David W. Cobb is a composer, musician, and ethnomusicologist living in Western North Carolina. He studied composition and classical guitar at the University of South Carolina, and received his Master’s of Music in Ethnomusicology from Florida State University, where he wrote his thesis on ecstatic performance experience in flamenco. David is a founding member of the Maharajah Flamenco Trio, whose mission is to educate and entertain audiences with their unique style of flamenco nuevo. Nature and imagination have always been at the heart of David’s compositional style, and his interest in and study of world music continues to influence his sound and approach to composition. David embraces improvisation not only as performative, but as a fount for new ideas. His main goal as a composer is to evoke mood, for it is in mood that a new world is created for the listener and the performer; a world in which they can lose themselves to emotion, step out of their lives for those few moments. It is in those moments that we all connect to something else; our shared human experience. Those sentiments are reflected on his recent solo album, Bright, Quiet Things, a collection of art songs for guitar and voice.
Education
2018 Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. Master of Music in Musicology (Ethnomusicology)
David W. Cobb. (2018) Duende: Illuminating the Unstranslatable. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, Florida State University.
2002 University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC. Bachelor of Arts in Music (Theory/Composition) Applied Instrument: Classical Guitar
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Selected Discography
2022 David W Cobb. Bright, Quiet Things. Lake Worth, FL: Treespeech Music.
Producer, Writer, Performer, Engineer, Album Art and Design
2021 Ariel Ramirez, Willard Kesling, Corey Evans, Jose Valentino, UF Choir & Orchestra, and UF Latin American
Music Collective. Ramirez Reimagined: Missa Criolla Y Navidad Nuestra. Gainesville, FL: JV Music Productions.
Performer
2021 Maharajah Flamenco Trio. Felices Días (Full Album). Gainesville, FL: Maharajah Productions & JV Music
Productions.
Co-Producer, Co-writer, Performer, Session Engineer, Orchestral Arrangements.
2021 Maharajah Flamenco Trio. Felices Días EP. Gainesville, FL: Maharajah Productions & JV Music Productions.
Co-Producer, Co-writer, Performer, Session Engineer, Orchestral Arrangements.
2016 Danny Bedrosian. My Oldest Friend. Tallahassee, FL: Bozfonk Moosick.
Session Engineer
2015 Ishan Cooper. Coop DeVille Presents: Bat-Funk Crazy…In 3D. Melbourne, AU: Block Rockin Music.
Session Engineer
2015 Danny Bedrosian. Piano Improvariations. Tallahassee, FL: Bozfonk Moosick.
Session Engineer
2015 Space Bugs. Party of the P-Brains. Rome, IT: Bozfonk Moosick.
Session Engineer
2015 Joe Patton. Take Me With You. Tallahassee, FL: Self-Published.
Producer, Performer, Arranger, Recording Engineer, Mixing Engineer
2014 Omnimusica. Ashrei. Tallahassee, FL: Self-Published.
Composer, Performer
2014 Danny Bedrosian & Secret Army. Endangered. Tallahassee, FL: Bozfonk Moosick.
Session Engineer
2013 Maharajah Flamenco Trio. Encuentro. Tallahassee, FL: Self-Published.
Co-Producer, Co-writer, Performer
2013 John Paul Pax. Catholic Prayers and Readings with Cello. Tallahassee, FL: Self-Published.
Engineer, Photographer, Album Cover Design/Layout
2012 Cobb & O’Keefe. Spontaneous Creation. Tallahassee, FL: Self-Published.
Producer, Composer, Performer, Mixing Engineer
2012 Ian Edward Weir. Catch the Gold. Tallahassee, FL: Self-Published.
Performer
2012 Nick Groff. Spiritual Warfare: Good vs Evil. Boston: Groff Entertainment
Performer, Session Engineer
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