David Stock

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Composer/Conductor David Stock is Professor of Music at Duquesne University, where he conducts the Duquesne Contemporary Ensemble. He has been Composer-in-Residence of the Pittsburgh Symphony and the Seattle Symphony, and is Conductor Laureate of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, which he founded in 1976. He retired as Music Director of PNME at the’ end of the 1998/99 season, after 23 years of dedication to new music and the living composer. In November 1992, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to receive the “Creative Achievement Award for Outstanding Established Artist.” Among his many commissions are Kickoff, premiered by the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Maser during the Orchestra’s 150th Anniversary; Violin Concerto, premiered by Andres Cardenes and the Pittsburgh Symphony under Lorin Maazel for that Orchestra’s 140th Anniversary; and Second Symphony, premiered by the Seattle Symphony under Gerard Schwarz. Mr. Stock’s compositions have been performed throughout the United States and in Europe, Mexico, Australia, China and Korea. He has recorded on CRI, Northeastern, MMC, Ocean and Ambassador. Mr. Stock has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, five Fellowship Grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, five Fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and grants and commissions from Ella Lyman Cabot Trust, the Paderewski Fund for Composers, the Koussevitzky Music Foundation, the Barlow Endowment, Boston Musica Viva, the Cincinnati Symphony,

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David Stock: Concertos

American Accents

Stock, D.: American Accents

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Stock, D.: Speaking Extravagantly

Echoes: Classic Works Transformed

Stock: Little Miracle (A) / Yizkor / Tekiah / Y'Rusha

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Made in the USA

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Mountain Roads

Three Jewish Canatatas

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David Stock's Album

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Stock: A Little Miracle

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David Stock: String Quartets

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