TIMELINE
Timeline: Birth-2004
1960 Born in Nampa, Idaho USA on May 11.
1970 Began teaching myself clarinet.
1972 Received first guitar for Christmas. Began teaching myself to play.
1973 Bought first bass guitar. Taught myself to play. Performed on bass with father's gospel quartet.
1974 Wrote earliest composition, "Spanish Guitar" for classical guitar.
1976 Took music theory course while sophomore in high school. Joined first rock band.
1977 Played first rock club gig.
1980 Moved to Minneapolis. Performed in several bands. Wrote several songs for bands.
1981-2 Discovered Beethoven's 6th symphony in roommates record collection. Bought study score. Orchestrated rock songs for orchestra. Moved back to Idaho. Continued self-study of classical scores while working at computer chip factory.
1983 Accepted to Wheaton College Conservatory. Began piano lessons. Wrote first string quartet.
1984 Began study at Wheaton. Composed various student pieces.
1987 Wrote "All You Servants Praise the Lord" for Grace Baptist church Meriden, CT, first commission and public performance.
1988 Moved back to Idaho after completing 2 years at conservatory and counterpoint classes. MIDI makes synthesizer composing accessible for home recording. Wrote "Rhythminium" for Vallivue High School Concert Band. Assembled synthesizer music compilation "The Initial Album". Played in various rock bands.
1989 Moved back to Wheaton to finish college degree. Composed numerous synthesizer pieces.
1991 Graduated from conservatory. Senior recital program: "Three Improvisations" for synthesizer, "Bag-O'-Tails" for piano, "Andante" (conducted) and "Street Attack" (conducted) for string orchestra, "Life is Fine" (conducted) for soprano and ensemble, "Quartet for Soprano Sax, English Horn, Cello, and Piano", and "Kuwait: 1990-91" for wind ensemble. Returned to Idaho, composed instrumental album "Phases of the Mood."
1992 Attended first recital by the Langroise Trio. Met players backstage. Started composing "String Trio No. 1" the next day.
1993 Wrote "Serenade for Strings" for brother's wedding. Performed in country/rock band Redstone.
1994 Premiere of Scherzando from "String Trio No. 1" by the Langroise Trio
1995 Premiere of complete "String Trio No. 1" by the Langroise Trio and "Serenade for Strings" by community orchestra.
1996 Wrote "Company Tour." Completed new album of synthesizer music "Visit the Blue Planet".
1997 Premiere of "Company Tour" by the Langroise Trio. Wrote "String Trio No. 2" and "Sonatina for Strings."
1998 Premiere of "String Trio No. 2" by the Langroise Trio and "Sonatina for Strings" by the Suzuki Institute Strings (conducted). Composed new instrumental album "A Call for Rain."
1999 Wrote "String Trio No. 3" and "The Avon Lady Meets Frumpy the House Cat." Made trip to Budapest for "The Basket" scoring sessions.
2000 Premiere of "String Trio No. 3" by the Langroise Trio at Hengst Gallery, Seattle, WA. The Langroise Trio performed "Trio No. 2 - II" on the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, Washington DC. Idaho Dance Theater choreographed trio music for performance in "Riptide". Premiere of "The Avon Lady Meets Frumpy the House CatÃ?Â? by the Albertson College Concert Band. Began audio post job with NxNW in August.
2001 Wrote "When Foxes Meet in Moonlight." Premiered in February by the Darkwood Consort. The Langroise Trio performed "Trio No. 3 - II" on the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, Washington DC. Started writing the "Cello Concerto."
2002 Finished the "Cello Concerto." Wrote "Three Dances" for Idaho Dance Theater.
2003 Premiere of "Three Dances" in January and the "Cello Concerto", with Sam Smith as soloist, in April. I conducted the Boise Philharmonic.
2004 Scored documentaries "3 on 3", "In Time of War", "Sudan, the Path to Peace". Started composing "Immence Ranges...".
2005 Feb 5: Finished "Immence Ranges..."
2005 May: Premiere of "Immence Ranges of High Mountains" by Caritas Chorale, Dick Brown conducting, in Sun Valley and Idaho Falls.
2005 June: Joined the Caritas Chorale on 3 week tour of Austria and Italy, performing 4 movements of "Immence Ranges..." with piano in 3 concerts in Tegernsee, Germany, Mira, IT, Viareggio, IT. Visited Salzburg, Venice, Verona, Ravenna, Florence, Lake Como, and Milano. What History!
