David Behrman has been active as a composer and artist since the 1960s.
Over the years he has made sound and multimedia installations for gallery spaces as
well as musical compositions for performance in concerts. Many of his works feature
flexible structures and a use of technology in personal ways; they rely on
interactive real-time relationships with imaginative performers. Working at Columbia
Records in the late Sixties, Behrman produced many of the “Music of Our Time” series
of new music recordings. Together with Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier and Gordon Mumma,
he founded the Sonic Arts Union in 1966. He had a long association with the
Cunningham Dance Company. Long Throw, Unforeseen Events, My Dear Siegfried, Leapday
Night, On the Other Ocean, Interspecies Smalltalk, Open Space with Brass and
ViewFinder are among Behrman’s works for soloists and small ensembles. His works
have been recorded on Lovely Music, Alga Marghen, XI, Black Truffle and other
labels. Black Truffle recently released a long-neglected 1981 collaboration, She’s
More Wild, with Terri Hanlon, Fern Friedman and Paul DeMarinis.
