- Occupying First Seat @ BSO Online, 29 Jan 2021 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:
- Pianist’s Currents Honor Russell Sherman, 08 Dec 2020 in Reviews
- Radius Solos, 20 Nov 2020 in Reviews
- Reckoning Artistry Streamed , 23 Oct 2020 in Reviews
- Splitting or Saving Ear Drums, 21 Mar 2020 in Reviews
- Ecstacy/Enstasy at New School, 23 Feb 2020 in Reviews
- Paired Pianists Surmount French Duos, 22 Feb 2020 in Reviews
- Neave at Longy with a Valentine, 15 Feb 2020 in Reviews
- A BRAI and FCC Soirée, 08 Feb 2020 in Reviews
- Bronfman and BSO Mount Chefs-d’œuvre, 31 Jan 2020 in Reviews
- Sweeping Measures at Longy, 24 Jan 2020 in Reviews
- “Imperfect Perfection” at Symphony Hall, 11 Jan 2020 in Reviews
- BSO’s Two-in-One Concert, 08 Nov 2019 in Reviews
- Castle of Our Skins at Gardner, 27 Oct 2019 in Reviews
- Fretwork, Davies, Intrigue, 21 Oct 2019 in Reviews
- Chameleon’s Vintage Opener Sparkles, 13 Oct 2019 in Reviews
- First Good Look at Attacca, 06 Oct 2019 in Reviews
- Semiosis Challenged All Around, 31 Aug 2019 in Reviews
- Littlesunday’s “Sweat Ceremony”, 18 Aug 2019 in Reviews
- Navajo Flutist Worth Hearing, 10 Aug 2019 in News & Features
- Takács’s Arching Art at Rockport, 07 Jul 2019 in Reviews
- Spotlight on Feigelson’s Cello, 22 Jun 2019 in Reviews
- Historical-Piano Pilgrimage Worthwhile, 03 Jun 2019 in Reviews
- Julian Milkis’s Missive to Listen, 15 Apr 2019 in Reviews
- Some Scorcher at Symphony, 12 Apr 2019 in Reviews