David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer

Composer, vegan, erstwhile euphoniumist, Esperantist, ferret defender, Northwestern U/American U/Peabody Conservatory-Johns Hopkins U alum

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

Today is a good day to follow me, if you haven't already, at your favorite streaming site:

Spotify: https://t.co/iKId73c4mT

Apple Music: https://t.co/eii13lNCBU

YouTube: https://t.co/CIv18q0wVi

[Bruce Hornsby @brucehornsby]

Starting Indigo Park release week with an exemplary profile on Bruce from the great @nytimesmusic critic Jon Pareles out on newsstands today. Find the new album out this Friday everywhere!

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

Check out this short interview I did recently with Voyage Maryland magazine! @TheMoCoShow @BaltimoreBanner https://t.co/u5Z6zSQdHn

[Tony Banks @tonybanksmusic]

Tony Banks, the Czech National Symphony Orchestra & Choir perform "Renaissance", from his most recent album "Five".

Listen to the album: https://t.co/SQ6lLkYm4A

[PARMA Recordings @PARMARecordings]

#Composer Katherine Saxon's Nunatak from PRISMA VOL. 5 receives a live #performance by the @ArmSymphony #Orchestra at Armenia's Aram Khachaturian #concert hall on March 17, 2026. Find tickets here.
https://t.co/aMcWLi0dO6

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

@cbiaget Thanks for displaying your complete ignorance of not only Philip Glass (who is most definitely not an "avant garde" composer), who's arguably the most well known American composer of serious music in the world, but of music in general. A symphony is not a "song." LOL

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

Bravo. Love or hate the music of Philip Glass, he has integrity and knows how to stand up for what is right even when it has a negative impact on him.

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

End of story.

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

Thank you so much to everyone who listened to my music on @Spotify (and elsewhere) this year. There were large percentage increases in all categories which is quite gratifying. #composers #classicalmusic

[New York Times Music @nytimesmusic]

Paul Williams, the man who wrote songs for the Muppets and the Carpenters, takes a bow. https://t.co/bYcAOKJEXx

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

Here's an interview I did recently with Canvas Rebel, an interesting online magazine that conducts interviews with a wide range of creative people in all kinds of different fields: https://t.co/DrPPG7cbAJ

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of the world premiere in the Czech Republic of my first symphony, the first one ever to use text in #Esperanto. It was an amazing occasion and a memorable performance. We recorded the symphony for CD release earlier that same day.

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

@Sadie_NC "memorial vigil," complete with pyrotechnics and hate-filled rants

[Gramophone @GramophoneMag]

Chopin’s two sets of Études invested the didactic keyboard study with unparalleled artistry and musical substance. Jed Distler considers a selection of the finest recordings from the past 90 years... https://t.co/Y81eBsxdIW

[Ralph Nader @RalphNader]

My Letter to the Editor: https://t.co/IL17ll7qDB

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

https://t.co/Ix8LCi10wt

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

@nytimesmusic "We can franchise the Kennedy Center’s name in Europe and Asia and the Middle East, like the Louvre does in Abu Dhabi. That would be lucrative." JFC.

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

I read this interview and almost burst out laughing. What a putz this guy is. "We can franchise the Kennedy Center’s name in Europe and Asia and the Middle East, like the Louvre does in Abu Dhabi. That would be lucrative." Are you KIDDING ME???

[New York Times Music @nytimesmusic]

Fashion? Rockets? Yachts? A Trump ally has ideas for the Kennedy Center. https://t.co/m8BDfvj01q

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

On Bandcamp Friday @Bandcamp waives the fees that it normally deducts from payments to artists. Friday, March 7th will be the perfect time to purchase a high resolution download of my most recent composition, In Memoriam Shadowlight @ https://t.co/GCSUbtIc8g!

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

This is a wonderful story. https://t.co/BZGrRD2ChL

[David Gaines, D.M.A. | Composer @davidrgaines]

a twitter play in two acts