Biography - David Kirtlan, MMus, BA (Hons), ALCM, PGCE

David studied music at the University of Nottingham, before continuing his education at the University of Leeds for a Masters Degree. Here he focused on composing and resarching music for television and film. He is currently working part-time towards a PhD at the University of Nottingham. Click here for more details.

David is a certified Apple Trainer for Logic music production software, and has established the first Apple Authorised Training Centre for Logic in Europe. Details of the course can be found here on Apple's website and the Training Centre's site can be found here.

In addition to scoring several short films, David's Presto e Cantabile for Flugelhorn and Piano has been published by Kirklees Music. He has also worked with a local playwright on an original musical, Qwerty. More details can be found on these works here.

He is currently the Deputy Head of the School of Intermedia and Performance Arts at University Centre, Doncaster, where he is involved in teaching various aspects of the music and music technology degree programmes. His teaching focuses on aspects of composition and computer music production, as well as studying and composing music for the moving image.