David Toub (b. 1961, Newark, NJ) has been described as a postminimalist composer. He combines a diverse background in medicine, composition, business and information technology. Initially trained as a violinist, he began composing while in junior high school in Millburn, NJ. Although primarily self-taught, he studied composition on weekends in New York City at the Mannes College of Music from 1975-1977 and at the Juilliard School of Music's Pre-College Division from 1977-1979. At Juilliard, he majored in composition and studied with Sylvia Rabinof, Craig Shuler, Rebecca Scott and Bruce Adolphe.
Toub's early 12-tone work, Four Landscapes for Six Instruments was performed at the inaugural concert of North/South Consonance (Max Lifchitz, conductor) at Symphony Space in New York City on 9/17/80. In recent years, his music has become more widely heard. This includes several recordings on iTunes and Amazon (dharmachakramudra, mf, darfur pogrommen, textbook: music of solitary landscapes in hyperspace [piece for IPS]), as well as live performances. His music has been played on the Internet radio stations PostClassic Radio and Contemporary Classical Music, and has also been featured on Music from Other Minds on KALW-FM in San Francisco as well as on Classical Discoveries on WPRB-FM in Princeton, NJ. A recent piece, dharmachakramudra, was premiered at the 2011 soundON Festival of Modern Music by NOISE/The San Diego New Music Ensemble and has been recorded by OgreOgress Productions.
Toub has been married since 1991 to Debra Bernstein, and they have two children and reside in Wyncote, PA. His music is freely available for download on his music site http://dbtmusic.wordpress.com/ . Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.