B i o g r a p h y
David W. Brewer, a native of Kansas City, Missouri, has performed with choirs throughout the Midwest and Southern Regions; along with international tours through Italy, Austria, and the Czech-Republic. Choral highlights of his career include performing at numerous Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma Music Education Conferences; St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, and St. Mark's Cathedral in Venice; St. Stephens Cathedral in Vienna; and the 2017 American Choral Directors Association Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Aside from performing, David has also been a clinician for choirs in Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado.
In his free time, David is a budding composer, having works performed at numerous music conferences, university, high school, and church events. He has works published through Alliance Music Publications, Colla Voce Music LLC, Shawnee Press, and his website, dwbrewermusic.com. His work, Welcome Home, won the 2020 Missouri Choral Directors Association Opus Award for choral composition excellence. Currently, he is the Choir Director at Nacogdoches High School in Nacogdoches, Texas.
David received his undergraduate degree from Northwest Missouri State University and a Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Oklahoma State University, where he studied with world-renowned conductor and composer Dr. Z. Randall Stroope.
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