A Celebration of the Life and Music of David Macbride

On October 2-5 The Hartt School will celebrate the life and work of composer David Macbride '73 in a series of concerts devoted to his music, and his creative influence on generations of composers. David was a faculty member at Hartt from 1984 until his untimely death in September 2018. As an alumnus of The Hartt School, he was awarded the School's Distinguished Alumni Award in 2011. His body of work is prolific and wide-ranging, covering almost every medium of concert music. But undoubtedly his greatest impact on the field has been that of his percussion music, which are firmly entrenched in the repertoire, with continuing performances nationally and internationally.

David Macbride was born in Berkeley, Calif., in 1951. His principal teachers included Edward Diemente of the then Hartt School of Music, and Jack Beeson and Chou wen-chung of Columbia University, where he earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Macbride has written more than 200 works, ranging from solo, chamber, and orchestral music, to music for film, television, dance, and theatre, with particular emphasis on music for percussion. His compositions have been performed extensively in the United States and abroad. Performers of his work include the Hartford Symphony, the Arditti String Quartet, Percussive Arts Society International Convention, World Saxophone Congress, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

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