Title: Liberties Taken
Commission: 2011
Completed: 2014
Instrumentation: saxophone quartet
Premiere Location: November 17, 2014 in Astoria, NY
Premiere Ensemble: New Thread Quartet
Notes:

David Claman is Associate Professor at Lehman College-CUNY where he teaches music theory and composition. He has held residencies at the MacDowell Colony and the Bellagio Center in Italy. He has received grants from The Fromm Foundation, The American Institute of Indian Studies, and a Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship to India, where he was a visiting professor at Delhi University. David has been commissioned by The American Composers Forum, The Cygnus Ensemble, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, and the Creviston Fader saxophone/guitar duo, among others. Additional recorded works can be found on Innova and Bridge labels.

David Claman holds a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University in the music of South India, a master’s degree in theory and composition from The University of Colorado, and a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton.