Mailing Address
School of Music
Texas State University-San Marcos
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, Texas 78666
Office: 512-245-2651
Fax: 512-245-8181
music@TxState.edu
Dr. Dimitar Ninov is a composer and music theorist who lives in Austin, Texas. He is concert coordinator of the Texas Chapter of the National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA Texas). His Piano Album was published by the FJH Music Company in April 2005. Dr. Ninov has produced a body of works for orchestra, chamber ensembles, choir, voice, and piano, and has been awarded some national and international prizes in composition. He holds a doctoral degree in composition from the University of Texas at Austin (2003) and master's degrees in music theory (1992) and composition (1996) from the State Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the filed of music theory, Dr. Ninov's research interests include tonal harmony, musical form, meter, and ear training. He has previously taught music theory and aural skills at the University of Texas at Austin and at the University of South Carolina. His articles have been published in the peer-reviewed journal South Central Music Bulletin and in the book On Methods of Music Theory and (Ethno-) Musicology (Frankfurt, New York: Peter Lang, 2005). In addition to his teaching at Texas State University, he is also the music director at Saint Williams Catholic Church in Round Rock, Texas, and offers private instruction in theory and composition in Austin.
