David’s compositions have been performed in concert halls worldwide. his music has been recorded and performed by such stylistically diverse artists as classical clarinettist Richard Stolzmann, tango specialist, Dino Saluzzi and jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.
Although David has been composing vibraphone music throughout his career, several years ago he started to compose music for solo marimba. This endeavour sprung from his desire to create more lyrical repertoire for an instrument that was traditionally considered first and foremost to be Davis dedicated two of his earlier compositions to two of his favourite classical marimbists, Nancy Zeltsman and Katarzyna Mycka, who have both recorded his compositions.
During the past years, his marimba pieces have been played by the top marimbists on the contemporary scene. All of David’s compositions for Marimba and Vibraphone are published by Norsmusikvorlag, except for his arrangement of Mel Torme’s „The Christmas Song“ and „Valse Binaire“ which are published by Gretel Verlag and „Mirror from Another“, published by Alfred Music.
This music is available in Germany through Brandt Percussion Versand.
www.percussion-brandt.de and in the US through Steve Weiss Music, www.steveweissmusic.com
New Sheet Music out: Charlie Chaplin
“This piece for solo marimba was commissioned by Eriko Daimo for the 30th anniversary of Marimba One. Eriko premiered the piece on march 23rd, 2018 in Arcata California. The title came to me after i finished the piece. The infectious groove and somewhat jagged phrases and figures reminded me of Charlie Chaplin’s physical movements. When I think of the most important element of this composition, it would be relentless groove, almost till the end. For those of you who are looking for a visual reference to the way this piece should be played, i can recommend Charlie Chaplin’s performance in „Modern Times“ (1936).”
Name: Charlie Chaplin
Year: 2018
Content: Score, one Part (pdf, 136 KB)
Genre: Classic (Jazz)
Instrumentation: Marimba
Players: One
Level: medium difficult
New Sheet Music out: Tell Me A Story.
Name: Tell Me A Story
Content: Score, 5 parts (pdf)
Genre: Classic, Jazz (Percussion ensemble)
Instrumentation: Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Cymbals, Tom-toms, Snare-Drum ect.
Players: 5
Level: medium difficult, Duration: 15 – 17 minutes