Release Date: June 1, 2010
Catalog #: NV5829
Format: Digital & Physical
21st Century
Chamber
Solo Instrumental
Large Ensemble
Piano
Wind Ensemble

Conversations

Keyboard & Chamber Music

John Bilotta composer
David Gaines composer

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra | Kirk Trevor conductor

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Artist Information

John G. Bilotta

Composer

John G. Bilotta was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, but has spent most his life in the San Francisco Bay Area having attended the University of California at Berkeley and, later, the San Francisco Music and Arts Institute where he studied composition with Frederick Saunders.

David Gaines

David Gaines

Composer

Both critics and other artists have recognized composer David Gaines (b. 1961) for his imaginative orchestrations and his uniquely international and eclectic style. His music, which has been performed across North America and Europe, includes two symphonies, concertos for baritone saxophone, trombone, and euphonium, plus a variety of chamber, choral, and electronic music. A graduate of Northwestern University, American University, and Johns Hopkins University's Peabody Conservatory of Music (where he earned a doctoral degree in composition), he has been a faculty member at The New School's online Master of Media Technology degree program via Connected Education, Inc., for which he created the first Internet university-level music course for credit (on the history of electronic music technology), as well as University of Maryland Global Campus (formerly University of Maryland University College), where he held the rank of adjunct associate professor.