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David L. Brunner is acclaimed
as a dynamic conductor, inspired teacher and imaginative composer.
His wide and varied expertise embraces all ages in professional,
university, public school, community, church and children’s |
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choruses. Dr. Brunner is Professor of Music and Director of
Choral Activities at the University of Central Florida, where
he conducts the University Chorus and Madrigal Singers, teaches courses in conducting and music
education, and coaches composition students. In both 1995 and
2000 he received a College of Arts and Sciences Excellence
in Undergraduate Teaching Award and in 1995 the University
Excellence in Teaching Award, UCF’s highest teaching
honor. He is also the recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences
Distinguished Researcher Award (2005), a Research Incentive
Award (2002), and three Teaching Incentive Awards (2005, 1996
and 1993). In 1996 he received a National Award for College
Teaching from the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and
Learning. His choirs have appeared at state and divisional conventions
of both the American Choral Directors Association and the Music
Educators National Conference. |
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European performances include: |
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- Seminar für Klassiche Musik at the Eisenstädter
Sommerakademie in Eisenstadt and Vienna,
Austria
- St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice
- St. Martin-in-the-Fields and Wesley’s
Chapel, London
- The Vatican for Pope John Paul II
- Performances in England, France, Switzerland,
Austria, Germany, Italy and Greece
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| Well known for his compelling
and imaginative work with singers of all ages, David has
conducted All-State and regional honor choirs throughout
the United States at the elementary, middle, and high
school levels. He is also a popular clinician at choral
festivals and educational workshops throughout North America
and Europe, including: |
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- American Choral Directors Association
- Association of British Choral Directors
- Kodály Society of Canada
- International Cathedral Music Festival at Salisbury
and Canterbury
- International Band and Choir Festival at the
Hague
- American Schools in London and Paris and the
International School of Munich
- Allerton Retreat for Choral Music Education
at the University of Illinois
- Hartt School Summer Term
- National Association of Pastoral Musicians
- Music Educators National Conference
- American Guild of Organists National Conference
- Choristers Guild
- Perspectives Choral Workshop in Santa Fe
- Choral Music Experience International Institute
for Teacher Training
- MidAmerica Concert Series in Carnegie Hall
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David Brunner’s compositions resonate with
imagination, lyricism and vitality. His music has been performed
worldwide by children’s choirs, middle and high school
singers, college, community and professional choirs. In October
2000 his Hold Fast Your Dreams was sung by children
from around the world at a pre-Olympics cultural event in Salt
Lake City. The New York Times has regarded him as a notable
figure in choral music, a “prolific choral writer whose
name figures prominently on national repertory lists.”
(24 April 2003). |
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Notable performances include: |
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- American Choral Directors Association National
Conference
- Kodály National Conference
- Choral Music Experience Institute for Choral
Teacher Training in England, the U.S., Sweden and
Scotland
- International Academy of Choral Music in Parthenay,
France
- Voices 500 Festival in Newfoundland, Canada
- Europa Cantat in Germany
- American Cantat in Venezuela
- International Cathedral Music Festival at Canterbury
Cathedral and Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
- EPCOT
- Carnegie Hall
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| David Brunner has been Composer-in-Residence
at the Summer Arts Institute of the University of Michigan
and the Choral Music Experience Institute at Northern
Illinois University, the Hartt School of Music, Queenswood
School in England, St. Andrew’s, Scotland and Cardiff,
Wales. He joined a prestigious list of American composers
when he was named the Raymond W. Brock Commissioned composer
for 2000 by the American Choral Directors Association
(The Circles of Our Lives) and that year was
also commissioned by the Copland foundation to contribute
new adaptations of several of the Old American Songs
to Boosey
&
Hawkes’ Copland 2000 series. |
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His work can be heard on
the compact disc We Are the Music-Makers: The Choral
Music of David L. Brunner and many independent recordings
by choirs around the world. |
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| He is the recipient of yearly
ASCAP awards since 1997 and is published exclusively by
Boosey
& Hawkes, Inc. He is also editorial advisor for
Boosey
& Hawkes popular Conductor’s Choice series
and has served on the editorial board of the Choral
Journal. His articles appear in both the Choral
Journal and Music
Educators Journal. |
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Brunner holds degrees from Illinois Wesleyan University
and Northwestern University in choral music education and conducting
and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Literature and Conducting
from the University of Illinois. In addition he has studied
with Robert Shaw, and with Helmuth Rilling in conducting master
classes at the Oregon Bach Festival. Dr. Brunner is a Past-President
of the Florida chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. |
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