GOOD COMPANY
    A VOCAL ENSEMBLE

David  Conte will share his nearly 50 years of experience as a composer, choral conductor, and musicianship teacher.  Topics include: Composition pedagogy and general music education; Choral Musicianship pedagogy, including applying warm-ups, solfege, and analysis to the rehearsal learning process; and general conversation about being a practicing musician, artist, and teacher in today's world.

 

David Conte has lectured on Musicianship Pedagogy for national conventions of the AGO, ACDA, MENC, and for many churches, schools of music, colleges, and conservatoires.  He is Professor and Chair of Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory, where he has taught since 1985.  In 2000, he  founded the San Francisco Chorus which he conducted until 2014.  He has served as choral conductor on the faculty at  Cornell University, Colgate University, and Keuka College.