David Rothenberg

David Rothenberg has written and performed on the relationship between humanity and nature for many years.  He is the author of Why Birds Sing, on making music with birds, also published in England, Italy, Spain, Taiwan, China, Korea and Germany. It was turned into a feature length BBC TV documentary.  His following book, Thousand Mile Song, is on making music with whales.  It was turned into a film for French television.

A recent article on David’s whale work appeared in the New York Times, along with articles in The Wire and on Living on Earth. His book on insects and music, along with a companion CD, published in April 2013 by St. Martins Press under the title Bug Music.  It has been covered in the New Yorker, the Wall St Journal, the New York Times, on PBS News Hour and on Radiolab.

As a composer and jazz clarinetist, David has sixteen CDs out under his own name, including On the Cliffs of the Heart, named one of the top ten CDs by Jazziz Magazine in 1995 and an acclaimed record on ECM with Marilyn Crispell, One Dark Night I Left My Silent House.

David is also Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, which has encouraged and supported all of his creative projects since 1992.