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David Brooks

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Bio

 
 
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David Brooks enjoys a busy musical life as a pianist, violinist, violist, composer, and teacher. A winner of several national and international competitions, he has performed across the United States and Europe. He has served on the faculties of the National Music Festival in Maryland, and at IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique) in Paris.  

Especially committed to the performance of new music, David has taken part in the first performances of works by more than 100 composers. His own song cycle ‘First Steps’ was premiered in Bucharest, Romania, and his ‘Metamorphosis’ Variations premiered in New York. His opera ‘Urban Legend’ — based on the true story of a UFO sighting in small town Arkansas — was premiered in 2018.

In 2014, David joined the faculty of Wingate University in North Carolina, where he is an Associate Professor of Piano and Music Theory. At Wingate, he founded the new music group ensemble243, which performs experimental and extended-techniques-works. He previously taught at Adelphi University, and at the Pre-College Academy of Stony Brook University in New York.

David graduated from Western Washington University with double performance degrees in piano and viola, where he studied with Jeffrey Gilliam and Eric Kean. He studied with Robin McCabe at the University of Washington before completing his doctorate at Stony Brook University with Christina Dahl.

He plays an anonymous 1750 counterfeit of a 1691 Ruggieri violin passed down from his grandmother, and a 1995 Michael Watson viola. He will play whatever piano is put in front of him.

In his spare time, David enjoys studying architecture and interior design, making hand-crafted wooden furniture, recreating ancient scientific experiments, studying the psychology behind conspiracy theories, and drinking excellent coffee.

 

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Repertoire

 
 

Sample Solo Recitals:


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    Scarlatti:            3 Sonatas

Cage:                3 Sonatas for Prepared Piano

Beethoven:        Sonata Op. 110 in A flat Major
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    Mozart:              Sonata K. 332 in F Major

    Alkan:                “Grande Sonata” Op. 33
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    Rzewski:            Piano Piece IV

    Bach-Brooks:    Partita No. 2 (transcribed and completed by D. Brooks)
    Bach-Busoni     Chaconne from Partita No. 2

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    Mozart:              Fantasy in C minor K. 475

Schumann:        3 Fantasiestucke Op. 111

    Penderecki-Brooks:    Cadenza (orig. for viola solo)

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    Schubert-Liszt:   Der Wanderer
                              Gretchen au Spinnrade
                              Erlkönig

    Schubert:           Wanderer Fantasy D. 760

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    Liszt:                  2 Late pieces

                             Sonata in b minor
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    Ginastera:         Suite de Danzas Criollas Op. 15

Beethoven:       Sonata Op. 7 in E Flat Major

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   Boulez:             Douze Notations

Schumann:       Faschingsschwank aus Wein Op. 26
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    Debussy:           Estampes

    Ornstein:           Poems of 1917

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    Bach:                Partita No. 1 in B flat Major BWV 825

Alkan:                Symphony for Solo Piano Op. 39
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    Haydn:              Fantasy in C Major

    Stevenson:        Peter Grimes Fantasy

    Szymanowski:   Fantasy in C Op. 14

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    Chopin:            Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor

    Janacek:          Sonata 1.X.1905 “From the Streets”

    Liebermann:     Gargoyles Op. 29

    Babadjanian:    Poem for Piano

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    Mozart:            Rondo in A minor K. 511

    Brooks:             Escherisms - 3 Pieces for Piano

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    Brahms:           Sonata No. 3 in F minor Op. 5

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Concerti

(I’m always learning new pieces and adding to this list!)


