David Myska's
compositions
include chamber and orchestral music, electroacoustic music and film
and video
scores. He has received awards and commissions from the Fromm Music
Foundation,
the Ontario Arts Council, Public Broadcasting, Meet-the-Composer, the
Canada
Council, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the New York Metropolitan
Museum of
Art, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and Harvard University. He performs
his
piano music, and performs and conducts his electroacoustic music. David
Myska
holds the PhD (1983) in composition from Harvard
University where he studied with Leon Kirchner.
He has taught at Haverford College
and Mills College. In 1987, he
joined the Faculty
of Music at the University of
Western
Ontario where he is Associate Professor in the Department of Music Research
and
Composition, and co-directs the Composition, Electroacoustic Research,
and
Performance (CEARP)
Facility.
Sinfonia Concertante (2009) 16 min.
2222/222/timpani,
percussion/harp/strings
Psyche (2005) 25 min.
4344/433/timpani, percussion/harp/strings(16-14-12-10-8)
Chloris (2001) 30 min.
4344/433/timpani, percussion/harp/strings(16-14-12-10-8)
Zephyrus (1996) 30
min.
4344/4331/timpani, percussion/strings(16-14-12-10-8)
Excursion (1984) 22 min.
Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation.
Alluvium (1979) 10 min.
Chamber orchestra.
Lynx (2010) 7 min. On the Steps of Mariyinski Palace (2008) 30 min. Violin, clarinet, piano. Recorded November 2008 by Annette-Barbara Vogel, William Powell and Jack Behrens. at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, Canada. Five Pieces for Violoncello (2007) 26 min. Premiered 2008 by Thomas Wiebe. Five Movements in Reflection (2004) 30 min. Violin, clarinet, harp. Recorded July 2007 by Mark Menzies, William Powell and Susan Allen at Roy O. Disney Music Hall, CalArts, Valencia, California. Piano Trio #2 (“Scorpion”) (1994) 17 min. Violin, violoncello, piano. Trio (1989) 10 min. Clarinet, trumpet, bassoon. Violin, violoncello, piano. French horn, trumpet in E-flat (flügelhorn,
B-flat
piccolo trumpet), 2 trumpets in B-flat, trumpet in C, 3 trombones (1 on baritone),
bass
trombone, tuba, percussion. Clarinet, violin, harp, piano. Clarinet, piano. String Quartet
(1978) 14
min. Trio (1977) 8 min. Oboe, clarinet and bassoon. Solo flute.
Sinfonia Traces (2010) 6 min. Mensural Canons
Improvisation Study (1998) Three Sonnets by
William Shakespeare (2004) 18 min. How Beautiful On
The
Mountains (2000) 6 min. Psalm 10 (1997) 20 min. Mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, harp,
synthesizer,viola, 'cello, double bass. Baritone voice, piano. (arranged for mezzo and
piano,1989) (Text by Dylan Thomas) Soprano, viola and 2 violoncelli. Elegie - cloches (1998) 16 min. Mensural Canons
Improvisation
Study (1998) Images (1990-91) 16 min. Flute and computer MIDI ensemble. MIDI ensemble, 1 player. Harp and computer MIDI ensemble. Viola with synthesis. Four channel tape. Tape Composition. Edouard Manet: Painter of Modern Life (1983) Clarinet, violin, harp, piano. Film/video documentary. Commissioned to accompany the 1983 Manet
Exhibition at
the Louvre and the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Flute, violoncello, piano. Film/video documentary. Commissioned to accompany the 1981 Pissaro
Exhibition
at the Museum of Fine Art, Boston. On The Steps CD information
The
University of Western Ontario, Don Wright Faculty of Music
Solo guitar.
Available at Amazon.com and the CMC Boutique.
Available at Amazon.com and the CMC Boutique.
Piano Trio (1988) 25 min.
Music for Brass and Percussion (1988) 11 min.
Seven Movements in Reflection (1983) 30 min.
Duo Capriccio (1980) 10 min.
Flutepiece (1975) 6 min.
Keyboard
Solo piano.
Elegie - cloches
(1998) 16
min.
Yamaha Disklavier piano and MAX software.
Keyboard/synthesizer study for MAX software.
Little Piece (1989) 5 min.
Solo piano.
Ballade (1982) 13 min.
Solo Piano.
Recorded July 2009 on the collaborative compact disc Magdalene Wood by
Dina Michelson Namer with violist and producer.
Available at Amazon.com and the CMC Boutique.Vocal
mezzo-soprano, violoncello
(Nos. 60, 65 and 98)
SATB chorus
Three Songs on Poems by W.H. Auden (1988) 16 min.
Quartet (1976) 8 min.Electroacoustic
Yamaha Disklavier piano and MAX software.
Keyboard/synthesizer study for MAX software.
Psalm 10 (1997) 20 min.
Mezzo soprano, flute, clarinet, harp, synthesizer,
viola, 'cello, double bass.
Celebration (1989) 5 min.
Fantasy (1986) 14 min.
Quilt (1985) 16 min.
Music for Piano and Chimes (1980) 8 min.
Concrete Study (1978) 3 min.Film
and Video
Pissaro: At the Heart of Impressionism (1981)