Excerpts from the liner notes to Three Generations Avshalomov Daniel plays Viola Music by David, Jacob & Aaron Troy 216 Albany Records 1996 (2004b), 2003, 1999, 1997
"David [Avshalomov's] first major choral opus is Principles, a secular oratorio on texts by Thomas Jefferson, hammering issues of social justice and religious tolerance. His recent compositions include a choral setting of the Kedushah for the High Holy Days, a solo voice setting of the Hashkiveinu, a Cello Sonata with piano, an unaccompanied violin suite about the suffering of Russia (The Last Poet's Farewell), a virtuoso toccata for band (Prime Time), a solo Harp Sonata, a Sonata for Flute with piano, commissioned works for wind quintet (Around the Year) and oboe with piano (Sonata Breve), and a series of songs, including Songs of Life Songs of Death on poems of Emily Dickinson. In 2003 he completed newly commissioned works for women's choir (Where You Go, I Will Go (Ruth and Naomi)] and string orchestra (Pangs of Love, for the San Jose Chamber Orchestra). He recently completed a large cycle setting Blake's complete Songs of Innocence and Experience for a cappella choir, and orchestrated his Dickinson songs in order to sing them with New York's Musica Bella Orchestra as part of a 3-concert festival of his compositions there in October of 2004.