David Maslanka

David Maslanka was born in New Bedford, MA in 1943. He attended the Oberlin Conservatory, and studied for a year at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He did master's and doctoral work in composition at Michigan State University with H. Owen Reed.

David Maslanka's compositions have been performed throughout the United States and in numerous foreign countries. His works for winds and percussion have become especially well known.

He has served on the faculties of SUNY Geneseo, Sarah Lawrence College, New York University, and CUNY Kingsborough. He is now a free-lance composer and lives in Missoula, Montana.