
Biography

Composer David Martynuik's most recent collaborations have included composing music for the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Dance Company fall 2019 production of STARGAZER and 2020 production of The Phantasmagoria of Edgar Allan Poe.
Other recent compositions include Piano Trio #1 "Kinematic Contraption" for the Galan Piano Trio, Five Bagatelles for violin and piano, Silva Noctis, sonata for cello and piano, and the completion of The Garden of Life (texts by Louise Glück) for mezzo soprano Jessica Renfro and pianist Lynda Saponara. The Barkada Saxophone Quartet (grand prize winners of the 2013 Fischoff Chamber Music competition) premiered his “Alta Vita,” Quintet for piano and saxophones in November 2016 with pianist Anastasia Antonacos. Circulo de tiempo (texts by Antonio Machado) for choir, flute, cello, and harp was premiered by the Rowan University Concert Choir under the direction of Christopher B. Thomas. His “Songs of Memory and Imagery,” based on texts by Rita Dove, are available from Ludwig Masters Inc.
Opportunities for composing for film included music for the MLB production of “Intersecting Sparks.” The film was a Silver Winner at the 2013 Davey Awards, received a recognition of excellence at the 2014 National Broadcasting Society Convention in Hollywood, CA, selected for the 2015 National Communications Association Film Festival and has been shown on PBS stations throughout the country. In 2013 the Pittsburgh-based Unseam’d Shakespeare Company commissioned six songs for their production of the Davenant and Dryden production of “The Tempest.” In a review of the performance, one of the songs for Ariel was “not only humorous but somehow sublime” (entertainmentcentralpittsburgh.com 6/15/2013). In addition he provided music for the fall 2015 Theatre-in-the-Grove production of Qui Nguyen’s “She Kills Monsters" and 2018 production of "Twelfth Night."