Musical director, director, conductor,
pianist, composer, lecturer, David has 35 years involvement in music and
theatre under his belt.
As Musical Director, some of David's many
credits include Chicago, Evita, Annie, Hello Dolly!, Nunsense I & II,
Juke Box, A Chorus Line, Les Miserables, Gypsy, Caught in the Act (with
Tina Cross), and South Pacific.
David has also directed countless
productions. Among them, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,
Mack and Mabel, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Chess - the
musical, Big - the musical, Jesus Christ Superstar, 70, Girls, 70, Les
Miserables, and Tell Me On A Sunday.
Working professionally with theatre
groups both in New Zealand and Australia, David has had successful
seasons of Andrew Lloyd Webber & Friends (Gold Coast & NZ), Westend to
Broadway with the Wellington Sinfonia, Tell Me On A Sunday (Circa
Theatre), the critically acclaimed Wellington production of West Side
Story, and the New Zealand premiers of The Secret Garden and Big - the
musical.
David is an accomplished pianist and has
worked with well known New Zealand recording artists like Annie Crummer,
Tina Cross, Derek Metzger, Sir Howard Morrison, Tim Beveridge, Ali
Harper and Ray Woolf to name but a few. He has been the pianist for the
New Zealand Film Archive touring roadshows, and works extensively
throughout New Zealand and Australia as an arranger and orchestrator.
David is highly regarded in New Zealand
Music Education and is a National Moderator of School Certificate and
Bursary Music Performance and Composition for the New Zealand
Qualifications Authority. He currently lectures in music at The Waikato
Institute of Technology.
