Composer/Performer David T. Little, is actively committed to music of dramatic intensity and direct expression. A composer of great diversity, his music has been concurrently praised as 'smoothly euphonious, with tonal yet original harmonies' (American Record Guide), and 'clanking, almost industrial' (The Stage). Alex Ross of The New Yorker was 'completely gripped' by Little's 'Sunday Morning Trepanation', proclaiming: 'every bad-ass new-music ensemble in the city will want to play him.'
David is the founder, artistic director and sometimes drummer for the rock band / ensemble Newspeak, and is the co-founder and co-director of Free Speech Zone Productions. His music has been commissioned and performed by groups such as So Percussion, eighth blackbird, New World Symphony, Albany Symphony, Carnegie Hall, Formalist Quartet, ensemble courage, Opera Vista, The Grand Rapids Symphony, Dinosaur Annex, Amelia Piano Trio, NOW Ensemble, and at the Tanglewood, Look and Listen, Aspen and Cabrillo Festivals (in the last of which, conducted by Marin Alsop).
His music theatre work Soldier Songs, commissioned and premiered by the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, is currently represented by Beth Morrison Projects in New York and is slated for it's third distinct production this May in Houston. Upcoming works include those for Carnegie Hall, Newspeak, Third Coast Percussion Quartet, and a consortium of saxophonists led by Eliot Gattegno. He is currently working on an opera with librettist Royce Vavrek, and developing future projects with director Yuval Sharon and producer Beth Morrison.
David holds degrees in percussion from Susquehanna University (B.M) and composition from the University of Michigan (M.M.) and Princeton University (M.F.A). He is a recipient of the Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as awards from BMI and ASCAP. Currently completing a PhD in composition at Princeton, David lives and works in Weehawken, NJ, where his research deals with issues of musical activism in the 21st century. For more information, please see http://www.davidtlittle.com
Dear David: Thanks for the add. You have some brilliant tracks posted. i especially enjoyed the imaginative percussion writing and dramatic contrasts in "Valuable Natural Resources.' - gil.
I really did enjoy East Coast Attitude. Glad I got to see it performed. And like you said in the intro, I noticed the nice part in the middle. Actually made me want to visit New Jersey. That, and the Oyster Creek Plant. I have a thing for nuclear reactors.
Happy hunting with future performances and compositionings.
I enjoyed the online discussion you had with Shenandoah Conservatory comp students last evening. Too bad we couldn't get the video to work. Reminds me of every new music concert in the 70's , when something ALWAYS went wrong with the electronics.
Beautiful work, David. I hope to catch a live performance one day soon. Thanks so much for connecting. We're actually playing BAM tonight for a special tv filming. Come out if you're in the city. real, Boston www.myspace.com
