Confetti Man
David Balakrishnan (b. 1954)

     BIO     |     NOTES    |     PERFORMANCE NOTES

David Balakrishnan is Orchestra Nashville ’s Music Alive Composer-In-Residence for 2005-08.

The Residency of David Balakrishnan is made possible through Music Alive, a residency program of the American Symphony Orchestra League and Meet The Composer. This national program is designed to provide orchestras with resources and tools to support their presentation of new music to the public and build support for new music within their institutions. Funding for Music Alive is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music.

WORLD PREMIERE		March 17, 2006 The Factory in Franklin Paul Gambill, conductor Turtle Island String Quartet in principal chair positions Confetti Mind [1:56] Guruvayoor [1:41]
INSTRUMENTATION		string orchestra, featuring principal string quartet
DURATION		18:00
COMMISSION		Commissioned by Orchestra Nashville, with support from the American Symphony Orchestra League and Meet the Composer.
MUSIC AVAILABILITY		Contact David Balakrishnan: dbalakrishnan@earthlink.net
LINKS		Turtle Island String Quartet