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David Huang Mailman - Flowers From Nashville

from New Music Festival 02023 Documentation: Saturday, October 14 by EDME

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David and I first met through a string of friends involved with programs for Pennsylvania youths. Despite not having met in-person until January 2023, we quickly discovered a shared love for music and the bassoon. I badgered him for months to write me a piece, and one day, “Flowers from Nashville” arrived in my inbox.

Whether David knew it or not, I am a lover of all things botanical. I collect flora fact books, tend my own gardens, and even work in a green- house. Receiving a bassoon piece about flowers has made “Flowers from Nashville” just that much more special. The three movements really showcase what the bassoon is capable of. As a bassoon student, I am incredibly passionate about everything bassoon related, but especially showing that the bassoon isn’t boring, but rather incredibly dynamic and flexible. “Flowers from Nashville” does so much justice to my lovely instrument.

- program note by Lizzie Sylves

David Huang Mailman (he/him) is a student at Vanderbilt University studying history and musicology. David’s concentration is in early
Asian America, focusing on how music has perpetuated long-lived stereotypes about Chinese Americans.

While David’s interest in writing began with arranging video game themes as a middle school band nerd, David now studies
composition with Drs. Stan Link and Michael Slayton, writing for winds in particular. David has been lucky enough to watch his music come
to life with solo, chamber, and large ensemble pieces performed by numerous high school and collegiate musicians. Additionally, David’s piece “Postal Overture” was the collegiate winner of the 2021 National Association for Music Education’s Student Composers Competition.

When not cloistered away composing, David is involved with Vanderbilt University’s many music ensembles and student activism groups. He enjoys baking, anime, video games -- and when those fail -- bugging his younger brother, Matthew.

www.davidhuangmailman.com

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from New Music Festival 02023 Documentation: Saturday, October 14, released December 14, 2023
Performed by
Tyler Kashow, Bassoon

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