2006 January: Premiere of string trio version of "Three Dances" by the Langroise Trio.
2006 May: Performances of "Immence Ranges..." in Sun Valley and the Boise premiere.
2006 Aug 15-Oct 15: Composed 14 minute score for the 1912 Edison silent film "The Land Beyond the Sunset".
2006 Nov 8-14: Composed 12:45 Elegies for Two Cellos for Idaho Dance Theater.
2006 12-28-06 - finished composing The Isle of Bathos (formerly The Eccentric).
2007 January: IDT Dance performance "Riptide" to string trio music.
2007 February 1: Premiere of silent film score "The Land Beyond the Sunset" by the Treasure Valley Youth Symphony, conducted by David Saunders. Performed live to picture at the Egyptian Theater, Boise.
2007 March 8 & 10: Premiere of "The Isle of Bathos" by the Langroise Trio.
2007 April 12-15: Premiere of "Elegies for Two Cellos" by Meloney and Ned Johnson. Choreographed as "Emerging from Loss" by Carl Rowe for Idaho Dance Theater.
2007 June: joined Caritas again, this time on a tour of Ireland/Scotland. The choir performed my Three Irish Hymn Tunes in 4 concerts, 2 in Ireland, 2 in Scotland, the last being in the historic Royal Chapel at Stirling Castle. After tour, traveled to Lisbon.
2007 August: finished the Sinfonia Pastorale for the Boise Baroque Orchestra.
2007 Oct 26 & 28: Premiere of the Sinfonia Pastorale by the Boise Baroque Orchestra.
2007 Nov 28: started a new violin concerto for Geoff Trabichoff... (unfinished)
2008 August: spent a month in Portugal around Porto and on the island of Madeira.
2008 Nov: finished composing The Current for solo piano.
2008 Dec 6: premiere of The Current by Natasha Pikoul, San Juan Madeira, Portugal.
2008 Dec 9: started composing commissioned piece for Idaho Dance Theatre for Percussion Quintet and Piano.
2008 Dec 20: bought a cello, started learning how to play it...Timeline: 2009-2011
Jan 24, 2009 - finished composing percussion piece for IDT, "Simply, Gently, Boldly.
April 9-12 - premiere of Simply, Gently, Boldly as "Fractured Silence" by Idaho Dance Theatre. Performed by the Verde Percussion Group with Del Parkinson, piano.
April 15 - started composing new piece for the Langroise Trio...
August 1 - received Fellowship Award for Excellence from Idaho Commission on Arts.
Nov. 13-14 - Premiere of "String Trio No. 4 (on paintings by Norman Rockwell) by the Langroise Trio.
Dec 21 - Jan 4 2010 - Trip to Paris.
2010
March - started composing new string orchestra piece for the C of I Sinfonia. Also, conceptualizing new opera with Doug Copsey, librettist. (abandoned)
May 17 - Sun Valley premiere of String Trio No. 4 by the Langroise Trio.
Aug. 25 - Finished score and parts for Three Mysteries.
Dec. 3 - Premiere of two of the Three Mysteries (Of the Heart and Of the Street) by the College of Idaho Sinfonia, Sam Smith conducting. Of the Night will premiere in the spring of 2011. (didn't)
2011
Jan. 1 - opened up Dave Earnest Audio, providing audio recording, editing, mixing, sound design, composing services for radio, tv, film, video.
Jan. 10 - started composing "Nez Perce: Promises" ("Story of the Nimiipuu" working title) for Chorus/Orchestra for Caritas Chorale of Sun Valley
Composed Turbulence for orchestra (premiered 2012 with Boise Philharmonic, then the Houston Symphony.
2012 - Premiere of "Nez Perce: Promises" on reservation up north, then in Sun Valley
2013 - Composed "The Elements" (4 movements) for Idaho Dance Theater. Premiered 2013
2014 - Composed "Cello Quintet" (4 cellos/piano) (premiered 2015)
2015 - Composed end cue for film "The Mystery of the Cuttyrainbrown. Travis Swartz
2016 - Composed String Trio No. 5 (4-8-2024: hasn't yet premiered)
2018 - Composed "March of the Cuckoos" for solo piano (premiered by Natasha Pikoul in Portugal)
2019 - Composed "Psalm 100", premiere in Helena, Montana
Composed "Arctic Skies" for solo piano (premiered by Natasha Pikoul in Portugal)
2020 - Composed "Campfire Stories" (finally premiered, after covid, 2022)
2023 - Composed solo piano pieces "Fox and Hare" and "A Little Rondo for Meester Squirrel"
