David Cleary, composer, critic, cellist, and writer of music, received a D.M.A. from the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati; M.M. from the Hartt College of Music, University of Hartford; and B.M. from the New England Conservatory.
Cleary's music has attracted many awards, including prizes, grants, and arts colony residencies from various cultural hubs and musical societies. His compositions appear on CD on the Centaur, Vienna Modern Masters, Musicians Showcase, and Arcadian Winds labels and his piano accompaniments appear in the book series The ABCs of Strings. Formerly associated with the Composers in Red Sneakers as co-director and president, his bio appears in the latest editions of Marquis Who's Who in America and similar publications. Cleary's writings on musical topics are both numerous and broad-based. As a contributing reviewer to the Boston Herald, The Enterprise (Brockton, MA), and Living Music as well as staff critic for the New Music Connoisseur and 21st Century Music, he has critiqued copious amounts of concert music from many eras in live performance and on disc.
