biography.

​David Klock is a composer of instrumental concert music as well as collaborative pieces for  multimedia projects. His works have been featured in "Playas de Tijuana Mural Project", a  documentary by Lizbeth de la Cruz Santana, Humanizing Deportation, a community-based  digital storytelling project, and The Neighborhood Arts Collective, a multidisciplinary arts  organization. Recently, David was invited to join Parma Recordings on their MOTO series. His  piece "Water in Motion" (for violin, cello, and piano) will be recorded by the supremely  talented Trio Casals and premiered at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall.  

A classical guitarist by training, David is fascinated by the intersection of folk and classical  traditions. He has a ravenous appetite for the blues, a background in the European canon,  and a curiosity that leads him from bluegrass to psychedelic cumbia. His work draws  inspiration from such varied sources as Dmitri Shostakovich, Gustavo Santaolalla, Rhiannon  Giddens, Béla Bartók, Matthew McBane, and Otis Taylor.  

David is the co-founder of, and served as Executive Director of, The Neighborhood Arts  Collective, a 501(c)3 organization that creates art inspired by the lives of individual people.  The organization exists to create opportunities for community members to empathize with  one another. Recently, David was fortunate enough to be asked to participate in a  composition master class as a part of the 2020 Turn Up Festival, which promotes the work of  artists from different cultures, classes, and backgrounds. 
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David has been fortunate enough to work and live in a myriad of places including  Washington, DC, Denver, Colorado, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and now Seattle, Washington.  He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado, and is currently  pursuing a Master of Music in Theory and Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University.  His major teachers have been Jonathan Leathwood, Dr. Kenji Kuriyama, and Dr. Stephen Lias. 

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