Background
Stock, David Frederick was born on June 3, 1939 in Pittsburgh. Son of Aaron H. and Isabel (Dizenfeld) Stock.
composer conductor musicologist
Stock, David Frederick was born on June 3, 1939 in Pittsburgh. Son of Aaron H. and Isabel (Dizenfeld) Stock.
Student, Ecole Normale De Musique, Paris, 1961. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1962. Master of Fine Arts, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1973.
Master of Fine Arts, Brandeis University, 1973.
Stock was a longtime resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he serves as a professor of composition and as the conductor of the Contemporary Ensemble at Duquesne University. In 1976, he founded the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, and was the music director for 23 years until his retirement in 1999. He was the composer in residence for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during the 1987-1988 season, and for the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for the 1996-1997 season.
Among his many compositions are Kickoff, premiered by the New York Philharmonic under Kurt Masur during the Orchestra"s 150th Anniversary.
Violin Concerto, premiered by Andres Cardenes and the Pittsburgh Symphony under Lorin Maazel for that Orchestra"s 100th Anniversary. And Second Symphony, premiered by the Seattle Symphony under Gerard Schwarz.
Member American Composers Alliance (national advisory board), Broadcast Music Inc., Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society (board directors), American Music Center (past board directors).
Married Celia Frankel, October 19, 1963. Children: Jeffrey, Rachel, Sara.