conductor & musical director:

David first gained experience of Musical Direction at Alcester Grammar School, where he was Musical Director for shows including The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Dracula Spectacula! and Liberty Beat. He continued gaining experience when he moved to Cardiff to begin his studies at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. There he became the Musical Director of St James' Amateur Operatic Society.

In April 2001, David was appointed Musical Director of the Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir. He has conducted the choir in venues around England and Wales, including on the hallowed turf of the Arms Park in front of a capacity crowd, and at the Millennium Stadium. He has also conducted them in concerts in the Czech Republic, France and Switzerland. In June 2006 the choir celebrated its fortieth anniversary with a grand concert at St David's Hall. In this, David conducted a massed male choir of over 400 voices, a fifty-strong orchestra, Llanishen Fach Primary School Choir and guest soloist Hayley Westenra. He has also conducted the choir in collaborations with Wessex Male Choir, Toronto Welsh Male Choir, Australian Welsh Male Choir, Peter Karrie, Max Boyce, the Taunton Concert Band and the South Wales Police Band. David has conducted the choir in a live appearance on BBC1's Grandstand, in a recent BBC trailer with Goldie Lookin Chain, and on Strictly Come Dancing!

In May 2007, David was appointed Musical Director of the world-famous Dowlais Male Choir.

In the world of musical theatre, David has been Musical Director for a number of productions including Cheltenham University's Edinburgh Fringe perfomances of Godspell, Ripley Theatre's performances of Rumpelstitskin (Edinburgh), The Tartan Snow Baby (Sherman Theatre, Cardiff) and Rameo and Eweliet (Edinburgh and Sherman Theatre) and Everyman's The Three Pigs (St Fagan's, Cardiff). He was assistant musical director for Wind In The Willows and Space Invasion!, both at the New Theatre, Cardiff. In 2007, he musically directed Oliver! at the New Theatre, Cardiff, and High School Musical in Treorchy and Brecon. He also orchestrated and conducted Raise The Roof at the Wales Millennium Centre, which featured six school choirs, performing seperately and as a massed choir of 400 along with a 20 piece orchestra.

David has also conducted the Black Mountain Male Chorus and the Welsh Sinfonia.