26 January 1951, Charottesville, VA
American composer
Works for Brass Ensemble
- Fanfare for Canterbury Cathedral (1978) for double brass quintet
- Points (1983; revised in 1987) for brass ensemble
- Echoes and Other Ghosts (1986)
- Morning Music (1986) for brass quintet
- Reflections On a Dance (1988) for brass ensemble
- Distant Voices (1990) for brass quintet
- Westfield Fanfare (1993) for brass ensemble
- Hommage JFK (1995) for brass ensemble
- Strata (1999) for brass quintet
- Entrance / Exit (2003) for brass quintet
- Edge (2008) for brass ensemble
- A Family Portrait (2008) for brass quintet
- Chants and Flourishes (2009) for double brass quintet
- Crosscurrents (2009) for brass ensemble
- Chesapeake (2010) for brass quintet
- Smoky Mountain Fanfare (2010) for brass quintet
- Still (2013) for brass quintet
Biography
David Sampson earned degrees at the Curtis Institute of Music, Hunter College, the Manhattan School of Music, and the Ecoles d’Art Americaines in Paris. He studied composition with Karel Husa and John Corigliano, among others. From 1998-2007, he was Composer-in-Residence with the Colonial Symphony Orchestra in New Jersey. In 2006, he was awarded a fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. He also has received grants from several major arts endowments. Sampson has served on the board of the Composers Guild of New Jersey and the Advisory Board of the Bergen Foundation.