{"id":494,"date":"2021-02-15T06:48:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T06:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidmichaelbilowus.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:34:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:34:23","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/davidmichaelbilowus.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"494\" class=\"elementor elementor-494\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c6943fb elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c6943fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Performer, composer, and teacher<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd75bb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bd75bb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) 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While in California, he studied the Russian technique of piano playing with Surajeet Chatterji.<\/p><p class=\"font_7\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0From 1979-1983, Bilowus presented numerous solo and chamber music recitals in western New York, including solo pefomances with the Buffalo Pops Orchestra. In March 1983, he was honored with receiving the \u201cScroll,\u201d the highest award from the Niagara Frontier Folk Arts Council.<\/p><p class=\"font_7\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0While living in southern California, David composed, arranged, and recorded music for the 1989 Tournament of Roses parade, and he performed for the Tournament of Roses Centennial Gala in Pasadena, California, which featured Bob Hope, Gregory Peck, and Shirley Temple.<\/p><p class=\"font_8\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0While in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 1994, Mr. Bilowus performedfor the spring arts festival at the National Endowment for the Arts. He was also invited by the Ambassador of Ukraine,\u00a0Oleh Bilorus, to perform for an event at the University Club in Washington, celebrating the anniversary of Ukraine\u2019s independence.<\/p><p class=\"font_8\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mr. Bilowus has performed in many other locations around the world including Ukraine, France, the former Czecho-Slovakia, Greece, Mexico, Canada, and many locations in the United States.<\/p><p class=\"font_8\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0In addition to his extensive performance experience, Mr. Bilowus has been interviewed for both national and international radio programs. During the summer of 1995, Bilowus\u2019 music and an interview about his recording, \u201cForms of the Ocean,\u201d was broadcast by Associated Press Broadcast Services which aired on over 1000 radio stations throughout the United States.<br \/>\u201cYour CD is enchanting,\u201d said Chuck Rice of Associated Press.\u00a0 Additionally, Bilowus was interviewed by Voice of America in July 1995 about his composition, Ode to Ukraine, which was broadcast to the nation of Ukraine on FM radio.<\/p><p class=\"font_8\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bilowus has served on the music faculty at\u00a0 universities where he taught piano, voice, and directed choirs, stage band, and orchestra. He has also served as the music director of churches in Virginia and North Carolina. Additionally, he was selected by the Texas Commission on the Arts to serve as a distinguished artist-in-residence at several schools in Texas, where he taught students how to compose their own music. 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