David Holland

David Holland is an award winning, internationally performed composer and published researcher. In 2017 he was awarded a PhD in the field of Music, Technology and Innovation from De Montfort University (DMU), UK. His research focuses on widening creative participation in new music with a particular interest in sound-based music and education.

In 2014 he was a finalist in the Bangor Dylan Thomas Prize for Electroacoustic Composition at Bangor University (UK) and received the Rolf Gehlhaar Award for Electronic Music Composition from Coventry University (UK) in 2010. His work has recently been broadcast on Czech (Vitava – Radiocustica) and Dutch (Concertzender) radio. His works have also been selected for a number of international festivals and events such as the International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (CIME) (Poland), Sound and Image (UK), SONIX #5 (Czech Republic), EMAS (UK), Ecos Urbanos festival (Mexico), Noisefloor Festival (UK). He currently works as a lecturer and researcher at DMU in the Institute for Sonic Creativity.