D. Edward Davis (b. 1980) is a composer of electronic and acoustic music. His work often engages with the sounds of the environment, exploring processes and patterns inspired by nature. Recent performers of his work include violinist Mari Kimura, pianist Ingrid Lee, the Callithumpian Consort,
yMusic, the Da Capo Chamber Players, and the Wet Ink Ensemble. His compositions are featured on the Spectropol Records compilation Possible Worlds, Vol. 2, and on recent recordings by saxophonist Eric Honour and violinist Erik Carlson.
In 2014, Davis travelled to Düsseldorf to study with composer Antoine Beuger. He has participated in the NYC Electroacoustic Music Festival (2014), the EcoSono Institute in Anchorage, AK (2013), the nief-norf Summer Festival in Greenville, SC (2012-2014), and the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice in Boston, MA (2012 and 2014),
and was selected as a Composer Fellow for the 2012 Other Minds Festival in San Francisco, CA.
Davis lives in Durham, North Carolina, where he is a PhD candidate at Duke University and studies with Scott Lindroth and John Supko. He also has degrees in composition from Brooklyn College and Northwestern University, and his former teachers include Michael Pisaro, David Grubbs, Amnon Wolman, Amy Williams, and Jay Alan Yim.
More information at
sound.warmsilence.org