D.I.D. CHOI
- Composer
Dongin Danny Choi is a versatile Canadian composer. Writing for various mediums including music for films and TV, large ensemble concert works, chamber music, solo works, and more, his music reflects a mix of lush Romantic-inspired language, electronic techniques, contemporary music, and a cocktail of influences from popular genres.
He has collaborated with various professional ensembles including the Standing Wave, Erato, Nu:BC, and NYU Contemporary Ensembles, the Vancouver and Victoria Symphony Orchestras, the UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, and the NYU Orchestra. He is also the winner of the 2019 Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition.
Largely self-taught in composition, orchestration, and various instruments (piano/keys, clarinet, guitar, drums, saxophone, and cello) starting at age 10, he is fluent in many different genres. His flexibility in classical, choral, jazz, rock, funk, pop, and contemporary church music genres allows him a wide array and palette in his work. He completed his BMus '20 in Composition at the University of British Columbia, where he studied with Jocelyn Morlock, Keith Hamel, Stephen Chatman, Pat Carrabre, and Dorothy Chang, and his MM '23 in Screen Scoring at New York University, where he received the Alan Menken Scholarship and studied with Eric Hachikian, John Kaefer, and Catherine Joy.
Choi hopes to be a composer who connects emotionally with fellow musicians and his audiences in accessible ways and genres, including through mediums such as film, TV, video games, etc.
He has collaborated with various professional ensembles including the Standing Wave, Erato, Nu:BC, and NYU Contemporary Ensembles, the Vancouver and Victoria Symphony Orchestras, the UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra, and the NYU Orchestra. He is also the winner of the 2019 Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition.
Largely self-taught in composition, orchestration, and various instruments (piano/keys, clarinet, guitar, drums, saxophone, and cello) starting at age 10, he is fluent in many different genres. His flexibility in classical, choral, jazz, rock, funk, pop, and contemporary church music genres allows him a wide array and palette in his work. He completed his BMus '20 in Composition at the University of British Columbia, where he studied with Jocelyn Morlock, Keith Hamel, Stephen Chatman, Pat Carrabre, and Dorothy Chang, and his MM '23 in Screen Scoring at New York University, where he received the Alan Menken Scholarship and studied with Eric Hachikian, John Kaefer, and Catherine Joy.
Choi hopes to be a composer who connects emotionally with fellow musicians and his audiences in accessible ways and genres, including through mediums such as film, TV, video games, etc.