David Squires (composer)
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David Squires (born 1957) is a Canadian composer and the dean of the School of the Arts, Media and Culture at Trinity Western University.
Early life and education
Squires received a bachelor's degree in music (Performance) from University of Western Ontario in 1979, a masters in music (Composition) University of Toronto in 1981, and a doctorate in (Composition) State University of New York at Buffalo in 1993.[https://newspaperarchive.com/lethbridge-herald-may-26-1997-p-34/ "Spring band concert a triumph"]. Lethbridge Herald, via Newspaper Archives. May 26 1997 - Page 34. by Lori Leister
Career
From 1984 to 1987 Squires was the conductor of the Fraser Valley Symphony.[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/orchestras-emc "Orchestras"]. The Canadian Encyclopedia, by Kevin James, Patricia Wardrop, Kenneth Winters. November 29 2010 Squires has been on the faculty at TWU music for 15 years and was a worship pastor there for 11 years.[http://lightmagazine.ca/2017/11/worship-arts-program-at-twu/ "Worship Arts Program at TWU"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213005637/http://lightmagazine.ca/2017/11/worship-arts-program-at-twu/ |date=February 13, 2019 }}. The Light Magazine, December 12 2017 His scholarly interest is in Christian spirituality and new music, and he has also taught composition, music history, 20th-century composers and Christian spirituality, and Worship design and leadership.{{fact|date=January 2021}}
Squires' composition "Ride" was performed in 1997 by the Lethbridge Community Band.
His composition "Table Songs", a communion liturgy for flexible instrumentation, premiered in November 2004; "God Ever Breath", for mezzo-soprano, flute, piano, string orchestra, premiered in November 2005.{{Cite web |url=https://www.twu.ca/academics/faculty/profiles/squires-david.html |title=David Squires |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927044426/http://twu.ca/academics/faculty/profiles/squires-david.html |archive-date=September 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} "Where Angels Danced" was premiered in November 2007 by the Trinity Western Orchestra with violinist Brielle Goheen.[https://www.thebanner.org/news/2011/01/bc-student-performs-concerto-written-for-her "B.C. Student Performs Concerto, Written for Her"]. Banner, January 18 2011. Jenny deGroot
Squires is the initiator of TWU's Worship Studies Minor and has been instrumental in developing the program.http://www.efcc.ca/pdfs/ThePulseSummer04.pdf{{Dead link|date=February 2018}} Beginning in 2003, the program studies contemporary worship music, issues regarding worship leadership, and worship theology and history. In 2007, he was appointed the new dean of the Faculty of Professional Studies and Performing Arts,{{Cite web |url=https://www.twu.ca/about/news/general/2007/david-squires-appointed-new-dean-of-faculty-of-pro.html |title=David Squires appointed new dean of Faculty of Professional Studies and Performing Arts |access-date=August 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509021639/https://twu.ca/about/news/general/2007/david-squires-appointed-new-dean-of-faculty-of-pro.html |archive-date=May 9, 2016 |url-status=dead}} which is now the School of the Arts, Media and Culture.[https://www.marshill.news/feature/2014/02/11/wes-janzens-departure-from-twu "Wes Janzen's Departure from TWU"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511135856/https://www.marshill.news/feature/2014/02/11/wes-janzens-departure-from-twu |date=May 11, 2019 }}. Mars Hill News, February 11, 2014. Brown
In 2018 Squires toured to the United Kingdom with the band Trinity Worship Project; the group was serving as the opening band for the U.K.-based Rend Collective.[https://www.langleyadvance.com/entertainment/video-langley-musicians-touring-u-k-with-chart-topping-christian-band/ "VIDEO: Langley musicians touring U.K. with chart-topping Christian band"]. Langley Advance, May 15 2018
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Category:Canadian male composers
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