New Music for New Audiences

It’s Spring and time to plan for the next art season (and beyond!). Have you considered some new music for your repertoire? Sound familiar? I opened my post this same time last year the same way, and I urge you to revisit it here, since it lays out my feelings on programming new music, both [...]

Planning and programming new music

It’s Spring and time to plan for the next art season (and beyond!). Have you considered some new music for your repertoire? I both hate and love this part of my job. On the one hand, I hate bugging hard-working musicians to play my music when learning a new piece of music is time consuming; [...]

Geography and Composition

I’m returning home today after a nine-day trip around the U.S, one that was exciting, rewarding, and maybe a little exhausting. Traveling is one of those experiences that is strange as a composer. On the one hand, it exists entirely outside of my normal routine – in addition to new locations, it is almost impossible [...]

Welcome to the new Davidarbury.com

So, this is the relaunch! I thought I’d have more to say, but let’s let the site speak for itself. But what’s new, you ask? Digital Downloading Most of my scores are now available directly here. You purchase a score along with the rights to perform it, then receive a link to download a pdf [...]