David Gaines

Current

• Head Honcho at Dave The Karaoke Guy
• Keyboardist at Surrender Friday
• Composer at Verda Stelo Music (Self-employed)

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Past

• Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Maryland University College
• Adjunct Instructor at Connected Education, Inc./New School University

Education

• Peabody Conservatory of Music/Johns Hopkins University
• American University
• Northwestern University

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Recommended

2 people have recommended David

Connections

33 connections

Industry

Music

Websites

• My Website
• My Website
• DG @ ReverbNation

David Gaines’s Summary

Musician with over thirty years of experience as a classically-trained composer, arranger, performer, and music journalist.

I've worked with the Embassy of Afghanistan in Washington, Afghan pop music legend Ehsan Aman, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductors Kirk Trevor and Vit Micka, Stamford Young Artists Philharmonic, Bulgarian Esperanto Choir, Master Singers of Virginia, Peabody Wind Ensemble, and the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. Commercial classical recordings available on the MMC Recordings and Verda Stelo Music labels.

I've also conducted interviews with Ian Anderson and Martin Barre of Jethro Tull, Daryl Stuermer of Genesis, Michael Dunford of Renaissance, and pianist Liz Story resulting in feature stories published in the Washington Times and other Washington, D.C. area periodicals.

David Gaines’s Specialties:

Music for concert band, wind ensemble, and symphony orchestra; chamber music for low brass instruments & unusual instrumental combinations; electronic music.

Multi-keyboardist with experience in rock, pop, wedding, ska, and regaae bands.

Karaoke KJ specializing in providing karaoke at private parties and events.

David Gaines’s Experience

• Head Honcho

  Dave The Karaoke Guy

  (Entertainment industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

  Karaoke KJ available to run karaoke shows at private parties and events.

• Keyboardist

  Surrender Friday

  (Music industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year)

• Composer

  Verda Stelo Music (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; Music industry)

  1983 — Present (26 years)

• Adjunct Associate Professor

  University of Maryland University College

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

  Taught traditional, in-person introductory classes in ehtnomusicology and the history of jazz. Assisted in the development of a non-traditional, online, distance education course based on the history of jazz class.

• Adjunct Instructor

  Connected Education, Inc./New School University

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years)

  Developed, maintained, and taught an online, distance education course in the history of electronic music technology (the first of its kind - this was prior to the invention of the Worldwide Web).

David Gaines’s Education

• Peabody Conservatory of Music/Johns Hopkins University

  DMA , Music (composition) , 1992 — 1998

  Was also Assistant Director of Public Information at Peabody from 1995 to 1996

  Activities and Societies:

  Pi Kappa Lambda music honor society (equivalent of Phi Beta Kappa)

• American University

  MA , Music (composition) , 1985 — 1987

• Northwestern University

  BMus, BA , Theory & Composition / Philosophy , 1979 — 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  Lambda Chi Alpha, freeform radio host at WNUR-FM

Additional Information

David Gaines’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Website
• DG @ ReverbNation

David Gaines’s Interests:

Music,Classical music,Contemporary classical music,Progressive rock music,Film scoring,Podcasting,Teaching,Music journalism,Blogging

David Gaines’s Groups:

ASCAP, Muzika Esperanto-Ligo, World Esperanto Association, Esperanto-USA,American Ferret Association

•    Friends of Esperanto
•    Esperanto
•    Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

David Gaines’s Honors:

2009 Nominee, Just Plain Folks Music Awards, Contemporary Classical Music category

Pi Kappa Lambda, Peabody Conservatory of Music/Johns Hopkins University

ASCAPlus Awards annually since 2000

First Prize, song division, 1995 World Esperanto Association Fine Arts Competition

Honorary Member, "Society and Esperanto" Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria

Honorary President, Muzika Esperanto-Ligo, Victoria, Australia

David Gaines’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch