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DAVID

WACYK

CONDUCTOR + EDUCATOR
Bio

BIO

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DR. DAVID WACYK is a conductor and educator dedicated to serving students, the community, and the profession through meaningful music making. David serves as Director of Instrumental Ensembles and Assistant Teaching Professor of Music at University of Missouri- St. Louis where he conducts the UMSL Orchestra, UMSL Wind Ensemble, chamber ensembles, and coordinates the “Triton Sound” Pep band. 

 

Prior to his arrival at UMSL, David was Director of Instrumental Music at Saint Martin’s University, and previously taught instrumental conducting at Towson University. As a Doctoral student at the University of Maryland he served as Assistant Conductor of the Wind Orchestra and Wind Ensemble. Prior to his Doctoral work, David was Director of Bands at North Harford High School, where he directed instrumental ensembles and taught music theory. 

 

David's scholarship focuses on modernist and avant-garde wind music of Twentieth-century composers, including Igor Stravinsky,  Edgard Varese, and Ida Gotkovsky. Additionally David has led discussions related to re-evaluating existing systems of concertizing and programming, and addressing systemic inadequacies in the field of wind bands. Recently he has accepted invitations to present at CBDNA (Symphonies of Winds: toward a new understanding of pitch structure, and The Intelligence of Sound: matters of ethos and style in the wind music of Edgard Varese), IGEB (The Wind Music of Ida Gotkovsky), WMEA (The Future is Flexible: Small bands as leaders in creativity, and DNMC (New Music and New Paradigms: an honest conversation on the future of college ensembles)The Wind Music of Ida Gotkovksy was also a featured lecture for AFEEV at the CRR (conservatory) in Paris, France, and presented as a national webinar by CBDNA. David has been named a finalist- and awarded second place- for the American Prize in conducting. From 2009-2015 David was the founding conductor of the Upper Chesapeake Wind Ensemble,

David holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree and Master of Music degree in Conducting from University of Maryland, and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Western Michigan University.  David maintains an active schedule as a guest conductor and clinician throughout the United States, and also serves as a conductor at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. He resides in Clayton, MO with his wife Laurel, and son Roger ("Roger the Great"). 

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RESUME

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Education

Doctor of Musical Arts

Conducting 

May/2019

University of Maryland

Master of Music

Conducting

May/2012

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Music Education

May/2007

Western Michigan University

EDUCATION

Experience

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2022-Present

Assistant Teaching Professor of Music

Director of Instrumental Ensembles

University of Missouri, St. Louis 

St. Louis, MO

2019-2022

Assistant Professor of Music

Director of Bands

Saint Martin's University

Lacey, WA

2018-2019

Adjunct Instructor

(Instrumental Conducting)

Towson University

Towson, MD

2016-2019

Graduate Assistant Conductor

University of Maryland Wind Orchestra

University of Maryland Wind Ensemble

College Park, MD

2012-2015

Director of Bands

North Harford High School

Pylesville, MD

2011-2012

Director 

City of Falls Church Concert Band

Falls Church, VA

2010-2012

Graduate Assistant

Mighty Sound of Maryland 

University of Maryland Wind Orchestra

College Park, MD

2009-2015

Conductor/Founder

Upper Chesapeake Wind Ensemble

Bel Air, MD

2007-2010

Band and Orchestra Director

Church Creek Elementary School

Belcamp, MD

Curriculum Vitae

(Upon request)

Repertoire List

(Upon request)

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