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David Newby is Professor
of Music at Antelope Valley College where he directs the orchestral
and choral programs and oversees the Associate of Arts in Music
degree program. Under his direction, the Antelope Valley Symphony
Orchestra and Master Chorale merged in 1998, a union of two esteemed
organizations, each with its own rich performance tradition. Sponsored
by Antelope Valley College and private donations, the AVSOMC performs
a five-concert season and makes additional community appearances.
As a scholarship conductor
at the Aspen School of Music, Dr. Newby worked with Fiora Contino
who appointed him Assistant Conductor of the Peoria Civic Opera.
That year, he performed as a finalist in the Scarritt Conducting
Competition. He served as Director of Vocal and Choral Music at
Culver Military Academy, where his ensembles consistently won top
honors. As Music Director of the Summer Opera Theatre at Indiana
University, South Bend, his performances of Puccini’s La Bohème
and Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann earned critical acclaim.
In addition to his position with the AVSOMC, Dr. Newby directs the
Antelope Valley College Orchestra and is in his second season as
Music Director of the Tehachapi Community Orchestra.
Dr. Newby’s dissertation
on Stravinsky’s Oedipus Rex received the 1996 Julius Herford
Prize for Distinguished Research from the American Choral Directors
Association and was hailed by The Choral Journal as "a
major contribution to the study of Stravinsky’s music." He
earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Illinois State University.
At the Indiana University School of Music, he earned a master’s
degree in theory, and master’s and doctoral degrees in conducting.
He was profiled in Where Music Lives, a documentary on the
Indiana University School of Music.
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