- A Guerilla Impromptu, 11 Sep 2023 in Reviews
About: David Patterson
DAVID PATTERSON (PROFESSOR OF MUSIC, THEORY AND COMPOSITION) (www.notescape.net)
David studied with Leon Kirchner at Harvard and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen. He is Professor of Music at the University of Massachusetts Boston. His enthusiasm for teaching manifests itself in curriculum development during his 15-year chairmanship, an innovative teaching style, and in his annotated collection, 20 Little Piano Pieces From Around the World (G. Schirmer). He is the recipient of the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award and a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award.
Isle of Hope, his setting of the well-known text by Emma Lazarus, commissioned for the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Awards Interfaith Prayer Service, opened the 2002 celebration at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York City. Toshiuki Shimada and the Portland Symphony Orchestra gave the U.S. premiere of Strayhorn in Harlem (VMM label) in its centennial tribute to Duke Ellington. Eine Kleine Purple Car (Falls House Press), commissioned for the Pappousakis Flute Competition, and other works are often described as “effective and affecting” (The Boston Globe) “altogether fetching” (San Francisco Chronicle) and “lovely, lyrical and poignant” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).
Articles by David Patterson:
- Listening Through Light and Darkness, 14 Aug 2023 in Reviews
- Dinnerstein’s “Undersong” Enlightens, 07 Jul 2023 in Reviews
- Naughton Duo Rocks Shalin Liu, 23 Jun 2023 in Reviews
- Sarasa Covers with Cello Quartet, 14 May 2023 in Reviews
- Gardner’s Step Outside, 01 May 2023 in Reviews
- Waves to Waves, 26 Apr 2023 in Reviews
- Boston Children’s Chorus Sings!, 02 Apr 2023 in Reviews
- Throngs Show Afghan Support, 21 Mar 2023 in Reviews
- More New Faces in Boston, 20 Mar 2023 in Reviews
- Cellist Woods Holding On, 06 Mar 2023 in Reviews
- Howarth, Poulenc Elégy at Tufts, 27 Feb 2023 in Reviews
- A Darkened Symphony Hall, 20 Jan 2023 in Reviews
- Carreño, Pro Arte, and Ben-Dor, 09 Jan 2023 in Reviews
- Celebrating 50 Years with BB, 01 Jan 2023 in Reviews
- Russian Anchors Again at BSO, 26 Nov 2022 in Reviews
- Yazhi Guo’s Formidable Reach, 17 Nov 2022 in Reviews
- BSO Has Symphony Hall Shaking, 04 Nov 2022 in Reviews
- Leon Kirchner: An Animate Account, 03 Nov 2022 in News & Features
- Collage Turns Fifty, 18 Oct 2022 in Reviews
- Bach Angles, Rounds, A Toast!, 24 Sep 2022 in Reviews
- Rechargeable Songs: Narucki-Berman, 17 Sep 2022 in Reviews
- A Chinese Duo at Shalin Liu, 01 Jul 2022 in Reviews
- Xavier Foley and His Double Bass, 20 Jun 2022 in Reviews
- A Musical Banquet, 06 Jun 2022 in Reviews