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David Froom named MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year.(Association News)(Music Teachers National Association)(Brief article)

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David Froom was awarded the MTNA-Shepherd Distinguished Composer of the Year at the 2007 CFMTA-MTNA-RCM Collaborative Conference in Toronto.

Froom's music has been performed extensively throughout the United States by major orchestras, ensembles and soloists, including, among many others, the Louisville, Seattle, Utah and Chesapeake Symphony Orchestras, The United States Marine and Navy Bands, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Twentieth Century Consort, the New York New Music Ensemble, violinist Curtis Macomber and saxophonist Kenneth Tse. He also has performed in England, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Holland, China and Australia. His music is available on CD on the Delos, Arabesque, Capriccio, Centaur, Sonora, Crystal, Opus 3, and West Point Academy labels, and much of it is published by MMB Music, Inc.

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