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David Chin is the founder and Artistic Director of Bachfest Malaysia, and the conductor of the award-winning Malaysia Bach Festival Singers and Orchestra, as well as Mendelssohnchor Malaysia. The recent performances of St. Matthew Passion by the Malaysia Bach Festival Singers & Orchestra under David's direction was awarded "Best of 2019" and "Best Choral Ensemble Performance" for the 17th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards. They will perform multiple chorale cantatas by J.S. Bach at the St. Thomas Church during Bachfest Leipzig 2022 in Germany. In the same year, David has also been invited to conduct at the Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall in New York, and a concert tour featuring Beethoven's Missa solemnis in East Malaysia. In 2021, He will lead the Malaysia Bach Festival Singers & Orchestra in performances of Bach's St. John Passion, and the Mendelssohnchor Malaysia in Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. His recent performance of Bach’s Harpsichord Concerto in D major was awarded the 16th BOH Cameronian Arts Awards for "Best Instrumental Solo Performance". David has also won awards in piano solo and piano concerto, as well as original compositions for chorus and orchestra. David recently produced "Encountering Bach", a documentary on the life and works of J.S. Bach filmed exclusively at all the Bach sites and institutions in Germany. He has also been appointed to translate the latest Bach's biography by renowned Bach scholar Michael Maul from German into Chinese. David currently serves on the music committee of the national Chinese independent high schools in Malaysia, where he is one of the music textbook editors, and provides music training for music teachers throughout the nation.
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David served as the Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Bach Festival from 2013-2017, the Artistic Director of East Malaysia Bach Cantata Singers and Orchestra from 2014-2018, the Principal Conductor of the Association of Toronto Chinese Evangelical Church Musicians in Canada from 2015-2019, and the Music Director of the Chinese Choral Society of Rochester from 2011-2014. He was the Assistant Professor of Choral Music at University of Minnesota, Duluth from 2018-2019, Visiting Artist and Professor in Choral Music at Bucknell University in Spring 2018, and the Director of Choral Activities at Roberts Wesleyan College from 2012-2017. He has also taught at Sunway University in Malaysia.
David conducted the inaugural East Malaysia Bach Cantata Lecture Concert Tour in 2014, and became the first conductor to introduce Bach’s music to major cities throughout East Malaysia (Borneo). He was invited to conduct the inaugural concert of the Eastman School Bach Cantata Series in 2013, and continued to conduct the series season opening concerts for the next three years. He also directed the Bach Cantata Lecture Concert Series organized by A&O Company in Hong Kong and Yin Qi Choir in Malaysia. In addition, David has conducted the Twin Ports Choral Project in Minnesota, Duluth, the collaborative concerts of Madrigalia and Musica Spei in New York, and performances of the Kuala Lumpur City Opera Company in Malaysia. David has prepared choruses for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in multiple concerts. He has been a regular conductor and lecturer at the International Christian Choral Conductor Society since 2012, and was appointed to teach and perform at the World Sacred Music Conferences in New Zealand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. |
As a professor, David has led multiple concert tours, directed high school choral festivals, conducted choirs and orchestras of all levels, and taught courses on conducting, voice, music history, music theory, ear-training, and music appreciation. David's conducting students have been admitted to graduate programs at prominent institutions such as the Westminster Choir College, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Eastman School of Music, Georgia State University, University of Tennessee, and University of Connecticut, to name a few.
Known for his enthusiasm for Bach's music, David has conducted multiple performances of Mass in B minor, Magnificat, St. Matthew Passion, and St. John Passion, often leading from the harpsichord, as well as over three dozens of sacred cantatas, several Orchestral Suites, Brandenburg Concertos, and motets. He has also conducted performances of Allegri’s Miserere, Handel's Messiah, Utretch Te Deum & Jubilate, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, and several Coronation and Chandos Anthems; Vivaldi's Gloria, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Haydn's Symphony No. 94 'Surprise', The Creation, Te Deum in C, Theresienmesse, Nelsonmesse, Nicolaimesse, and Kleine Orgelmesse; Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore and Missa brevis; Schubert's Mass No. 2 in G, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 ‘Lobgesang’ and Hear My Prayer; Brahms' Vier Gesänge, and part songs; Saint-Saëns's Oratorio de Noël, Stravinsky's Mass, Rutter's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem, Poulenc's Mass in G, Finzi's In terra pax, MacMillan's Miserere, and music by Schütz, Tallis, Palestrina, Gabrieli, Albinoni, Hassler, Telemann, Duruflé, Sibelius, Bruckner, Vaughan Williams, Barber, Chilcott, Distler, Thompson, Holst, Finzi, Kodály, Lauridsen, Stopford, Forrest, Runestadt, and other composers, as well as world premieres of several commissioned works. David had also conducted multiple performances of the world’s longest running musical: Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Les Misérables, and directed several vocal jazz concerts featuring works by monumental jazz icons such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and others. David was invited to play the harpsichord in recent performances of Bach's Mass in B minor and St. John Passion by the Voices Chamber Choir and Orchestra in New York and the East Malaysia Sacred Music Festival. He has also performed numerous major piano solo works by Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy, and appeared frequently in vocal and instrumental recitals as a collaborative pianist.
