David O, composer
Known to thousands of Los Angeles children as “The Professor,” as composer and performer in The Voyage of the Global Harmony, part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s “Summersounds at the Hollywood Bowl”
Choral Compositions: Dadme, commissioned by the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, and performed at the opening of “The Rock is Art” installation, conducted by Grant Gershon; Princess Dreams, a medley of songs from Disney movies arranged for the Master Chorale’s Toon Tunes Concert
Original Musicals: The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip and The Legend of Alex, both commissioned by Center Theatre Group’s P.L.A.Y. Program;Â other compositions for the theatre include the a capella vocal score for Hippolytos, the inaugural production at the Getty Villa, and a score for voices, piano, percussion, and kazoos for Ubu Roi at A Noise Within
Original work presented at: Mark Taper Forum, the Getty Museum, the Actors' Gang, Theatre Banshee, Theatre of N.O.T.E., and countless other Southern California venues
Musical director: world premiere of Jason Robert Brown’s 13, as well as the West Coast premiere of Michael John LaChiusa’s The Wild Party and Little Fish; has also music directed productions for [Inside] the Ford, A Noise Within, Shakespeare Festival LA , the Actors’ Co-Op, Falcon Theatre
Awards: Garland award for musical direction of the world premiere production of The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World; Nominated for LA Drama Critics Circle
At the Chorale: Master Teaching Artist and composer with Voices Within educational outreach program of the Master Chorale
Master Chorale concerts
L.A. is the World, premiere
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Holiday Wonders
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007