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Musical Composer, Author Dr. David Cutler to speak at Owens,
Sept. 26
Interested in gaining insight into how to become a successful
professional musician? If so, you are invited to attend a free
lecture presentation featuring noted musical composer and author
Dr. David Cutler at Owens Community College on Monday, Sept. 26,
2011.
Presented by the Owens’ Department of Fine and Performing Arts,
Cutler’s lecture presentation is titled “Building Your Portfolio
Career: Imagining the Mix” and will take place at 12:30 p.m. in
the Center for Fine and Performing Arts Studio Theatre Room 111
on the Toledo-area Campus in Perrysburg Township.
The lecture presentation will examine critical elements to a
professional career as a musician, such as entrepreneurship,
product development, branding, marketing, networking, the
recording paradigm, personal finance, funding, relevance and
legacy.
Cutler balances a varied career as a jazz and classical
composer, pianist, educator, arranger, author, speaker and
entrepreneur. In all these pursuits, he is well-known for
pushing the musical and performance boundaries while aiming to
connect with new audiences.
His musical interest began at the age of six when he started
playing jazz and classical piano. Cutler studied piano at the
University of Miami, composition at the Hochschule fur Musik,
jazz arranging and composition at the Eastman School of Music
and composition at Indiana University.
He was Chair of the Composition Program at the Brevard Summer
Music Festival from 2000-04 and currently serves on the faculty
at Duquesne University, where he teaches musicianship,
composition and jazz.
Cutler’s concert compositions have thrilled audiences throughout
North America, Europe and Asia and have been commissioned and
performed by ensembles and artists such as the Alabama Symphony
Orchestra, Classical Orchestra of Milan, Korean Chamber
Ensemble, harpist Jung and saxophonists Joe Lulloff and Jim
Houlik.
His jazz compositions and arrangements have been presented by
Nancy Wilson, Benny Golson, the Airmen of Note Air Force Big
Band and the Eastman Studio Orchestra, as well as among many
college jazz ensembles.
Recent accolades include the Sammy Nestico Award, the Millennium
Arts Society’s International Competition for Composers and
awards from Friends and Enemies of New Music and the National
Association of Teachers of Singing. In 2006, he served
composition residencies at the Visby International Centre for
Composition in Gotland, Sweden and the Asian Pacific Performance
Exchange in Los Angeles. His music has often interfaced with
dance, film, actors, costumes, stage design and visual artists.
In addition to composing and arranging, Cutler is active as a
pianist, conductor, writer and educator. His style of jazz piano
playing is as wide ranging as his compositions, spanning such
styles as stride and bebop to elements far beyond the
traditional jazz vocabulary.
As a classical pianist he has focused his efforts on the music
of contemporary and American composers. Always an advocate of
new music, he has conducted many large and chamber ensembles,
including over 20 premiers. In 2002, he became a contributing
author to “Jazz Styles”, the top selling jazz history textbook
in the country. Cutler’s most recent book “The Savvy Musician”
was created to help musicians in their pursuit of a successful
career.
For additional information about the free lecture presentation,
call (567) 661-7081 or 1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 7081. |