    Bartok:            Concerto No. 3

    Beethoven:      Concerto No. 1 in C Major Op. 15

                            Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37 (w/ Cadenza by C.V. Alkan)

                            Concerto No. 5 in E flat Major Op. 73 “Emperor”

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d minor Op. 15

Brooks: Piano Concerto Fantasy on Themes from ‘Lulu’ (Berg)

Chance: Introduction and Capriccio

    Gershwin:         Rhapsody in Blue

    Grieg:               Concerto in A minor Op. 16 

    Haydn:             Concerto in G Major Hob. XVIII: 4

Concerto in D Major Hob. XVIII: 11

    Liebermann:      Concerto No. 1

Liszt: Concerto No. 1 in E flat Major

    Mendelssohn:   Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op. 25

    Mozart:            Concerto K. 466 in D minor

                             Concerto K. 467 in C Major

Concerto K. 488 in A Major

    Rachmaninoff:  Concerto No. 2 in c minor Op. 18

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op. 43

Ravel: Concerto in G Major

    Rubinstein:       Concerto No. 4 in D minor Op. 70

    Shostakovich:  Concerto No. 2 in F Major


Original Compositions

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The History of Numbers: for Prepared Piano - In Progress

Ritual: For Cello and Piano - In Progress

The Book of Love: 16 Songs for Male Voice and Piano - In Progress

Paraphrase on ‘Aladdin’ by A. Menken: For Solo Piano (~10’) - 2018

Urban Legend: Opera in Two Acts (~90’) - 2017

12 Strands: Quartet for Prepared Piano and Specially-Tuned Violin, Viola, and Cello (unfinished) - 2016

Dancing Alone: Suite for Solo Violin (~10’) - 2015

Escherisms: 3 Pieces for Prepared Piano (~20’) - 2014

First Steps: 8 Songs for Female Voice and Piano (~10’) - 2013

Metamorphosis Variations: Variations for Prepared Piano (~13’) - 2013

Paraphrase on ‘Erwartung’ by A. Schoenberg: For Solo Piano (~3’) - 2013

Tough Love: For Solo Clarinet (~1’) - 2013

Points on a Curve: For English Horn and Prepared Piano (~6”) - 2012

Chamber Concerto: For Prepared Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Flute(s), Clarinet(s), Trombone, Percussion (~14’) - 2012

‘Anna Nicole’ Fantasy: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (unfinished) - 2011

2 Ives Imitations: 2 Songs for Female Voice and Piano (~4’) - 2011

Domestic: Opera Scene for Soprano, Baritone, Children’s Chorus, and Piano Reduction (~20’) - 2010

Requiem for an Atheist: For Chamber Orchestra, Chorus, and Narrator (~25’) - 2010

String Quartet #2 ‘Poem’: (~10’) - 2010

Daliisms: 3 Pieces for Prepared Piano (unfinished) - 2010

Violin Sonata: For Violin and Piano (12’) - 2009

Piano Concerto ‘Lulu Fantasy’ (Berg): For Piano and Orchestra(~18’) - 2009

2 Elegies for Solo Piano (~4’) - 2007

Red: Song for Soprano and Piano (~3’) - 2006

Fantasy Sonata: Sonata in one movement for Solo Piano (~8’) - 2006

String Quartet #1(~15’) - 2005


Transcriptions:

Completion of Janacek’s Sonata 1.X.1905: For Solo Piano - In Progress

‘Pur ti miro’ by Monteverdi: For Solo Piano (~4’) - 2010

Hamelin ‘Circus Galop Lite!’: For piano solo (~2’) -2010

Cadenza for Viola Solo (Penderecki): For Solo Piano (~7’) - 2009

Varese ‘Density 21.5’ expansion with piano obligato - 2009

Completion of Busoni’s Partita #2 by Bach: For Solo Piano (~16’) - 2009

Schoenberg ‘Verklarte Nacht’ (5th movement) (~6’) - 2008

Shostakovich String quartet #9 (5th movement) (~10’) - 2008

Schubert String Quartet ‘Death and the Maiden’ (2nd movement) (~10’) - 2008

Symphony #25 (Mozart)1st movement: For Solo Piano (~5’) - 2007

Overture and Fate Scene (Don Giovanni, Mozart): For Solo Piano (~9’) - 2007


 

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