David Dunn

"Music is a means through which humans communicate with, participate within, and give back to the larger systems of mind that comprise our natural and social environments. In the daily circumstances of life, we are surrounded with a fabric of sound that is the voice of a generative source. When we make music, it is to match this fabric that speaks to us."

David Dunn is a composer and sound artist whose work has spanned traditional and experimental music, wildlife sound recordings, installations for public exhibitions, video and film soundtracks, radio broadcasts, and bioacoustic research.

His work has been presented at SoundCulture (Japan), Santa Fe International Electroacoustic Music Festival, Ars Electronica (Austria), L'Immagine Eletronica Festival (Italy), Institute for New Media (Germany), New Music Across America (US), National Gallery of Victoria (Australia), and Experimenta Festival (Argentina). He has been in residency and organized wildlife field recording expeditions in North America, South America, and Africa. Awards and grants include National Endowment for the Arts, Rockefeller Foundation, Langlois Foundation, McCune Foundation, New Mexico Arts Division, and Meet the Composer. He is the author of 'Music, Language, and Environment,''SKYDRIFT,' and 'Why Do Whales and Children Sing?:A Guide to Hearing in Nature'. He is the editor of 'Harry Partch: An Anthology of Critical Perspectives', and 'Eigenwelt der Apparate-welt: Pioneers of Electronic Art'. His works are published and distributed by Ars Electronica, Innova, O.O. Discs, EarthEar, Pogus, Lingua Press, Deep Listening, Nonsequitur, W.W. Norton, and Schirmer Books. He has taught and lectured at numerous schools and universities. He was an assistant to American composer Harry Partch and performed in the Harry Partch Ensemble. From 1984 to 1988, he was Vice-President of the International Synergy Institute, a media think tank based in Hollywood, California.

Dunn actively records, composes, teaches, and presents his work internationally. He serves as President of the Art and Science Laboratory in Santa Fe, New Mexico.