Dave Hildinger

American composer, arranger, pianist and percussionist, born 19.11.1928 in Ann Arbor (Michigan), died 29.03.2020.
He received his Masters of Music from the University of Michigan in 1951. In 1954 he did post-graduate work at the Manhattan School of Music (New York). He than moved to Germany to work in radio, television, film and stage where he composed, arranged and conducted. After returning to the US he became a professor of music at the University of Ottawa, where he initiated and led the Jazz program until his retirement in 1991.