David Cope

David Cope is Dickerson Emeriti Professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz (howell@ucsc.edu) where he taught theory and composition. He was born in San Francisco, California on May 17, 1941. Following early study on piano (including an extensive performance career) and violoncello, he completed degrees in composition at Arizona State University and the University of Southern California. His over one hundred published works have received thousands of performances throughout the U.S....See more

David Cope is Dickerson Emeriti Professor at the University of California at Santa Cruz (howell@ucsc.edu) where he taught theory and composition. He was born in San Francisco, California on May 17, 1941. Following early study on piano (including an extensive performance career) and violoncello, he completed degrees in composition at Arizona State University and the University of Southern California. His over one hundred published works have received thousands of performances throughout the U.S. and abroad, including those by the Vermont, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Cabrillo Festival, and Santa Cruz Symphony Orchestras, as well as numerous university orchestras and wind ensembles. His compositions include nine symphonies and six string quartets. Thirty-six of Cope's works appear on recordings including Variations (piano and wind orchestra; Cornell University), Re-Birth (concert band), Concert (piano and orchestra) and Threshold and Visions (orchestra). Complete albums of his music have appeared on Folkways (2), Opus One, and Epoc Music (24) and include a wide diversity of works from large ensembles (his nine symphonies) to chamber music with electronic and computer-generated tape. See less