Known for his enthusiasm for Bach's music, David has conducted multiple performances of Mass in B minor, Magnificat, St. Matthew Passion, and St. John Passion, often leading from the harpsichord, as well as over three dozens of sacred cantatas, several Orchestral Suites, Brandenburg Concertos, and motets. He has also conducted performances of Allegri’s Miserere, Handel's Messiah, Utretch Te Deum & Jubilate, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, and several Coronation and Chandos Anthems; Vivaldi's Gloria, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Haydn's Symphony No. 94 'Surprise', The Creation, Te Deum in C, Theresienmesse, Nelsonmesse, Nicolaimesse, and Kleine Orgelmesse; Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore and Missa brevis; Schubert's Mass No. 2 in G, Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2 ‘Lobgesang’ and Hear My Prayer; Brahms' Vier Gesänge, and part songs; Saint-Saëns's Oratorio de Noël, Stravinsky's Mass, Rutter's Gloria, Fauré's Requiem, Poulenc's Mass in G, Finzi's In terra pax, MacMillan's Miserere, and music by Schütz, Tallis, Palestrina, Gabrieli, Albinoni, Hassler, Telemann, Duruflé, Sibelius, Bruckner, Vaughan Williams, Barber, Chilcott, Distler, Thompson, Holst, Finzi, Kodály, Lauridsen, Stopford, Forrest, Runestadt, and other composers, as well as world premieres of several commissioned works. David had also conducted multiple performances of the world’s longest running musical: Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Les Misérables, and directed several vocal jazz concerts featuring works by monumental jazz icons such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, and others. David was invited to play the harpsichord in recent performances of Bach's Mass in B minor and St. John Passion by the Voices Chamber Choir and Orchestra in New York and the East Malaysia Sacred Music Festival. He has also performed numerous major piano solo works by Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy, and appeared frequently in vocal and instrumental recitals as a collaborative pianist.
Over the years, David had directed numerous choirs and orchestras, and collaborated with outstanding musicians from all around the world. His live performances of J.S. Bach's cantatas and passion have been aired by more than 50 radio stations across the United States, and his original sacred piano arrangements have been broadcast on the International Television Program. He has also been featured on various radio stations and newspapers in Asia, North America, and Europe. An enthusiastic church musician, David has served Presbyterian, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, and Anglican churches around the world. He was a member of the renowned Schola Cantorum at Christ Church in Rochester, New York from 2011-2014, where they perform Gregorian Chant, choral improvisations, motets, and anthems from the Renaissance, Baroque, and twentieth-century in the weekly Office of Compline. David has been mentored by renowned conductors William Weinert, Helmuth Rilling, Simon Carrington, Ann Howard Jones, Craig Arnold, Bradley Lubman, and Cleusía Gonçalves. His piano coaches included pianist Daisy de Lucca (pupil of Magda Tagliaferro, Fredriech Gulda, Richard Hauser, and Guido Agosti) and David Ehrman; his voice coaches included Raymond Gibbs (former Metropolitan Opera House tenor), Kathryn Cowdrick, and Wayne Kompelien.
David holds both the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he was the recipient of the Charles W. Kennett Scholarship and the Herman Genhart Choral Conducting Scholar Award, in addition to full scholarship to pursue both degrees. The graduate programs in conducting at Eastman have repeatedly been ranked by the US News and World Report as the finest in the United States and the world. While at Eastman, David conducted the Eastman Chorale, Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Repertory Singers, Eastman Bach Ensemble, Eastman-Rochester Chorus, and served as the accompanist of the Eastman Women's Chorus. He was awarded the prestigious Harvey Fellowship by the Mustard Seed Foundation in 2014. David holds Bachelor of Music degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Choral and Piano Performance from Liberty University, and was awarded both "Outstanding Music Student of the Year" and "Outstanding Keyboard Student of the Year" upon graduation. While at Liberty, he conducted the Timothy International Student Chorale and Liberty Chamber Singers. In addition, he was also the winner of the concerto competition and appeared as a soloist at the Honors Recital. David began his music education at the age of nine, and successfully obtained an associate diploma in piano performance (ATCL) from Trinity College London in 2004. Philippians 4:13.
David holds both the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from the Eastman School of Music, where he was the recipient of the Charles W. Kennett Scholarship and the Herman Genhart Choral Conducting Scholar Award, in addition to full scholarship to pursue both degrees. The graduate programs in conducting at Eastman have repeatedly been ranked by the US News and World Report as the finest in the United States and the world. While at Eastman, David conducted the Eastman Chorale, Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Repertory Singers, Eastman Bach Ensemble, Eastman-Rochester Chorus, and served as the accompanist of the Eastman Women's Chorus. He was awarded the prestigious Harvey Fellowship by the Mustard Seed Foundation in 2014. David holds Bachelor of Music degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Choral and Piano Performance from Liberty University, and was awarded both "Outstanding Music Student of the Year" and "Outstanding Keyboard Student of the Year" upon graduation. While at Liberty, he conducted the Timothy International Student Chorale and Liberty Chamber Singers. In addition, he was also the winner of the concerto competition and appeared as a soloist at the Honors Recital. David began his music education at the age of nine, and successfully obtained an associate diploma in piano performance (ATCL) from Trinity College London in 2004. Philippians 4:13.
