James M. David (b. 1978) is assistant professor of composition and music theory at Colorado State University. He has previously taught on the faculty of the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University and the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program. Additionally, he has served as composer-in-residence for Leon County Public Schools in Florida and ART 342 in Colorado.

Among the distinctions David has earned as a composer are an ASCAP Morton Gould Award, national first-place winner in the MTNA Young Artists Composition Competition, winner of the Dallas Wind Symphony International Fanfare Competition, and national first-place winner in the NACUSA Young Composers Competition. He has received commissions from such individuals and organizations as Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic, John Bruce Yeh of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Commission Project of Rochester, NY, and Georgia Southern University. In 2009, he received a consortium commission from twelve university wind ensembles through the Atlantic Coast Conference Grant for Emerging Wind Band Composers.

His works have been performed at more than twenty conferences and festivals throughout the United States, Thailand, and Japan, including the SCI National Conference, the MTNA National Conference, two World Saxophone Congresses, and three International Clarinet Fests. As a performer, he has toured with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra and has been a featured artist at the Eastern Trombone Workshop in Washington, DC.

Dr. David graduated with honors from the University of Georgia (B.M.Ed., M.M.) and completed his doctorate in composition and graduate certificate in music theory pedagogy at Florida State University. His former teachers include Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Ladislav Kubik, Lewis Nielson, Sammy Nestico, and William D. Davis. His music is currently available through Pebblehill Music Publishers and Lovebird Music and has been recorded for the Naxos, Summit, Luminescence, and MSR Classics labels.