Faculty Profiles

Colleges and Departments

Dr. Dimitar N Ninov

  • Professor of Instruction at School of Music, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Scholarly and Creative Works

2024

  • Composer, Wind Quintet. 2024.
    Performances:
    • International Arts Festival. March 2024 University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Composer, "The Sparrow" and "Golden Leaves". 2024.
    Performances:
    • CASA Salon Concert. February 2024 Petroff Residence, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Composer, “Nuages” for saxophone quartet. October 2022 - 2024.
    Performances:
    • Art series. October 2024 New Bulgarian Music Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, “The White Rhino” for symphony orchestra. 2023 - May 2024.
    Performances:
    • Art series. May 2024 Tobin Center, San Antonio, Texas.

2023

  • Composer, Nuages. 2023.
    Performances:
    • Performing Arts Center, Texas State University.
  • Composer, Nuages. 2023.
    Performances:
    • International Arts Festival, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Composer, Three Piano Pieces for the young pianists. 2023.
    Performances:
    • Salon Concert, San Antonio.
  • Nuages. DIMUSICA. 2023.
  • The White Rhino. DIMUSICA. 2023.
  • Composer, Nuages. November 19, 2023.
    Performances:
    • November 19, 2023 Illinois College, Jacksonville.
  • Composer, Rondo for Piano. November 1, 2023.
    Performances:
    • NBM, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, Cinderella. October 26, 2023.
  • The Hunting. DIMUSICA. 2023.
  • Composer, Romantic Mood in Sol, for violin and piano. January 29, 2023.
    Performances:
    • San Antonio Museum, San Antonio.

2022

  • Evening Snow, song for children. 2022.
  • Winter, song for children's choir. 2022.
  • Whirlwind, song for children. 2022.
  • Birds, song for children. 2022.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2022). “Interior Cadences in the Sentence of Schoenberg”. Music and Space. Belgrade: University of Arts, 2022. pp142-155. Music and Space.
  • Composer, Moma gori Momak (Maiden Burns a Bachelor), cantata. November 23, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Choral Concert. Central Military Club, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, Reflections, piano quintet. October 17, 2022.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music. October 17, 2022 Union of Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, Buchimish, dance for wind orchestra. July 21, 2022.
    Performances:
    • International Festival of Wind Orchestras. July 21, 2022 Central Plazza, Montana, Bulgaria.
  • Not Walking Yet, song for children. 2022.
  • Composer, Much to Learn, song for high voice, flute, and piano. June 10, 2022.
    Performances:
    • Sofia Music Weeks Festival. June 10, 2022 Bulgaria Chamber Hall, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, Wind Quintet No. 2. May 22, 2022.
    Performances:
    • CASA concert series. May 22, 2022 University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Composer, Capriccio for Flute and Piano. April 29, 2022.
    Performances:
    • concert series. University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Composer, Canon, for piano. February 20, 2022.
    Performances:
    • CASA Salon Concert Series. Private Residence, San Antonio, Texas.

2021

  • Spring, song for children's choir. DIMUSICA. 2021.
  • Excursion, song for children’s choir. DIMUSICA. 2021.
  • Composer, Capriccio for Flute and Piano. November 2021.
    Performances:
    • Alam Churchil Smith Chamber Music Concert. November 20, 2021 Illinois College, Illinois College.
  • Composer, Recitative and Tocctina for clarinet and piano. October 7, 2021.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music Festival. October 7, 2021 Union of Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, Melody in Bulgarian Style and Canon, for piano. August 8, 2021.
    Performances:
    • Made in SA VII. San Antonio, Texas.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2021). Interior Cadences in the Sentence of Schoenberg. Musicological Annual, Vol. 57 No. 1, 57(1), 131–148. Retrieved from https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/MuzikoloskiZbornik/issue/view/735
  • Ninov, D. N. (2021). The Defects of a Reigning Theory. Facta Universitatis, 7(1), N/A. Retrieved from http://casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/FUVisArtMus/index
  • Composer, Capriccio for Flute and Piano. May 23, 2021.
    Performances:
    • Rite of Spring Concert. San Antonio, Texas.
  • Composer, Moma gori momak (Maiden Burns a Bachelor). March 21, 2021.

2020

  • Composer, Moma gori Momak-cantata for choir and orchestra. 2020.
    Showings:
    • Allegro Vivace. May 27, 2020 Bulgarian National Radio, Sofia-Bulgaria.
  • Composer, Solitude for piano. 2020.
    Performances:
    • Meditations, Prayers, Visions. 2020 CASA virtual concert, Youtube.
  • Composer, Sonatina Pastoral for Oboe-Bassoon and Piano. 2020.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music. 2020 Union of Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, If Ever I am Lonely - song for high voice and piano. 2020.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music. 2020 Union of Bulgarian Composers, Sofia-Bulgaria.

2019

  • Evening Shadows, The Hunter's Song, and Much to Learn. Union of Bulgarian Composers. 2019.
  • Composer, Evening Shadows - for string orchestra. October 2019.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music. October 2019 Union of Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, The Hunter's Song and Much to Learn - two songs. October 2019.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music Festival. October 2019 UBC, Sofia.
  • Composer, If Ever I am Lonely - song. September 2019.
    Performances:
    • Art Songs Concert. Radius Center, San Antonio.
  • Composer, Evening Shadows - for string orchestra. September 2019.
    Performances:
    • Concert of Pernik Chamber Orchestra. September 2019 Palace of Culture, Pernik, Bulgaria.
  • Composer, Romantic Adventure, A Whim, and Lullaby-for piano. May 2019.
    Performances:
    • Made in SA. May 2019 UIW, San Antonio, Texas.
  • A lonely Man's Prayer-for violin and piano. May 2019.
    Performances:
    • NACUSA concert. May 2019 Dallas Library, Dallas, Texas.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2019). Canon. In Made in San Antonio book V (pp. 13–14).
  • Moma gori momak (Maiden Burns a Bachelor). Bulgarian National Radio. 2019.

2018

  • Composer, Lullaby. 2018.
    Performances:
    • 2018
  • Composer, Gestures for Solo Clarinet. 2018.
    Performances:
    • 2018
  • Composer, Romantic Adventure. 2018.
    Performances:
    • 2018

2017

  • Maiden burns a Bachelor, for Mixed Choir and Orchestra. DIMUSICA. 2017.
  • Composer, Gestures for Solo Clarinet. 2017.
    Performances:
    • 2017
  • Recitative and Toccatina for Clarinet and Piano. November 5, 2017.
    Performances:
    • Bulgarian Music Concert. November 5, 2017 Kuwait Cultural Center, Kuwait.
  • The Hunting. October 23, 2017.
    Performances:
    • University Orchestra Concert. November 23, 2017 Evans Auditorium, Texas State University.
  • Capriccio, for flute and piano. October 2, 2017.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music. October 2, 2017 Union of Bulgarian Composers, Sofia, Bulgaria.

2016

  • Flower. DIMUSICA. 2016.
    Performances:
    • Festival of Urban Songs. 2016 Municipal House of Culture, Botevgrad.
  • Hunter's Song. DIMUSICA. 2016.
    Performances:
    • Recital of New Art Songs. Ruth Recital Hall, Trinity University.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2016). Functional Nature of the Cadential Six-Four. Musicological Annual LII/1, II(1), 73–96.
  • Composer, Flower. December 2016.
    Performances:
    • Urban Song Festival. December 17, 2016 Municipal House of Culture, Botevgrad.
  • Composer, Hunter's Song. October 2016.
    Performances:
    • Recital of New Arts Songs. October 23, 2016 Ruth Recital Hall, Trinity University.
  • Composer, Wind Quintet No. 2. October 2016.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music Festival. October 3, 2016 Concert Hall, Union of Bulgarian Composers.
  • Composer, Gestures for Solo Clarinet. August 2016.
    Performances:
    • International Clarinet Fest 2016. August 2016 Various venues, Lawrence, Kansas.

