Rodwin, David

Rodwin, David , American composer; b. New Rochelle, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1970. He studied politics (A.B., 1992) and also took music courses with Steven Mackey at Princeton Univ., then took courses at the Juilliard School of Music in N.Y. (1993). He also studied with Amnon Wolman and Michael Pisaro at Northwestern Univ. (M.M., 1995), and attended a professional film scoring workshop at the Univ. of Calif, at Los Angeles (1996); also studied dance and clowning. He has also directed a number of plays, including Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus (1991) and Eric Bentley’s Are You Now or Have You Ever Been (1992) at Princeton Univ., where he also directed the men’s a cappella group, The Princeton Tigertones. Rodwin composes most effectively for the theater, and often performs in his own works. In 1996 he settled in Los Angeles, where he became active with ASK Theatre Project’s first Composer/Playwright Studio.

Works

DRAMATIC: Opera: Ecstatic Journey, multimedia opera (1995); TUNAFISH! for 3 Voices and Percussion, micro–opera (1995); ”Untitled no. 576” (1995); Virtual Motion, 1-man “hyper-opera” (1997–98). Musicals: Stargazers, political musical drama (1992); Star Drekl: A Musicai Parody (1994); Hook, Rod & Pipe: A Musical Overture (1997); WARNING!: eXplicit Material (2000). Other : Incidental music; works for dance, including Dis/Family Function for Tenor Saxophone (1995) and Stripping for Electronic Media (1998); film scores. ORCH.: Strangeland (1997); tRIAverse (1995). chamber:Challah for String Quartet (1995); Chain Fence for Baritone Saxophone, Piano, and Percussion (1995); F-L-O-W-E-R for 2 Violas (1995); Untitled for Violin and Piano (1993); Wave for Clarinet and Piano (1993); Jud’s Oak Desk/Lonely Room #2 for Cello (1991); Like Clockwork for Piano (1998). Vocal:Sister I’m Here for Baritone, Bass, and Symphonic Band (1991).

—Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire