About

David Alexander Rahbee is currently Senior Artist in Residence at the University of Washington School of Music in Seattle, where he is director of orchestral activities and teaches conducting.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Visual arts
• Art
• History
• Business
• Literature
• Finance
• Library science
• Psychology
• Art history
• World Wide Web

Selected publications

• Daniels' Orchestral Music

  2022-01-01

  bookSenior author

  <JATS1:p>Daniels’ Orchestral Musicis the gold standard for all orchestral professionals—from conductors, librarians, programmers, students, administrators, and publishers, to even instructors—seeking to research and plan an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season.</JATS1:p> <JATS1:p>This sixth edition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the original edition, has the largest increase in entries for a new edition ofOrchestral Music: 65% more works (roughly 14,050 total) and 85% more composers (2,202 total) compared to the fifth edition. Composition details are gleaned from personal inspection of scores by orchestral conductors, making it a reliable one-stop resource for repertoire.</JATS1:p> <JATS1:p>Users will find all the familiar and useful features of the fifth edition as well as significant updates and corrections. Works are organized alphabetically by composer and title, containing information on duration, instrumentation, date of composition, publication, movements, and special accommodations if any. Individual appendices make it easy to browse works with chorus, solo voices, or solo instruments. Other appendices list orchestral works by instrumentation and duration, as well as works intended for youth concerts. Also included are significant anniversaries of composers, composer groups for thematic programming, a title index, an introduction to Nieweg charts, essential bibliography, internet sources, institutions and organizations, and a directory of publishers necessary for the orchestra professional.</JATS1:p> <JATS1:p>This trusted work used around the globe is a must-have for orchestral professionals, whether conductors or orchestra librarians, administrators involved in artistic planning, music students considering orchestral conducting, authors of program notes, publishers and music dealers, and instructors of conducting.</JATS1:p>

  PublisherDOI

• ALPHABETICAL LISTING BY COMPOSERS

  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks · 2022

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Science
  • Business

  Daniels' Orchestral Music is the gold standard for all orchestral professionals—from conductors, librarians, programmers, students, administrators, and publishers, to even instructors—seeking to research and plan an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season.

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• History of Daniels’ Orchestral Music

  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks · 2022

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Art
  • History
  • Visual arts

  Daniels' Orchestral Music is the gold standard for all orchestral professionals—from conductors, librarians, programmers, students, administrators, and publishers, to even instructors—seeking to research and plan an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season.

  PublisherDOI

• Daniels' Orchestral Music

  2022

  Senior authorCorresponding
  • Computer Science
  • Library science
  • Visual arts

  Daniels’ Orchestral Music is the gold standard for all orchestral professionals—from conductors, librarians, programmers, students, administrators, and publishers, to even instructors—seeking to research and plan an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season. This sixth edition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the original edition, has the largest increase in entries for a new edition of Orchestral Music: 65% more works (roughly 14,050 total) and 85% more composers (2,202 total) compared to the fifth edition. Composition details are gleaned from personal inspection of scores by orchestral conductors, making it a reliable one-stop resource for repertoire. Users will find all the familiar and useful features of the fifth edition as well as significant updates and corrections. Works are organized alphabetically by composer and title, containing information on duration, instrumentation, date of composition, publication, movements, and special accommodations if any. Individual appendices make it easy to browse works with chorus, solo voices, or solo instruments. Other appendices list orchestral works by instrumentation and duration, as well as works intended for youth concerts. Also included are significant anniversaries of composers, composer groups for thematic programming, a title index, an introduction to Nieweg charts, essential bibliography, internet sources, institutions and organizations, and a directory of publishers necessary for the orchestra professional. This trusted work used around the globe is a must-have for orchestral professionals, whether conductors or orchestra librarians, administrators involved in artistic planning, music students considering orchestral conducting, authors of program notes, publishers and music dealers, and instructors of conducting.

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• UW Symphony and Combined UW Choirs David Alexander Rahbee and Giselle Wyers June 1, 2018

  ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington) · 2018-06-01

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• UW Symphony with Concerto and Composition Winners March 9, 2018

  ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington) · 2018-03-09

  articleOpen accessSenior author

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• UW Chamber Orchestra David Alexander Rahbee, Music Director and Conductor with Melia Watras, violin April 20, 2018

  ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington) · 2018-04-20

  articleOpen access

  Concert Program

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• UW Symphony at Benaroya Hall February 5, 2018

  ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington) · 2018-02-05

  articleOpen access

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• UW Symphony Orchestra David Alexander Rahbee, Music Director and Conductor with Ben Lulich, clarinet April 27, 2018

  ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington) · 2018-04-27

  articleOpen access

  Concert Program

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• UW Symphony David Alexander Rahbee, music director and conductor with Jon Kimura Parker, piano December 8, 2017

  ResearchWorks at the University of Washington (University of Washington) · 2017-12-08

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding

  Concert Program

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Frequent coauthors

• UW Symphony

  7 shared

• UW Symphony Orchestra

  6 shared

• Abbie Naze

  5 shared

• Tigran Arakelyan

  5 shared

• Ludovic Morlot

  4 shared

• Stephen Stubbs

  4 shared

• UW Chamber Orchestra

  4 shared

• Giselle Wyers

  3 shared

Awards & honors

• Herbert von Karajan Fellowship for Young Conductors (2003)
• International Richard-Wagner-Verband Stipend (2005)
• fellowship at the Acanthes Centre in Paris (2007)
• first prize in conducting from The American Prize national n…
• 2nd place in The American Prize (2019)