David Crumb

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David Crumb, born May 21, 1962^[1], is a contemporary composer born into a musical family. His father is composer George Crumb and his sister is singer Ann Crumb.^[2] His music is not as avant-garde or experimental as his father's; it has been called "attractive, accessible, imaginative, well-crafted" by the Chicago-Sun Times, and "expressive and beautiful" by the American Record Guide: reviews listed on the Presser bio.^[3]

He received his B.M. from the Eastman School, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.^[4] His most prominent composition teachers were Samuel Adler, Richard Wernick, Chinary Ung, Stephen Jaffe, Jay Reise, Mark Kopytman, Lukas Foss and Oliver Knussen.

He is associate professor of composition at the University of Oregon (on faculty since 1997), which also includes composer Robert Kyr.

Dr. Crumb has received numerous awards^[5]This list is compiled from a University of Oregon webpage.

2005 | Aaron Copland Award Composer Residency 2005 | Washington State University, "Festival of Contemporary Art Music" Featured guest composer; teaching; full concert of D. Crumb's works 2004 | University of Oregon School of Music, "Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium" Composer-in-residence; teaching; presentation of recent work 2003 | Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University Co-commissioning grant with Third Angle New Music Ensemble 2001: Discover America V Competition for New American Chamber Works
2001: Fromm Music Foundation (commission)
1998: Guggenheim Fellowship
1997: MacDowell Colony Artist Residency
1997: National Association of Wind and Percussion Instructors Composition Project Award (commission)
1997: Riverside Symphony International Composer Readings
1997: Yaddo Colony Artist Residency
1996: Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program
1996: Meet the Composer Fund
1995: New England Reed Trio Composition Competition, Third Prize
1993: Margaret Fairbank Jory Copying Assistance Program
1992: A.S.C.A.P. Foundation Young Composer Grants
1992: A.S.C.A.P./Raymond Hubbell Music Scholarship Award
1992: Los Angeles Symphony "L.A. Composers Project 2" Award
1992: Orchestra Society of Philadelphia "New Orchestral Project, Philadelphia 1992"
1991: Bowdoin Summer Music Festival Scholarship
1991: University of Pennsylvania Hilda K. Nitzshe Prize
1991: Vanguard Arts Associates Competition, Third Prize
1990-91: University of Pennsylvania Graduate Teaching Assistantship
1989: A.S.C.A.P. Foundation Young Composer Grants
1989: Aaron and Abby Schroeder Fellowship/Margaret Lee Crofts Fellowship, Tanglewood Music Festival
1988: University of Pennsylvania David Halstead Prize
1987: University of Pennsylvania Helen L. Weiss Prize