David Squires, Ph.D.
Dr. Squires' professional experience includes over 20 years on faculty at TWU; various part-time university teaching positions; and 11 years as full-time worship pastor in various churches across Canada.
Recent Important Compositions
- Sanctuary (SATB a cappella; 2015)
- The Best Is Yet To Be (soprano and piano; 2014)
- Wave After Wave (concerto for harp and orchestra, premiered April 2013)
- Magnificat (double choir and orchestra; premiered December 2012)
- Bright Shiny Objects (trombone quintet; 2010)
- Where Angels Dance (concerto for violin and orchestra; premiered April 2007)
- God Ever Breath (mezzo-soprano, flute, piano, string orchestra; premiered November 2005)
- Table Songs (communion liturgy for flexible instrumentation; premiered November 2004)
- Come...Help Me Lament (soprano, male choir, piano, string orchestra; multimedia work w. projected visual art by Erica Grimm-Vance; premiered Fall 2003)
- Ph.D. (Composition) State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, 1993.
- MMus (Composition) University of Toronto, 1981
- BMus (Performance) University of Western Ontario, 1979
Expertise
Composition, Music History, Christian Spirituality and New Music, Interdisciplinary Arts, Worship History and Theology, and Contemporary Worship Issues
Awards & Honors
- Rooted and Reaching Award (administrator), TWU, August 2013
Affiliations & Memberships
- Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers
- Society for Christian Scholarship in Music (formerly Forum on Music and Christian Scholarship)