David Shively

David Shively has appeared as percussion soloist and chamber musician throughout North America and Europe. As performer, instrument-builder, or sound designer he has worked with artists from a variety of contexts on the development of new works. Recent projects have spanned a range of media including traditional percussion, micro-tonal instruments, Hungarian cimbalom, and amplified musical saw. Since 2004, as co-director of the New York chamber ensemble Either/Or, he has presented programs focused on American experimental music and its relationship to the European avant-garde. In addition to being a member of New York's Ensemble Sospeso, he has performed with groups such as Collegium Novum Zürich, Speculum Musicae, and Gruppe für neue Musik Baden. Festival appearances of recent years include ICMC (Thessaloniki, Greece), Schwerpunkt: Strom! (Zürich), Ciclo International de Percusiones (Mexico City), Wittner Tage für neue Kammermusik (Witten, Germany), Sounds French (New York), Lincoln Center Festival, and Münchener Biennale (Munich, Germany). Mr. Shively's theatrical credits include Pnima... ins innere (Munich, Bayerischen Theaterpreis 2000), The Persians (National Actors' Theatre), and Ice Floes of Franz Josef Land (Whitney Biennial). He has recorded for CRI, Einstein, Mode, Quecksilber, Tzadik, and other labels as well as for broadcast on Swiss, German, and Swedish national radio.

david@ethospercussiongroup.org