David Heinick, composer
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I was recently awarded second place in the Classic Pure Vienna International Composition Competition.
Upcoming performances

April 11, 2025                  Mantis, Malik Nowlin, soprano saxophone and Grace Betry, piano, Cleveland Institute of 
​                                                   Music, Cleveland, Ohio
Recent performances
​March 23, 2025               Edgy (fourth movement of Four-Letter Words), Anna Petersen, clarinet, Masyn Schutter,
                                                   saxophone, and Jennifer Van Peursem, piano, University of South Dakota, Vermillion,
​                                                   South Dakota
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October 20, 2024           Three More Virtues for tuba and piano, David McLemore, tuba and Giyong Ahn, piano,
                                                   Central Washington University New Music Festival, Ellensburg, Washington​
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October 13, 2024           Three More Virtues for tuba and piano, David McLemore, tuba and Giyong Ahn, piano,
                                                   Central Washington University New Music Festival, Ellensburg, Washington
September 26, 2024      no time ago for soprano, Mary Hubble, soprano, live stream from New York City, 3:00 PM​
August 10-11, 2024       
Four-Letter Words for clarinet, alto saxophone, and piano, Wei-Jyun Chung, clarinet,
                                                  Yi-Jhu Pan, saxophone, and Yu-Ying Chang, piano, Musikids Festival, Taiwan Music
                                                   Institute, Taiwan
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​​June 23, 2024                Four-Letter Words for clarinet, alto saxophone, and piano, Wei-Jyun Chung, clarinet,
                                                  Yi-Jhu Pan, saxophone, and Yu-Ying Chang, piano, Kuroshio, Japan

February 17, 2024         Bryniau Llawen for flute and piano, Linda Chatterton flute and Matthew McCright, piano, online
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February 11, 2024         Four-Letter Words for clarinet, alto saxophone, and piano, Hirana Harura, clarinet, Yoshioka
                                                  Katsunori, saxophone, and Hironaka Yuko, piano, KM Art Hall, Shibuya, Japan​
December 8, 2023        
Lyrics for  oboe, clarinet, bassoon, tenor saxophone, and harp, The __ Experiment,
​                                                  New Music Mosaic (online)​
December 3, 2023        Four-Letter Words for clarinet, alto saxophone, and piano, Dave Scott, clarinet, Jared
                                                   Cummings, saxophone, and Rachel Bennett, piano, Florida State University,
​                                                   Tallahassee, Florida

November 17 , 2023    Four-Letter Words for clarinet, alto saxophone, and piano, Eliana Leonard, clarinet, Kody
                                                  Mincey, saxophone, and Paul Lee, piano, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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October 8, 2023            Penumbra for  bassoon and piano, Daniel Lipori, bassoon, Issac Vargas Garcia, piano,
                                                  Central Washington 
University New Music Festival, Ellensburg, Washington
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August 5, 2023              Lyrics for  oboe, clarinet, bassoon, tenor saxophone, and harp, The __ Experiment,
​                                                  New Music Mosaic (online)
June 27, 2023               Lyrics for  oboe, clarinet, bassoon, tenor saxophone, and harp, The __ Experiment,
​                                                  Kaiser Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
May 6, 2023                  Figaro at play for solo oboe, Ava Wirth, Fifteen Minutes of Fame Virtual Concert Hall
​May 19, 2023                Bryniau Llawen for flute and piano, Linda Chatterton, flute and ​Matthew McCright, piano,
                                                  live streamed from 
the DiMenna Center, New York, New York
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April 4, 2023                  Vinicunca for brass quintet, Potsdam Brass Quintet, Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam,
​                                                  Potsdam, New York
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February 22, 2023        Passions Afire​, Crane Wind Ensemble, Brian Doyle, conductor, Crane School of Music,
                                                 SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, New York 
​November 19, 2022     Monstrous Many Notes, Drew Hosler, tenor saxophone, Boston New Music Initiative Prismatic
                                                Congruency Series (youtube.com/BostonNewMusicInitiative)
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February 27, 2022        Dizzy as a Cathedral, Jill Rubio, flute and Douglas Rubio, guitar, Crane School of Music,
​                                                SUNY-Potsdam, Potsdam, New York   
February 17, 2022        Three More Virtues, Charles Guy, tuba and Julie Miller, piano, Crane School of Music,
                                                 Potsdam, New York
December 6, 2021        Centenary Fanfarade, Eastman Brass Ensemble, Mark Scatterday, conductor,
                                                Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York ​
November 28,2021        ...So Little Time for solo tenor saxophone, Drew Hosler, tenor saxophone, Cleveland 
                                                Uncommon Sound Project Fall Fundraiser Concert

November 20, 2021      ...So Little Time for solo tenor saxophone, Drew Hosler, tenor saxophone, Fifteen Minutes
​                                                of Fame Virtual Concert Hall
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May 31, 2021                Three More Virtues, Charles Guy, tuba and Ling Lo, piano, Virtual Tuba and Euphonium
                                                 Conference
May 14, 2021                 I Had No Time to Hate, Triad (Boston's Choral Collective), Boston, MA
April 20, 2021                Monstrous Many Notes, Casey Grev, tenor saxophone, Crane School of Music, Potsdam, NY
April 25, 2021                Mantis, Eric Villalta, soprano saxophone and Kathy Cinati, piano, Pennsylvania State
                                                 University, State College, PA
February 27, 2021         Monstrous Many Notes (first performance), Casey Grev, tenor saxophone, International
                                                    Conference for Saxophone Pedagogy and Performance, online (presented by the
                                                    University of Florida)
February 6, 2020          Silver Liquid Drops, David Heinick, piano, Society of Composers Region VI conference,
                                                 Trinity University/University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas
March 6, 2020               Postludes for alto saxophone and wind ensemble, Robert Young, saxophone, Arizona State
                                                 University Wind Ensemble, North American Saxophone Alliance national conference,
                                                 Arizona State University, Tucson, Arizona
March 7, 2020               Tuba Ferum, Charles Guy, tuba, College Music Society Northeast Regional Conference,                                                             Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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April 22, 2020                Quiet Man, Eric Troiano, baritone saxophone, University of Arkansas online concert
March 10, 2019             Four-Letter Words, Duo Nyans:  Christopher Kirkpatrick, clarinet, Johan Eriksson,
                                                  saxophone, with Adam Sears, piano, Chamber Music Montana Performance
                                                  Series, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana   
April 1, 2019                  "Lazy" (third movement of Four-Letter Words), Jared Cummings, saxophone et al., Schwob                                                         Saxophone Studio Recital, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
April 7, 2019                 Sonatina, Chris Estabrook, trombone, Deborah Dierks, piano, University of Louisville,                                                                  Louisville, Kentucky
April 10-12, 2019          Four-Letter Words, Duo Nyans:  Christopher Kirkpatrick, clarinet, Johan Eriksson,
                                                   saxophone, with Adam Sears, piano, North American Saxophone Alliance
​                                                   Region I conference, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, Washington
April 12, 2019               From Joy to Joy, performers tba, Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI
                                                   conference, Texas A&M-Commerce, Commerce, Texas  
June 25-59, 2019          Quiet Man, Eric Troiano, baritone saxophone, Great Plains Saxophone Workshop,
                                                   Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma

July 27, 2019                Quintet, Anna Hendrickson oboe, Julianne Kirk Doyle, clarinet, Maxwell Grube, bassoon,
                                                   Casey Grev, alto saxophone, 
and Kathryn Sherman, piano, ICA Clarinetfest,
                                                   Knoxville, Tenn.