Dave Morgan: Home
Welcome to the web home of Dave Morgan. You will find up to the minute information about my performances, compositions, and recordings on this site.
DAVE MORGAN AND JAZZ UNIT AWARDED $15,000 GRANT FROM CHAMBER MUSIC AMERICA
The New Works: Creation and Presentation Program, now in its ninth year, supports composer/performer-led ensembles in the creation and presentation of original composition within the jazz idiom. New Works: Creation and Presentation is part of the Doris Duke Jazz Ensembles Project, made possible with generous funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
Chamber Music America, the national service organization for the ensemble music profession, was founded in 1977 to promote artistic excellence and the economic stability of the field, and to ensure that chamber muisic, in its broadest sense, is a vital part of American life. With a membership of over 8,000, including ensembles, individual musicians, presenters, artists' managers, educators, music businesses, and advocates of ensemble music, CMA welcomes and represents a wide range of musical styles and traditions. In addition to its funding programs, CMA provides members with consulting services, access to health and instrumnet insurance, conferences, seminars and several publications, including Chamber Music magazine, and a website, www. chamber-music.org.
This grant will be used to create and present "The Way of the Sly Man" a large-scale work based on the esoteric ideas of G.I. Gurdjieff.
BASCOM LITTLE FOUNDATION GRANT
The Bascom-Little Foundation of Cleveland has awarded us a generous grant to record "The Way of the Sly Man."
AMERICAN WIND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PREMIERE NEW WORK
The American Wind Symphony Orchestra under musical director Robert Boudreau will premiere my new work "The Art of Seven" during their 2008 season.
They will also perform my new arrangement of Persichetti's "The Hollow Men" this summer. In 2007 they performed and recorded "Reflections and Meditations" which was composed for the late clarinetist Robert Fitzer.
DAVE MORGAN AWARDED LEAVE FROM YOUNGSTOWN STATE
YSU has generously granted me leave for the Fall 2008 semester in order to compose "The Way of the Sly Man."
In the MUSIC section you will find many free downloads and clips of recent compositions and recent recordings I've participated in.
THE SURPRISE OF BEING--LIVE AT BIRDLAND
THE CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA FEATURING JOE LOVANO
This is a great CD documenting a week at Birland in NYC. I did all of the arrangements for the projects, which included compositions by Joe Lovano, Judi Silvano, and me. Thanks to everyone who made this project possible!
RUSSELL SCHMIDT--SEASON OF CHANGE
This is a very satisfying trio recording by Russ on piano, Jim Rupp on drums, and me on bass.
"THREE VIGNETTES"
My "Three Vignettes" as recorded by the Beethoven Academy Orchestra conducted by Piotr Borkowski and saxophone virtuoso Greg Banaszak has recently been released on Romances for Saxophone and Orchestra on the Centaur Label. This is a beautiful CD!