2015

  • Romantic Mood in Sol, for violin and piano. Abundant Silence Publishing. 2015.
  • Gestures for Solo Clarinet. DIMUSICA. 2015.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2015). Romantic Mood in Sol, for violin and piano. Abundant Silence Publishing.
  • Gestures for Solo Clarinet. October 2015.
    Performances:
    • joint conference of the American Musicological Society (Southwest Chapter) and the National Association of Composers USA– Texas Chapter. Texas State University, San Marcos.
  • Gallery of Images. October 2015.
    Performances:
    • “New Bulgarian Music” Festival. Sofia, Bulgaria.

2014

  • Wind Quintet No. 2. 2014.
  • Sonatina Pastoral. November 2014.
    Performances:
    • International Rio Winds Festival. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • In a Playful Mood and Romantic Adventure, for piano. October 2014.
    Performances:
    • "Made in San Antonio" concert. Seddon Recital Hall, University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas.
  • Mountain Stream (String Quartet No. 1). October 2014.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music Festival. Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • A Lonely Man's Prayer. October 2014.
    Performances:
    • New Bulgarian Music Festival. Sofia, Bulgaria.

2013

  • Capriccio for Flute and Piano. 2013.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2013). The Craft of Harmonization. Histories and Narratives of Music Analysis, 552–580.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2013). Basic Formal Structures in Music: A New Approach. Music Theory and Its Methods: Structures, Challenges, Directions (Methodology of Music Research, 7, 179–208.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2013). The Craft of Harmonization (II). Music Scholarship (Russian Journal of Academic Studies), 1, 150-154 (English) 155-159 (Russian).
  • New Bulgarian Music. 1992 - 2013.
    Performances:
    • Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Capriccio for Oboe and Piano. March 2013.
  • Sonatina Pastoral. March 2013.
  • Much to Learn. February 2013.
    Performances:
    • San Antonio, Texas.

2012

  • Gallery of Images. Fifteen Light and Descriptive Piano Miniatures. Abundant Silence Publishing. 2012.
  • Capriccio for Oboe and Piano. 2012.
  • All Lovely Things. 2012.
    Performances:
    • CMS South Central Conference, Ada, Oklahoma.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2012). The Craft of Harmonization (I). Music Scholarship (Russian Journal of Academic Studies), 2, 185-191 (English), pp. 192-197 (Russian).
  • Sonata for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon. October 2012.
    Performances:
    • Texas State University.
  • Sonata for Oboe, Clarinet, and Bassoon. September 2012.
    Performances:
    • Texas State University.
  • Sonatina Pastoral. April 2012.
    Performances:
    • Columbus State University, Georgia.
  • Allegro. April 2012.
    Performances:
    • “New Bulgarian Music” Festival. Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • A Tale of the Water Nymphs. March 2012.
    Performances:
    • "New Bulgarian Music” Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.

2011

  • Excursion. Abundant Silence Publishing. 2011.
  • New Bulgarian Music 2003-2011. 2011.
    Performances:
    • Union of Bulgarian Composers. New Bulgarian Music festivals, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Sonatina Pastoral, for oboe, bassoon and piano. 2011.
  • Sonatina Pastoral. March 2011.
    Performances:
    • NACUSA (National Association of Composers, USA) Regional Conference. Texas State University, San Marcos.
  • In the Sea Garden. March 2011.
    Performances:
    • “New Bulgarian Music” Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Recitative and Tocctina. March 2011.
    Performances:
    • Texas State University.
  • March 2011.
    Performances:
    • “New Bulgarian Music” Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.

