Background
Epstein, David Mayer was born on October 3, 1930 in New York City. Son of Joshua S. and Elizabeth (Mayer) Epstein.
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Epstein, David Mayer was born on October 3, 1930 in New York City. Son of Joshua S. and Elizabeth (Mayer) Epstein.
AB, Antioch College, 1952. Master of Music, New England Conservatory Music, 1953. Master of Fine Arts, Brandeis University, 1954.
Master of Fine Arts, Princeton University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1968.
Assistant editor, music critic Musical America, New York City, 1956-1957. Assistant professor music Antioch College, 1957-1961, associate professor, 1962. Music director Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York City, 1962-1964.
Associate professor music Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1965-1969, professor, 1970-1995, professor.emeritus, from 1995. Visiting fellow Max-Planck Institute, Seewiesen, Germany, 1980—1981, Neurosci. Institute, La Jolla, California, 1996.
Visiting professor University Munich., 1980—1982, 1987—1989, 1992, University Lisbon, 1980, University Iowa School Music, 1989, University Dusseldorf, 1994, University Texas, Austin, 2000, University North Texas, 2001, Columbia University, 2001. Guest conductor Nouvel Orchestra Philharmonic de Paris, 1982, 84, Haifa Symphony Orchestra, 1979, 81. Participant Salzburg Easter Festival, 1983—1987, Herbert von Karajan Music Symposium, Vienna, Austria, 1988, Hannover Congress (Geist und Natur), 1988, Rochester University Conference on Time, 1988, Institute for Advanced Study, Budapest, Hungary, 1996.
Master classes in conducting Salzburg Mozarteum, 1984—1985, 1987, 92, Dresden Hochschule for Music, 1988, 90, 1992—1993, Berlin Hochschule for Music, 1992, Weimar Hochschule for Music, 1996, American Symphony Orchestra League, 1989, 93, Vogtland Philharmonic, 1994, The Conductors Guild, 2000.
Board of directors New England Lyric Theatre, Adirondack Foundation of Arts, YoungAudiences Boston, Conductors Guild, since 1998. Alumni board Antioch College,1996-. Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, American Society University Composers (Executive Committee 1967-1969), American Symphony Orchestra League (chairman university orchestra section 1960-1962), American Federation Musicians, American Music Center, American Brahms Society (board directors since 1983), Robert Schumann-Gesellschaft, International Society for Study of Time (Executive Board 1979-1983), Society for Music Theory, Society for Music Perception and Cognition.
Married Anne Louise Merrick, June 21, 1953. Children: Eve Miriam, Beth Sara.