David B. Pruett, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Music
Chair, Department of Performing Arts

McCormack Hall, 2nd floor, rm. 625
University of Massachusetts at Boston
100 Morrissey Boulevard
Boston, MA 02125
Email:
david.pruett@umb.edu

                 

 

Percussionist

Classical percussion – since 1983

Marching band: four years high school, three years undergraduate

 

Middle Eastern darabukka (doum bec) – since 1989:

(click here to view the website for my Middle Eastern ensemble Bella-Mūsīqā)


Steel band – six years (Appalachian State University Steely Pan Steel Band)

North Indian tabla - three years under guru Nalini Vinayak

Italian folk and popular music (Salentine hand drumming and Neapolitan music) – two years



Concerts and Recitals


2010 Bella-Musiqa in Concert. UMass Boston. October 2010.
 
2010

Bella-Musiqa in Concert, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA. October 2010.
 

2010 Flamenco Al Andaluz, with the Ramon de los Reyes Spanish Dance Theater (with special guest artists from Spain, Italy, and Mexico). Kresge Auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. September 2010.
 
2008 “SEM Middle East Ensemble.” A two-hour concert as part of the Society for Ethnomusicology annual meeting. Middletown, Connecticut. October 2008.
 
2008

Bella-Mūsīqā in Concert. Featured artists for the Tennessee Arts Academy, Nashville, Tennessee.
 

2008 Bella-Mūsīqā & Friends.  Middle Tennessee State University
 

2008

Bella-Mūsīqā, as a featured Middle Eastern concert during the Tennessee Guitar Festival, David Pruett and Roger Hudson, Middle Tennessee State University

 

2007

Bella-Mūsīqā, as a featured Middle Eastern concert during the Tennessee Guitar Festival, David Pruett and Roger Hudson, Middle Tennessee State University

 

2006

Bella-Mūsīqā, a concert of Middle Eastern music, David Pruett and Roger Hudson, Middle Tennessee State University

 

1996 Senior Percussion Recital, Appalachian State University.
Marimba Spiritual (Miki), Rebonds I and II (Xenakis), Blues for Gilbert (Glentworth), Canaries (Carter)

1995 Junior Percussion Recital, Appalachian State University.
Michi (Abe), Space Model (Ptaszynska), Six Poems (Stright), Passacaglia (Badings)

 

Commercial Recordings

2009 Bella-Mūsīqā. Bella-Mūsīqā. Produced by Roger Hudson and David Pruett, compact disc.
 
2008 Soundcheck, featuring Bella-Musiqa. Hosted by Beverly Keel. MTTV (MTSU television studios). DVD, thirty minutes.
 


World Music Ensembles
Undergraduate:

1989-1996 Steely Pan Steel Band
1989-1996
ASU Middle-East Ensemble                                                                                                                


Graduate:

2000 and 2003
Aconcagua (Andean Ensemble)
2001-2002 L'Orchestra Italiana (Italian Ensemble)
1999
African Ensemble
1998-1999
Agni (North Indian Ensemble)