Draft:David Evan Thomas
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David Evan Thomas (b. July 24, 1958) is an American composer. He was born in Rochester, New York, where he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music’s Preparatory Department. He received a BA in music from Northwestern University, an MM in composition from the Eastman School of Music, and a PhD in composition from the University of Minnesota. His teachers have included Dominick Argento, Samuel Adler, Alan Stout, and David Diamond.
Thomas has received two McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowships (1993, 2013),[2] an Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1990),[3] and the 1987 AGO/Möller Award in Choral Composition.[4] His work has been commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the American Composers Forum, and the American Guild of Organists. In 2018 he was initiated into Sigma Alpha Iota Fraternity (SAI) as a National Arts Associate.[5]
Thomas’s catalog includes fifty chamber pieces, music for orchestra and band, and solo works for piano and organ. His vocal music includes an opera, an oratorio, seventy choral works, and over a dozen song cycles. His music has been recorded on the Centaur, Innova, C.R.I., Ten Thousand Lakes, and Klavier labels.
Thomas lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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- ^ "Three Artists Share their Springboard Stories". January 20, 2017.
- ^ "All Awards". American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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- ^ "National Arts Associate - Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity". www.sai-national.org. August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Piece features faculty, ends festival". Billings Gazette. April 11, 1986. p. 44.
External Links
[edit]- ^ Biery, Marilyn Perkins (July 2001). "New Music for Organ at the End of the Twentieth Century: A Series on the Compositions of Six American Composers: David Evan Thomas". The American Organist: 66–68.
- ^ Biery, Marilyn (May 2006). "The Chorale Preludes of David Evan Thomas". The American Organist: 84–86.
- ^ Peck, Claude (November 9, 2008). "Turn the page". Star Tribune (Minneapolis).
- ^ Meyers, Christene (March 3, 2001). "BSO to feature composition by former player". Billings Gazette. p. 15.
- ^ "Billings pair plays Manhattan concert". Billings Gazette. February 24, 1989. p. 47.
- ^ "Classical Rosalyra String Quartet". Star Tribune (Minneapolis). May 17, 2002. pp. E3.
- ^ Anthony, Michael (October 23, 2002). "Energetic all-star trio opens Schubert Club series at Ordway". Star Tribune (Minneapolis). pp. B2.
- ^ Anthony, Michael (September 25, 1997). "Program helps composers hear their new pieces". Star Tribune (Minneapolis). p. 28.