Degrees: PHD, 2002, Univ Michigan Ann Arbor; MM, 1998, Univ Michigan Ann Arbor; BM, 1996, Susquehanna Univ

Bio:

Education | Professional Positions | Other Artistic Activities | Memberships / Affiliations | Adjudicator / Clinician

Dr. David Fryling is associate professor of music and director of choral studies at Hofstra University, where he oversees the choral department, conducts the select Hofstra Chorale and Hofstra Chamber Choir, and teaches beginning and advanced studies in choral conducting, as well as graduate-level workshops in choral conducting and choral literature. Dr. Fryling is also an adjunct professor in the Hofstra School of Education, where he supervises choral music education student teachers during their field placement. In addition to these teaching and conducting responsibilities, he has served for many years as a Repertoire & Standards chair and a member of conference planning boards at both the state and divisional levels for the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA); he currently serves as president-elect for the Eastern Division.

During the summers, Dr. Fryling is choral area coordinator at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan, serving as conductor and music director of the World Youth Honors Choir, as well as the Festival Choir & Orchestra. These two groups form the core of the high school choral experience at this intensive six-week arts camp, which attracts more than 2,000 high school-aged visual and performing artists from around the world to the woods of northern Michigan every summer to live, learn and perform with an unparalleled group of peers and educators. Major works conducted over the past six summers include Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Duruflé’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, and Mozart’s "Coronation" Mass in C.

Before beginning his post at Hofstra, Dr. Fryling served as music director and conductor of the University of Michigan Arts Chorale and assistant conductor of the Michigan Chamber Singers, University Choir, and the internationally acclaimed Michigan Men’s Glee Club. While in Ann Arbor, he was also the music director and conductor of the Michigan Youth Women’s Chorus, a year-round all-state honors choir composed of select high school sopranos and altos from across Michigan.

An engaging and energetic guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator of professional, community, and public school choirs, Dr. Fryling’s recent engagements include numerous all-state, regional, district, and county honor choir festivals, master classes, and workshops in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Louisiana, Texas, Utah and Alaska. He has been music director and conductor of recent Hofstra Opera Theater productions of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Tchaikovsky’s Iolanthe, and Poulenc’s Dialogues Des Carmelites, and has served as chorus master of numerous opera productions both at Hofstra and at the University of Michigan. In addition to his activities as a conductor, he maintains a career as a professional choral singer in the greater New York metropolitan area.

EDUCATION

• Doctorate of Musical Arts, Conducting (Choral Emphasis)
  -University of Michigan
• Master of Music in Conducting (Choral Emphasis)
  -University of Michigan
• Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Vocal Emphasis)
  -Susquehanna University

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

• Hofstra University, Associate Professor of Music (2001-Present)
  -Director of Choral Activities
  -Conductor, Hofstra Chorale
  -Conductor, Hofstra Chamber Singers
  -Conductor, University Mixed Chorus
  -Secondary Choral Methods
  -Choral Conducting
  -Advanced Studies in Conducting
  -Departmental Enrollment Coordinator
  
• Hofstra University, Adjunct Professor of Education (2002-Present)
  -Student Teacher Seminar Instructor
  -Student Teacher Supervisor
  -Cooperating Teacher liaison
• Interlochen Arts Camp, Director of Choirs (2007-Present)
  -Conductor, World Youth Honors Choir
  -Conductor, Interlochen Festival Choir and Orchestra
  -Vocal area coordinator
• Michigan All-State Program at Interlochen (summer 2005)
  -Assistant Conductor and Vocal Instructor
• Michigan Youth Organization (2000-2001)
  -Conductor, Michigan Youth Women's Chorus
• University of Michigan (1996-2001)
  -Conductor, Arts Chorale
  -Assistant Conductor, Michigan Chamber Singers
  -Assistant Conductor, University Choir
  -Assistant Conductor, Men's Glee Club
  -Chorus Master, Opera Theater
• First Baptist Church, Ann Arbor (1998-2001)
  -Director of Music
  -Conductor, Adult Choir
• Ann Arbor Public Schools (1997-1999)
  -Conductor, Summer Jazz Band Program
• Susquehanna Valley Chorale (1995-1996)
  -Conductor, European Tour Choir
  -Assistant Conductor, Symphonic Choir
• Susquehanna Valley Children's Choir (1994-1995)
  -Assistant Conductor

OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES

• Guest Conductor (selected)
  -Nassau County Division IV Mixed Choir (2012)
  -New Jersey All-State Choir (2011)
  -New York Zone 9 Area All-State Choir (2011)
  -Kenai Borough Honors Choir (AK) (2011)
  -Central Dauphin District Honors Choir (2011)
  -Saratoga & Warren Counties Mixed Honors Choir (2011)
  -Alaska All-State Choir (2010)
  -Texas State University Singers (TX) (2010)
  -NY-ACDA Collegiate Honor Choir (2010)
  -Ulster County Honor Choir (2010)
  -Connecticut Western Regional All-State Choir (2010)
  -Westchester County Area All-State Choir (2009)
  -Gulf Coast Intercollegiate Conference Choir Festival (2009) (TX)
  -Orange County Honors Choir (2009)
  -Nassau County Division IV Mixed Choir (2009)
  -Morris County (NJ) Honors Choir (2008)
  -Cordus Mundi Men's Choir (2008)
  -Bucks County (PA) All-County Choir (2008)
  -Suffolk County Division IV Mixed Choir (2007)
  -Cordus Mundi Men's Choir (2007)
  -Nassau County Division III Mixed Choir (2007)
  -Rockland County Honors Choir (2007)
  -Suffolk County Division III Mixed Choir (2006)
  -Nassau County Division III Mixed Choir (2005)
  -Massapequa High School Concert Choir (2006)
  -Hofstra Opera Theater, Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites (2005)
  -Plainview-Old Bethpage Summer Choir Camp (2004-2010)
  -Hofstra Opera Theater, Tchaikovsky's Iolanta (2004)
  -Nassau County Division IV Women's Choir (2004)
  -Hofstra Opera Theater, Purcell's Dido and Aeneas (2004)
  -Rockville Centre District Cluster Concert (2003)
  -Plumstead Christian School (PA) Winter Concert (2002)
  -Michigan Sinfonietta and Chorus (2001)
  -Central Dauphin (PA) All-District High School Choral Festival (2001)
  -Michigan Sinfonietta, with Dr. Edward Maki-Schramm, Organ (2001)
  -Central Dauphin (PA) All-District Junior High School Choral Festival (1996)
• Clinician (selected)
  -Various High School Choir Clinics, Staff Development Workshops and Residencies (2001-Present)
  -Various Community Choir Workshops and Residencies (2001-Present)
  -NYSSMA Winter Conference: Line, Text, then Meaning; Abstracting Choral Diction (2010)
  -Balanced Mind Conference High School Choral Reading Interest Session (2010)
  -Rutgers University Student ACDA Conducting Master Class (2010)
  -Balanced Mind Conference: Line, Text, then Meaning; Abstracting Choral Diction (2009)
  -NYSSMA Winter Conference:  Clarity & Communication in Conducting (2008)
  -Balanced Mind Conference:  Raising Expectations; How not to Conduct your Fears (2008)
  -NYSSMA Winter Conference: Choral Conducting Masterclass (2007)
  -Balanced Mind Conference: "Conducting Toward the Music" (2007)
  -NYSCAME Workshop: "Middle School Choral Techniques" (2007)
  -NYSSMA Winter Conference: "Clarity & Communication in Conducting" (2006)
  -Connecticut ACDA State Conference: "Gesture as Ensemble Building Technique" (2006)
  -MENC National Conference: "The Student Conductor as Ensemble Building Technique" (2006)
  -Hofstra Vocal Arts Day: Artistic Director and Clinician (2006)
  -Balanced Mind Conference: "The Student Conductor as Ensemble Building Technique" (2005)
  -NYSCAME Conducting Techniques Discovery Clinic (2004, 2005)
  -NYSCAME "Vocal Day"
  -Southeastern Louisiana University Choir Invitational (2003)
• Professional Singer
  -Freelance Choral Singer, Greater NYC Metropolitan Area
  -Brick Presbyterian Church Choir, Manhattan
  -Russian Chamber Singers of NYC
  -Old Bethpage Village Singers, Nassau County, NY
  -Detroit Symphony Orchestra Festival Singers
  
• Festivals
  -Oregon Bach Festival (Conducting Fellow)
  -Dennis Keene Choral Festival (Conducting Fellow)
  -Robert Shaw Choral Festival (Conductor)
  -Conductor's Retreat at Medomak (Conductor)

MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS

• ACDA, Eastern Division Conference Planning Board, Choirs Chair
• NCCO, Charter Member
• MENC
• NYSSMA
• CMS, Hofstra Campus Representative
• NMEA
• Chorus America
• Conductor's Guild
• Long Island Arts Council at Freeport, Music Grant Disbursement Panelist

ADJUDICATOR / CLINICIAN

• Educational Tours, Inc.
• New Horizons Tours
• VIP Music Tours
• New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA)
• Festivals of Music
• Music in the Parks
• Friday/ Woodmere Music Club Young Artists Competition