzky
commissions, two Fromm Foundation Fellowships, two awards from the
Rockefeller Foundation, Meet the Composer "New
Residencies" (1993-1996) with the Buffalo Philharmonic, two
commissions from the Mary Flagler Cary Trust, and many more. In May
2010, he received the Music Award from the American Academy of Arts and
Letters, a career recognition award. Current projects include: Le Quatre Temps Cardinaux
for soprano Laura Aikin, bass Ethan Hirschenfeld, large chamber
ensemble/orchestra (BMOP, Signal, and Slee Sinfonietta) and electronics
on texts of Neruda, Creeley, Gioia, and Daumal, (Fall, 2012)
commissioned by the Koussevitky Foundation, and ensemble works
commissioned by Neo Norbotten of Sweden, Norway’s Cikada Ensemble, the
New York New Music Ensemble, Talujon Percussion Ensemble, and the New
York Virtuoso Singers for the 2010-13 seasons. Felder serves as
Birge-Cary Chair in Composition at SUNY, Buffalo, and has been Artistic
Director of the June in Buffalo
Festival from 1985 to the present. Since 2006, he has been Director of
the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music at the
University. From 1992 to 1996 he was Meet the Composer "New
Residencies", Composer-in-Residence to the Buffalo Philharmonic
Orchestra and WBFO-FM. In 1996, he formed the professional chamber
orchestra, the Slee Sinfonietta, and has been Artistic Director since
that time. In 2008, he was named SUNY Distinguished Professor, the
highest rank in the SUNY system. An active teacher and mentor, he has
served as Ph.D. dissertation advisor for nearly fifty composers at
Buffalo, many of whom are actively teaching, composing and performing
internationally at leading institutions. Felder served as Master Artist
in Residence at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in February-March,
2010.COMPOSITIONS Felder Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Felder on Felder
Nexus, bass trombone (1975)
Passageways I and II, chamber ensemble (1979-80)
Rondage/Cycle, amplified/delay trumpet (or trombone), piano, percussion, digital synth and tape (1977; rev. 1983)
- [rev. w/choreography by Elizabeth Well Bergman & synclavier II, 1983]
Rocket Summer, piano (1979; rev. 1983)
Coleccion Nocturna, clarinet/bass cl, piano and tape (1983) [rev. 1984 for clarinet/bass cl, piano, orchestra and tape]
Another Face, violin (1987; rev. 1994) [part of "Crossfire"]
Boxman, amplified trombone and electronics (1986-88; rev. 1999) [part of "Crossfire"]
Three Lines From Twenty Poems, chamber orchestra (1987)
La Dura Fria Hora, chamber chorus (1986) [also for chorus and orchestra]
Third Face, string quartet (1988)
Between, solo percussion and orchestra (1990)
Journal, chamber orchestra (1990)
Passageways IIA, chamber ensemble (1991)
Two Neruda Texts, chamber orchestra (1986, 1996)
Six Poems from Neruda's "Alturas...", orchestra (1990-92; rev. 1998)
November Sky, flute/piccolo/alto fl/bass fl and tape (video walls) (1992) [part of "Crossfire"]
In Between, solo percussion and electronics (1991-93) [part of "Crossfire"]
- In Between, solo percussion and electronics (version for 4.3 octave Marimba)
- In Between, solo percussion and electronics (version for 5 octave Marimba)
Crossfire (1986-93) [4 earlier pieces collected]
- Boxman, amplified trombone and electronics (1986-88; rev. 1999) [part of "Crossfire"]
- Another Face, violin (1987; rev. 1994) [part of "Crossfire"]
- November Sky, flute/piccolo/alto fl/bass fl and tape (video walls) (1992) [part of "Crossfire"]
- In Between, solo percussion and electronics (1991-93) [part of "Crossfire"]
Canzone XXXI, brass quintet (1993)
Inner Sky, solo flute/piccolo/alto fl/bass fl, percussion (2 players), piano, strings and computer (1994; rev. 1998)
Linebacker Music, orchestra (1994)
Three Pieces for Orchestra (1996; rev. 2008)
a pressure triggering dreams, orchestra (1997; rev. 1998)
In Between, solo percussion and chamber orchestra (1999-2000)
Incendio, brass ensemble (2000) [may be paired with "Shredder" and entitled "Two Tuttis"]
