David Bird

David Bird is a composer, producer, and multimedia artist who explores the dramatic potential of electroacoustic and multimedia environments. His compositions have been performed at venues such as Walt Disney Concert Hall and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and at festivals including the Gaudeamus Festival, Wien Modern, Donaueschinger Musiktage, and the MATA Festival. His work has received praise from outlets such as The New York Times, The Wire, Textura, and Best of Bandcamp. He is the recipient of a 2021 Fromm Music Foundation Commission from Harvard University, the 2021 Cultural Foundation Schloss Wiepersdorf Fellowship, a 2018 Austrian Federal Chancellery / KulturKontakt Austria Artist Residency, the 2018 Giga-Hertz Award (Honorable Mention), the 2016 BMI Student Composer Award, and a 2016 Gaudeamus Award nomination. Bird currently serves as Assistant Professor of Music Technology and Digital Media at the University of Notre Dame.