1960 Born in Nampa, Idaho USA on May 11.
1970 Began teaching myself clarinet.
1972 Received first guitar for Christmas. Began teaching myself to play.
1973 Bought first bass guitar. Taught myself to play. Performed on bass with father's gospel quartet.
1974 Wrote earliest composition, "Spanish Guitar" for classical guitar.
1976 Took music theory course while sophomore in high school. Joined first rock band.
1977 Played first rock club gig.
1980 Moved to Minneapolis. Performed in several bands. Wrote several songs for bands.
1981-2 Discovered Beethoven's 6th symphony in roommates record collection. Bought study score. Orchestrated rock songs for orchestra. Moved back to Idaho. Continued self-study of classical scores while working at computer chip factory.
1983 Accepted to Wheaton College Conservatory. Began piano lessons. Wrote first string quartet.
1984 Began study at Wheaton. Composed various student pieces.
1987 Wrote "All You Servants Praise the Lord" for Grace Baptist church Meriden, CT, first commission and public performance.
1988 Moved back to Idaho after completing 2 years at conservatory and counterpoint classes. MIDI makes synthesizer composing accessible for home recording. Wrote "Rhythminium" for Vallivue High School Concert Band. Assembled synthesizer music compilation "The Initial Album". Played in various rock bands.
1989 Moved back to Wheaton to finish college degree. Composed numerous synthesizer pieces.
1991 Graduated from conservatory. Senior recital program: "Three Improvisations" for synthesizer, "Bag-O'-Tails" for piano, "Andante" (conducted) and "Street Attack" (conducted) for string orchestra, "Life is Fine" (conducted) for soprano and ensemble, "Quartet for Soprano Sax, English Horn, Cello, and Piano", and "Kuwait: 1990-91" for wind ensemble. Returned to Idaho, composed instrumental album "Phases of the Mood."
1992 Attended first recital by the Langroise Trio. Met players backstage. Started composing "String Trio No. 1" the next day.
1993 Wrote "Serenade for Strings" for brother's wedding. Performed in country/rock band Redstone.
1994 Premiere of Scherzando from "String Trio No. 1" by the Langroise Trio
1995 Premiere of complete "String Trio No. 1" by the Langroise Trio and "Serenade for Strings" by community orchestra.
1996 Wrote "Company Tour." Completed new album of synthesizer music "Visit the Blue Planet".
1997 Premiere of "Company Tour" by the Langroise Trio. Wrote "String Trio No. 2" and "Sonatina for Strings."
1998 Premiere of "String Trio No. 2" by the Langroise Trio and "Sonatina for Strings" by the Suzuki Institute Strings (conducted). Composed new instrumental album "A Call for Rain."
1999 Wrote "String Trio No. 3" and "The Avon Lady Meets Frumpy the House Cat." Made trip to Budapest for "The Basket" scoring sessions.
2000 Premiere of "String Trio No. 3" by the Langroise Trio at Hengst Gallery, Seattle, WA. The Langroise Trio performed "Trio No. 2 - II" on the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, Washington DC. Idaho Dance Theater choreographed trio music for performance in "Riptide". Premiere of "The Avon Lady Meets Frumpy the House CatÃ?Â? by the Albertson College Concert Band. Began audio post job with NxNW in August.
2001 Wrote "When Foxes Meet in Moonlight." Premiered in February by the Darkwood Consort. The Langroise Trio performed "Trio No. 3 - II" on the Kennedy Center Millenium Stage, Washington DC. Started writing the "Cello Concerto."
2002 Finished the "Cello Concerto." Wrote "Three Dances" for Idaho Dance Theater.
2003 Premiere of "Three Dances" in January and the "Cello Concerto", with Sam Smith as soloist, in April. I conducted the Boise Philharmonic.
2004 Scored documentaries "3 on 3", "In Time of War", "Sudan, the Path to Peace". Started composing "Immence Ranges...".
2005 Feb 5: Finished "Immence Ranges..."
2005 May: Premiere of "Immence Ranges of High Mountains" by Caritas Chorale, Dick Brown conducting, in Sun Valley and Idaho Falls.
2005 June: Joined the Caritas Chorale on 3 week tour of Austria and Italy, performing 4 movements of "Immence Ranges..." with piano in 3 concerts in Tegernsee, Germany, Mira, IT, Viareggio, IT. Visited Salzburg, Venice, Verona, Ravenna, Florence, Lake Como, and Milano. What History!
