David Hunt

History

David Hunt was born in Croydon, Surrey. Following an early grounding in music through the local church choir, Dave taught himself to play keyboards and discovered an interest in composition through improvisation.

In 1999 Dave took this interest further and completed a BA (Hons) Music degree at Bath Spa University College, specialising in composition.

Dave studied with various composers including Deirdre Gribbin and Geoff Smith. While at Bath Spa University, Dave formed a close association with several exciting young guitar performers including Graham Sims and Gordon Dunn. This led to the completion of '2 preludes' for solo guitar, which was given its first performance in June 2001 by Gordon Dunn.

Dave's work has been performed both by amateur and professional musicians in both the UK and Europe. Performers and ensembles have included The Orlando Consort, The London Brass Ensemble and the Paragon Saxophone Quartet.

In July 2000 Dave's saxophone quartet 'Metropolis' was selected by SPNM for short-listed status. Recent performances have included the world premiereof '4 Angels' (City of London Festival/SPNM), which was subsequently broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and the UK Premiere of 'Metropolis' by the Paragon Sax Quartet at Sussex University, Brighton.

Now

Dave is currently studying with Howard Skempton and working on a series of short piano works and a theguitarcircle.com commission for a new solo guitar piece. He is also planning his first orchestral score.

On the music

"The main influence in my music is probably city and urban life, mixed with knowledge of the music of many other genres. The immediacy of the music may stem from my beginnings in improvisation and experimentation. I'm concerned with creating memorable moods, feelings, textures and colours much more than intricate and complicated frameworks with which to explain the composition process." 

You can contact David at dhunt@newmusic.fsnet.co.uk.