David R. Gillingham is a contemporary composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh for his undergraduate degree in Music Education and Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...

 for his PhD in Music Composition/Theory. He currently serves as professor of music theory and composition at Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan...

. Many of his works have been written for concert band

Concert band

A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...

.

Selected works

Some of his recent works which have become very popular in the concert band and percussion repertoire include:

• Paschal Dances (1988)
• Heroes Lost and Fallen (1990)
• Serenade for Winds and Percussion (1990)
• Stained Glass (1992)
• Sacrificial Rite (1993)
• Apocalyptic Dreams (1995)
• Prophecy of the Earth (1995)
• Waking Angels (1996)
• Concertino for Four Percussion and Wind Ensemble (1997)
• A Light Unto the Darkness (1997)
• Quintessence I (1997)
• Galactic Empires (1998)
• Internal Combustion (1999)
• When Speaks the Signal-trumpet Tone (1999)
• Be Thou My Vision (1999)
• Concerto for Percussion Ensemble (1999)
• With Heart and Voice (2000)
• Cantus Laetus (2000)
• Council Oak (2001)
• Concerto for Piano and Percussion Ensemble (2002)
• Concerto for Piano, Percussion and Wind Orchestra (2004)
• Supercell (2005)
• No Shadow of Turning (2005)
• Quintessence II (2006)
• Concerto for Marimba and Wind Ensemble (2006)
• Concerto for Viola, Cello and Orchestra (2007)
• Symphony No. 2 "Genesis" (2008)

External links

• David Gillingham official website