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Known for his charismatic personality and energetic conducting, David Chin has swiftly emerged as one of the rising conductors and musical leaders in the next generation of globe-trotting musicians. He currently serves as the Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Bach Festival, Malaysia Bach Festival, and the East Malaysia Bach Cantata Singers and Orchestra, as well as the Principal Conductor of the Association of Toronto Chinese Evangelical Church Musicians in Canada. He has been invited to serve as the Visiting Artist and Professor in Choral Music at Bucknell University starting in January 2018, where he conducts the Bucknell Camerata and University Singers. He served as Director of Choral Activities at Roberts Wesleyan College from 2012-2017, and he was the Music Director of the Chinese Choral Society of Rochester from 2011-2014.
David conducted the inaugural East Malaysia Bach Cantata Lecture Concert Tour, and became the first conductor to introduce Bach’s music to major cities throughout East Malaysia (Borneo). He also conducted the inaugural concert of the new Eastman School Bach Cantata Series in 2013 and continued to conduct the series season opening concerts for the next three years. In addition, David has also been invited to conduct the Bach Cantata Lecture Concert Series organized by A & O Company in Hong Kong and Yin Qi Choir in Malaysia, the collaborative concerts of Madrigalia and Musica Spei in New York, and performances of the Kuala Lumpur City Opera Company in Malaysia. He has prepared choruses for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in multiple performances. David serves as a regular conductor and lecturer at the International Christian Choral Conductor Society and Malaysia Gospel Culture Center, and has been appointed to teach 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, and taught conducting and music history. 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. |
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David's 2017-2018 season highlights include conducting performances of Bach's Mass in B minor, St. Matthew Passion and a dozen of sacred cantatas; Handel's Messiah, Haydn's The Creation and Nicolaimesse, Brahms' Four Songs op. 17, and Finzi's In terra pax. Recent highlights include conducting performances of Bach's St. John Passion, Magnificat, Orchestral Suites, multiple Brandenburg Concertos and motets, and over two dozens of sacred cantatas; Vivaldi's Gloria, Handel's Utretch Te Deum & Jubilate, Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, and severalCoronation and Chandos Anthems; Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, Haydn's Symphony No. 94 'Surprise', Te Deum in C, Theresienmesse, Nelsonmesse, and Kleine Orgelmesse, Mozart's Solemn Vespers and Missa brevis, Schubert's Mass No. 2 in G, Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 ‘Lobgesang’, Saint-Saëns's Christmas Oratorio, Stravinsky's Mass, Fauré's Requiem, Poulenc's Mass in G, Rutter's Gloria, MacMillan's
Miserere, and selections by Tallis, Palestrina, Gabrieli, Albinoni, Telemann, Brahms, Duruflé, Sibelius, Bruckner, Vaughan Williams, Barber, Chilcott, Thompson, Holst, Finzi, Lauridsen, and other composers. David also conducted multiple performances of the world’s longest running musical: Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Les Misérables. Additionally, he has also commissioned and conducted world premieres of music by living composers. He recently played the harpsichord in a performance of Bach's Mass in B minor with the Voices Chamber Choir and Orchestra in New York and East Malaysia Sacred Music Festival, and has performed piano solo works by Bach, Haydn, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Debussy. |
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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 and North America. An enthusiastic church musician, he has served Presbyterian, Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, and Congregational churches around the world. David had won awards in original compositions for chorus and orchestra, piano solo, and piano concerto. David 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, and motets 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 Jaffè (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 US News and World Report as the finest in the country. While at Eastman, he conducted the Eastman Chorale, Eastman Philharmonia, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, Eastman Repertory Singers, Eastman Bach Soloists, Eastman-Rochester Chorus, and served as the accompanist of the Eastman Women's Chorus. David has recently been awarded the prestigious Harvey Fellowship by the Mustard Seed Foundation. David holds Bachelor of Music degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Choral and Piano Performance from Liberty University and was awarded both Outstanding Music Student and Keyboard Student of the Year. 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. He began his music education at the age of nine and successfully completed Piano Associate Diploma (ATCL) examinations of Trinity College London in 2004. Philippians 4:13. |
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"David has an uncommon dedication to his field… he consistently goes above and beyond what is required in every way. His attention to detail and consistent musical creativity set him apart from other masters students I have taught over the past thirty years.” - William Weinert
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