I hold degrees in music composition from Northwestern University (DMA), San Francisco State University (MA) and Columbia College (BA). My primary composition instructors were Jay Alan Yim, Augusta Read Thomas, Josh Levine, Ronald Caltabiano and Gustavo Leone.
My music is objective, non-teleological and irregularly repetitive. My primary influences include natural environmental sounds, the music of Morton Feldman, Igor Stravinsky and Steve Reich, and the music of Latin America, particularly from Brazil and Cuba. Recordings of my music are available at www.davidcgrant.com.
Notable ensembles and performers who have played my work include the Northwestern Contemporary Music Ensemble under the supervision of Oliver Knussen, Lukas Fels, Graeme Jennings, the New York New Music Ensemble, the San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players, the Fonema Consort, Quince Vocal Ensemble, the Color Field Ensemble, the AI Ensemble based in New York City, and the Fine Arts Music Society and Claraconbrio both based in Chicago. My works have also been performed at summer music festivals including the June in Buffalo contemporary music festival, the SICPP festival in Boston, the Sonic Fusion Festival in Scotland and at the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, Oregon.
I am also a performer and play keyboard with the group Maurice, an experimental jazz/rock band that plays throughout the Chicago area. Maurice can be heard at mauricechicago.bandcamp.com. I currently teach music theory, composition and music history at Columbia College, North Central College and DePaul University.
My music is objective, non-teleological and irregularly repetitive. My primary influences include natural environmental sounds, the music of Morton Feldman, Igor Stravinsky and Steve Reich, and the music of Latin America, particularly from Brazil and Cuba. Recordings of my music are available at www.davidcgrant.com.
Notable ensembles and performers who have played my work include the Northwestern Contemporary Music Ensemble under the supervision of Oliver Knussen, Lukas Fels, Graeme Jennings, the New York New Music Ensemble, the San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players, the Fonema Consort, Quince Vocal Ensemble, the Color Field Ensemble, the AI Ensemble based in New York City, and the Fine Arts Music Society and Claraconbrio both based in Chicago. My works have also been performed at summer music festivals including the June in Buffalo contemporary music festival, the SICPP festival in Boston, the Sonic Fusion Festival in Scotland and at the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene, Oregon.
I am also a performer and play keyboard with the group Maurice, an experimental jazz/rock band that plays throughout the Chicago area. Maurice can be heard at mauricechicago.bandcamp.com. I currently teach music theory, composition and music history at Columbia College, North Central College and DePaul University.
