Composer Roster
Manager — Robert Honstein, composer
Manager — Dan VanHassel, composer/guitarist
Manager — Niki Harlafti, composer
Manager — Derek David, composer, conductor
Manager — Stratis Minakakis, composer, conductor
Copyist — Charles Shadle, composer
Manager — Davide Ianni, composer
Manager — Pamela Madsen, composer, curator
Other Projects
Co-Producer for Jihye Chang’s Boston Etudes Album (2024)
Music Archivist for Malcolm Peyton (2023-present)
Founding Advisor to the Gunther Schuller Society (2016-present)
Website design for composers Kenneth Lieberson, Brian Morales, and Emerson Kimble (2025)
Achievements Calendar
June 2025 - Arranger for Bunker Hill 250 Concert, and staffed as slide projectionist
May 2025 - Engraved A Choctaw Sonata for trombone and piano by Charles Shadle
March 2025 - Designed program, marketing and staffed Breath in Music at Goethe Institut with Annie Jacobs-Perkins and Katelyn Vahala
February 2025 - Engraved Overture for Piano by Malcolm Peyton
January 2025 — AMG adds composer Pamela Madsen to our roster
November 2024 - Acted as legal petitioner to Greek composer Niki Harlafti for her O-1B Visa
November 2024 - Engraved Chahta Tuffa for harpsichord and baroque orchestra by Charles Shadle (premiered by Oklahoma Baroque)
October 2024 - Engraved Grace for choir and chamber orchestra by Charles Shadle
October 2024 — We produce and market a sold-out portrait concert of Derek David in Killian Hall, MIT, with funding we received from the MIT Council of Arts, Science, and Technology.
August 2024 - Engraved Postcards from Native America for Wind Quintet by Charles Shadle
June 2024 — Derek David is awarded the LGBTQIA+ Fellowship at the Byrdcliffe Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY.
July 2024 — AMG add composer Niki Harlafti to our roster
March 2024 — AMG starts managing Composer Davide Ianni
December 2023 — Launch and PR for Robert Honstein’s The Real Charlie Chaplin (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
August 2023 — AMG starts managing Composer Dan VanHassel
June 2023 — Engraving/Editing Ivan Tcherepnin’s last work, There Was No Wind for The Tcherepnin Society & Belaieff Publishing (IP)
June-July 2023 — PR for Reynaliz Herrera’s BIKEncerto Album (IP)
April 2023 — AMG starts managing Composer Micah Levy
March 13, 2023 — Grantwriter: Awarded Cambridge Arts Council Grant ($4250)
January 1, 2023 — Grantwriter: Awarded Combined Jewish Philanthropies Grant ($7500)
November 22, 2022 — Honstein: Negotiated Grand Rights License with Musiqa
November 19, 2022 — Honstein: Negotiated Grand Rights License with Backhausdance
November 3, 2022 — Engraver: Premiere of Chahta Aiasha (Choctaw Places) by Charles Shadle
October 7, 2022 — Manager: 2022-2023 Season Newsletter for Derek David
August 29, 2022 — Manager: Negotiated Music Director salary (18% raise)
August 3, 2022 — Music Editor: Clarinet Quintet by Derek David
July 30, 2022 — Manager: Administered commission contract between Insert Music Here and composer Stratis Minakakis
July 17, 2022 — Manager: Created Olmsted Score Follower Video for Robert Honstein
May 26, 2022 — Transcriber: Sign Sealed Delivered (Stevie Wonder)
May 23, 2022 — Engraver: Stücke im Volkston (Schumann) for Violist Kim Kashkashian
May 2, 2022 — Music Editor: Endless Landscape by Robert Honstein
April 26, 2022 — Legal Melodic Comparison Transcription: for Dr. E. Michael Harrington
April 8, 2022 — Manager: Successful album pitch for Robert Honstein (March 2023 release)
February 15, 2022 — Manager: Composer Website for Derek David
Experience
Since 2015, David has freelanced as an composers’ assistant, artist manager, ensemble manager, concert producer, music librarian and music department administrator. By taking courses in Music Licensing and Music Business Law from the Berklee College of Music, he bolstered his ability to bring a commercial and business mindset into the classical and jazz concert world.
Previous Clients
Assistant to Christopher Cerrone (2018-2022)
Live-in Assistant to Gunther Schuller (2015)
Music Librarian & Archivist for Frank Epstein (2016-2017)
Copyist for Roger Graybill (2016)
Teacher’s Assistant for Ran Blake (2016)
Graduate Assistant for Deborah Stein (2015)
Stage Management for Convergence Ensemble, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, & Eureka Ensemble
Administrative Positions
MIT Music & Theater Arts, Events Office (2018-2021)
Collage New Music, General Manager (2016-2018)
Eureka Ensemble, Director of Community Engagement/Production Manager (2016-2018)
NEC's Office of Archives and Catalogue, Technical Assistant (2015-2016)
Hub New Music, Program Director (2013-2016)
Cal State University, Fullerton, Production Assistant (2009-2013)