D. I. D. Choi
| D. I. D. Choi | |
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| Born | Dongin Danny Choi November 5, 1998 |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 🏫 Education | University of British Columbia, New York University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.didchoi.com/ |
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Dongin Danny Choi is a Korean-Canadian composer of film, TV, and the concert stage. His work has been heard on TV shows produced by Warner Bros Discovery as well as various short films. He is a member of the Society for Lyricists and Composers, and the Screen Composers' Guild of Canada.
His concert band works are published by Carl Fischer Music[1] and Keiser Southern Music, which have been performed across Canada, the US, and Europe. Several have been awarded J.W. Pepper's Editors' Choice distinction, including Rider of the Mountain, New Places, and Enter, Anew. Similarly, Choi's works have been featured on numerous national and state/province level syllabi, including those of MusicFest Canada[2], the Alberta Band Association[3], the University Interscholastic League Prescribed Music List, the Nebraska State Bandmasters Association (NSBA)[4], and the Minnesota State High School League.[5]
He has collaborated with various orchestras including the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Victoria Symphony, UBC Symphony Orchestra, and NYU Orchestra. He has also been performed by symphonic wind ensembles such as the National Youth Band of Canada, the UBC Symphonic Wind Ensemble, UBC Concert Winds, the Kent State University "Blue" All-Star Band, University of Manitoba Wind Ensemble, and the University of Missouri University Band.
Life
Choi was born in South Korea and immigrated to Vancouver, Canada at 2 years of age where he grew up and became a Canadian Citizen[6]. His first forays into music included the North Shore School District's Elementary School Band program, where he first learned the joys of playing clarinet in the concert band and saxophone in the jazz band. His first large ensemble premiere of Voyage to a New World was with his very own Lynn Valley Elementary School's Senior Band under the direction of Dave Bradshaw, where his eleven-year-old self played clarinet with his peers.[7]
He quickly became self-taught in guitar and drums while starting lessons in piano. He also picked up various other instruments for the purpose of compositional study. As a result, he became fluent in various genres. An avid score reader, he would often study the masters from Beethoven to Stravinsky in his spare time.[6] Prior to entering University, Choi had taught himself to compose and orchestrate.
Quickly his talents as a young composer were recognized. His music was selected for the Jean Coulthard Readings of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the Hugh Davidson Readings of the Victoria Symphony multiple times between 2015-2019[8]. He also had various performances with other professional ensembles at festivals. Meanwhile, Choi continued to compose for his own peers in his Argyle Secondary School Senior Concert Band, where he was even given the opportunity to conduct his peers the premiere of Carpe Diem.[9]
Following this, he began studying with Canadian composer and flautist Rodney Sharman, who first introduced Choi to the world of contemporary classical music.
Following high school, he was awarded scholarship to study at the University of British Columbia. There he studied with Jocelyn Morlock, Keith Hamel, Stephen Chatman, Pat Carrabré, and Dorothy Chang. He also continued as a performer in the Symphonic Wind Ensemble under Dr. Robert Taylor, and the University Singers under Graeme Langager.[10] His interest in music for the symphonic wind ensemble grew further, leading him to write Remembrance, which won the Canadian Band Association's Howard Cable Memorial Prize in Composition in 2019[11], launching his career as a concert band composer. He made publishing deals with Keiser Southern Music and later Carl Fischer Music. In 2020, he finished his Bachelor of Music with a Major in Music Composition and a Minor in Applied Music Technology at the UBC.
Shortly prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, Choi's interest for film music grew. His involvement in a TELUS documentary proved his enjoyment of the genre and led him to pursue media music further.[12]
Following the worst of the pandemic, Choi moved to New York to study in Ron Sadoff and Sergi Casanelles' New York University Steinhardt Screen Scoring Masters Program. There he studied with Eric Hachikian, John Kaefer, and Catherine Joy. He also received the Alan Menken Scholarship, awarded to one student each year. During his Masters' he also was selected for the Society for Lyricists and Composers' Mentorship New York Chapter. Finally, he completed the program and graduated with a Masters of Music Theory and Composition: Screen Scoring in 2023.[13]
To continue with his passion for composition for various media, Choi moved to Los Angeles in 2023.
In 2024, he was one-of-ten judges for the Best Classical Composition of the Year category of the JUNOS Awards by CARAS.
In 2025, he collaborated with pianist and popsical artist Chloe Flower on her album She Composed: The Holidays. He also performed with Korean OST Queen Baek Ji Young as a keyboardist at Pechanga Resort.[14]
References
- ↑ www.carlfischer.com https://www.carlfischer.com/composers/composer/all. Retrieved 2025-10-02. Missing or empty
|title=(help)[non-primary source needed] - ↑ "2026 Concert Band Syllabus". MusicFest. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ↑ "Provincial Syllabus". ALBERTA BAND ASSOCIATION. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ↑ "Suggested Literature | Nebraska State Bandmasters Association". nsbma.org. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ↑ "Music - Large Group Contest Repertoire | MSHSL". www.mshsl.org. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Daily Inspiration: Meet Dongin Danny Choi". Voyage LA. July 8, 2024.
- ↑ "Voyage to a New World | D.I.D. CHOI". didc. Retrieved 2025-10-02.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ Bickerton, Sean (February 27, 2018). "Six New Works Come to Life at Vancouver Symphony Orchestra's Jean Coulthard Readings". Canadian Music Center. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
- ↑ "Carpe Diem | D.I.D. CHOI". didc. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ↑ "Choi, D.I.D. – Canadian Wind Repertoire". cdnwindrep.ampd.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ↑ "Howard Cable Prize in Composition". canadian-band-assoc. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ↑ "Clash on Keefer | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
- ↑ "About | D.I.D. CHOI". didc. Retrieved 2025-10-02.[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Dongin Danny Choi". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 2, 2025.[unreliable source?]
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