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Mazas Duo No.3 Op. 38 II Romance Andante ddm8053 685 views Mazas Duo No.3 Op. 38 II Romance Andante David Mendoza violin I,II Douze petits Duos Op. 38 by Jacques Féréol Mazas
Mazas Duo No. 5 I. Moderato ddm8053 432 views Douze petits Duos Op. 38 by Jacques Féréol Mazas Duo No. 5 I. David Mendoza - violin I and II
Mazas Duo 2 Op. 38 Rondo Allegretto.m4v ddm8053 763 views Mazas Duo 2 Op. 38 Rondo Allegretto David Mendoza violin I,II 12 Little Duos
Mazas Duo 2 Op. 38 Tempo di Minuetto ddm8053 372 views Mazas Duo 2 Op. 38 Tempo di Minuetto David Mendoza violin I, II
Mazas Duo No.2 Op. 38 Allegro Moderato.m4v ddm8053 2,031 views Mazas Duo No. 2 Op.38 Allegro Moderato David Mendoza violin I,II
12 Little Duos for two violins Op.38 Rondo Allegretto.m4v ddm8053 592 views Douze petits Duos Op. 38 by Jacques Féréol Mazas Mvt. 3 Rondo Allegretto David Mendoza - violin I and II
12 Little Duos for two violins Op.38 Romance Andante.m4v ddm8053 546 views Douze petits Duos Op. 38 by Jacques Féréol Mazas Mvt. 2 Romance Andante David Mendoza - violin I and II
12 Little Duos for two violin Op.38 Allegro Maestoso.m4v ddm8053 690 views Douze petits Duos Op. 38 by Jacques Féréol Mazas Mvt. 1 Allegro Maestoso David Mendoza - violin I and II
Dreamscape ddm8053 252 views Dreamscape for tenor viola da gamba and electronics composer: David Mendoza performer: David Mendoza University of South Florida All Florida Composers' Concert
March for Strings / Dance of the Pandas ddm8053 168 views World Premiere of March for Strings and Dance of the Pandas for string orchestra by the University of South Carolina String Project. Performed at the Society of Composers ...

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David Dean Mendoza was born in El Paso Texas. He learned to play piano at age 7 and viola at age 10. At age 16 he was struck with the desire to compose. While in high school he performed not only in his high school orchestra, but local youth orchestras as well.

He went on to study viola and composition at Florida State University earning his BM in composition (2003) studying under Ladislav Kubik and Mark Wingate. While at Florida State he also took advantage of learning Early Music with Pamela Andrews, Chinese Music with Haiqiong Deng, Korean Music with Andrew Killick, and Balinese Gamelan with Michael Bakan. Looking for a more progressive learning environment, he decided to study at Florida International University with Orlando Garcia. While there, he has exclusively played music of the last fifty years and expanded his compositional skills earning his MM in 2008.

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David Dean Mendoza was born in El Paso Texas. He learned to play piano at age 7 and viola at age 10. At age 16, he began to compose music. While in high school, he performed not only in his high school orchestra, but local youth and university orchestras as well. He went on to study viola and composition at Florida State University earning his BM in composition (2003) studying under Ladislav Kubik and Mark Wingate. While at Florida State he also took advantage of learning Early Music with Pamela Andrews, Chinese Music with Haiqiong Deng, Korean Music with Andrew Killick, and Balinese Gamelan with Michael Bakan. Looking for a more avant-garde learning environment, he decided to study at Florida International University with Orlando Garcia. As an eclectic composer, he writes various styles of contemporary music. Since 2007, his works have been performed at festivals and conferences around the country. Click here for complete list of performances. Internationally he has collaborated and premiered work in Buenos Aires Argentina, and In 2010, was awarded an ASCAP Plus award for his recent compositional activity. He is currently based in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

As a performer, he plays mostly his own music, but has been a member of new music ensembles both at Florida State University and at Florida International University. A multi-instrumentalist, he is comfortable on violin, viola, cello, viola da gamba, erhu, piano, or basically anything with strings and a bow. Locally he has performed at the 2006, 2007, and 2009 Subtropics Experimental Music Festival, the 12 Nights Series in Miami, and at various festivals and conferences from around the country.

David is also a deeply committed music educator who began teaching privately in 2004. In high demand, he will at any one time have thirty or more students in his studio of violin, viola, piano, and cello students who live in the greater Fort Lauderdale area. His students regularly play in recitals and in youth orchestras. In addition, he directs and conducts his own small string orchestra. He combines the various methods of Havas, Tuttle, Suzuki, Laoureux, Sevick, and Sassmannshaus to create a unique kind of teaching approach.

Artistic Statement As a composer performer, I able to get a hands-on experience with the sounds I am trying to create. Bowed stringed instruments are my favorite instruments to explore, not only because they are beautiful, but also because of my early connection to them as a child.

When I write, the music mostly comes from working with the instrument first before writing it down on paper. My process takes me from paper, to computer, to performing, to recording, to listening, and back again several times before a piece is completed. In this way I am able to live with a piece for several months before giving birth to it.

My works juxtapose the traditional with the contemporary, the ancient with the avant-garde, and the beautiful with the horrible. Sound sources often include silences, electronic sounds, non-traditional instruments, and improvisation to produce something that has been described as ethereal and evocative. My influences vary from early music, to non-western music, and to the latest innovations in interactive electronics and video. I care little for labels, and the politics associated with them. To me, writing music is both an emotional and intellectual outlet. My music may come from a superficial place, or it can come from deep inside me depending on what outcomes I desire. Many times, I just try to explore and see what comes out. Sometimes I write for others, but mostly I write and play for myself. Whatever my motivation, I believe a work must achieve a balance between contrasting and cohesive ideas to be successful.

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Composer / Performer / Music Educator

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New Music, String Instruments, violin, viola, viola da gamba, cello, erhu, composition, composers, pure data, electro acoustic music

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