2006 January: Premiere of string trio version of "Three Dances" by the Langroise Trio.
2006 May: Performances of "Immence Ranges..." in Sun Valley and the Boise premiere.
2006 Aug 15-Oct 15: Composed 14 minute score for the 1912 Edison silent film "The Land Beyond the Sunset".
2006 Nov 8-14: Composed 12:45 Elegies for Two Cellos for Idaho Dance Theater.
2006 12-28-06 - finished composing The Isle of Bathos (formerly The Eccentric).
2007 January: IDT Dance performance "Riptide" to string trio music.
2007 February 1: Premiere of silent film score "The Land Beyond the Sunset" by the Treasure Valley Youth Symphony, conducted by David Saunders. Performed live to picture at the Egyptian Theater, Boise.
2007 March 8 & 10: Premiere of "The Isle of Bathos" by the Langroise Trio.
2007 April 12-15: Premiere of "Elegies for Two Cellos" by Meloney and Ned Johnson. Choreographed as "Emerging from Loss" by Carl Rowe for Idaho Dance Theater.
2007 June: joined Caritas again, this time on a tour of Ireland/Scotland. The choir performed my Three Irish Hymn Tunes in 4 concerts, 2 in Ireland, 2 in Scotland, the last being in the historic Royal Chapel at Stirling Castle. After tour, traveled to Lisbon.
2007 August: finished the Sinfonia Pastorale for the Boise Baroque Orchestra.
2007 Oct 26 & 28: Premiere of the Sinfonia Pastorale by the Boise Baroque Orchestra.
2007 Nov 28: started a new violin concerto for Geoff Trabichoff... (unfinished)
2008 August: spent a month in Portugal around Porto and on the island of Madeira.
2008 Nov: finished composing The Current for solo piano.
2008 Dec 6: premiere of The Current by Natasha Pikoul, San Juan Madeira, Portugal.
2008 Dec 9: started composing commissioned piece for Idaho Dance Theatre for Percussion Quintet and Piano.
2008 Dec 20: bought a cello, started learning how to play it...Timeline: 2009-2011
Jan 24, 2009 - finished composing percussion piece for IDT, "Simply, Gently, Boldly.
April 9-12 - premiere of Simply, Gently, Boldly as "Fractured Silence" by Idaho Dance Theatre. Performed by the Verde Percussion Group with Del Parkinson, piano.
April 15 - started composing new piece for the Langroise Trio...
August 1 - received Fellowship Award for Excellence from Idaho Commission on Arts.
Nov. 13-14 - Premiere of "String Trio No. 4 (on paintings by Norman Rockwell) by the Langroise Trio.
Dec 21 - Jan 4 2010 - Trip to Paris.
2010
March - started composing new string orchestra piece for the C of I Sinfonia. Also, conceptualizing new opera with Doug Copsey, librettist. (abandoned)
May 17 - Sun Valley premiere of String Trio No. 4 by the Langroise Trio.
Aug. 25 - Finished score and parts for Three Mysteries.
Dec. 3 - Premiere of two of the Three Mysteries (Of the Heart and Of the Street) by the College of Idaho Sinfonia, Sam Smith conducting. Of the Night will premiere in the spring of 2011. (didn't)
2011
Jan. 1 - opened up Dave Earnest Audio, providing audio recording, editing, mixing, sound design, composing services for radio, tv, film, video.
Jan. 10 - started composing "Nez Perce: Promises" ("Story of the Nimiipuu" working title) for Chorus/Orchestra for Caritas Chorale of Sun Valley
Composed Turbulence for orchestra (premiered 2012 with Boise Philharmonic, then the Houston Symphony.
2012 - Premiere of "Nez Perce: Promises" on reservation up north, then in Sun Valley
2013 - Composed "The Elements" (4 movements) for Idaho Dance Theater. Premiered 2013
2014 - Composed "Cello Quintet" (4 cellos/piano) (premiered 2015)
2015 - Composed end cue for film "The Mystery of the Cuttyrainbrown. Travis Swartz
2016 - Composed String Trio No. 5 (4-8-2024: hasn't yet premiered)
2018 - Composed "March of the Cuckoos" for solo piano (premiered by Natasha Pikoul in Portugal)
2019 - Composed "Psalm 100", premiere in Helena, Montana
Composed "Arctic Skies" for solo piano (premiered by Natasha Pikoul in Portugal)
2020 - Composed "Campfire Stories" (finally premiered, after covid, 2022)
2023 - Composed solo piano pieces "Fox and Hare" and "A Little Rondo for Meester Squirrel"