Shredder, brass ensemble (13 players), timpani and elec.bass or bass synth.(Kurzweil 2000 or equiv.) (2001) [see Incendio]
Partial [dist]res[s]toration, chamber ensemble and opt. computer and electronics (2002)
Gone Grey, chamber string orchestra and optional electronics (2003)
- Triplum
- Ton nom
Memento mori, 16 voice chorus (2004)
RRRings t{h}RRR(o)u[gh]e, 8-channel electronics (2004)
Dionysiacs, flute ensemble (6 players) and "gli altri" (minimum 14) (2005)
Chashmal (2006), bass voice, video and 8-channel electronics (2006) [Shamayim, Part 1]
So Quiet Here, 4-channel electronics (2006)
stuck-stücke, string quartet (2007)
Sa'arah, bass voice, video and 8-channel electronics (2007) [Shamayim, Part 2]
Insomnia, bass voice and percussion (2008) [text: Dana Gioia]
Black Fire/White Fire, bass voice, video and 8-channel electronics (2008) [Shamayim, Part 3] [image by Elliot Caplan]
Rare Air, bass clarinet, piano and electronics (2008)
Shamayim, a film/music collaboration with film maker Elliot Caplan, Felder and singer Nicholas Isherwood (2009)
Tweener, solo percussion (with KAT mallet controller), large chamber ensemble/orchestra and electronics (2010)
Requiescat, bass flute, contrabass clarinet, percussion, guitar, piano/celeste, 2 vlns, viola, db and 8-channel electronics (2010)
Nomina Sunt Consequentia Rerum, 8-part chorus (2011)
Le Quatre Temps Cardinaux, soprano, bass, chamber orch & electronics (in progress) [texts: Creeley, Daumal, Gioia, Neruda]
[untitled], chamber ensemble (in progress for 2012-13 premiere)
Dream Journal, chamber ensemble (in progress for 2013 premiere)
[untitled], chamber ensemble (in progress for 2014)
WORKS BY GENRE Felder Links ~ ~ ~ Felder on Felder ~ top of page ~
Dance
Rondage/Cycle, amplified/delay trumpet (or trombone), piano, percussion, digital synth and tape (1977; rev. 1983)
- [rev. w/choreography by Elizabeth Well Bergman & synclavier II, 1983]
Orchestra
Three Lines From Twenty Poems, chamber orchestra (1987)
Journal, chamber orchestra (1990)
Two Neruda Texts, chamber orchestra (1986, 1996)
Six Poems from Neruda's "Alturas...", orchestra (1990-92; rev. 1998)
Linebacker Music, orchestra (1994)
Three Pieces for Orchestra (1996; rev. 2008)
a pressure triggering dreams, orchestra (1997; rev. 1998)
Gone Grey, chamber string orchestra and optional electronics (2003)
- Triplum
- Ton nom
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra or Ensemble
Coleccion Nocturna, clarinet, piano, orchestra, and optional tape (1983; rev. 1984)
Between, solo percussion and orchestra (1990)
Inner Sky, solo flute/piccolo/alto fl/bass fl, percussion (2 players), piano, strings and computer (1994; rev. 1998)
In Between, solo percussion and chamber orchestra (1999-2000)
Tweener, solo percussion (with KAT mallet controller), large chamber ensemble/orchestra and electronics (2010)
Chorus w/Orchestra
La Dura Fria Hora, chamber chorus (1986) [also for chorus and orchestra]
Choral
La Dura Fria Hora, chamber chorus (1986) [also for chorus and orchestra]
Memento mori, 16 voice chorus (2004)
Chamber
Passageways I and II, chamber ensemble (1979-80)
Coleccion Nocturna, clarinet/bass cl, piano and tape (1983) [rev. 1984 for clarinet/bass cl, piano, orchestra and tape]
Third Face, string quartet (1988)
Passageways IIA, chamber ensemble (1991)
Canzone XXXI, brass quintet (1993)
Incendio, brass ensemble (2000) [may be paired with "Shredder" and entitled "Two Tuttis"]
Shredder, brass ensemble (13 players), timpani and elec.bass or bass synth.(Kurzweil 2000 or equiv.) (2001) [see Incendio]
Partial [dist]res[s]toration, chamber ensemble and opt. computer and electronics (2002)
Dionysiacs, flute ensemble (6 players) and "gli altri" (minimum 14) (2005)
stuck-stücke, string quartet (2007)
Rare Air, bass clarinet, piano and electronics (2008)
Tweener, solo percussion (with KAT mallet controller), large chamber ensemble/orchestra and electronics (2010)
Requiescat, bass flute, contrabass clarinet, percussion, guitar, piano/celeste, 2 vlns, viola, db and 8-channel electronics (2010)
Percussion
Between, solo percussion and orchestra (1990)
