Dave Soldier

Dave Soldier is a composer and performer in New York. Some of his work is based on unusual collaborations. For the Thai Elephant Orchestra he built giant musical instruments on which he trained a group of elephants to improvise. He created musical instruments played by zebra finches and pygmy chimpanzees. He coached children to compose including The Tangerine Awkestra (2-10 year old Brooklyn schoolchildren playing free jazz), Da HipHop Raskalz (5-10 year old children in East Harlem who write and perform rap and dub)