Derek David (b.1985) is a composer, conductor, and
music educator based in Boston, Massachusetts.
As a composer, his dramatic and vibrant chamber music
has been performed in both Europe and the United States
and has received great recognition from audiences and
critics alike.
Derek's String Quartet (2011) has been met with
international praise and repeated performances
throughout the United States. It was described by Sabino
Pena of France's classiquenews.com as "a true musical
jewel of the 21st Century." The quartet
was awarded both the EAMA Nadia Boulanger Institute
Prize and the Morton Gould ASCAP Award in 2011, as well
as first place in the American Prize in
2015. Additionally, he is the current
recipient of the 2018 SFCM Hoefer Prize for his
body of work from the past 10 years
As a conductor, Derek was the conductor of the Full
Circle Opera Project for their 2003-2004 season and
conducted the finale to Puccini's Turandot in Los
Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall.
As a choir conductor, he conducted the men's and
women's choirs at the Walden School from 2015-2017.
Derek currently directs A Besere Velt, the Yiddish
chorus of Boston Workmen's Circle.
Dr. David holds a DMA from the New England Conservatory
of Music and is currently a teaching fellow at Harvard
University, where he is a five-time recipient of the
Harvard University Distinction in Teaching Award.
Outside of composition and conducting, his musical areas
of interest extend to medieval theory and musicology,
the Beatles, and Jewish Music.
For more information please visit derekdavid.com
