The Department of Music welcomes Bird as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Composition. He will teach private lessons and classes as well as direct the CHIME Studio.
Recipient of 2022 Kulturstiftung Schloss Wiepersdorf Fellowship
The Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf awards residency fellowships to artists and writers in Schloss Wiepersdorf
Iron Orchid featured in TIME:SPANS 2022
Ning Yu performs works by David Bird, Michael Beil, and Stefan Prins on Sunday, August 14, 2022 at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music. Electronics by Levy Lorenzo.
"Field Anatomies" reviewed in The New York Times
"Laura Cocks recently released the album “Field Anatomies,” which begins with David Bird’s piccolo spectacular “Atolls.”"
Recipient of 2021 Fromm Commission
The Board of Directors of the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University is pleased to announce the names of fourteen composers selected to receive 2021 Fromm commissions.
"Iron Orchid" reviewed in The Wire
Its paradoxical title, fusing intractable mass with delicacy, suits this music well. New Yorker David Bird hatched Iron Orchid in collaboration with Yarn/Wire pianist Ning Yu.