David Mullikin, composer
David Mullikin
Born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1950, Mullikin holds degrees in music performance from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Michigan. He was a member of the Colorado Symphony and was very active in the Symphony’s Education Department, both as performer and composer. Perhaps his most distinctive creations are the story-pieces for small ensembles with story-teller. These widely performed compositions include The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Emperor And The Nightingale, The Tortoise and The Hare, and Tunji and The Giant.
Mullikin has also enjoyed a close relationship with the Up Close And Musical string ensemble, a Colorado-based organization which presents outreach programs in schools. Pieces written for this group include Overture for Strings, Arabesque for Bassoon and Strings, Anasazi Twilight, Arlecchino’s Waltz, Colonel Fairweather’s March and The Brementown Musicians.
Mullikin enjoys opportunities to create music that fills a special need. For example, in response to requests for “curriculum based” programs, he has produced Mathnotes (based on fourth-grade math standards) and The Music of Life (about the life sciences). These programs have been presented with great success to thousands of school children. In 2001, he was named Distinguished Composer of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association.
Copyright © 2013 Front Range Chamber Players. All rights reserved.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1950, Mullikin holds degrees in music performance from the University of Cincinnati and the University of Michigan. He was a member of the Colorado Symphony and was very active in the Symphony’s Education Department, both as performer and composer. Perhaps his most distinctive creations are the story-pieces for small ensembles with story-teller. These widely performed compositions include The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Emperor And The Nightingale, The Tortoise and The Hare, and Tunji and The Giant.
Mullikin has also enjoyed a close relationship with the Up Close And Musical string ensemble, a Colorado-based organization which presents outreach programs in schools. Pieces written for this group include Overture for Strings, Arabesque for Bassoon and Strings, Anasazi Twilight, Arlecchino’s Waltz, Colonel Fairweather’s March and The Brementown Musicians.
Mullikin enjoys opportunities to create music that fills a special need. For example, in response to requests for “curriculum based” programs, he has produced Mathnotes (based on fourth-grade math standards) and The Music of Life (about the life sciences). These programs have been presented with great success to thousands of school children. In 2001, he was named Distinguished Composer of the Year by the Music Teachers National Association.
Copyright © 2013 Front Range Chamber Players. All rights reserved.
