Student Sign Up here > A prolific composer across all genres, David is the composer of over 150 works published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company, and has received commissions from the San Francisco, Dayton, Oakland, and Stockton Symphonies, the Lee Trio, the Ives Quartet, Chanticleer, the American Choral Directors Association Raymond Brock Commission, the American Guild of Organists, Sonoma City Opera and the Gerbode Foundation for his opera America Tropical. He has also served on the composition faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 1985, becoming department chair in 2015, and has studied with some of the most prominent figures in American music composition, including Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger. Don't miss your opportunity to enrich your own career path with advice from David's own fascinating journey!