David Froom

Froom after a performance of his Fantasy Dances by the 21st Century Consort at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in 2015.

David Froom is an American composer and college professor. His music has been described as “intensely dramatic yet deeply formal,”[1] "intellectually engaging, explosive with imagination and with a satisfying visceral power,"[2] balancing “diatonic pastoralism with acerbic angularity, Stravinskian rhythmic urgency with lyrical counterpoint.”[3] Among his most critically acclaimed works are "Circling,"[4] Sonata for Solo Violin,[5] 2nd Piano Trio,[6] and Amichai Songs.[7] Among his most frequently performed music is his saxophone music, which includes a saxophone quartet, "Flying High" for solo alto saxophone, "Turn of Events" for alto saxophone and piano, "Arirang Variations" for alto saxophone, bassoon, and piano, and "Before the Dawn" for alto saxophone and piano. He has also arranged his flute/clarinet duet, "Circling" for two saxophones. These, and all of his works, are published by the American Composers Alliance.[8] Froom has taught at the University of Utah, the Peabody Institute and the University of Maryland, College Park. He has been on the faculty at St. Mary's College of Maryland since 1989. He has received awards and honors from the Guggenheim Foundation,[9] the American Academy of Arts and Letters, (the Charles Ives Scholarship,[10] the Academy Award[11]), the Fromm Foundation at Harvard,[12] the Koussevitzky Foundation of the Library of Congress,[13] the Barlow Foundation,[14] and is a five-time recipient of an Individual Artist Award from the State of Maryland.[8]

Early life

Froom was born in 1951 in California. After playing rock music in a band with guitarist Gary Pihl and his brother Mitchell Froom, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley. As a graduate student, he studied under William Kraft, Humphrey Searle and Robert Linn at the University of Southern California, earning a Master of Music Composition degree in 1978. In 1984, he earned a D.M.A. degree in Composition from the Columbia University, where he studied with Mario Davidovsky and Chou Wen-chung. He studied also with Alexander Goehr at Cambridge University on a Fulbright grant. [15]

Composer

Froom has written music for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, and orchestra, with and without voice. His compositions have been widely performed throughout the United States and Canada, as well as England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Cyprus, China, New Zealand, and Australia.[15]

Froom's work has, since 1991, appeared regularly on the concerts of the 21st Century Consort, the new music group-in-residence at the Smithsonian Institution. They have premiered and recorded many of his works.[16]

Awards

Froom's awards[8] include the following:

Selected works

[8]

Orchestral works

Concerti

Chamber music

Solo instrument

Vocal music

Recordings

Bibliography

Articles by David Froom

External links

References

  1. ↑ Page, Tim (Oct 1, 1985). "Music/Noted in Brief; American and British New Piano Music". New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Brookes, Stephen. "Haydn Trio Offers Beethoven And Mozart but No Haydn". washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
  3. ↑ Mangan, Timothy (November 13, 1991). "Music Reviews : N.Y. Ensemble Performs Elliot Carter at LACMA". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  4. ↑ Griffiths, Paul. "MUSIC REVIEW; Belated Salute to an Ensemble That Has Performed More Than 100 New Works". New York Times.
  5. ↑ Tommasini, Anthony. "Festival of Contemporary Music: Fidgety Riffs, Halting Quiet". New York Times.
  6. ↑ Brookes, Stephen. "Haydn Trio Offers Beethoven And Mozart but No Haydn". Washington Post.
  7. ↑ da Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna. "There’s Pride in Embracing the Past Orchestra of the League of Composers at Miller Theater". New York Times.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance.
  9. ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, David Froom".
  10. ↑ "The Charles Ives Awards". American Academy of Arts and Letters.
  11. ↑ "AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS ANNOUNCES 2006 MUSIC AWARD WINNERS". American Academy of Arts and Letters.
  12. ↑ "Past Fromm Foundation Commissions". Harvard University.
  13. ↑ "Koussevitzky Commissions Announced". Library of Congress.
  14. ↑ "Past Commission Recipients". Barlow Foundation.
  15. 1 2 "American Composers Alliance". American Composers Alliance.
  16. ↑ "21st Century Consort". 21st Century Consort.
  17. ↑ "Distinguished Composer". Music Teachers National Association.
  18. ↑ "CD Universe". CD Universe.
  19. ↑ "Naxos Music". Naxos Classical Music.
  20. ↑ "AllMusic". AllMusic.
  21. ↑ "Sonora Productions". Sonora Productions.
  22. ↑ "OCLC WorldCat". OCLC WorldCat.
  23. ↑ "Naxos Music". Naxos Music.
  24. ↑ "CD Baby". CD Baby.
  25. ↑ "Archambault". Archambault.
  26. ↑ "AllMusic". AllMusic.
  27. ↑ "Crystal Records". Crystal Records.
  28. ↑ "Music of David Froom". Bridge Records.
  29. ↑ "Harmonious Dissonance". Navona Records.
  30. ↑ Gardner, Alexandra. "Trusting the Connections". NewMusicBox. New Music USA. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  31. ↑ "Digital Commons @ University of Nebraska – Lincoln". University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
  32. ↑ "Joanna Cowan White – Published Articles". Central Michigan University.
  33. ↑ "David Froom: MTNA/Shepherd Distinguished Composer 2006.(Forum Focus: Composer Commissioning): An article from: American Music Teacher [HTML]". Amazon.
  34. ↑ Google Books. Google Books.
  35. ↑ "River Gazette". St. Mary's College of Maryland.
  36. ↑ Froom, David. "Classical Music to Unite a Community". NewMusicBox. New Music USA. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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