2010

  • Nostalgic Bossa, Dreaming, and Jazz Solace – three piano pieces. Contemporary Collage: Music of the 21st Century. The FJH Music Company. 2010.
  • In the Sea Garden, septet for chamber ensemble. 2010.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2010). The Independent Phrase and the Universal Sentence: Suggested Classification of Basic Formal Structures. Muzička Teorija i Analiza, 237–263.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2010). The Independent Phrase and the Universal Sentence: Suggested Classification of Basic Formal Structures. Journal of the 7th International Conference of Music Theory and Analysis, 237–263.
  • Music for Violoncello and Piano. September 2010.
    Performances:
    • NACUSA concert. University of Texas, Dallas.
  • Recitative and Toccatina. September 2010.
    Performances:
    • University of Texas, San Antonio.
  • The Hunting. March 2010.
    Performances:
    • Pazardjik Symphony Orchestra. “New Bulgarian Music” Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • All Lovely Things. March 2010.
    Performances:
    • “New Bulgarian Music” Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria.
  • Inspirational Calmness (String Quartet No. 2). February 2010.
    Performances:
    • NACUSA 2010 Conference. Texas State University, San Marcos.

2009

  • A Lonely Man’s Prayer. ERM Media. 2009.

2008

  • Rondo for Piano, Op. 6,. 2008.
    Performances:
    • recorded at the Texas State University Music Studios.
  • Starry Night and My Favorite Blues – two piano pieces. Contemporary Collage: Music of the 21st Century. The FJH Music Company. 2008.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2008). [by K. Karapetrov]. In Little Suite for String Orchestra. Sofia.

2007

  • Golden Leaves. The FJH Music Company, Inc. 2007.
  • Being Lonely and School Is Over! – two piano pieces. Contemporary Collage: Music of the 21st Century. The FJH Music Company. 2007.
  • Golden Leaves. The FJH Music Company. 2007.
    Performances:
    • The Festival Collection (Succeeding with the Masters Series).
  • Ninov, D. N., & Lee, E. (2007). Dimitar Ninov: A Contemporary Bulgarian-American Composer. South Central Music Bulletin, 2, 54–59.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2007). [by K. Karapetrov]. In Music for Clarinet, Violoncello, and Piano. Sofia.
  • Composer Dimitar Ninov in Interview: I Believe in the Category Named Musical Message. Sofia, Bulgaria: Music. Yesterday. Today. February 2007.
    • Reviewed by: Elisaveta Valchinova.

2006

  • Music for Violoncello and Piano. Sofia, Bulgaria: Music. Yesterday. Today. December 2006.
    • Reviewed by: Konstantin Karapetrov.
  • Musical Palette Series Brings Dimitar Ninov to the Hill. Los Alamos Monitor. October 12, 2006.

2005

  • Revelation. DIMUSICA. 2005.
    Performances:
    • NACUSA (National Association of Composers.
  • Piano Album, Op. 1. Thirteen Light and Descriptive Pieces (Contemporary Keyboard Editions Series). The F.J.H. Music Company. 2005.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2005). On Methods of Teaching Ear Training and Harmony at Bulgarian Institutions of Higher Education. On Methods of Music Theory and (Ethno-) Musicology (Methodology of Music Research, 4, 179–188.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2005). College-Level Music Theory in Bulgaria: A Brief Survey of Teaching Methods and Comparisons to US-American Approaches. South Central Music Bulletin, 6.

2004

  • Ninov, D. N. (2004). John Corigliano and Philip Glass in Austin. Music. Yesterday. Today. Sofia.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2004). Caplin’s Formal Categories and Their Application to Music from Different Historical Periods. South Central Music Bulletin, 3.
  • Reflections. Sofia, Bulgaria: Music. Yesterday. Today. October 2004.
    • Reviewed by: Elisaveta Valchinova.

2002

  • Ninov, D. N. (2002). The Brilliant Stanislav Ioudenitch. Music. Yesterday. Today. Sofia.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2002). The Bolshoi Theater Orchestra in Columbia, South Carolina. Music. Yesterday. Today. Sofia.
  • Ninov, D. N. (2002). The Prague Chamber Orchestra With Maestro Kukal Plays Without a Conductor. Music. Yesterday. Today. Sofia.

1998

  • Wind Quintet. Sofia, Bulgaria: Music. Yesterday. Today. October 1998.
    • Reviewed by: Konstantin Karapetrov.

1925

  • Ninov, D. N. (1925). Music Theory Course Packet.
  • Ninov, D. N. (1925). Aural Learning Course Packet.