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David Shumway
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Biography |
Dr. David Shumway is currently Orchestra Director at Mt. Hebron High School in Howard County, where his orchestras consistently receive superior ratings at the local, national, and international level. He has conducted honors orchestras in Carroll County and Prince Georges County, and he has served as an adjudicator in Howard County and Baltimore County. Dr. Shumway also regularly serves as an examiner for the local chapter of the American String Teacher's Association. In 2001 he was nominated as Howard County Music Teacher of the Year. Before coming to Howard County, he was a professor of music at Truman State University and at Miami University.
Dr. Shumway has performed with dozens of orchestras in the Baltimore/Washington area and has served as principal cellist for the Baltimore Opera, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Concert Artists of Baltimore, Opera Vivente, and Washington Concert Opera, among others. He has also performed as soloist with the Columbia (MD) Orchestra, the Truman State Orchestra, the Howard County GT Orchestra, and the Towson New Music Ensemble. Recording credits include Concerto for Viola and Cello by William Kleinsasser, available on Innova records, Cyclic Maneuvers for Solo Cello and Live Electronics by Bruce Mahin, and the album The Dreaming Light with Wall Matthews, named by Zone Reporter as one of the top 100 albums of 2012. His playing has been described by the Baltimore Sun as ‘solid’ and ‘vivid’. Dr. Shumway is a graduate of the University of Kansas, the Peabody Institute, and the Catholic University of America. |