In Between, solo percussion and electronics (1991-93) [part of "Crossfire"]
- In Between, solo percussion and electronics (version for 4.3 octave Marimba)
- In Between, solo percussion and electronics (version for 5 octave Marimba)
Inner Sky, solo flute, percussion (4 players), piano and string orchestra (1994; rev. 1999)
In Between, solo percussion and chamber orchestra (1999-2000)
Insomnia, bass voice and percussion (2008) [text: Dana Gioia]
Tweener, solo percussion (with KAT mallet controller), large chamber ensemble/orchestra and electronics (2010)
Solo Instrument
Nexus, bass trombone (1975)
Rondage/Cycle, amplified/delay trumpet (or trombone), piano, percussion, digital synth and tape (1977; rev. 1983)
- [rev. w/choreography by Elizabeth Well Bergman & synclavier II, 1983]
Another Face, violin (1987; rev. 1994) [part of "Crossfire"]
Boxman, amplified trombone and electronics (1986-88; rev. 1999) [part of "Crossfire"]
November Sky, flute/piccolo/alto fl/bass fl and tape (video walls) (1992) [part of "Crossfire"]
In Between, solo percussion and electronics (1991-93) [part of "Crossfire"]
- In Between, solo percussion and electronics (version for 4.3 octave Marimba)
- In Between, solo percussion and electronics (version for 5 octave Marimba)
Crossfire (1986-93) [4 earlier pieces collected]
- Boxman, amplified trombone and electronics (1986-88; rev. 1999) [part of "Crossfire"]
- Another Face, violin (1987; rev. 1994) [part of "Crossfire"]
- November Sky, flute/piccolo/alto fl/bass fl and tape (video walls) (1992) [part of "Crossfire"]
- In Between, solo percussion and electronics (1991-93) [part of "Crossfire"]
Piano
Rocket Summer, piano (1979; rev. 1983)
Vocal
Chashmal (2006), bass voice, video and 8-channel electronics (2006) [Shamayim, Part 1]
Sa'arah, bass voice, video and 8-channel electronics (2007) [Shamayim, Part 2]
Insomnia, bass voice and percussion (2008) [text: Dana Gioia]
Black Fire/White Fire, bass voice, video and 8-channel electronics (2008) [Shamayim, Part 3] [image by Elliot Caplan]
Film
Shamayim, a film/music collaboration with film maker Elliot Caplan, Felder and singer Nicholas Isherwood (2009)
Electronic
RRRings t{h}RRR(o)u[gh]e, 8-channel electronics (2004)
So Quiet Here, 4-channel electronics (2006)
FELDER LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Felder on Felder ~ top of page ~
Composer David Felder Brings Unique Aesthetic to Music on the Edge (Burkhardt Reiter, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
David Felder in Conversation with Michael Kelleher (Jacket Magazine)
Electronic Dialogues/4 - David Felder (Sequenza21)
Felder Wins Award for Music from American Academy of Arts And Letters (UB News Center)
New Music New Haven Features Guest Composer David Felder (Music at Yale)
Composer's website . . . contact David Felder: here
Felder @ American Music Center
Felder @ Art of the States also here
Felder @ Atlantic Center for the Arts
Felder @ CDeMusic
Felder @ EarShot
Felder @ EMF Media
Felder @ Facebook/Yale School of Music
Felder @ InstantEncore
Felder @ JWR
Felder @ Mode Records
Felder @ MSN Music
Felder @ A Musical Feast
Felder @ MusicWeb International
Felder @ Naxos
Felder @ The New York Times
Felder @ Paris Transatlantic Magazine
Felder @ Theodore Presser
Felder @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Felder @ Song of America
Felder @ University of Buffalo also here and here
Felder @ University of Buffalo/Edge of the Center
Publisher
Felder @ Theodore Presser
Streaming Audio
Felder @ Composer's website
Felder @ Art of the States
Felder @ last.fm
Felder @ Rhapsody.com also here
Recordings
Felder @ Composer's website
Felder @ Albany Records also here
Felder @ ArkivMusic
Felder @ Bridge Records
Felder @ ClassicsOnline
Felder @ Discogs
Felder @ DRAM online
Felder @ EMF Media
Felder @ Mode Records
Video
Felder @ YouTube
Felder @ Google Video
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Felder on Felder: Interview/Atlantic Center for the Arts (VIDEO)
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